I think the telling moment was when the NYT did the leaked national security story that even Murtha-who wants to see Bush impeached-asked them not to run. Bush had perfect justification to “go ape” right then and there, publically send FBI counterintelliigence after the leaker and the NYT, and revoke NYT’s press credentials throughout the executive branch until the end of his term. He could have read the White House press corps the riot act, reminding them that freedom of the press is only the third of five freedoms listed in the First Amendment, and no more allows espionage and treason than the other four do.

That a man tries to live by as a Christian in his personal life is always applaudable, but when a President steps into the Oval Office at the beginning of his work day he should really balance the Bible with Machiavelli’s Prince.

As it is, Bush’s weakness is hurting the country, possibly even more than the Democrats are doing so. Of course, Bush isn’t hurting us deliberately…..

Who the hell is in charge of the Justice Department, FBI, Secret Service, Homeland Security, or the darn local police?

I think, it just might be time, for a re-birth of the Militia Movement. If these bought and paid for politicians who like to have fancy titles, and live in D.C., but will not do the peoples work………… time for some “Tap Out”!

If I remember right, don’t these people take an “oath”, when broken, there is “pain”?

I don’t think Bush has it in him any more. I think he’s beaten up and is just waiting out the rest of his term before he goes back to Crawford.

I agree. I’ve finally come around to the position that basically Bush is just too nice of a guy, too naive, or too serious about the forgiveness side of being a Christian to be in the job. I think he thought that if he just did the right thing, that the truth would out, and everyone would recognize it as truth. Like when he was governor of Texas. He just schmoozed people into a consensus position and as a result enjoyed a surprising level of political harmony. No need to get into pissing matches with people or anything, just do the right thing, treat everyone with respect, and everything will turn out alright. And this is the guy they compare to Hitler–it is absolutely to laugh–until you cry. I don’t think he possessed the cynicism to imagine the opportunistic, cheap-shot crap that the Dems are pulling right now; he wouldn’t think it would be right to believe such things about a fellow human being. In that sense he reminds me a little of Reagan–that optimism he had. But with Reagan it was “trust–but verify. With Bush, I think there was only the trust, and without his belief in the basic trustworthiness of his colleagues and opponents alike, he may indeed be finally dysfunctional.

Go ahead, rip me apart–it’s just a feeling I have.

It’s extremely difficult to fire anyone once they’re in the government.

foxforce91 on April 11, 2007 at 8:42 PM

That’s why we must scrap civil service for most government jobs. Only low level workers like clerks, groundskeepers and the like should have it. All management or administrative personnel should lose their jobs when the administration changes. Having those in office who oppose the newly elected administration are a danger to the plans of the executive.

I hope to God that Karma is real.

Zetterson on April 11, 2007 at 5:16 PM

Huh?!

This is one of my greatest beefs with this administration, from Wilson to the lowest leakers/liars, they all have gotten a total pass. There is open treachery and traitorous activity going on IN PUBLIC and not a single thing has yet to be done about it.

bbz123 on April 11, 2007 at 5:07 PM

Well said

Don’t have to be. The striped-pant State folks generally all come from the same trough, the Ivy League, so they tend to be hostile to hawkish administrations and doubly so to Republican ones.

The reason they’re hostile to Republicans is because the Republicans are for smaller government, hence, they are out of a job if the size of govt is reduced – it’s that simple.

Perhaps the leakers are lefty leftovers from the Clinton years…

infidel4life on April 11, 2007 at 5:10 PM

Of course they are. It’s extremely difficult to fire anyone once they’re in the government. And these Clintonites will stop at nothing. Remember when they defaced and vadalized the White House offices because Al Gore lost the election? They’re the most self-centered, emotionally stunted people you’ll meet – just like their hero and heroine. Oh, but they love America and they care about the troops. Riiiiiiiiiiiight. They love the great pension their going to get when they retire at 55.

…and maybe Rosie the Hut is fat?

FAUX NEWS ALERT!!!: Habeus Corpus REMAINS overrated.
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Perhaps the leakers are lefty leftovers from the Clinton years…

infidel4life on April 11, 2007 at 5:10 PM

Don’t have to be. The striped-pant State folks generally all come from the same trough, the Ivy League, so they tend to be hostile to hawkish administrations and doubly so to Republican ones. The Pentagon is populated by career bureaucrats with ties to State, so their goals and the White House’s frequently conflict (see Rumsfeld). The CIA has pretty much become the applied arm of State’s policy mill.

The Bush Doctrine gave up the ghost early in 2006. He’s been dialing in since then, holding on to a bucking bureaucracy for dear life. He has no leverage against the leakers, so I’m thinking this is just going to get worse.

As long as the Administration shows absolutely no willingness to flush out and prosecute those leakers to the fullest extent of the law, I could care less about their expressed “displeasure.”

Actions, not words.

Misha I on April 11, 2007 at 5:17 PM

This is about it, we can expect this sort of nonsense to continue till someone grows a pair and starts doing serious investigative work into who’s leaking this stuff.

You forgot Poland.

Gutless.

I don’t think Bush has it in him any more. I think he’s beaten us and is just waiting out the rest of his term before he goes back to Crawford.

Hopefully the next President will address the problem for what it really is and put pressure on our enemies. Foreign and Domestic.

Actions, not words.