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You're going to have to get more imaginative than that to find any realistic logic behind this choice that conservatives might like.

I highly suspect Bush went against his advisors on this one. Since Bush readily admits that he doesn't follow the news, or read newspapers, and with increasing reports that he's hostile towards hearing any bad news ... maybe he's just not aware that his putting friends above the American people has recently been spotlighted ... and not in a cute, endearing loyal cowboy way that he expects.

Hell, maybe Laura made the pick. "Why don't you pick Harriet? She's a nice person.

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I think you are very close on this one, Grey. In recent days, many conservatives, Michelle Malkin being one, have been extremely critical of the Bush administration on this front. These conservatives are tired of Bush appointing political cronies in these important positions.

We've heard for sometime now that Karl Rove is running things, and political considerations are a driving factor in all decisions; on this one, and some other recent ones, the White House seems extremely politically tone deaf.