San Diego Union Tribune: Bush's ethics class too late, too little

[question everything]

UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL

Broken promise

Bush's ethics class too late, too little

November 12, 2005

From the file marked – "locking the barn door" – comes this little item: Members of President Bush's staff have been told they must attend mandatory "refresher lectures" on ethical standards and the handling of classified material.

Brilliant. Why didn't we think of that? Or more to the point, why didn't the Bush administration think of it, say, about five years ago when it first took control of the White House? Imagine all the embarrassment – not to mention jabs from late-night comedians – that might have been avoided.

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Whoever thought you would need ethics courses on the watch of a president who promised to "restore honor and dignity to the White House?"

You remember why Bush promised that, don't you? There's no question that some restoration of honor and dignity was in order on the heels of the scandal-ridden Clinton administration, but many Americans expected more than that from the Bush crew. For one thing, many probably expected that the administration would avoid even the appearance of impropriety and corruption. For another, they probably also expected that staffers would, from day one, have been trained in how to maintain the highest ethical standards and properly handle classified material.

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[PSPS]

1. "scandal-ridden Clinton administration?"

Of course, all the "scandals" were made up and promoted by the RW media machine.

I know it's the right-wing San Diego Tribune, so I shouldn't be surprised. But it still disappoints me when a paper prints an outright lie.

[opihimoimoi]

2. I just knew these dudes were nefarious in nature...consider Bushies

behavior during the 2000 election...no class, victory at all costs, get over it, we won....no fairness, no recount, no nothing....That told me a lot about the man and his lack of dignity/credibility/respect.

[chaumont58]

3. They are advisors to the President of the US and they are being

taught ethics? In-fuckin-credible. It like teaching Army Rangers the boy scout handbook. What a dumb fuckin' pr stunt.

[Spinzonner]

4. Political Theater

like the rest of his administration.