Hubbard White House Departure Marks Sixth in Six Months

Instantly the phrase “rats leaving a sinking ship” comes to mind.
In this case, some day when the congressional investigations take place and the watered down results come out, who will go down in history of not doing the job they were elected to do but instead, did what they did in office for just self-interest.
Get out now boys and girls, the voters might be sheep most of the time but they also have a tendency not to forget all the time!

With the exception of Janet Reno, nearly Bill Clinton’s entire cabinet resigned before his term ended. Were they abandoning ship or is this just the norm?

Can we put some ankle monitors on these “rats”, because when the impeachments and indictments go down, I want them found!

This is nothing new. Of Clinton’s original 14 cabinet members, only 4 remained until after he left office after two terms. Alan Hubbard here is only an “advisor” not a cabinet member. In fact, Clinton had four (4) Secretary of Commerce appointees. The first of which was Ron Brown who died in a plane crash (guess we’ve forgotten Bill’s crying act at the funeral). I’ve yet to hear of a Bush appointee “dying” before deciding to move on. Only Janet Reno (Attorney General), Bruce Babbit (Sec Interior), Donna Shalala (Health & Human Ser), and Rich Riley (Sec of Education), 4 of 14 were with Clinton at the end. This is nothing new guys. Don’t read too much into it.

Yeah, I never have liked Lott either. It’s good he’s leaving. There are a lot of clowns on both sides and some in between. History may indeed not look favorably on Bush’s administration, but I think Carter’s was worse both domestically (18% mortgages/runaway inflation and especially foreign policy. Read up on him and see. Try to keep an objective point of view. Notice I didn’t call him a “clown”. I think personal insulting labels are inmature and add nothing to the debate. I do remember the 1980 campaign when Reagan was running against Carter and someone had a sign that said “why not an actor? We’ve had a clown for 4 years”. It was a pretty clear choice back then. I don’t think the country is ruined. Keep the faith we’ll survive this administration too.

Rachel, Interestingly enough yes. Under Article II Section 2; “The President … shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.” So first they would need to be impeached! Like Senators and Representatives. I’ve never heard of a presidential advisor getting impeached though. This dubious distinction has alweays been reserved for constitutionally elected officials. I suppose Bush would lose the power to pardon if “HE” were impeached. But I’m not sure I understand who you mean by “these guys”? With the recent exception of Libby (whose pardon I personally disagreed with), no one has even been indicted much less convicted of any crime. If something comes up later, by this time the legal process could never get it done before Bush was out of office. So it’s kind of a non-issue at this point. The point is that people who support the president resign all the time. Usually for personal reasons (sometime when they get in trouble). This article implies that there are resignations because they want to distance themselves from Bush. I think this is probably slanted.

I’d just like to know what “prosperous companies in Indiana” Al Hubbard owns.

Hey all you Bush bashers, this is my final post on this subject. Apparently, Clinton’s ship had some “rats” that left too. The point is this is normal stuff and to infer otherwise is slanted journalism.

always bashing bush. the dems remind me of a kid that if they cant have it their way they will take their ball and go home. wait and see if a dem gets elected this country will go more downhill than when clinton was in office. and as for the war, clinton had chances to stop this before it ever began but was to busy trying to keep himself out of prison and chasing women. but how fast we forget

Truth Hurts, OK one last post on this. I didn’t compare anything about what Clinton DID and what Bush DOES. I was simply trying to pointed out that presidential staff and cabinet resignations is a normal part of presidential administrations. You missed the whole point!!! If you could ever get past your blind anti-Bush ranting and name calling of anyone you perceive as disagreeing with your point of view, you might have picked up on the discussion.