Book Tells Of Dissent In Bush's Inner Circle
Sounds like Rove has more sense than his former employer. This account once again suggests that Bush puts loyalty above all else:
In that respect, King George is not unlike despots of past and present. Saddam Hussein filled his government with relatives and spouses of relatives:
This also explains how the neocons gained control of the White House. Bush is a man without a belief system, which made it easy for him to get brainwashed into starting a disastrous war:
Karl Rove told George W. Bush before the 2000 election that it was a bad idea to name Richard B. Cheney as his running mate, and Rove later raised objections to the nomination of Harriet E. Miers to the Supreme Court, according to a new book on the Bush presidency.
In that respect, King George is not unlike despots of past and present. Saddam Hussein filled his government with relatives and spouses of relatives:
In "Dead Certain: The Presidency of George Bush," journalist Robert Draper writes that Rove told Bush he should not tap Cheney for the Republican ticket: "Selecting Daddy's top foreign-policy guru ran counter to message. It was worse than a safe pick -- it was needy." But Bush did not care -- he was comfortable with Cheney and "saw no harm in giving his VP unprecedented run of the place."
This also explains how the neocons gained control of the White House. Bush is a man without a belief system, which made it easy for him to get brainwashed into starting a disastrous war:
When Rove, President Bush's top political adviser, expressed concerns about the Miers selection, he was "shouted down" and subsequently muted his objections, Draper writes, while other advisers did not realize the outcry the nomination would cause within the president's conservative political base.