What is it about Bush & Company that makes both George and his corporate cronies so hamhanded about ethics?

Take Bush's recent attempt to shove Michael Baroody into the charimanship of the Consumer Products Safety Commission. This watchdog agency is supposed to protect the public from manufacturers who make shoddy products that harm or kill people. So – is Baroody a noted consumer advocate?





Hardly! He's the top lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers! Yes, he represents the very makers of the dangerous and deadly products the agency is supposed to guard against. With this appointment, Bush was not merely putting the fox in the henhouse – he was trying to deliver the hens directly to the fox's den!





To make this obvious conflict of interest even stinkier, the NAM came up with an under-the-table scheme to subsidize Baroody's salary at the consumer agency, promising to hand him a forget-me-not of $150,000. The Bushites knew about this payment – yet saw nothing even slightly unethical about it.

What is it about Bush %26amp; Company that makes both George and his corporate cronies so hamhanded about ethics?
The biggest problem is that Bush is just plain stupid. He has also surrounded himself with advisers who, like him, live in the corporate world of fantasy.


As Ron White once said, you can get knees replaced, hearing aids for deafness, surgery for vision, etc., but "You Can't Fix Stupid."
Reply:They're on a "mission from God"
Reply:I've been gravely disappointed by this administration. However, when you focus on them entirely, your bias shows through. Previous administrations, particularly Clinton, Carter, and Nixon, have had far more ethical questions raised about their cabinet members and other admin. officials. Try not to be so one-sided.
Reply:They're not as bad as the Clintons, though. Sometimes things fall through the cracks.