Last one out, turn off the lights
posted by
Wally
7:42 AM
Rat. Ship. You know the drill. This time it's Bush's top economic advisor and former classmate bailing out. Al Hubbard, director of President George W. Bush's National Economic Council, will step down by the end of the year, two administration officials said today.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will gain clout as a result of Hubbard's departure and pursue more pragmatic economic policies, including those dealing with the credit crisis, said Peter Morici, a professor of business at the University of Maryland. Hubbard was too ideologically driven, he said.
Hubbard's decision to resign as Bush's top economic adviser follows the departure of several other senior officials, including Homeland Security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend and Karl Rove, Bush's top political adviser. This time, in a hilarious reversal of roles, a Republican is whining because the Democrats are being mean to him. Hubbard says he's quitting because the mean old Dems aren't just happily going along with all of Bush's oh so successful economic policies. If they're not going to play nice and do whatever the President says - you know, like the Republicans did through the Clinton Presidency - then he's just going to take his toys and go home.
Isn't is fun having 6 year olds running the country? If we can just make it through the next 418 days until they're gone....
And STAY Out!
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