Isn't calling the Secretary of Education a "Bush aide" a bit demeaning? Isn't that being done with the intention of tarnishing President Bush? Would the Boston Globe refer to Donald Rumsfeld or Colin Powell as "Bush aides"? Or, am I being overly critical?
I guess that the headlines have recently called Paul O'Neil a "former Bush aide". But that would fit the pattern of trying to tarnish President Bush.
I haven't seen any headlines or articles referring to Richard Riley as a "Clinton aide". Instead, gofers such as Stephanopoulos and Blumenthal are the types who are called "aides".
Another note - had Rod Paige been a member of the Clinton administration, wouldn't the Demo/Commies be trotting out the race card to deflect criticism? Anybody else remember how criticism of Clinton Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders (not a cabinet member) for her remarks (about masturbation, for example) was chalked up to racism?