Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Yes Men and Women

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a dissenter.
William Hazlitt (1778–1830), essayist

The New York Times reported that President Vladimir V. Putin reduced the responsibilities of a senior adviser who last week issued a sweeping criticism of the Kremlin's leadership and expressed deep misgivings about the direction in which Russia was headed.

Does that sound familiar? Disagree with President Bush and what happens? Let’s see: Secretary of State Colin Powell disagrees, he’s gone; Secretary of Treasury Paul O’Neil disagrees, he’s gone; Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, gone; Education Secretary Rod Paige; gone and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, gone; and there were others, but you get the point.

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