Immigration Director Hosts Party With Guest In Blackface

Posted by Paddy , Brave New Films at 4:45 AM on November 6, 2007.

Paddy: Julie Myers is another of Bush's crony appointments who has NO qualifications for the job, at all.

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This post, written by Paddy, originally appeared on Cliff Schecter's Brave New Blog

This woman is just too much.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Department of Homeland Security will investigate a Halloween costume party hosted by a top immigration official and attended by a man dressed in a striped prison outfit, dreadlocks and darkened skin make-up, a costume some say is offensive, the department's secretary said.

Julie Myers, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and host of the fundraising party, was on a three-judge panel that originally praised the prisoner costume for "originality."

"Some say" is offensive? What the hell is unoffensive about a man in blackface, dreadlocks and a prison uniform?

Any sane manager of anything would know this is unacceptable.... oh, wait- seems this Julie Myers is another of Bush's crony appointments who has NO qualifications for the job, at all.

Concerns over Myers, 36, were acute enough at a Senate hearing last week that lawmakers asked the nominee to detail during her testimony her postings and to account for her management experience. Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio) went so far as to tell Myers that her résumé indicates she is not qualified for the job.

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Her uncle is Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, the departing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She married Chertoff's current chief of staff, John F. Wood, on Saturday.

That is what serves as qualifications in Bush's government.

Tagged as: racism, immigration, bush administration, blackface, cronyism, julie myers

Paddy is a regular contributor to Cliff Schecter.com.

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Why would this surprise us? [Report this comment] Posted by: Chloe2005 on Nov 6, 2007 9:44 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] This is the bush way of appointing agency heads. The more crony ties the better. The less experience, the better. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] If a tree falls in the woods... [Report this comment] Posted by: eddie torres on Nov 6, 2007 10:22 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ...and there are no corporate reporters there to spin it... The first 4 paragraphs of Paddy's post are from the November 5, 2007 CNN story on Myers' potential bigotry, while paragraph 5 is from a September 20, 2005 WaPo story on Myers' confirmation hearings and her under-qualified resume. The best the corporate press can do in the 2 years since Myers' ICE confirmation is hint at racial bigotry? Any ABC/CNN/MSNBC news on how efficiently ICE is spending its funds, or how ICE is working to minimize human rights abuses in raids and detentions, or the GOP plans to hook Blackwater up to the ICE gravy train, or why the senior ICE management has not come out and said "we're doing a great job and we don't need mercs to help us"? Nope. None. Instead, ABC News thinks terrrists are hiding explosive liquids in sneaky sandals, CNN's Kathleen Koch thinks airline passengers will have the right to see the information airlines collect on them for DHS "in hopefully just a few months", and MSNBC cheerleads botched ICE raids on illegal immigrants where Myers herself proudly says only "twenty-six percent of people we arrested in the sweep had violent criminal histories." Not 100%. Not 50%. Not even 30%. Heck uv a job, Himmler. Er, Myers-y. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] A Rose Is Still A Rose [Report this comment] Posted by: desidid on Nov 6, 2007 11:59 AM Current rating: 2 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Cronyism and nepotism are affirmative action programs for the mainstream. To report it every time it happens would only serve to prove the point that many minority people have been making for years. And let's face it, the number of unqualified white people in positions of power is pretty overwhelming. But if history tells us anything, it tells us that is a practice that will continue until the end of time. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Isn't this woman [Report this comment] Posted by: hurricane hugo on Nov 6, 2007 12:08 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] the niece of a former CENTCOM commander? plur [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » OK, I see... Posted by: hurricane hugo

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