"Shouldn't President Bush remain loyal to Karl Rove?" (SF Gate)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

SF Gate (San Francisco Chronicle) readers reply to that question. (NOTE: Go to the link...there are two more responses. None of them were "pro-Bush/Rove").

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/07/24/ING6RDRS3H1.DTL

1. Carolyn Mack, Santa Rosa

Not if he actually made the leak. That would mean he acted against his friend -- and his president -- and therefore deserves no loyalty..

2. Mark Freeman, San Francisco

He sure should. If Rove is stripped of security clearance for putting our spy's life at risk as political payback, who would do George's thinking for him? Yikes!.

3. Ruben Medina, Hayward

He is being loyal to Karl Rove. He has made it easier to retain him by altering his standard for firing. That's as good as absolving him of any wrongdoing. How about some loyalty to fairness and justice? How about some loyalty to the American people?.

4. Lisa Jervis, Oakland

I don't think it's a question of loyalty. I think Bush's and Scott McClellan's defense of Rove are yet more attempts to evade the consequences of the administration's mistakes. But on the question of loyalty, shouldn't covert operatives expect loyalty from those high up in the government that employs them?



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[truthisfreedom]

1. rove predicted it himself.

hairforce one.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

2. Oh, I remember THAT pic...

...I guess he must have stumbled across Junior's stash that day.

:silly:

[liberaliraqvet26]

3. He would be in a persistent vegitative state...

without Rove. We might have to pull his feeding tube.

[Ready4Change]

4. Bush and loyalty

What I've read is that with Bush, loyalty is everything. If you are loyal to him, he will be loyal to you. Not loyal to him? you'll be LUCKY if he ignores you.

But I've always wondered how far his returned loyalty will go. Or is his returned loyalty as empty as so many other things of his.