« Treason and Arrogance in the MSM | Main | McCain Knifes Republican Candidate for Arizona Governor »

June 23, 2006

Mineta Leaving At Last

Posted by Dave Blount at June 23, 2006 1:23 PM

Wonderful news: Norman Mineta, the only Dem holdover in the Bush White House, is finally clearing out.

As Secretary of Transportation, Mineta is best known for adamantly placing political correctness ahead of innocent people's safety in the aftermath of 9/11. While everyone else scrambled for ways to defend the country from further attacks, Mineta busied himself by launching expensive lawsuits against airlines that were struggling to survive, on the grounds that they allegedly discriminated against Middle Eastern passengers by being sane enough to subject them to added scrutiny.

Did you know that Mineta was briefly in an internment camp during World War II because of his Japanese ancestry? If not, it's a sure bet you've never heard his voice.

As Peggy Noonan put it (via Michelle Malkin):

Mr. Mineta has received many awards for his sensitivity to ethnic profiling. Good for him, but I'd personally give him an award if he'd begin to act like a grownup and recognize that his childhood trauma shouldn't determine modern American security policy.

Mineta has been such an impediment to the safety of American citizens that the Instapundit (among others) called for his impeachment.

Unfortunately, his resignation isn't effective until July 7, but if we've been lucky enough to survive Mineta this long, we ought to make it a couple more weeks.