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May former Ted Stevens and others who died in the Alaskan plane crash rest in peace. Our prayers are with them — and with the survivors, who will have both physical and emotional injuries to overcome.
Let me say how thrilled I am to see that former NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe and his son were survivors. O’Keefe, at age 54, still has a lot to offer his country. He is one of those guys who seems omni-competent. He did a great job in two major positions at the Pentagon, at OMB, at NASA, at LSU, and in private industry. He earned near-universal plaudits for his response as NASA chief to the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia. He is a pro-Defense, no-nonsense guy in the Cheney mode. He is a patriot. He would have been a great loss had he not survived.
There was brief talk in 2008 of him running for Senate against Mary Landrieu. Frankly, I thought the Rove team was crazy NOT to make recruiting O’Keefe a priority. I think he would have pushed Landrieu to the limit, and may well have beaten her. He would have been a stronger candidate than the philosphically malleable John Kennedy, a basically good guy but hardly a solid conservative or a galvanizing candidate. (This isn’t a knock on John; he is who he is, and he does a great job as state treasurer. But I digress.)
Here’s hoping for a full and fast recovery for O’Keefe and his son, and, after a couple of years, perhaps a return to public service. These United States need good men like him to make our government work the way it should.
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Handy| 8.11.10 @ 4:52AM
These goof offs were on a junket and probably not at their own expense.
Okeefe? Give me a break. Just another dumb-ass bureaucrat. He should have had his kid in school rather than taking him on a fishing trip with a corrupt Ex-Senator.
I don't wish them ill. I just hope I never have to hear about them again.
Quin| 8.11.10 @ 10:49AM
Handy: You, sir, are an a..., uh, a donkey. Aside from having no human feeling, apparently, you also show utter ignorance in calling O'Keefe a dumb-a$$ bureaucrat. This is a man who has served his country extremely well in multiple roles, under extreme pressure. He earned near-universal plaudits for his handling of the Columbia disaster. He is the sort of person conservatives do far too little to praise -- which may be one reason that it is so hard to get good conservatives to consider public service: Liberals make public servants into heroes, while conservatives are pathetically weak even at thanking conservative public servants for their efforts. It's a deep character flaw.
Finally, why in the Lord's name should O'Keefe's son be in school?!? It's early August. School's not in session. How can you possible begrudge a man spending quality time with his son?
You should be ashamed.
Oldefarte| 8.11.10 @ 12:43PM
Handy, you are more than a donkey.....you are the donkey's HOLE, for being rudely critical of anyone who has just survived a horrific accident. No one goes to the wall/mat more than myself over people/activities that I dislike and cannot stand personally, but to do so while such persons could die or be seriously injured, unclothes such insensivity as being simply IMMORAL EXCREMENT!