Loyalty to Lies

[kentuck]

Some Democrats, McAuliffe for one, criticize Scott McClellan for lack of loyalty to his boss. Remember when James Carville compared Bill Richardson to Judas Iscariot? Most Republicans are steaming over McClellan's criticisms of Bush and the Republicans. The ultimate betrayal, they say. But how important is loyalty?

Is it more important to be loyal than to condemn an unnecessary war? Is loyalty more important than being open and honest about matters of life and death? Does loyalty override lies and subterfuge and propaganda? Is there nothing that is more important than loyalty?

Mary Matalin said, “This will stand as the epitome, the ultimate breach of that code of honor.” We know how important loyalty is to her. She worked for Dick Cheney. Bernard Kerik was also highly critical of McClellan. “Having been through all I have been through in the past four years, disloyalty and betrayal seem more prevalent today than ever before in my lifetime, and that in itself, to me, is sickening,” he said. Bob Dole more or less called him a weasel. He said McClellan was a “miserable creature” in a an e-mail that became public. They join other "loyalists" such as Karl Rove, Dan Bartlett, Condi Rice, Dana Perino, and Ari Fleischer that have joined in the assault on Scott McClellan.

Loyalty to lies is not honorable. It should not be rewarded. It should be a crime. These "loyalists" have no moral compass. They are lost souls led by a blind man. They should be called for what they are. They are accomplices.