What Conflict of Interest?

Tom Daschle the presumptive Secretary of Health and Human Services, received $220,000 in speaking fees from healthcare groups with an interest in the work he would do once confirmed as secretary of health, Politico.com reports.

This is an outright conflict of interest because one of the groups who paid him stands to benefit by hundreds of millions of dollars, from President Obama's plan for Univeral Health Care.

Scandal after scandal after scandal has already rocked this administration which has been in power for only two weeks. As with Treasury Secretary Timothy "Tax Cheat" Geithner, President Obama issued a statement in support of Daschle saying, "(Daschle) is the right person to lead the fight for health care reform."

Are you tired yet of the corrupt liberal government we the voters have put in place? I am. If this is all happening in the first two weeks, what are the next four or God Help Us, the next eight years going to be like?

Now is the time to take action. Call your senators and tell them that they cannot in good conscience approve the nomination of Daschle. This man needs to learn a lesson that there are consequences for bad behavior. We as citizens have consequences and those chosen to lead us should as well.