Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Monday, February 13, 2006
The Patriots
Patriots every one.

Mother Jones has done an article outlining the latest installment of Bush administration officials who have quit or were resigned in controversy. Part I is here, and Part II is here. I would say that any future Republican administrations could do quite well hiring this list of government folks:
In the first installment of this series, I offered 42 names to begin what now seems an endless -- and ever-growing -- list of top officials as well as beleaguered administrators, managers, and career civil servants who quit their government posts in protest or were ridiculed, defamed, threatened, fired, forced out, demoted, or driven to retire by Bush administration strong-arm tactics, cronyism, and disastrous policies. In the second installment, I added what turned out to be a modest 175 further casualties to the rolls of "the Fallen." With this latest installment, TomDispatch's tally of the battling bureaucracy's casualties stands at approximately 243 -- and rising (so please continue to send your suggestions of deserving legionnaires to: fallenlegionwall@yahoo.com).
The GOP has run on an anti-government platform for years. Now we know just what that looks like, i.e. Katrina response, Iraq war, war on science and so on. It's really the dirty little secret in politics. People really like government, they just don't like to admit it.
Written at 1:44 PM by Greyhair.
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