Preview of a post about the Bush agenda

Priscilla Owen just got confirmed, and next up for a vote is John Bolton as U.N. ambassador. These two are part of a much larger agenda for the Bush administration. That agenda is taking people and moving them up the political ladder into jobs where they can have a greater impact on our lives. Other than Owen and Bolton, here are a few examples: Alberto Gonzales from White House Counsel to Attorney General; Condoleezza Rice from National Security Adviser to Secretary of State; and Paul Wolfowitz from Deputy Secretary of Defense to President of the World Bank.

It might seem that Priscilla Owen does not fit in this group because she was not part of the Bush administration and was not apponted to office by Bush. However, Owen was selected to run for office by none other than Karl Rove, which means that her judicial career--past and present--is tied to Bush.

That means that all five of the people named herein owe their positions to George W. Bush. In other words, they can all be controlled.

In a future post I will discuss why Gonzales, Rice, and Wolfowitless should have been sacked, not promoted. I have already done that regarding Owen (see The Senate should reject Priscilla Owen and Priscilla Owen: compassionate conservative or...?), and Laura Rozen's site, War and Piece, has everything to show why Bolton should not be confirmed.