Bush's White House faces credibility blow

[cal04]

The White House is facing a damaging loss of credibility after the indictment of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's right-hand man, for lying to investigators in a CIA leak probe. The indictment was a severe blow to President George W Bush after the defeat of his Supreme Court pick Harriet Miers and his struggles with high gasoline prices, falling approval ratings and fallout from Hurricane Katrina.

Libby's subsequent resignation is also seen as a tough loss for a White House in which his boss, Cheney, has wielded real influence, particularly on foreign policy.
"He functions as a chief of staff, but he also knows Cheney's thinking on defense and national security issues better than anyone else," said James Mann, author of a book about the Bush administration's war cabinet, Rise of the Vulcans

Officials in the White House "are going to try to stay focused and get their message out," said Steven Reich, a lawyer who served in the Bill Clinton administration leading legal teams dealing with probes of the former president.
"But the real trouble here is that whatever message they are trying to get out gets lost in the clamor, and essentially they spend the rest of the administration on the defense."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1493714.htm

[Arkansas Democrat]

1. Bush's Whitehouse

didn't have any credibility to lose with ME in the first place! Kinda like his political capital! None exists!!!!

[marmar]

4. Es la verdad!

What credibility? Anyone that still believes a thing that comes out of that House of Horrors is a Koolaid drinking ignoramus.

[wake.up.america]

6. Ellos van a tener muchos problemas en el futuro. Por seguro.

[marmar]

7. De acuerdo.

Ellos son mentirosos. Necesitan salir la casa blanca, inmediamente!

[bemildred]

5. Indeed, "what credibility?".

[tanyev]

2. "Heh, heh, Karl, get me some of that credibility blow."

"I've never tried that before. Maybe it'll help my stress. Heh, heh."

[wake.up.america]

3. From day one, I have thought Bush and his cronies were going to throw

the US into chaos and shame.