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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Bushies are back: "Team Romney" lists 37 holdovers from the George W. Bush administration
The Bushies are back
Missed the neocons? Don't worry: Mitt Romney's getting the band together again
By Jordan Michael Smith
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/03/the_bushies_are_back/
Republicans lost their popularity on security issues for one reason: George W. Bushs foreign policy was a disaster. And yet, the partys nominee, Mitt Romney, has assembled a foreign-policy team composed almost exclusively of individuals with the same war-always mentality and ideology that served Bush and the United States so poorly. In some cases, the exact same men responsible for Bushs catastrophic national security policies are advising Romney. The former Massachusetts governor could have included some of the pragmatists and realists from the George H.W. Bush administration. Instead, a Romney presidency seems like it would be Bush 43 all over again.
Richard Grenell, who served as United Nations spokesman under Bush, may be gone from the Romney campaign after an uproar over his sexuality, but there are plenty more former Bushies. First off, there are Romneys special advisors. Theres Michael Chertoff, W.s Homeland Security director. Chertoff oversaw DHSs failures during Hurricane Katrina, and amassed unprecedented powers of secrecy. Next up is Eliot Cohen, counselor to the State Department for Bushs last two years and on the Defense Policy Advisory Board for the presidents entire term. Cohen was an adamant supporter of the Iraq War and advised Bush directly on the issue. Or take Cofer Black, the man who infamously said to Bush in September 2011 about al-Qaida that When were through with them they will have flies walking across their eyeballs. Black went on to become chairman of Blackwater, where he resigned after the company illegally bribed Iraqi officials.
Then there are the 13 working groups composed of equally worrisome individuals. The Middle East and North Africa Working Group is co-chaired by Bushs Assistant Secretary of Defense Mary Beth Long, and Meghan OSullivan, Bushs special assistant and deputy national security advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan. The remaining co-chair is Walid Phares, who never worked for Bush but advised Lebanese warlords in the 1980s. Romney has reportedly promised Phares a top job in his administration, despite his virulently anti-Islamic views.
All told, Romney lists 37 holdovers from the George W. Bush administration the very same administration he and all other Republican candidates barely referenced during their many debates because it was so discredited and toxic, even to the Republican base.
Missed the neocons? Don't worry: Mitt Romney's getting the band together again
By Jordan Michael Smith
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/03/the_bushies_are_back/
Republicans lost their popularity on security issues for one reason: George W. Bushs foreign policy was a disaster. And yet, the partys nominee, Mitt Romney, has assembled a foreign-policy team composed almost exclusively of individuals with the same war-always mentality and ideology that served Bush and the United States so poorly. In some cases, the exact same men responsible for Bushs catastrophic national security policies are advising Romney. The former Massachusetts governor could have included some of the pragmatists and realists from the George H.W. Bush administration. Instead, a Romney presidency seems like it would be Bush 43 all over again.
Richard Grenell, who served as United Nations spokesman under Bush, may be gone from the Romney campaign after an uproar over his sexuality, but there are plenty more former Bushies. First off, there are Romneys special advisors. Theres Michael Chertoff, W.s Homeland Security director. Chertoff oversaw DHSs failures during Hurricane Katrina, and amassed unprecedented powers of secrecy. Next up is Eliot Cohen, counselor to the State Department for Bushs last two years and on the Defense Policy Advisory Board for the presidents entire term. Cohen was an adamant supporter of the Iraq War and advised Bush directly on the issue. Or take Cofer Black, the man who infamously said to Bush in September 2011 about al-Qaida that When were through with them they will have flies walking across their eyeballs. Black went on to become chairman of Blackwater, where he resigned after the company illegally bribed Iraqi officials.
Then there are the 13 working groups composed of equally worrisome individuals. The Middle East and North Africa Working Group is co-chaired by Bushs Assistant Secretary of Defense Mary Beth Long, and Meghan OSullivan, Bushs special assistant and deputy national security advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan. The remaining co-chair is Walid Phares, who never worked for Bush but advised Lebanese warlords in the 1980s. Romney has reportedly promised Phares a top job in his administration, despite his virulently anti-Islamic views.
All told, Romney lists 37 holdovers from the George W. Bush administration the very same administration he and all other Republican candidates barely referenced during their many debates because it was so discredited and toxic, even to the Republican base.
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The Bushies are back: "Team Romney" lists 37 holdovers from the George W. Bush administration (Original Post)
Amerigo Vespucci
May 2012
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hedgehog
(36,286 posts)1. We need to get the word out on this!
global1
(25,251 posts)2. Is Anybody Really Surprised About This......
All the Repugs need is a figurehead as the president with the ability to sign things. Isn't that what Grover says. Dubya didn't run anything. Anything being done when Dubya was pres. was done by the people behind the curtain. There will be no difference if Romney somehow happens to win.
Romney just wants the title. Just another pretty face.