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November 8, 2005
Fabulous Fumble of the Week, Nov. 7 - George Bush
It is hard to decide whether George wins our Fabulous Fumble award this week for his disasterous trip to South America, where he seemed to alienate the continent and get upstaged by an aging soccer star and a politician adhering to old, failed, political agendas, or implementing an Ethics class for White House employees. I tend to think the Ethics class is funnier and better. Presented by Bush, Andrew Card, the Chief of Staff, and Harriet Miers (remember her?), Bush is requiring all White House employees to review ethical issues related to their jobs, including security. Since all the security issues, and the deceptions, including the energy commission, the war, appointments and the like center around Donald Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush, I wonder if they are going to take the course? Or is this another example of the underlings getting left to pick up the pieces, like with the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Not one senior official was considered responsible, only the riff raff.
We have an administration that came into office promising to restore honesty and dignity to the Presidency. Five years into the administration, the environment is so corrupt and misguided that the White House resorts to having ethics lessons to teach employees the difference between right and wrong, and regain political standing. I have no facts to support my case, but given the history, if I had the cash I am sure I could win a lot of money betting that Bush, Cheney, Rove, Addington and Card will not be attending. It is also hard to believe that this is anything other than a political stunt designed to score some points with the country rather than bring about any substantive changes in White House operations. I think that the media and the country will understand that this latest announcement is nothing more than a fake handoff, is not going to gain any yardage, and is destined as a Fabulous Fumble.
Posted by Chip Spear at November 8, 2005 10:04 AM
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