The Spin CycleAs successful as Karen Hughes was painting President Bush as a "compassionate conservative", who tapped her for this job at the State Department? She, Dina Powell, and Condi Rice are going to tackle the plummeting image of the US overseas. This is going to go over well in the Middle East. Remember the request of Crown Prince Abdullah when visiting Bush's Crawford ranch: please don't use any female air traffic controllers to bring in my jet.
Sure, you can send John Bolton to the UN as the anti-hero and look cool, but sending an all female team (among whom only Powell has much experience there) to the Middle East? Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon must be turning over and over in their graves.
posted by Thomas at 2:02 AM
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