Posted on 05/22/2007 6:14:42 AM PDT by Theodore R.
Why Bush boggles the mind
Posted: May 22, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern
As if President Bush didn't have enough problems in his beleaguered Justice Department, a couple more key officials resigned last week.
One of them was a real surprise to me. His name was Lanny Davis.
Do you remember Lanny Davis from the Clinton years? He was the ultimate spinner – one of the very public faces of the scandal years, defending his boss come hell or Whitewater.
So why was his resignation from the Bush administration a surprise to me?
That wasn't the surprise at all. The surprise was that he was in the Bush administration in the first place.
When did this happen? Why? How? While Clinton wasted no time firing every U.S. attorney in the country to stack the department with his political sycophants, Bush apparently was busy filling Justice with people who were certain to turn against him.
Did anyone else know Davis had been appointed by Bush to serve on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board?
What were his qualifications? That he served as counsel to a former president who used the Internal Revenue Service to target his political enemies?
"In recent months, Davis has had numerous clashes with fellow board members and White House officials over what he saw as administration attempts to control the panel's agenda and edit its public statements," reports Newsweek.
Didn't Bush realize such a confrontation was only a matter of time? Does he not realize these people see politics as a blood sport? Doesn't he get that these people play for keeps?
Lanny Davis! Good heavens.
I hear Paul Begala is available, too. How did Bush miss recruiting him to the administration?
Not only is Bush a failed president, it is increasingly obvious he's not a very smart politician, either – unless he really has no principles at all.
Perhaps he doesn't care a whit about the Republican Party. Maybe he's the ultimate Manchurian Candidate – a Democrat who successfully infiltrated the Republican Party and became its president. It could be that he is actually very smart and has spent the last seven years actively destroying the GOP. If that's the case, he has done an excellent job. Mission accomplished.
Lanny Davis! Good heavens.
In no time, we'll be seeing him back on the talk-show circuit. This time he won't be defending his boss. He will be attacking Bush – the man who appointed him.
How predictable was this?
It wasn't a matter of if; it was only a matter of when.
Bush is such a loser.
I always knew this intuitively, but only now is the extent of his boobery becoming so hopelessly self-evident.
What was he thinking about?
I don't think we'll ever know. I don't think historians will be able to figure out what went on in this man's mind.
Lanny Davis! Good heavens.
Did Bush think he could win over Lanny Davis and secure for his own cause a loyalist who would defend him like Davis defended Clinton?
It boggles the mind.
Who else is working inside this Bush administration?
James Carville? Janet Reno? Webb Hubbell? Susan McDougal?
Seldom am I actually left speechless by the events of the day, but this one takes the cake.
It's too bad Bush will be leaving office in 2009. I hear Sandy Berger will be available for national security work again.
Related special offer:
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That sounds like a place for some great mischief.
But whatever. I find that Bushism has become a religion. Jorge is your Higher Power.
Not at all Laz.
But I would rather be led by him than by a Democrat who would take us back to a 70% top bracket on federal taxes.
Yup...believe Liddy still a McCain man. For the life of me, though, I cannot reason why all the McCain bashing around here. Afterall, the McCain immigration bill has Bush’s approval. McCain’s CFR was signed by Bush. The surge that’s championed by McCain is Bush’s baby. The McCain anti-torture proposal was spearheaded by Bush’s homeland security. About the only things that Bush and McCain have disagreed upon is: 1. pork barrel spending (Bush for, McCain against), 2. Dubai ports (Bush for, McCain against) and 3. Harriet Miers (Bush for, McCain against).
And either way Laz, you are still going over the cliff. It is just a matter of time.
You’re still around? I’ll be darned.
That was some fire, huh?
Make sure and bring lots of weinies and marshmallows if CIR passes as is. (which I doubt)
Oh and btw, It’s psychotics. ;-)
Let’s just see how all this “calamity” works out.
This room is heavy with “wisdom” of the sort that bolsters wierd egos and flags of odd colors and symbols...and in particular, a virulent strain of “Hate America” posing as wry insider knowledge.
It may be informative to watch all these types as this drama unfolds and the unintended consequences rudely pop into view.
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.. and you contribute what to the debate? or are you just trying to stir the fire up a bit? ;-)
Wow! That's true. DKE, not Skull and Bones. According to Wikipedia and US News, Davis was hazed by Bush and others when he joined.
When commissions are formed in Washington isn't it usually expected that the President will appoint a token member of the other party?
In the old days, a Republican could pick a mossbacked old Dixiecrat. There are few of those left around, so Bush went with a Clintonite.
It's not the worst thing he or other Presidents have done.
Debate?
The term is in serious misuse here. “Indictment” perhaps.
“Wanton assault” or “pre-school pile-on” (children just are not as vicious)
Whatever.
This insidious treason will bring its own elegant outcomes
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