Bush's Bad Appointments (Redux)

George Bush has made his appointments to many important positions based on loyalty to party (Republican) and himself for so long that many now just think of it as the way to get things done in Washington. Unfortunately, many of his appointees are incompetent in their positions at best and malicious and self-serving at worst.

From ABC News ...

In a confidential memo, a long-time Republican operative who has served in the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad for the past year says the State Department's efforts in Iraq are so poorly managed they "would be considered willfully negligent if not criminal" if done in the private sector.

"We have brought to Iraq the worst of America -- our bureaucrats," writes Manuel Miranda in the memo, which was addressed to U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and cc'd to "ALCON" or "all concerned" at the State Department.