Political Quotes

“telling the truth and facing the consequences in the Bush White House has become truth and consequences. General Shinseki, retired Army Chief of Staff, said occupying Iraq would require several hundred thousand troops, and was forced to resign. Marine Commander General Zinni said there were greater priorities than Iraq; Zinni was not reappointed as Middle East adviser. Larry Lindsey, the President's chief economic adviser, said the war in Iraq would cost $200 billion; he was fired. John DiIulio, former director of Faith-Based Initiatives, said there was no policy apparatus in the White House and was forced to quit. Our chief Medicare actuary knew the real cost of the Medicare bill and was told there would be extreme consequences for insubordination. Paul O'Neill, the former Secretary of the Treasury, criticized the tax cuts as stated in 'The Price of Loyalty' and what they would do to the fiscal order in the United States; he was fired. Joe Wilson challenged the claim that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa; his wife, an undercover CIA agent, was outed. And now Dick Clarke joins a list of officials whose character was assassinated for telling the truth, truth and consequences in the Bush administration.”