If anything accurately describes the problem with the Bush White House it is the quote Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo. gave to Columbia Daily Tribune political reporter Jason Rosenbaum concerning the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales:
"I look forward to working with the new attorney general," Bond said. He added that he had no idea who Bush would name to be the top U.S. law enforcement officer.
Asked if he had given any advice to the Bush administration prior to Gonzales's departure, Bond said, "They don't ask for it."
That has been a failing of the Bush Administration from the first. Instead of asking for advice from seasoned veterans of their own party (as well as Democrats), they have remained huddled up in the White House with an us against them philosophy that has proven disastrous.
When when you block yourself up in the white house, the only one to blame that you die of lack of food and water is yourself. At least the colonists were smart enough to ask for help from France when fighting for independence in the 1770s!
ReplyDeleteI can't decide if it's arrogance, stupidity, or fear that makes him so afraid to ask for advice, change a bad course of action, or admit mistakes. Some combination of these, probably.
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