The Bush and Obama Cabinets Compared

My wife was just warning me that I am biased and my dismay at all the crooks in Obama's cabinet might just reflect that I didn't remember previous administrations. So here is some info for comparison from Wikipedia and the White House:

The Bush Cabinet
Office	Name	Term
Secretary of State	HILLARY CLINTON*Colin Powell	2001–2005
	Condoleezza Rice	2005–2009
Secretary of Treasury	TIMOTHY GEITHNER*Paul O'Neill	2001–2002
	John Snow	2003–2006
	Henry Paulson	2006–2009
Secretary of Defense	ROBERT GATES (Republican) Donald Rumsfeld	2001–2006
	Robert Gates	2006–2009
Attorney General	ERIC HOLDER* John Ashcroft	2001–2005
	Alberto Gonzales	2005–2007
	Michael Mukasey	2007–2009
Secretary of the Interior	KENNETH SALAZAR Gale Norton	2001–2006
	Dirk Kempthorne	2006–2009
Secretary of Agriculture	THOMAS VILSACK Ann Veneman	2001–2005
	Mike Johanns	2005–2007
	Ed Schafer	2008–2009
Secretary of Commerce	NONE YET Donald Evans	2001–2005
	Carlos Gutierrez	2005–2009
Secretary of Labor	HILDA SOLIS Linda Chavez* (withdrawn nominee) Elaine Chao	2001–2009
Secretary of Health and Human Services	THOMAS DASCHLE*Tommy Thompson	2001–2005
	Michael Leavitt	2005–2009
Secretary of Education	ARNE DUNCANRod Paige	2001–2005
	Margaret Spellings	2005–2009
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	SHAUN DONOVAN Mel Martinez	2001–2003
	Alphonso Jackson	2003–2008
	Steve Preston	2008–2009
Secretary of Transportation	RAYMOND LAHOOD (Republican)Norman Mineta (Democrat)	2001–2006
	Mary Peters	2006–2009
Secretary of Energy	STEVEN CHUSpencer Abraham	2001–2005
	Samuel Bodman	2005–2009
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	ERIC SHINSEKI Anthony Principi	2001–2005
	Jim Nicholson	2005–2007
	James Peake	2007–2009
Secretary of Homeland Security	JANET NAPOLITANO Tom Ridge (Democrat)	2003–2005
	Bernard Kertik* (nomination withdrawn) Michael Chertoff	2005–2009

OBAMA (Over 4 months):

Hillary Clinton: Cattle futures profits apparent gift. What other Clinton scandals were hers?

Timothy Geithner: tax evasion (about $30,000)

Eric Holder: Clinton pardons of 10-most-wanted fugitive Marc Rich and of the unrepentant Puerto Rican terrorists.

Thomas Daschle: tax evasion (about $100,000)

Bill Richardson: grand jury investigation of bribery Thus, the nominees for State, Treasury, Attorney-General, Health and Human Services, and Commerce are shady people.

But there is no scandal associated with the names of the new Secretaries of Defense and Transportation (the two Republicans), or of the Interior, Agriculture, Labor, HUD, Energy, Education, Veterans Affairs, or Homeland Security.

Is dishonesty a requirement for all the important jobs except Defense?

BUSH (Over 8 years):

Bernard Kertik hired an illegal alien as a housekeeper.

Linda Chavez: gave money to an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who lived in her home. She claimed that the alien was not an employee and she had merely provided her with emergency help after domestic abuse.