You have to love this stuff.
President Bush said yesterday that he will fire anyone in the administration found to have committed a crime in the leaking of a CIA operative's name, creating a higher threshold than he did one year ago for holding aides accountable in the unmasking of Valerie Plame.
After originally saying anyone involved in leaking the name of the covert CIA operative would be fired, Bush told reporters: "If somebody committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration."
This is a small, but potentially very significant, distinction, because details that have emerged from the leak investigation over the past week show that Karl Rove, Bush's top political aide, and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, discussed Plame with reporters before her name was revealed to the public.
And, if they are convicted, then Bush can just change the standard again. Something along the lines of "If somebody committed Murder, they will no longer work in my administration.". He can just keep shifting the standard any time it appears he should take action.
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This is more than upping his standard; this is breaking the promise that Scott McClellan reiterated in 2003:
"The president has set high standards, the highest of standards, for people in his administration. He's made it very clear to people in his administration that he expects them to adhere to the highest standards of conduct. If anyone in this administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in this administration."
Here is proof he has not upheld his deal with the American people. He has reneged on his promise.
...it's obvious just how high those standards of conduct are.
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