More Clarke
In my last entry I speculated about how the Bush administration could have defused the whole Richard Clarke thing, by simply saying 'that's his opinion' and moving on. Their apparent obsession with personal loyalty to Bush won't let them leave it alone, though.
Now in the NYTimes today, Colin Powell is quoted, taking exactly the sort of tone I suggest would have defused the situation:
'While saying that Mr. Clarke's book is "not the complete story," Mr. Powell said on the PBS program "NewsHour" he was "not attributing any bad motives" to Mr. Clarke.
"I'm not aware of a campaign against Mr. Clarke, and I am not a member," Mr. Powell said. "The book is the book, and you can read it and make your own judgment as to whether it's accurate."'
The whole article. Of course you'll have to register, and the link will roll over to a request for money after 10 days
Powell has always seemed the odd man out in the Bush Administration. He's been cut off at the knees more than once by the Rumsfeld/Rice/Cheney wing of the White House Posse. If Bush wins again, we'll likely have Condaleeza Rice as Secretary of State, God help us all. I expect flying monkeys to start streaming out of the White House moments after the inauguration.
Oh yeah. This is Bill Frist's finest moment. Now he's shown himself to be yet another of the reptilian predators of the GOP, along with Rove, Delay, Santorum, etc, etc.
Now in the NYTimes today, Colin Powell is quoted, taking exactly the sort of tone I suggest would have defused the situation:
'While saying that Mr. Clarke's book is "not the complete story," Mr. Powell said on the PBS program "NewsHour" he was "not attributing any bad motives" to Mr. Clarke.
"I'm not aware of a campaign against Mr. Clarke, and I am not a member," Mr. Powell said. "The book is the book, and you can read it and make your own judgment as to whether it's accurate."'
The whole article. Of course you'll have to register, and the link will roll over to a request for money after 10 days
Powell has always seemed the odd man out in the Bush Administration. He's been cut off at the knees more than once by the Rumsfeld/Rice/Cheney wing of the White House Posse. If Bush wins again, we'll likely have Condaleeza Rice as Secretary of State, God help us all. I expect flying monkeys to start streaming out of the White House moments after the inauguration.
Oh yeah. This is Bill Frist's finest moment. Now he's shown himself to be yet another of the reptilian predators of the GOP, along with Rove, Delay, Santorum, etc, etc.