As the war in Iraq and allegations of corruption continue to frustrate the American people, President Bush’s inner circle of trusted aides is getting smaller.
The latest defection was Bush’s chief campaign strategist and aide, Matthew Dowd (in photo), who says his faith in Bush was misplaced. Dowd said he had believed that Bush would use his Texas-style of governing to get things done in Washington and unite the country, but that he was disappointed by Bush’s "my way or the highway" stance, especially about Iraq.
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Can anyone say, Matthew Dowd will waffle for dollars?
It appears Mr. Dowd will be anyone’s best friend and admirer as long as the pay is good.
If Mr. Down decides to quit Politics, he can become a Boxing Promoter; they switch boxers when the dollars start rolling in too.
Repub –
…. and how is he different than the Kansas anti casino legislators, that jumped ship to work as lobbyists for casino interests? Amazing how you can accept the hypocrisy of Repubs, but not of Dems …
What brought him baCK TO SANIty, was his son going to Iraq.
There is no doubt that Bush is the absolute worst President since Hoover. Whoever is elected in 2008 will have to spend their entire first term just cleaning up after Bush.
The headline for this blog, “Former Bush Aide Loses Faith,” sums it up nicely. The antonym to faith is knowledge, and the more one knows about the Bush administration, the easier it is to lose all faith in them.
Man, Kev, what do you have against Hoover? I know his policies wrecked the economy but he didn’t lead us into an endless war in spite of the warnings from the rest of the free world and turn us from a solvent society into a debtor nation in 2 short terms!
Our nation survived Herbert Hoover. We moved out of Hooverville and built a new road to prosperity. We will be paying for the policies of George Bush far into the unforseen future. I am not sure that our nation can overcome the handicap he has put on us.
Well, this Dowd guy is one piece of work.
Bush was as big a disaster for the state of Texas as he was to the country as a whole–except that he couldn’t declare unilateral war as Gov of Texas.
He did the same thing there: cut taxes for the rich and drove the state into a huge deficit. He implimented a version of “no child left behind” that raised test scores. Unfortunately, it raised scores by pressuring low achieving students to quit school.
Sound familiar?
Yeah Rusty, and remember, it was a Democrat who cleaned up after hoover and his mess.
Deja vu all over again?
Let’s hope it doesnt take four terms and a world war to mop up the poopy made by georgie and his pals.
Dont forget the cronyism capn. The Lone Star State is STILL dealing with the incompetency of shrub’s brief but disasterous stint as the appointer in chief.
And dont even get me started on how he wrecked the Texas environment and turned regulatory agencies into a version of Wingnuts Gone Wild.
…and wasnt it David Kuos who REALLY lost faith in the preznit’s faith based initiatives, otherwise known as the Taliban Takes Over?
I think the rats are leaving the sinking ship so fast there is a line at the gangplank.
Wow,
Amazing how Democrats will defend a political hack. Not surprising though.
Not really defending this “reformed” BushBot Republican; just noting that he has finally at least partially opened his eyes.
Funny thing is, you seem to love political hacks as lone as they remain loyal to the hack-in-chief.
I don’t like any Political Hack Mr. Huie. They are in it for the money and hoping to increase their reputation as power brokers.
Your assumption is dead wrong.
So you don’t like Rove then?
Nope I don’t like Rove. I get the feeling of snail slime every time his name is mentioned.
On this, then, we are in agreement. I put Morris in much the same catagory.
I think what people enjoy is when one of these guys ‘turns’ on his former bosses (either side)
Dick Morris is more entertaining that Rove (sans the gangster dance.) At least Morris speaks with qualified experience from being with the Clintons; albeit utilizing the tattletale role.
Political hacks are destructive to the political process. I mean that to be descriptive in all flavors, regardless of the party affiliation.