imagination? Maybe I never paid attention to other administraions. After all Politics is not my strong suit. I ususally don't keep up on it.. but I remember that Rumsfeld left a while ago, and since then there have been 2-3 other and now some guy named Alberto Gonzales..
Do all adminstrations go through this?
2007-08-27 04:55:36 · 6 answers · asked by Mrs J 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Vaughn, you're right. Maybe I should have said " a alot of his people seem to be leaving "
2007-08-27 05:10:32 · update #1
This comprehensive list of Bush administration resignations should help to ease your mind that it's not your imagination:
Ari Fleischer (White House Spokesperson)
Colin Powell (Secretary of State)
George Tenet (CIA Director)
Tony Snow (White House Spokesperson)
pending Sept. 16
Alberto Gonzales (Attorney General)
Michael Brown "Good job Brownie" (FEMA Director)
Tom Ridge (Homeland Security Secretary)
Scott McClellan (White House Spokesperson)
Karl Rove (Deputy Chief of Staff)
Dan Barlett (Counsel to the President)
Harriet Miers (White House Special Counsel)
Andrew Card (Chief of Staff)
John Ashcroft (Attorney General)
Don Evans (Commerce Secretary)
Gale Norton (Department of Interior Secretary)
Donald Rumsfeld (Secretary of Defense)
Rod Paige (Secretary of Education)
Ann Veneman (Secretary of Agriculture)
Spencer Abraham (Secretary of Energy Department)
Paul McNulty (Deputy Attorney General)
Norman Mineta (Transportation Secretary)
Richard Armitage (Deputy Secretary of State)
Paul O’Neill (Treasury Secretary)
Larry Lindsey (National Economic Counsel)
Paul Bremer (Special Envoy to Iraq)
Ted Olson (Solicitor General)
The primary difference between Bush and Clinton is that the Bush administration resignations have all come in big clusters lumped closely together. The Clinton resignations were spread out over his entire eight year term. Not to mention that Clinton's former cabinet members never criticized him for ulterior motives, controversy, and being stubborn unlike most former Bush administration members. Most cited reason for resigning from Bush's adminstration, the members need to spend more time with family like they didn't know they had family before accepting positions.
Something smells ill and that doesn't bode well for Bush.
Not to mention that it's interesting how Harley changed his answer from a simple response to a comprehensive list of Clinton adminstration resignees, to mirror my list of Bush desserters. My thought-be original, stick to your initial response, and come up with your own original ideas, however being a follower of other's ideas seems typical of Bush followers. No original thoughts of their own.
2007-08-27 05:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by Enygma 3 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Mrs J, you must be to young to remember the last administration. This is not a new phenomenon. It happens in every administration, especially when the standing President is not up for re-election. Some will try to cover up the previous administrations resignations by telling you it has to do when they leave etc. Here is a list of resignations during the Clinton Administration for comparison. The list of those that "retired" to become lobbyists is equally as long.
RESIGNATIONS
George Stephanopoulos
David Gergen
Dee Dee Myers
Dick Morris
Robert Reich
Ira Magaziner
Frederico Pena
Harold Ickes
Mike Espy
Roger Altman
Les Aspin
Leon Panetta
Hazel O'Leary
Warren Christopher
Lanny Davis
Franklin Raines
Richard Riley (rumored)
Robert Rubin
Mike McCurry
Thomas ("Mack") McLarty
Louis Freeh (rumored)
Abner Mikva
Lloyd Cutler
Navy Secretary John Dalton
Attorney General nominee Zoe Baird name was withdrawn
Attorney General nominee Kimba Wood name was withdrawn
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights nominee Lani Guinier was withdrawn
Defense Secretary designate Bobby Ray Inman name withdrawn from nomination
Surgeon General nominee Dr. Henry Foster, Jr not approved
Three State Department officials resigned in protest of Clinton's policy toward Bosnia.
Defense Secretary Les Aspin
Deputy Attorney General Philip B. Heymann
White House Counsel Bernard Nussbaum
Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell
David Watkins (Helicopter-Golf)
Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman
Treasury Counsel Jean Hanson
Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy
Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders
Federal Judge Lee Sarokin
Craig Livingstone
Deputy Secretary of State Clifton Wharton
Erskine Bowles Chief of Staff (rumored, rumor that he will run for governor of NC)
William B Gould, IV (NLRB)
Department of Justice, Criminal Division Head Jo Ann Harris (8/95)
Department of Justice, Office of Professional Responsibility 22 yr, Michael Shaheen (11/97)
Rahm Emanuel
James Sasser, US Ambassador China (rumored)
John Nakahata Federal Communications Commission chief of staff
Madeleine Albright (rumored)
Lewis Merletti, Secret Service director
Roger W. Johnson, GSA administrator
Paul Homan, Special Trustee Department of Interior
Charles LaBella, Justice Department prosecutor on Campaign Finance
Mari Carmen Aponte, withdrew from consideration US Ambassador to Dominican Republic
Paul Begala, White House aide
Alice Rivlin, Federal Reserve vice-chair
J. Brian Atwood, administrator of the U.S. foreign aid agency
Janet Yellen, chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers
Thomas R Hutson, Foreign Service officer
Togo West, Veterans Affairs Secretary
Victor Reis, assistant secretary of Energy for defense programs
Charles F. C. Ruff
Cheryl Mills
Notice how enygma had to mirror my list to try and make a more believable response. Posting a list because I did. This is exactly what I was referring to. It's time to be a leader and not a follower. Typical liberal response from a Clinton supporter.
2007-08-27 05:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Mrs. J, you made my day! Yours was first question on my list when I logged in (not having checked the news for the day) -- and I hadn't know Alberto "I don't recall" Gonzales had resigned! WHOO!
That said, he and Rumsfeld and Rove can't represent ALL of Bush's people. But they are certainly significant names from the administration, and it doesn't bode well. Still... Cheney isn't going anywhere :-)
ETA: How funny. Four thumbs down so far....
2007-08-27 05:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Actually, this is pretty standard for every second-term administration. You might do well to review the Clinton and Reagan second terms to understand this.
2007-08-27 05:06:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
All rats desert a sinking ship
2007-08-27 05:06:00 · answer #5 · answered by -RKO- 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
they are leaving him, but Dick Cheney is not leaving, i wonder why
2007-08-27 05:00:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋