| The impression that I get from this administration, and this is not an impression that I've garnered from any sort of close contact with any of its members, is that it's not necessarily one that fosters even constructive criticism, let alone real criticism.
I've read Maureen Dowd's book, Bushworld, which is only one woman's opinion of people and administrations. But, in any event, from it, I gather that Bush was a bit of a pitbull during his father's administration, inasmuch as he sniffed out and "addressed" rather aggressively any suspected dissention within the ranks.
Now, Dowd may be completely off the mark, and I may be completely off the mark myself, but I really don't think that this administration welcomes any kind of thinking, acting or even mentionning of any positions counter to the official one.
From the way those thirteen attorneys were fired for refusing to do their jobs according to the party line, I also infer that Bush Jr. does not allow for differences of opinions within his own ranks. And he's already said (though I'm not entirely sure when and where) that he doesn't read newspapers and news magazines, but rather waits for his advisers to tell him what's going on out there in the world...
So, all of that leads me to believe that this president may very well never hear even the smallest bit of actual criticism. __________________ Sunny - The Official Carlos Brainwasher - Baptizer of Bob - Keeper of Kevin Girardi
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