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Many at DU may know that a number of Republicans have claimed that the Secret Service prostitution scandal is a sign of President Obama's lack of leadership. What about President Bush? John Chaney was a part of Sarah Palin's security detail during the Bush Administration. In addition, the current director of the Secret Service was appointed by President Bush.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)I don't think there's any way to stop this sort of thing, but I do hope that the average adult American has enough sense to wade through the bullshit.
Mostly these stories are just fodder for Rush to feed his little hate addicts.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)Silly me. EVERYTHING is a partisan issue according to Repubs
malaise
(269,024 posts)top to bottom
SDjack
(1,448 posts)immediately replaced every Republican appointee with a DEM. The Rethugs misbehave, embarrass the prez, get fired, and then get picked up by grateful Rethug companies. Now, if he tries to fire Rethug carryovers, it's a political vendetta.
GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)Before Dumbya left office, he converted a large number of appointee position to civil service (i.e., permanent government) positions. As a consequence, they can't be fired without due cause. He burrowed loads of his operatives that way.