"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> At 10:30 AM 1/1/01 -0800, Doug wrote:
> >I didn't say he was a hypocrite. What I meant that his cabinet appointments
> >are not conducive to the bipartisan spirit he campaigned on, especially his
> >picks for Interior and Attorney General. I would go so far as to say that he
> >has picked a fight.
>
> Oh pluh-eaze...........
>
> Bush campaigned as a *conservative*, he did not campaign as a moderate.
He campaigned as a conservative in the primaries and as a moderate in the
general election. And according to many on this list, he _is_ moderate.
> As such, he has appointed conservatives to his staff. That hardly means,
> however, that he abandoning his bipartisan spirt, as he campaigned on it.
> Bipartisanship =/ Surrender.
>
> More importantly, these are the only two controversial appointments out of
> his *entire* Cabinet so far. The vast majority of his appointments have
> been broadly unobjectionable.
>
They are conservative appointments where they can do the most "damage". If he
had appointed a conservative Secretary of State, few people would object. He
appointed moderates to positions where their moderation is of little
consequence.
Considering that roughly a third of the populace questions the legitimacy of
his administration (myself included) I think it would have served the country
better to make less controversial appointments. Not that I expected him to.
Doug
