So much for loyalty. The infamous FEMA Director, Michael Brown, who was a disastrous and unqualified director and was appointed to the position because of cronyism repaid the White House for their loyalty.


"Unbeknownst to me, certain people in the White House were thinking, 'We had to federalize Louisiana because she's a white, female Democratic governor, and we have a chance to rub her nose in it,'" he said, without naming names. "'We can't do it to Haley (Barbour) because Haley's a white male Republican governor. And we can't do a thing to him. So we're just gonna federalize Louisiana.'"

It is disappointing when a person who owed his job to the White House and was defended to his political detriment by the President would do this. Bush's strongest personal asset is his loyalty but it may also be his weakest one politically as it seems to override his judgment. (Brown, McClellan, just to name a few).