Sara Taylor's Oath To Uphold George W. Bush

[journalist3072]

So after listening to Sara Taylor appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, the most telling thing, for me, was this exchange between her and Sen. Patrick Leahy.

Taylor: "I took an oath and I take that oath to the president very seriously."

Sen. Leahy responded by giving Ms. Taylor a lesson from Civics 101. He reminded her that she took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States; not to uphold George W. Bush. He said: "Your oath is not to uphold the president."

We've seen this same pattern in people like Alberto Gonzales and Harriet Miers. Their loyalty for George W. Bush trumps their sense of loyalty to their country. Gonzales can't seem to remember that he no longer represents George W. Bush as his personal lawyer, but that he represents the American people now.

I have no problem with a President asking people they feel they can trust, to serve in their Administration. The problem arises when that person can't separate the personal from the professional, and remember that their obligation, first and foremost, is to the American public, not the President of the United States.

That's the problem when a bright-eyed, bushy-taled 32-year old like Sara Taylor comes to Washington to serve in a political position. They're so eager to please and prove themselves as true believers and loyalists, that sometimes they end up tossing the constitution and our nation's laws aside.

[Beelzebud]

1. They have an official name: Loyal Bushies

[Ron Green]

2. My Liege! Your will is my command!

:dunce:

[still_one]

3. Remember what happened to Susan McDougal? OK, Dems, uphold the Constitution

the ball is in your court

[Duer 157099]

4. There's just one problem with your post

That's the problem when a bright-eyed, bushy-taled 32-year old like Sara Taylor comes to Washington to serve in a political position.

Is she 32 now, or when she came to Washington? If she's 32 now, then she was quite a bit younger, and probably even more bushie-tailed, 7 years ago.

[journalist3072]

6. Actually, you're right. She's 32 now and came to Washington in her 20's I believe. eom

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

5. Party trumps the Constitution.

If that one statement Sara Taylor made today, doesn't wake up the American people to what the Pukes have been up to for the past 33 years, nothing will.

The Pukes have never "gotten over" the fact that Nixon was forced to resign for subverting the Constitution of the United States.

They got caught red-handed during Watergate, but they learned the lesson very well.

The one question that needs to be asked is this: If the White House has nothing to hide, why won't they let whoever is subpoened testify under oath and with a transcript?

[nosmokes]

7. Wait a minute- she said, under oath, that she took an oath of loyalty to

Bush? Are you f'real? did she just misspeak? Or is it possible she *did* vow loyalty tothe schmuck? WTF!

[journalist3072]

10. "I took an oath and I take that oath to the president very seriously."

"...take that oath to the president very seriously...." is what she said. That's an actual quote from her from today.

[MetaTrope]

21. "I take that oath to my husb--the president very seriously"

Yet another breeder for the mine shafts.

[WinkyDink]

8. WHY are they loyal to that creepy, bald-head-rubbing, smirking, stained-teeth-showing,

ignorant, giggling PSYCHOPATH??

[donkeyotay]

9. What you see is what you get with the GOP

Grover Norguist, a respected GOP philosopher aspired to be able to drown government in the bathtub. Jack Abramoff, a...er...nobody knows him now, but he might have headed the college Republicans back when everyone wanted to know him, said the GOP's task was not to coexist with political opposition, but rather destroy them. So, it's easy to see how the young blood in the party might have missed the concept of public service.

What else could power be for except to get more power and to enrich oneself and ones cronies? Taking advantage of or crippling government institutions is just a side benefit. Under a leader who also has demonstrated no appreciation of national values or inclination to serve the public, an appointment is an invitation to plunder that agency and return to GOP headquarters with the loot.

The damage done compares with Katrina.

[thunder35]

11. throw her in jail

[Disturbed]

12. Leahy should have asked her exactly what that Oath to

Busholini was. Did all of the Busholini Regime members take that Oath, as well?

[formercia]

14. Service oath for public servants

Service oath for public servants
Ich schwöre: Ich werde dem Führer des Deutschen Reiches und Volkes Adolf Hitler treu und gehorsam sein, die Gesetze beachten, und meine Amtspflichten gewissenhaft erfüllen, so wahr mir Gott helfe.

I swear: I will be faithful and obedient to Adolf Hitler, Führer of the German Reich and people, to observe the law, and to conscientiously fulfil my official duties, so help me God.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_oath

[brentspeak]

13. Just when you thought the Bushies couldn't get more bizarre, along comes Sara Taylor

and her "oath" to the President.

:spray: :spray: :spray:

[tblue37]

15. hitler's troops also were required to take their

oath to Hitler himself, not to their country.

[spanone]

16. A very disturbing pattern. I don't find junior whatsoever charismatic.

from watching these people testify, i don't believe any of them think they work for us.

[Disturbed]

17. It is obvious that the Busholini's servants work for him.

They took an Oath, probably in blood, to only have loyalty to him, not even the Rethug Party. Anyone that refused to swear that Oath were not hired. Those that did not follow orders after they were hired were fired.

[journalist3072]

18. Right! On a whole, I don't think these are people who get up every morning and ask what they can do

for the American people; how can they make the lives of Americans better.

I honestly don't believe that is first and foremost on their mind when they go to work every morning.

[Decruiter]

19. Just another hired stooge; a placeholder...

...like a pizza delivery driver made to wear a neck bomb.

[cassiepriam]

20. The oath is to the American people isn't it?