Bush Administration: Fox in the Henhouse


	Bush Administration: Fox in the Henhouse

kmcolo

5-7-2008 8:21 AM

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bush administration, corruption, incompetence

kmcolo says:

What is this? The White House asked him twice to resign? Maybe they didn't say pretty please. Sorry, not good enough, if you want to get rid of someone like this and you ask them to resign and they don't, you fire them.

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