Will the makeup of the Bush administration change?
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Will the makeup of the Bush administration change?
I remember hearing rumors early in the campaign that Colin Powell would not return if Bush was reelected. Is this still the current line of thinking? Is it pretty certain that Condi, Rummy, and the others will be coming back?
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OK, my eyes just glazed over at reading that article. So, are they going to televise the game o musical chairs, or will they just tell us the results?Dirt wrote:New Look for the Cabinet
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I'd LOVE to see Rice gone. I really, really dislike her.
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Me three. He occasionally did some crazy shit* as Mayor of NYC, but the bastard got results.Nade wrote:Same here.Mr. Sparkle wrote:If they replace Ashcroft with Gulliani, that will definately make me feel better.
*like stalking the parking lot of an Ikea in NJ to try and get New Yorkers to pay additional sales tax on furniture!
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And I'm pretty sure he knows there is a Constitution that he is supposed to uphold... whether he personally agrees with it or not.Kadoth Nodens wrote:Me three. He occasionally did some crazy shit* as Mayor of NYC, but the bastard got results.Nade wrote:Same here.Mr. Sparkle wrote:If they replace Ashcroft with Gulliani, that will definately make me feel better.
*like stalking the parking lot of an Ikea in NJ to try and get New Yorkers to pay additional sales tax on furniture!
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In that he would resign, or in that he would die?The Preacher wrote:Let me add one more thought/question:
Will Cheney last the entire term?
I'm thinking that there is a reasonable chance he will not but that's just a guess.
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I was thinking that he might step down for health reasons.noxiousdog wrote:In that he would resign, or in that he would die?The Preacher wrote:Let me add one more thought/question:
Will Cheney last the entire term?
I'm thinking that there is a reasonable chance he will not but that's just a guess.
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What would happen then? Does the president just get to appoint a new Veep? Or does the "line of succession" come into play?The Preacher wrote:I was thinking that he might step down for health reasons.noxiousdog wrote:In that he would resign, or in that he would die?The Preacher wrote:Let me add one more thought/question:
Will Cheney last the entire term?
I'm thinking that there is a reasonable chance he will not but that's just a guess.
He's technically an elected official... but I guess Governors get to pick replacements for Senators and stuff, and Bush is sort of the Uber-Governor...
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He picks a replacement that's confirmed by congress. (eg, Ford)Mr. Sparkle wrote: What would happen then? Does the president just get to appoint a new Veep? Or does the "line of succession" come into play?
He's technically an elected official... but I guess Governors get to pick replacements for Senators and stuff, and Bush is sort of the Uber-Governor...
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hmmmm....good point!malchior wrote:He's decisive. The counterpoint is unnecessary.hepcat wrote:personally, i would hate to see powell disappear from the president's circle. ANY leader, if he wants to be effective, needs someone who'll disagree with him and provide a counterpoint for consideration.
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Cheney is President G.W. Bush's life insurance policy. Nobody is going to impeach him (if they could) or assassinate him if the alternative is a Dick Cheney Presidency. It's like having a "get out of jail free" card handy.
Rumsfeld was on his way out before 9/11, so he's expendable. If it wasn't politically inexpedient if you claim to have "made no mistakes", I think Rumsfeld would have been fired months ago. I certainly think that if the news media really starts to look hard (hah, silly me...the media has no backbone anymore), there will be a bunch of suppressed stories about how badly Iraq is going will hit the newspapers. Rumsfeld will have to take it for the team.
Ashcroft I think will stick around. His fundamentalist view fits with the administration. And it's not suprising that all of the noise about prosecuting the terrorists and siezing their money has just turned out to be a political ploy with no real convictions to back it up.
If Rumsfeld, Ashcroft and Cheney had real jobs, they'd have been fired at least a year ago for gross incompetence. But since their boss has nine (or more) political lives, they're at least around a bit longer.
I think that Colin Powell can't leave the administration fast enough. The way Colin Powell was backstabbed, undermined and marginalized by the Bush administration is a big part of the reason why I'm so incredibly annoyed (in addition to being a moderate Republican on the social and tax issues). The 2000 Presidency could have been Colin Powell's if he wanted, but instead he played loyal. And paid the price for it -- to the bitter end. What a waste of a good man's integrity.
Rumsfeld was on his way out before 9/11, so he's expendable. If it wasn't politically inexpedient if you claim to have "made no mistakes", I think Rumsfeld would have been fired months ago. I certainly think that if the news media really starts to look hard (hah, silly me...the media has no backbone anymore), there will be a bunch of suppressed stories about how badly Iraq is going will hit the newspapers. Rumsfeld will have to take it for the team.
Ashcroft I think will stick around. His fundamentalist view fits with the administration. And it's not suprising that all of the noise about prosecuting the terrorists and siezing their money has just turned out to be a political ploy with no real convictions to back it up.
If Rumsfeld, Ashcroft and Cheney had real jobs, they'd have been fired at least a year ago for gross incompetence. But since their boss has nine (or more) political lives, they're at least around a bit longer.
I think that Colin Powell can't leave the administration fast enough. The way Colin Powell was backstabbed, undermined and marginalized by the Bush administration is a big part of the reason why I'm so incredibly annoyed (in addition to being a moderate Republican on the social and tax issues). The 2000 Presidency could have been Colin Powell's if he wanted, but instead he played loyal. And paid the price for it -- to the bitter end. What a waste of a good man's integrity.
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Heh, I've never heard anyone pronounce his name Col-ON. Just thinking about it gives me a small fit of giggles.Hamsterball_Z wrote:Colin Powell is BLACK?!?!?Dirt wrote:The country isn't ready for a black President. Powell could pave the way, but the Presidency could never be his.
By the way, have you ever heard anyone pronounce his name correctly? It's Col-IN not Col-ON. Bugs me every time I hear it.
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