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Now I'm stepping on a small limb here but can someone answer me the following question.

In light of this Richard Clarke leaving to write a book, David Fay's comments about the administration, O'Neill's comments, and I'm sure there are more to come, but why in the world are all these officials leaving office with the same general comments? It seems like the White House is having a hard time keeping it's staff there. Each guy leaves and says the same basic things. Now, I'm not stupid, you leave your job for reasons and you might have a spit with them. But I really dont' remember that many people stepping down from Clinton's second term. Now, he probably had them killed before they could but still, it seems like there is a lot of friction in that good old boy's office. Any thoughts?

They're weak minded individuals who don't want to be associated with Bush's Administration during an election year. They want someone else who will be able to further their ill gotten gains and to help push this they've jumped ship so they can piggy back on the anti-Bush movement and have their roll in the actions of the current administration ignored.

Basically instead of weathering the storm these guys tend to be the first ones to bail because they feel it is in "their" best interest to do so. Even though it is obvious to me that the first people to leave and start finger pointing are people that usually tend to be the ones, one way or another, that contribute in what they are now finger pointing at.

-O'Neill: Fired
-Clarke: Demoted, pushed into retirement
-Not sure who David Fay is.

bash wrote:-Not sure who David Fay is.

Google isn't pulling up a whole lot of relevant info click me

David Kay , the weapons inspector.
Don't know if he resigned, maybe finished the assignment.

Oh, Kay. OK. IIRC, Kay's opinion wasn't a criticism of the Bush administration, but rather against the failures of the intelligence community.

O'Neil - Fired when he publicly commented against further tax cuts. Main Bush agenda. Said it was a bad idea.

Clarke - Worked as a terroism consultant for the last 4 presidents, including Republicans. Obviously he was listened to quite a bit by the people upstairs.

Fay - Spoke out against Bush's team cutting his weapons finding program.

This is the left again isnt it?

This election year promises to be quite entertaining. That is what the election is now is it not; entertainment?

Entertaining is an understatement. I still say be prepared for violence. Lefties loathe Bush, Righties abhor Kerry. It's gonna get explosive.

I believe oneil and clarke were hold-overs from the clinton administration. So what did you think? They were going to go full term in the Bush administration?

Paul O'Neill was appointed 72nd Secretary of the Treasury by President Bush.

Richard Clarke was appointed a counter-terrorism advisor for Clinton in 1998, but has served in government for 30+ years.