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Card Games
Andy Card resigned today, amid both calls for and denials of a staff shake-up at the White House. It has been speculated that Karl Rove and Andy Card were not exactly friendly.
Members of the Republican party called for Bush to replace a member of his staff, to bring in some "new blood" and try to boost his poll numbers. Bolten is hardly new blood. He became the Budget Director in 2003, and prior to that he was Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy. He's been loyal to Bush since Texas.
He's no ace either. Bolten was budget chief when the government ran its three largest deficits ever, including the record $413 billion shortfall in 2004
Since Bush is shuffling his deck, perhaps it's time to discard Rumsfeld.
Update: Kyle called from Mississippi. His group is working in a distribution center, helping people get necessary food and clothing. Some students are helping rebuild houses. He'll have much more to tell when he returns! (story in the Beacon Journal)
By terra - 3/28/2006
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it starts to get funny how the administration automatically denies whatever people say and then goes and does exactly what they say. i was gonna go through a bunch of examples but they are all pretty obvious and i'm lazy...
I wonder if this new advisor is a felon that steals from Target, like Bush's last domestic advisor?
I am interested in knowing why Kyle sees being down there first hand. Will make for some good posting.
Kyle said he hasn't seen any government presence - no military or anything. I'll just assume (and hope) they're helping in New Orleans.
I looked up Pass Christian last night, and it looks like a lot of their historic mansions were destroyed by Hurricane Camille a few years ago. The Katrina destruction is mind-blowing. The website was http://www.katrinapics.passchristian.net/
He also said there's a sign posted for people not to go in the ocean - it's still contaminated. While we spoke, there were 4 kids splashing around in the water.
I updated the post with a link to an article and photos in the Beacon Journal.
Another perspective I just heard regarding replacing Andy Card instead of someone really bad like Rumsfeld, or Chertoff, or Gonzalez, is that Bush thinks everything is fine and nothing needs to change.
I think this was a pointless move if they're trying to show they want new ideas. They aren't going to get any new ideas from Bolten.
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