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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (342809)	7/11/2007 1:23:09 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574118

"One of the biggest failures of the Bush administration is the this bureaucratic culture has not changed one bit. In fact, it has thrived, especially in departments which are guaranteed the tax dollars. (Who's against funding Homeland Security, for instance?)" If we HAVE to have big government, you've got to admit it works much better when it's run by people that BELIEVE it CAN work, which would be the Dems, now wouldn't it? The Bushies just see it as a way to reward loyalists, and if they're incompetent, well, government just doesn't WORK, does it?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (342809)	7/11/2007 1:26:20 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574118

"One of the biggest failures of the Bush administration is the this bureaucratic culture has not changed one bit." You are wrong. It has changed. It used to be non-political. It isn't any more. It used to be able to function because it was a meritocracy. That has changed. Those two are huge changes.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (342809)	7/11/2007 1:59:33 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574118

re: But the biggest folly of ABBers is that the culture will die with Bush. Nothing "dies". Things getter better or worse. They got dramatically worse under Bush, and they will get dramatically better under the next President, Dem or Rep. Nobody expects perfection. That doesn't mean we should we tolerate total incompetence. If that's nuance to you then you need to rethink.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (342809)	7/11/2007 3:52:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574118

CJ, > And the career employees know that the only way to get promoted is to demonstrate their loyalty, actually doing a good job isn't really relevant. One of the biggest failures of the Bush administration is the this bureaucratic culture has not changed one bit. In fact, it has thrived, especially in departments which are guaranteed the tax dollars. (Who's against funding Homeland Security, for instance?) You play a lot of mind games with your head, don't you? Thrive? I have never seen the gov't so messed up as it is under Bush. Thrive? Bush has managed to bring in so many incompetents we look like the Russia of ten years ago. It really cracks me up how you Bush lovers manage to minimize the disaster that has been his administration. I guess the alternative is to feel guilty for having voted for him twice.