New York Times Editorial - Some shake-up, Mr. Bush
New York Times Editorial - Some shake-up, Mr. Bush
The New York Times
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006. Copyright by The New York Times
President George W. Bush wants to show Americans he's shaking things up in his administration, but it is clear that the people who messed everything up will remain in place. The press secretary goes, the political-and-domestic- policy adviser is losing half his portfolio. There's a new White House chief of staff. But the folks at the Defense Department are still on the job, doing what they've been doing.
Metaphors about deck chairs abound.
It's too soon to say how history will judge this administration, but it does look as if the first thing this president will be remembered for is the disastrous way the war in Iraq was conducted under Donald Rumsfeld, who, of course, isn't going anywhere. If there's a second thing we think history will shake its head over, it's the administration's cavalier disregard for the civil liberties of American citizens and the human rights of American prisoners. Needless to say, nobody's being replaced at the Justice Department.
The third great disaster of the Bush administration is a fiscal policy that has turned a federal surplus into a series of enormous budget gaps and an economy that depends on loans from China to pay its bills. The administration is changing the fiscal team, but doing everything possible to send the signal that there are no new brooms in this venture - just the same old faces with new labels.
The New York Times
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006. Copyright by The New York Times
President George W. Bush wants to show Americans he's shaking things up in his administration, but it is clear that the people who messed everything up will remain in place. The press secretary goes, the political-and-domestic- policy adviser is losing half his portfolio. There's a new White House chief of staff. But the folks at the Defense Department are still on the job, doing what they've been doing.
Metaphors about deck chairs abound.
It's too soon to say how history will judge this administration, but it does look as if the first thing this president will be remembered for is the disastrous way the war in Iraq was conducted under Donald Rumsfeld, who, of course, isn't going anywhere. If there's a second thing we think history will shake its head over, it's the administration's cavalier disregard for the civil liberties of American citizens and the human rights of American prisoners. Needless to say, nobody's being replaced at the Justice Department.
The third great disaster of the Bush administration is a fiscal policy that has turned a federal surplus into a series of enormous budget gaps and an economy that depends on loans from China to pay its bills. The administration is changing the fiscal team, but doing everything possible to send the signal that there are no new brooms in this venture - just the same old faces with new labels.
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