Today, the Bush Administration vetoed the Iraq Appropriations Bill. Today, on the anniversary of his premature announcement of the end of major combat operations in Iraq. While I'm sure it was planned by Democratic leadership in Congress, I still can't help but marvel at the irony. Does the Bush Administration lack any political tact? They had 10 days to veto the bill, and they could have simply waited 24 hours to avoid the easy story for the press and the Democrats to jump on.
I suppose this is the first administration to have the convenience of ignoring public opinion. It helps when you are potentially the worst administration in American History.
The failure of the Bush Administration has not been the multiple scandals. Yes, they failed to stop 9/11, failed to put the necessary resources in Afghanistan, respond to the crisis in Hurricane Katrina. Yes, they got us into an unnecessary war and one that was disastrous to the United States' geopolitical status. Yes, they have displayed a level of croneyism not seen since the 19th century.
However, these transgressions were not the downfall of the Bush Administration. The downfall came when they failed to adapt to anything that ever happened during their reign. They screwed up a war, they did it again. They were caught lying, they repeated it. Their policy failed, they stuck with it.
The Administration's pure and utter hubris brought them to the brink, and their failure to learn from mistakes pushed them over.
Republicans can thank the Bush Administration for making them the minority in 2006, and an even smaller minority in 2008, as well as their loss of the Oval Office.
-Dylan Jambrek, Comm. Director CDW.
I suppose this is the first administration to have the convenience of ignoring public opinion. It helps when you are potentially the worst administration in American History.
The failure of the Bush Administration has not been the multiple scandals. Yes, they failed to stop 9/11, failed to put the necessary resources in Afghanistan, respond to the crisis in Hurricane Katrina. Yes, they got us into an unnecessary war and one that was disastrous to the United States' geopolitical status. Yes, they have displayed a level of croneyism not seen since the 19th century.
However, these transgressions were not the downfall of the Bush Administration. The downfall came when they failed to adapt to anything that ever happened during their reign. They screwed up a war, they did it again. They were caught lying, they repeated it. Their policy failed, they stuck with it.
The Administration's pure and utter hubris brought them to the brink, and their failure to learn from mistakes pushed them over.
Republicans can thank the Bush Administration for making them the minority in 2006, and an even smaller minority in 2008, as well as their loss of the Oval Office.
-Dylan Jambrek, Comm. Director CDW.
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