[At _War_With_Liberals]

The reason why Bush appointed Ridge was because, in the short run, a politician was the perfect vehicle to sell a HS dept that was under construction. Ridge appeared on TV every day until the organization was up and running, to give the appearance that it was functioning before it actually was.

It had to be done that way.

[Pubbie]

And clearly many Freepers have bought into Ridge's Smoke and Mirror show hook line and sinker. LOL

I can understand wanting to be a Bushbot - But a "RidgeBot"? - come ON people!

[Pubbie]

I just saw the replay of the Ridge conference - and during that last question about "why didn't you raise the threat level to red" Ridge didn't look like he was keeping some great secret - He just paused for 2 seconds with that same Dopey Droopy dog expression he always has.

JMO