Another One Bites The Dust: Karen Hughes Resigns
You know, normally, the burn-out factor in Washington DC is pretty high, so seeing turnover towards the end of a second term is hardly surprising. But what did give me pause is the way that this departure was framed by MSNBC:
Secretary Condoleezza Rice said goodbye to Karen Hughes this morning at the State Department, ending Hughes' two-and-a-half years in charge of America's public diplomacy. Hughes will officially be off the job in mid-December.
While Hughes' record as head of public diplomacy is very mixed -- her aides insist this decision is not about any disagreement with Rice or the White House -- rather Hughes wants to return to her husband and her family, who she has been regularly commuting to see in Texas. Rice and Hughes are very close, and Hughes still advises Bush, aides say.
Rice told the assembled State Department staff that Hughes carried out her public diplomacy work in "spectacular fashion." She listed her efforts toward Muslim outreach and other public diplomacy programs like a rapid response unit to counter negative stories about America and setting up regional media hubs around the world that deployed Foreign Service officers into local communities, as successes.
Hughes called Rice "a great friend" and "a great role model," and she said, "I feel that I've done what Secretary Rice and President Bush asked me to do by transforming public diplomacy and making it a national security priority central to everything we do in government."
Hughes has remained largely behind the scenes after her first high-profile inaugural trip to the Middle East in 2005, dubbed as a "listening tour." With 16 reporters in tow, Hughes was caught off guard at nearly every city stop. She was attacked about the Iraq war by Turkish women leaders; she caused controversy in Saudi Arabia by saying women should have the right to drive and "fully participate in society;" and she was shaky in press briefings about Middle East issues.
Anyone want to guess as to why the need to reassure that Condi and Karen are still BFFs? Maybe I'm too cynical, but the framing that this is about Rice saying goodbye instead of Hughes resigning strikes me as a little odd. For those keeping score, that means 8 out of the 9 Texan Bushie loyalists has packed their bags and gone home.
The Seminal: And then there was one...
Yeah , because those who are do-nothing , accomplish-nothing , delusional no-account pieces of shit really need each other and need to stick together ........
This woman is a worthless POS. She's done absolutely nothing for this country and has garnered a huge paycheck simply because she is Bush's long time friend. Makes me sick, and I am glad she is gone!
Karen Hughes so screwed up her latest assignment, and even further lowered our image around the world, that she was due for a big promotion.
Unfortunately, the job she wanted was already taken, because so far Spurious George has refused to recognize his incompetence, and retire to his Texas retreat to play with his remaining marble.
The ship she helped to sink is getting so low in the water that her boots were getting wet, so she decided to say 'Adios'.
Adios, MoFoette.
What do you bet she walks into a well corporate position somewhere...
I wonder how soon Bushie gives her a medal?
Karen Hughes looks physically like the female version of Bush. And she probably sucks at easing the tensions between cultures in the world, if that was her job. Subpoena power is being underused.
Preacher Boob @ 3:
Unfortunately, the "ship" she helped to sink was the Ship of State, which means we all are going down with Captain Fuck-Head.
I think the framing was in response to the fact Hughes has done a pathetic job of selling Bush Administration policy abroad. The attempt I see being made is to suggest that there may have been friction with the Secretary of State (by overtly insisting there was not.) This subtly off-loads the failure of the policy onto Hughes' failure to sell it. But then, try to sell three-day-old ice cubes on a hot day, and see how far YOU get.
Bush Cronies. She made her pile of loot now it's time to go.
She did a heck-of-a-job.
When she left her post in the WH advising Bush, she said it was to spend more time with her family in Texas. The usual preening crap.
Then - surprise, surprise - she left Texas and her family for the diplomatic job at the State Dept. Obviously family life was a bust.
Now she's resigning again. To do what? Spend more time with her family.
What bullshit. Just for once I'd like to hear one of these public teat-sucking hypocrites say, "I'm going into public life so that my family can fend for themselves. Enough already."
Annoyed Canuck @ 11:
"Obviously family life was a bust."
Who can blame the family? Jeezus, If I had that as a mom, I'd slit my wrists. And, if I were a man and had that rig as a wife, I'd slither throat.
Stand by folks. There is a brand new Rebulican gay sex scandal brewing. This one even has a nice blackmail motif.The story is about Richard Curtis who resigned today. Apparently he fell asleep in his motel after getting it on with a male prostitute who then left with Curtis' wallet and tried to blackmail him (according to Curtis). The other young gentleman, who has been charged with extortion claims that Curtis gave him the wallet as security. Sorry to interupt the thread but this is just too juicy.
MCMetal @ 1:
At one time, these people were amusing. But now...I can't improve on what you said.
"Anger" just doesn't describe what I feel any longer for these turds, who have all contributed to the destruction of our Constitution and freedoms.
Peter G @ 13:
Another "family values" lying sack of shit. Would you resign over a supposed "lie"?
http://www.houserepublicans.wa.gov/curtis/
Lollimom @ 15:
They might as well have this ready-made excuse stamped on their lying asses when they are born. Save a lot of time later on.
Johnny2Bad @ 10:
Naw, hack of a job. Good riddance to another incompetent syncophant. She was little more than a boil on the ass of America.
Rats swimming from a sinking ship. George W Bush will have to start hiring Mexicans to fill his vacancies.
Clearly her Muslim outreach was a spectacular success...
Methinks Karen is going Ka-Ching! while she still can. These bastids are going to be out of *any* work real, real soon.
Although not soon enough for my tastes.
"For those keeping score, that means 8 out of the 9 Texan Bushie loyalists has packed their bags and gone home."
You mean 8 out of the 9 Texas Bushie loyalists have dusted off their finger prints and left the scene of the crime.
-OR-
You mean 8 out of 9 Bush's rats have abandoned ship after sinking it for the rest of us.
Different Anonymous @ 19:
Exactly what part of the BushCo coined phrase "Islamo-fascist" was reaching out to Muslims? Say one thing, do the opposite - Karl Rove 101.
Another heart of stone bites the dust. The gall of the Vulcans is that they thought they could wade into muslim countries and show em how to do it Texas style. Well lil miss colonial viceroy got her head handed to her. Pathetic.
This woman reeks of complete incompetence, the type of incompetence that is sinking America. All of my Republican friends said, ahead of the 2000 election, that Bush wasn't too bright, but "not to worry; he would surround himself with sharp advisors". Karen Hughes is an example of just how terribly wrong they were!
I wonder if she should be a part of the collective who gets to be on trial for Crimes against Humanity? Anyone close to the mentally challenged Bush should be on alert that they could be in the cross hairs of going to jail for a very, very long time. I'm starting to get a bit optimistic about them being tried in a world court and think of the world applause!! CourtTV's ratings will go through the roof!
Lollimom @ 14:
Sure you can .........I'm not a female.
I was trying to be somewhat 'kind' ; if it was another so-called "man" from Chimpy's administration , I really would have went full ballistic.
GoodGod @ 23:
I definitely don't get the premise your friends are working off of there .......
Why would anyone believe that a life-long petulant , spoiled stupid little douchebag like Chimpy , would ever surround himself with those that are competent ; which would therefore immediately relinquish him to (understandably) , the low rung on the ladder/lowest link on the food chain ?
He's a self-aggrandizing , glory-seeking , delusional piece of fucking shit ........
Karen Hughes is a MILF
mrogi @ 27:
To whom ?
Stevie Wonder ?
Unless the "M" stands for "Mutt" , you should become a eunuch at once ..........
Karen's jes pissed that Condi moved in with someone else...
Ya know.
Well, thanks for the patriotic service, Lady Hughes.
Enjoy yourself some cowpoke poontang.
Eagerly anticipating the manuscript.
Y'all come back now, ya hear?
Perhaps her status as an unindicted is about to change. heh
EEK -- A scary wicked witch!
She's leaving BushCo. OK, obvious question: What medal will she get?
Lots of needy families in Texas need their Mommas and Daddies home. Let us help the mf in the White House pack his bags and rejoin his family in Texas. Now!
Absolutely totally can't stand the woman.
A.Citizen @ 29:
Oh why do I think this could be just true?
Karen Hughes is a perfect symbol of the ineptitude of the entire Bush administration!
Hell, she isn't even a good liar!
I hope this useless, dizzy broad is saying something that begins with the letter "O" and not blowing a kiss.
didn't she do a wonderful job of changing ameica's image in the world. WTF. get lost in texas karen. you should have stayed retired for all the benefit you brought to us.
I'm glad Bill Walton's stunt double is out of there
If this cow advises Bush as ignorant as he is, we sould all be happy to kiss her ass off and good ridance to bad rubbish
So, it is interesting that no one in the vast "liberal media" is bringing up the fact that most of the Bush appointees are actively engaging in the republican invented and evil game of "cut-and-run". They accuse everyone who is not of their faux evangelical base of this (cut-and-run) every time there is talk of exit in Iraq, but now... they are all slipping silently into anonymity and no mention of them is seen again. Remember "fair game" Rove anyone?
Complete your mission. Stand by your man (or shrub). At the very freaking least , finish the cream puff post you were handed on a literal silver platter and practice what you so rabidly preach. Effing cowards.
Ruthless People @ 21:
Yep. It's always opposites day in Roveland.
Welcome to Bushco, where your reality is what we say it is - even if it isn't.
Caption for her picture.
"The kiss of Judas."
Hughes, L. Bush, B. Bush, C. Rice, A. Coulter -- these are some of the first robotic Women available, and the Bush Administration has been very courageous in roadtesting these early models.
They could use some work. Studies show that 9 out of 10 human males vomit into their mouths when they see pictures of these roboWomen.
If YOU are a human male, we recommend whiskey as one of the few antidotes to seeing these "R-Women." Do not, however, drink until after you are miles away.
Caution: Physical contact with the Karen Hughes version causes skin rash, burning sensation, and a sense of choking. These side-effects are the symptoms of a national disease. You may also find yourself involuntarily using profanity, organizing with others to oppose the rollout of the Next Wave of R-Women, and may even experience gagging when considering voting for the H. Clinton model, even though the label says D.
Reminds me of a Wackiavelli song called "Judgement Day". Google them and you'll see why.
In 2002, Hughes was a member of the White House Iraq Group, the secretive task force charged with selling the U.S. public on the alleged dangers posed by Saddam Hussein. On March 14, 2005, Karen P. Hughes a longtime communications aide to President Bush was again tapped by Bush to be the State Department's new Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy to change Islamic perceptions about America. Failing that, it was used mostly as PR for "Bush's Vision", the Bush Administration propaganda to mostly Third World countries. On October 31, 2007 Karen P. Hughes resigned to head back to TEXAS with the hope that no one (Congressional investigators) will miss her and to plan the Republican Reunion ceremonies to be held sometime in January 2009 at the Bush ranch. I wonder if they’ll invite Rudy W. Giuliani
I remember celebrating her last resignation, this is deja vu. I hope this time she truly goes home to stay with her family for good!
Hell, her fat ass left and went back to Texas once before. I hope she stays this time.
Karen should go find Rove or Alberto. They are in need of some cheering up.................
Get lost already, Magda.
Role model or nude model? How close of friends are they, exactly? And what percentage of these neoconablers are killer fruits waiting to explode? Just askin'...
Another republican failure being treated like they actually did something. Only the really stupid party faithful will believe their spins and lies.
Is she Mann Coulter's aunt, or uncle or something?
No ever leaves in anger, you have to wait for the book, and find it between the lines.
General Jack D. Ripper @ 2:
Right on, Lets also thank her for keeping the war going.
MSNBC ran a video showing Weasel Gonzales, bush, Sasquatch, and CondoLIESa all in the same picture. My God! It was enough to make you scream. Or cry.
How did we ever arrive at a point where the country is being run entirely by pathetic losers?
This is the second time Karen has felt a sudden need to spend more time with her family. During Bushie's first term she said her teenaged son needed her, then suddenly he didn't, so she went back to D.C. for Bushie's re-election campaign in 2004. Now the boy is older, and suddenly Karen's family needs her again? Ah, politics. It's wonderful, isn't it?
Herbert @ 55:
I'll pass on the book. No interest in anything this imbecile has to say -- much less in how her ghost writer spins it for her.
A minor figure in a major disaster.
Buh-bye, Karen... good riddance, please stay far from Washington forever. Thanks.
All these rats have filled their pockets with treasure and now that the coffers are empty they literally kiss us off.... bitch! These people are not simply incompetent. They are criminals and should be brought to account on corruption and war crimes!!
the disaster this nation is in continues. when will people wake up, see what has been there all along and expel it. pelosi, put it back on the table. these guys are out and out crooks. smart ones albeit, but still crooks. they make nixon's deeds look minuscule in retrospect.
Karen Hughes and just about everyone in the Bush administration perfectly exemplify the Peter Principle: they all have risen to their level of incompetence. Too bad for us they all did it at the same time!
It's like Yogi said, "deja vu all over agian." Buh-bye, Karen........
Anybody know if she's solely the Chimp's girl or is she a solid BushCo employee that Poppy can use for Jeb's campaign?
oh what will shrub do now? take another hit of ether and yell "mmmmmommmmmeeeeeeeee"
suffice to say she predictably has not won the hearts and minds of Iraqis
Haha, yeah right. We're so respected and loved around the world now. Thanks so much for your hard work, Karen. Seems like you hid in the White House (whispering words of encouragement to the Chimp-in-Chief) after finding out what the real world was like. Hint: it's a lot different from those GOP fund raising dinners.
mindless @ 24:
Screw jail! Get some rope and folding chairs...
MEMO TO TEXAS TURDKNOCKERS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION:
So you wanted to eliminate MY right to Due Process?
Watch THIS, Fascist bitches!
If Bush was running in '08, she'd still be in the mix.
There goes another RAT. See ya honey. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out, and I mean that with nothing but love in my heart.
She truly makes my skin crawl.
Good riddance.
Karen is solidly on the Nuremberg defendants list.
Run, run and hide.
I don't know if anyone has noticed, but Ms. Hughes has a son in his 20's, just out of college who is not in the military.
I'd rather fight them over there, not here, with your kids, not mine.
RalphieV @ 73:
Put him with the Bush twins. It would take the entire 101st Airborne to provide security, thus removing the 101st from combat.
lol... yesterday she had blonde hair ,yet in that picture her hair is grey and white.
Look it's strange that you go from grey and white to blonde. I get the other way but not this.
The rats continue to abandon the Chimp's sinking ship.
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