WP: "The knives are already out" - Bushies lobbing sharp criticisms at the Obama admin

[sabra]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/06/AR2009020601443.html?hpid=topnews

Wave of Public Criticism Rises From Former Bush Officials


Dick Cheney says President Obama's policies will make it easier for terrorists to kill Americans. Alberto Gonzales says the new attorney general could be undermining the morale of U.S. intelligence officials.

And Andrew Card, George W. Bush's first chief of staff, took Obama to task for allowing shirtsleeves and loose collars in the Oval Office -- arguing it was a clear departure from Bush's sterner sartorial rules.

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The knives are already out just two weeks after Bush left the White House, as some of his closest friends and former aides begin lobbing sharp criticisms at the Obama administration.

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"It's certainly unbecoming, especially for a former vice president," Thomas E. Mann, a scholar at the Brookings Institution, said in reference to the remarks by Cheney and others. "It reinforces the fact that there's a lot of bitterness about the low public standing of Bush and the administration as they left office, and the soaring standing of Barack Obama. A lot of these people are still caught up in these ideological battles and can't let go."

But Brian Darling, the Senate relations director for the conservative Heritage Foundation, said the criticism "is part of democracy and the free exchange of ideas."

[AspenRose]

1. Please, please pardon my language

but FUCK THEM.

From "no criticism of the president" to "criticism is important for democracy."

FUCK. THEM.

[City Lights]

2. Seconded.

FUCK THEM.

[Window]

9. No need to pardon your language. Thank you for saying it so I don't have to.

Oh, hell, I'll say it anyway... FUCK THEM and the horses they rode in on.

[FrenchieCat]

3. They caused this calamity to begin with. They need to go and fucking hide!

[bdamomma]

4. these criminals should be all rounded up and arrested.

let them say their crap in a court of law.

[TwilightGardener]

5. The worst administration in history lobs criticism while the country suffers

mightily from its utter failures--not sure what sort of insane, delusional hubris that takes.

[liberalmuse]

6. *$^%)#$!!!

I wish all the criminal Bushies would *&$^*($ and $*&$#^&^ and then $#@#@$*(^%(%^))&$#!!!

[SeattleGirl]

7. Yo! Bushies!!! Guess what?

YOU AREN'T IN OFFICE ANY MORE!!!!!

[Phx_Dem]

8. They're not criticizing, they're LYING. What else is new?

They're compulsive liars, and Andy Card just got caught in a big lie.