Don’t Be A Mole

This time I’m not talking about Mole Hills or Mountains. I’m talking about Moles as in the Whack-A-Mole Arcade Game (I’m sure you already knew this…Or did u?).

Right off the top I’ve done it again. I have confused many of my many Dear Readers. I’ll say it a different way… Don’t Get Nominated For An Important Position For Which You Are Well Qualified and In Which You Could Do A Lot Of Good.

No matter what your political leaning is, one would hope that we all could agree that the Good Ole USofA has a problem as demonstrated by what happened to the Person Discussed in This Blog Posting Who Committed the “Crime” of Being Nominated to the Federal Reserve Board.

The nominee started out with a brief period of Smooth Sailing because a majority in the Senate viewed his Economic-Policy Expertise Favorably and his Confirmation Seemed Likely. Then his Smooth Sailing hit the Political Rocks as he was subjected to Gutter Campaign Tactics and Personal Assaults. 

As you read through the list below remember this fact: He was not any of these awful things until he was nominated…

Ø He has been called an Adulterer.

Ø He has been called a Misogynist.

Ø He has been called a Tax Cheat.

Ø He has been called a Deadbeat Dad.

Ø He has been called Antigay.

Ø He has been called Mentally Unfit.

Ø A Washington Post editorial warned that he was a Dangerous Pick for the Federal Reserve Board.

Ø A columnist for the Post said he could cause a Global Financial Calamity.

Ø Investigative reporters searched far and wide, digging through his 2,000 Articles, 500 Speeches and Several Thousand TV and Radio Appearances (some dating back more than 25 years) for dirt they could use against him.

Ø They found some things that were dirt or could be made to appear to be dirt.

Ø They found he had said and written things that are now Politically Incorrect. It makes no never mind that they were not Politically Incorrect back when he said or wrote them. What mattered is they are Politically Incorrect now.

Ø That was especially true about a 2002 article about women in sports. At the time that he wrote about women in sports he thought he was being humorous (and those who read his article thought he was being humorous). Now, 17 years later, what was funny then is not funny any longer.

Ø One of his most vicious attackers has been CNN. In 2017 CNN signed him to a two-year contract as a Senior Economic Analyst...
>He appeared on the air more than 100 times.
>CNN renewed his contract.
>As soon as he was nominated to the Fed, CNN began trashing him day after day for things he’d written decades before CNN hired him.

Ø The low point of the sleaze campaign was when the media successfully persuaded the Fairfax County, Va., courts to unseal his divorce records from nine years ago—they were unsealed over his objections and also over his ex-wife’s objections...
>The Washington Post, the New York Times and other Newspapers unfolded his and his ex-wife’s dirty laundry on their pages.
>The newspapers never bothered to report that he and his ex-wife are on amicable terms and often jointly attend their kids’ events.
>Today he is a little dazed as he is left wondering what the details of his divorce almost a decade ago have to do with his suitability to help Set Monetary Policy.

Ø The sleuths in the media also tracked down spoof Christmas letters he wrote to friends and family in the late 1990s and early 2000s. These were outrageous and irreverent and poked fun at everyone and everything, including himself.

Ø In 2002 he himself wrote that he had bought a red sports car. He called it his “midlife crisis” car. He said he cruised around town with his kids strapped into baby seats trying to pick up women...
>Needless to say, he never did any such things but reporters ignored the obvious humor and described it as evidence of sexism.

Ø In their effort to portray him as sexist, they also contacted dozens of women he has known or worked with...
>They even contacted girls he knew in high school.
>They failed to find one who impeached his character or behavior.

Does any one of you think that you could have this kind of thing happen to you and you would come away unscathed?

If so, drive to Washington, DC tomorrow and throw your hat into the ring.

Did I hear you say you know nothing about Federal Reserve Monetary Policy? Don’t let that deter you and, come to think of it, what does knowledge of monetary policy have to do with monetary policy?

He has now withdrawn his name from nomination.

You still think you are ready to throw you hat into the Federal Reserve Nomination Ring. If you think you have not done anything in your entire life that was wrong or even anything that was not wrong but could be made to look wrong, I say, Go For It!

You owe it to your country…Or do u?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what your country can do to you.