Ms. Dowd's "A Plague of Toadies" deserves our kudos!

[Paradise]

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"Not only are the Bush officials who failed to protect the country and misled us into war not losing their jobs. They're getting promoted."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/opinion/18dowd.html?th (sorry, requires simple registration.)

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[VivaKerry]

1. Here, let's give the unregistered a 'taste' with a clip

November 18, 2004
OP-ED COLUMNIST
A Plague of Toadies
By MAUREEN DOWD

ASHINGTON

I went to see the magical "Pericles'' at the Shakespeare Theater the other night.

In ancient Greece, the prince of Tyre tires of all the yes men around him. He chooses to trust the one courtier who intrepidly tells him: "They do abuse the king that flatter him. ... Whereas reproof, obedient and in order, fits kings, as they are men, for they may err.''

Not flatter the king? Listen to dissenting viewpoints? Rulers who admit they've erred?

It's all so B.C. (Before Cheney).

Now, in the 21st-century reign of King George II, flattery is mandatory, dissent is forbidden, and erring without admitting error is the best way to get ahead. President Bush is purging the naysayers who tried to temper crusted-nut-bar Dick Cheney and the neocon crazies on Iraq.

First, faith trumped facts. Now, loyalty trumps competence. W., who was the loyalty enforcer for his father's administration, is now the loyalty enforcer for his own.

Those promoted to be in charge of our security, diplomacy and civil liberties were rewarded for being more loyal to Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney than to the truth.

The president and vice president are dispatching their toadies to the agencies to quell dissent. The crackdown seems bizarre, since hardly anyone dared to disagree with them anyway and there were plenty willing to twist the truth for them.

MORE at link

[Paradise]

2. thanks VivaKerry. i'm all foggy this a.m. n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

3. The Peter Principle: updated, perfected, and politicized.

[Paradise]

8. as a matter of fact,

rising way above their levels of incompetence!

[izzie]

4. Read the comment in NYT on this one. It is fun

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[rodeodance]

5. yes, -email her for a job well done!!!

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......Condi Rice and Stephen Hadley did not do their jobs before 9/11 in coordinating the fight against Al Qaeda, and they did not do their jobs after 9/11 in preventing the debacle in Iraq. They not only suppressed evidence Americans needed to know that would have debunked the neocons' hyped-up case for invading Iraq; they helped shovel hooey into the president's speeches......

[Paradise]

9. incompetence pays-off in the * administration! n/t

[Paradise]

7. comment? can you point me to it. n/t

[slor]

13. Where can I see the comment? n/t

[BlueEyedSon]

6. kick kick kick kick kick

[MaineYooper]

10. kick

I start to understand why people are so loyal to *, at least those unchallenged by ethics or morality.

Since * never admits to doing anything wrong, by extension, no one who works for him does anything wrong, either. Therefore, with no mistakes, there's no one called to account, and not only do they not get fired, but they get promoted!

What a freakin' scam. It still makes my head hurt to think that only 48% of this nation could see through this.

[Paradise]

11. kick. n/t

[Kellis]

12. I love her

Im glad shes on our side!

[struggle4progress]

14. kick

:kick:

[mia]

15. Wish the majority of voters cared about it. n/t