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Originally Posted by jyl
Not sure I see this. Did the foot-dragging on Rumsfield's resignation prevent him from being blamed for the Iraq mess? Did the too-long defense of Mike Brown prevent him from being damaged by the Katrina mess? Has the repeated praises of Gonzales kept him from being associated with the DOJ mess? No, no, and no.
If Bush really sticks with incompetent and mistake-riddled advisors as long as he does based on the sort of calculation you described, he is being very poorly advised. (Which is sort of the point.)
His refusal to recognize that one of his people has made a hash of things just makes him (Bush) look worse when he finally concedes. It expands the issue from the advisor's poor judgment to Bush's own judgment.
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Thats the rub, there is no difference between the judgement of the advisor and the judgement of Bush, they are one and the same. Everyone near the administration is a "loyal Bushie" first, and civil servant second. Rove saw to it that every wing of government would be put to use for political purposes, no one here is acting alone, its that way by design. Everyone marches in step behind the president, if anyone gets caught they are cut loose and everyone saves face. Unity above country, its what Bushs GOP does best.