Romney: ‘I’d clean house’ - Secret Service

[liberal N proud]

Romney: ‘I’d clean house’
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who receives Secret Service protection, has condemned the alleged misconduct, telling radio host Laura Ingraham that "I'd clean house." But he expressed confidence in Director Sullivan.

"The right thing to do is to remove people who have violated the public trust and have put their play time and their personal interests ahead of the interests of the nation," Romney said.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/19/11294035-paper-names-secret-service-supervisors-ousted-in-colombia-scandal?lite

Yeah, that's the right thing to do to an elite trained team who is in charge of protecting you!

[snooper2]

1. Something tells me Romney is going to annoy me

even more than the McFailin team did

[FSogol]

2. Snorting coke and hiring prostitutes is "play time" to Romney?

Romney is already picking out people to fire.

[former9thward]

3. President Obama should say the same thing and then do it.

What happened in Columbia was inexcusable and part of a culture in the SS.

[JVS]

6. I agree. These guys in the secret service are supposed to be as serious as a heart attack and...

having them caught up in such criminal activities just screams security breech.

[jberryhill]

7. He should let the Secret Service management do its job

Trained agents don't grow on trees.

He has more important things to do than get to the bottom of a who-did-what story in the agency.

[former9thward]

13. No he does not have more important things to do.

His life is the most important. SS management is clearly not doing its job. The first three out were supervisors. I don't know when it began and I don't care but there is a culture of unprofessional conduct in the agency. Do you seriously think this was a 'few bad apples'? If a few thousand agents have to be shown the door so be it.

[jberryhill]

14. Yeah, right...

"Sorry guys, I know that as much as I'd like the daily security briefing on North Korea, Afghanistan, and that stuff, I'm clearing my calendar to spend the afternoon sitting down with everyone to figure out what went on in a hotel in Cartagena."

[former9thward]

15. Wow I didn't realize presidents can only have one thing on their agenda.

[jberryhill]

17. It would be a silly level of micromanagement

[yellowcanine]

20. Technically I do not believe the President has control over personnel at the Secret Service.

He might be able to request that someone be reassigned if he felt uncomfortable with them for some reason but I don't believe that he could fire someone - at least not directly. The Secret Service has a Director who reports to the Secretary of the Treasury, I believe.


So for Romney to say he would "clean house" indicates some ignorance I believe.

[former9thward]

21. The SS is now under Homeland Security.

The Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, is appointed by and reports to President Obama. So everyone works for him. He is the boss of the Executive branch. I don't propose that Obama personally review personnel files and recommend who to fire. But I do propose that he tell Janet Napolitano that the conduct in Columbia was unacceptable and heads should roll until this is rooted out.

[BeyondGeography]

4. He does like being able to fire people

[onehandle]

5. My exact first thought. nt

[tinymontgomery]

8. Why doesn't he give up his SS first

if he is cleaning house.

[onehandle]

10. I wonder how his agents feel about his comment. nt

[former9thward]

16. Any of his agents or any of Obama's agents who are in sympathy

with the agents in Columbia should be fired. They can't be relied on to do their job.

[Ian David]

9. ...

[Scuba]

11. That's right Mitt, punish everyone, regardless of their culpability.

[southernyankeebelle]

12. People act like these secret service guys were hired directly by Obama. I wonder how many years

theses guys have been in service? We know that stalker who has the hots for Palin wasn't hired by Obama. Do these people think we are stupid.

[IggleDoer]

18. Mittens doesn't "clean house"

He has his management team tell his HR team to tell supervisors to fire people.

[PassingFair]

19. I hear this guy's looking for work. He could pull "double duty", as it were...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gannon