Kerik on the cabinet of the US President? What were they thinking?

[Hamlette]

I kind of admired Kerik as a kid who pulled himself up by his bootstraps but over the last two weeks it has become obvious he did not.

I used to be a public defender, worked with cops all day for years. The ones you see on TV? Yeah, there are some like them. But there are a lot of cops who are thugs. I remember thinking "thank god they had jobs in the police force to go to otherwise they'd be out stealing cars."

Kerik reminds me of those cops. What where they thinking naming him to sit on the cabinet? Did they not vet him or is it hubris?

If Rudy recommended him, as it appears, why would Rudy take it? I assume he recommended Kerik because he didn't want it.

I'm lost on this ham fisted admin move. I thought Karl was smoother than this.