We just went through this with Obama's treasury nominee Timothy Geithner .. and now we have yet another Obama appointee who has failed to properly do his taxes: Tom Daschle. At least Daschle will not be the head of the IRS, but he will most likely be our secretary of Health and Human Services.

OK .. here are the details on the latest tax cheat the Obama wants to serve in his administration ... a tax cheat the Democrats are eager to confirm.

First ... Daschle has some rather strong feelings about people who cheat on their taxes. Back in 1998 Obama's choice for HHS Director put a little statement on the Congressional Record. Ready? Here you go: "Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter."

Now that we have an idea about Tom Daschle's opinon of tax cheats ... let's look at just how diligent he was about paying his taxes.

When he left the U.S. Senate in 2005 - involuntarily - Daschle went to work as an advisor to an investment firm. By "advisor," of course, we mean "lobbyist." Now ... how many of you get a company car? If you do you will know that you are expected to pay income taxes on the value of your personal use of that car. If you're going to claim some business use you had better have it documented - mile by mile. Back to Daschle. As part of his compensation for his "work" for the investment firm Daschle he had the use of a .. get this .. limousine and a chauffeur! Somehow Daschle forgot to claim this as income on his tax returns for three years. Then along comes Obama to talk about a cabinet-level job with Daschle and suddenly Daschle's knowledge of tax issues becomes more clear. He files an amended tax return claiming the $255,256 value of the limo and driver for three years. He also suddenly "remembers" that he had received about $83,333 in consulting fees in 2007 that somehow didn't make it to his tax return, as well as some phony charitable contributions amounting to another $14,963. He coughs up about $140,167 in back taxes and interest and now everything is supposed to be just hunky dory.

By his own words, Daschle has "cheat(ed) us all." So does our Senate reward him by making him the Director of Health and Human Services? Well, Daschle has yet to be confirmed ... but PresBO has made it clear that all is forgiven and he wants him on board in the Cabinet.

What was all of that we were hearing from Democrats about corrupt Republicans over the past eight years?