The other day, Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptist Conference, stated, in re Harriet Miers and Bush's defense of her, that "I am from Texas. George W. Bush is from Texas and Harriet Miers is from Texas. And in Texas, we have two important values, courage and loyalty. If she were to rule in ways that are contrary to the way the president would want her to rule, it would be a deep personal betrayal."
The Bush family (as the Gambino/Colombo/Gotti families) values loyalty above almost any other factor. It's interesting, though, that that loyalty only seems to run one way. The Miers appointment is obviously a slap in the face to the Borkian rightwing faction of the Republican party (while maybe a slight sop to the Rightwing Paulist (I can't call them Christian) faction). So, it looks to me that the vaunted loyalty factor is only supposed to run uphill.... you be loyal to me, and I'll do whatever the hell I want.
It's going to be interesting to see, over the coming days, whether fear of the OTHER major value of the Gotti...er Bush family, revenge, is enough to keep the Republican Senatorial class in line. Or is Bush such a lame duck that the R's in Senate will feel 'safe' enough to slap back at Bush's seeming betrayal of their beloved fascist, sorry, conservative principals. Either way, looks like blood is fixing to flow in the Halls of Congress. Sounds like fun, and it's not even the Ides of March!
The Bush family (as the Gambino/Colombo/Gotti families) values loyalty above almost any other factor. It's interesting, though, that that loyalty only seems to run one way. The Miers appointment is obviously a slap in the face to the Borkian rightwing faction of the Republican party (while maybe a slight sop to the Rightwing Paulist (I can't call them Christian) faction). So, it looks to me that the vaunted loyalty factor is only supposed to run uphill.... you be loyal to me, and I'll do whatever the hell I want.
It's going to be interesting to see, over the coming days, whether fear of the OTHER major value of the Gotti...er Bush family, revenge, is enough to keep the Republican Senatorial class in line. Or is Bush such a lame duck that the R's in Senate will feel 'safe' enough to slap back at Bush's seeming betrayal of their beloved fascist, sorry, conservative principals. Either way, looks like blood is fixing to flow in the Halls of Congress. Sounds like fun, and it's not even the Ides of March!
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