“Baucus: Girlfriend merited US attorney nomination
Published: 12/6/09, 3:45 AM EDTBy MATTHEW DALY
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana's U.S. attorney, saying Saturday his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is "highly qualified" but eventually withdrew her nomination. Baucus said that he began dating former state office director Melodee Hanes after they were both separated from their spouses. The Montana Democrat said they did not have an affair, but began dating while she worked for him.
Hanes received her Justice job after applying "independently," Baucus said. "Not surprisingly to anyone who's looked at her resume, (Hanes) got the DOJ job on her merit," he said.”
Please forgive my cynicism here. They began dating after they separated? Are they the reasons for the separation from their former spouses? Does anyone believe that Hanes got her Federal job on her own merits without Baucus’s help? The LIBERAL MEDIA will let this slide. Like they let Barney ‘Fwank’ and his Fannie Mae lover were let off the hook!!
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