"Bush Could Use His 'Iron' Advisers Now"

[dajoki]

gotta read entire article
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NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4852014

Pennsylvania Avenue
By Don Gonyea
Bush Could Use His 'Iron' Advisers Now

“The president no longer has the kind of team he once had in the Iron Triangle, a cadre of longtime insiders who could give him advice AND who could tell him when he's wrong. ”

NPR.org, September 16, 2005 · As President George W. Bush struggles to deal with the daunting challenges of Iraq and Hurricane Katrina, he seems to have lost some of the political magic that has defined his political career since he ran for governor of Texas.


For a dozen years, Mr. Bush has been able to rise to moments of challenge. With a speech, a decisive action or a deft political move, he has rallied the public to his cause -- confounding his rivals and critics. This summer has been different. As troubles mount, the president's efforts to turn things around seem to lack their previous punch.

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Behind the Bush win: A group of close advisers known as "The Iron Triangle." That troika consisted of Karl Rove, Karen Hughes and Joe Allbaugh.


Candidate Bush knew and trusted them personally. He counted on their judgment and counsel, which he valued over that of better-known political operatives. National figures in the party were always urging him to bring bigger names aboard, but he stuck with his team in good times and bad. It was Bush, Rove, Hughes and Allbaugh -- all the way to the White House. So where are they now?

[swag]

1. Perhaps he just needs to unleash Chang.

[tonkatoy57]

2. "...a deft political move..."

That's all they have ever been about, "a deft political move".

When you're not really interested in governing or public policy initiatives you paint yourself into a corner. And when a large part of the public finally feels that the situation requires effective public policy you're in a word, fucked.

Too bad. Couldn't happen to a nicer group of people.

By the way, NPR disgusts me.

[welshTerrier2]

3. most of them will soon be ...

"in irons" ironically doing ironing in the prison laundry ...

and that's my contribution to the "Iron Triangle" ...

btw, for those who haven't figured it out yet, bush is being taken down by the overlords ... he's toast ... look for a small pendulum swing back to the Democrats in 2006 to pacify the masses ... they were getting just a little too awakened with bush's harsh right-wing policies ... time to throw them a bone ...

[dajoki]

8. that is my dream n/t

[gratuitous]

4. Who could tell Bush when he's wrong?

I want names and dates of people in Bush's cadre who told him when he was wrong. Anyone? Bueller?

[KoKo]

5. What a suck up article. Maybe Gonyea is being subtle

but saying that Hughes, Albaugh and Rove would tell Bush when he was WRONG? Wrong about what. The Iron Triangle itself has been wrong about everything but then their chief business was protecting the Idiot by staging him and spinning events with the suck up Main Stream Media.

The rest of the people in his cabinet were there for the money and connections.

Disgusting...

[dajoki]

6. they are good spinners...

but they are all wrong all the time, therefore whatever they tell shrub is wrong, so that makes * wrong. oh, shit it gets confusing.

[Arkana]

7. Rove never told Shrubbie he was wrong--they were Rove's ideas!

They were just coming out of the human-sized chimp-faced marionette!

[gulliver]

9. Iron accomplices. Political hacks and lobbyists. That's all ...

... those three are. They don't govern; they just manipulate public opinion.

Bush "rallied the public to his cause" all right. Look where we are now thanks to him.

[dajoki]

10. like i said, they're good spinners, that's all...

this is the most corrupt, incompetent bunch of liars that ever occupied the WH.