3 replies on “Say No Evil”

  1. Given Carmona’s tendency to be outspoken, I can’t help but think he was complicit in his own muzzling.

    And now, given Bush’s miserable approval ratings, Carmona’s also guilty of piling on. (Not that I feel sorry for Bush.)

  2. What is it with officials who wait 3+ years to tell the truth on important issues?

    They always say they’re leaving their posts “to spend more time with [their families]”…

    George Tenet, who can’t be trusted now any more than he could then, waits 3 years to write a book that explains….well, it explains something. Sort of.

    Colin Powell still hasn’t told the full story of his tug-of-war and dismissal (er….move for more time with the family). Shortly after leaving the Bush administration he was seen hanging around NASCAR races and defending his nepotism’d son against nepotism at the FCC.

    In addition to the “more time with the family” excuse, there’s also the one about how “I serve at the pleasure of the president,” which leads to the question of what caused the president’s displeasure. It also raises the question of whether the president’s pleasure included a “happy ending.”

    But the real question is why these people are such wusses that they can’t slam the people who are railroading them at the time that it’s actually happening. If the head of the EPA is being coerced into signing legislation that she knows is horrible for the environment, instead of quietly stepping down, how about speaking out? Instead, she waited several years, until it finally had to slip out in a Washington Post investivative piece.

    Sam with this guy. Gosh, Carmona — where were you when we needed you?

    I’m glad that people are coming out against Bush now that it’s politically fashionable to do so. At least it’s also the moral and logical thing to do. Too bad so many have to wait until, arguably, it is too late.

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