A Bush Flaw

Bush: Ken Lay Was 'A Good Guy', NewsMax.com July 6, 2006: "Bush called Lay, who was a friend of the Bush family and a large donor to the president's campaign, 'a good guy.' He said he was shocked to hear both about the Enron scandal and Lay's death this week from a heart attack at age 64."




This is one of the things about President George Bush that I dislike. It plays right into liberal fears. He can't remember a donor, a business executive, or a dinner circuit Republican that he doesn't think is a good guy.





Bush's defenders will say that he is a loyal friend. Yes, but he is also insensitive. He ignores the thousands of people that Ken Lay hurt, like the little old ladies with their now worthless pension funds. Besides, Ken Lay was set to go to prison, probably for the rest of his life. He was not a good guy.

For my taste, Bush seems too loyal. He isn't discerning enough. He defends crooks like Ken Lay, and holds on to flawed characters like Rumsfeld.

While I support the Iraq war totally, it appears to me that we are fighting there with the wrong strategy, with our hands tied behind our backs—a politically correct war. Rumsfeld and Cheney are responsible for this.

Rumsfeld needed to go a long time ago. But Bush is loyal to his friend and colleague. He puts loyalty and being a good guy himself above the interest of the country. Bush needs to be tougher, like George Patton, or Simon Cowell. He should call a crook a crook. He ought to express sympathy for the folks that Ken Lay damaged. He needs to be more like Donald Trump and learn to say, "You're fired!" and even "You're not a good guy anymore!"