"Every administration has its Goodlings, inexperienced punks who flaunt their authority as conspicuously as a West Wing badge.Most administrations find ways to keep the Goodlings under control and the grown-ups in charge. The trouble with this one is that it is riddled with Goodlings Gone Wild, incapable of or unwilling to distinguish between the proper pursuit of political aims and the responsible administration of government."
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Goodlings Gone Wild
Admittedly, I link to Ruth Marcus' column today partly because of its perfect Shakespearean title - "Goodlings Amok" - but mainly because she captures the infuriated disgust I felt reading yesterday's stories about the DOJ hiring debacles and fashions it into a coherent diagnosis of the Bush administration's congenital contempt for government:
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