Bush's Youth Movement

[Guest Gandalf Grey]

Bush's Youth Movement

 

By Cenk Uygur

Created Jul 13 2007 - 8:54am

 

Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General of the United States.

Age, 37.

 

Monica Goodling, Director of Public Affairs for the United States Justice

Department. Age, 33.

 

Sara Taylor, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political

Affairs at the White House. Age, 32.

 

Why are all these senior positions filled by such young employees? Some

would even call them kids. For two simple reasons - kids are more

impressionable and they don't know any better [1].

 

It's the same reason why all people who want to bend the law start with a

youth movement. Because the young don't know how "it's supposed to be done."

They are more ready to take orders and change the ways things are, partly

because they don't even know what they're changing.

 

Monica Goodling said at one point in her testimony [2] about a conversation

she had with Attorney General Gonzales, "I didn't know that it was maybe

appropriate for us to talk about that." Baby, you weren't supposed to know.

 

It's not that the Bush administration couldn't find experienced people -

it's that they didn't want to. An experienced lawyer might object when you

tell her to use political considerations to hire and fire attorneys at the

Justice Department. An experienced lawyer can spot a violation of the Hatch

Act or the FISA law or the War Crimes Act [3]. An inexperienced lawyer who

is thrilled to have such a great job at such a young age [4] will do as they

are told.

 

Then, they will come in front of Congress and cry about how they didn't know

any better. And to some extent they are right. That is precisely why they

were hired in the first place.

 

Throw in the fact that the administration hired mainly religiously devout

followers [5] and it makes their job even easier. The devout are taught from

an early age that you respect your elders and you follow orders. Don't

question; have faith in what you are told. Perfect. Unquestioning, faithful,

dependent and inexperienced - Karl Rove couldn't ask for anything more. He

specifically didn't want anything more.

 

The Young Turks [6]

 

 

 

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"A little patience and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their

spells dissolve, and the people recovering their true sight, restore their

government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are

suffering deeply in spirit,

and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public

debt. But if the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have

patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning

back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at

stake."

-Thomas Jefferson

[Guest LarsensAttack]

Gandalf Grey wrote:

> Bush's Youth Movement

>

> By Cenk Uygur

> Created Jul 13 2007 - 8:54am

>

> Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General of the United States.

> Age, 37.

>

> Monica Goodling, Director of Public Affairs for the United States Justice

> Department. Age, 33.

>

> Sara Taylor, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political

> Affairs at the White House. Age, 32.

>

> Why are all these senior positions filled by such young employees? Some

> would even call them kids. For two simple reasons - kids are more

> impressionable and they don't know any better [1].

>

> It's the same reason why all people who want to bend the law start with a

> youth movement. Because the young don't know how "it's supposed to be done."

> They are more ready to take orders and change the ways things are, partly

> because they don't even know what they're changing.

>

> Monica Goodling said at one point in her testimony [2] about a conversation

> she had with Attorney General Gonzales, "I didn't know that it was maybe

> appropriate for us to talk about that." Baby, you weren't supposed to know.

>

> It's not that the Bush administration couldn't find experienced people -

> it's that they didn't want to. An experienced lawyer might object when you

> tell her to use political considerations to hire and fire attorneys at the

> Justice Department. An experienced lawyer can spot a violation of the Hatch

> Act or the FISA law or the War Crimes Act [3]. An inexperienced lawyer who

> is thrilled to have such a great job at such a young age [4] will do as they

> are told.

>

> Then, they will come in front of Congress and cry about how they didn't know

> any better. And to some extent they are right. That is precisely why they

> were hired in the first place.

>

> Throw in the fact that the administration hired mainly religiously devout

> followers [5] and it makes their job even easier. The devout are taught from

> an early age that you respect your elders and you follow orders. Don't

> question; have faith in what you are told. Perfect. Unquestioning, faithful,

> dependent and inexperienced - Karl Rove couldn't ask for anything more. He

> specifically didn't want anything more.

>

> The Young Turks [6]

 

What's the additional religious right connection? Which religious

school did they come from where they were taught "not to question"?

That verges on blasphemy since Christianity will not vanish

if people do question it. Only those that have something to fear

burn or ban books or thought. Real Christians don't because they

know that if their religion can be brought down by words or thoughts

it was never real, and it hasn't been yet, after 2000 years.

 

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