"Bodman? Rove here. About those budget cuts..."
You can just imagine the phone call that went out when Karl Rove figured out that the next stop on the "Alternative to Oil in Under 500 Years" tour was a site where reseach staff had been cut because...well, because those are the kind of programs that have suffered in this administration.
I'm sure the Energy Secretary was appopriately confused. "But Karl," he would protest, "you told us to cut every program that didn't somehow increase the bottom line at the oil companies. Hell, Karl, they write our policy and they don't like this alternative fuel stuff."
"Reinstate 'em," Rove said, "or you'll end up on the lecture circuit with Brownie. We've got a photo op to get through."
I'm sure the Energy Secretary was appopriately confused. "But Karl," he would protest, "you told us to cut every program that didn't somehow increase the bottom line at the oil companies. Hell, Karl, they write our policy and they don't like this alternative fuel stuff."
"Reinstate 'em," Rove said, "or you'll end up on the lecture circuit with Brownie. We've got a photo op to get through."
posted by John at 2:59 PM
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Now they're really getting sloppy. The Bush playbook plainly states to get the photo-op first -- then cut the funding.
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