Brian Deese
According to an article in the New York Times, Brian Deese, a 31-year-old with no business degree, is in charge of dismantling General Motors and (in the words of the New York Times) “rewriting the rules of American capitalism”.
Yikes. Let me rephrase that: Yikes with a side of yikes.
For those unfamiliar with Deese’s background, the 31-year-old Middlebury College graduate not only lacks a business degree but also has zero experience in the private sector.
Even more shocking, Deese had never stepped foot in an auto assembly plant or spent significant time understanding the inner workings of the industry before his appointment.
Perhaps the most frightening aspect of this whole situation is the fact that Deese was the only person in the auto task force for the early part of the year:
“There was a time between Nov. 4 and mid-February when I was the only full-time member of the auto task force,” Mr. Deese, a special assistant to the president for economic policy, acknowledged recently as he hurried between his desk at the White House and the Treasury building next door. “It was a little scary.”
A little scary? Try a whole new level of scary.
Like me, you may ask how on earth this amateur rose to such a position of power. Prior to his work on various campaigns, Deese was a senior policy analyst for the Center for American Progress. After this work, he joined the Hillary Clinton campaign. Once Clinton’s hopes fizzled out, Deese jumped on board the Obama train and rode it straight to the top.
I’m amazed that Obama could not find a single person with experience in the auto industry. He couldn’t at least appoint someone with a business degree?!
Is this the kind of change that people wanted?
This has to show what President Obama himself thinks of the project. Deese in this post is worse than a bad joke. How in the hell can those close to this, go along with it?
It clearly appears that all have lost their damn minds. As a great Nation, we are finished!
Jerry, it is stunning that Obama thinks Deese is capable of handling such a significant government intervention. We are truly in trouble. Kind of reminds me of Bush’s appointment of Brown to run FEMA. Who would have thought that the Commissioner for the International Arabian Horse Association wasn’t qualified to handle a crisis lol?