Monday, November 20, 2006
The Bush Administration: "When will they ever learn?"
Peggy Noonan's remarks about the mispalced emphasis upon blind loyalty during Bush II could have just as easily been written about Bush I:
I am taken aback this week at the level of disenchantment with and dislike of the president and his men--not among Democrats, but among Republicans. On the Hill they no longer see the White House as talented and formidable. They see it as shuttered and second-rate. ... There is increased criticism too of the habit of high White House staffers to muscle critics, silence dissent, force obedience.
It is assumed by everyone, and accepted as truth that hardly needs expression, that the brilliant and independent Michael Steele was not chosen as head of the RNC for the simple reason that he doesn't look like someone who'd simply take orders. Mel Martinez was chosen for the reason that he will. I heard talk of what is called "the list"--the lengthening White House list of those who are to be treated as enemies. A White House preoccupied with the petty gave too little attention to policy, to the big picture. Thus the history of bungles.
|posted by Jim on 5:34 PM|
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