See, the plagiarism thing? It just doesn't pay.

[debgeisler]

It delights me no end to see another plagiarist getting their just desserts. The BBC online notes,

A public relations aide to US President George W Bush has quit after admitting to plagiarising an academic in a newspaper column on education.

The White House earlier expressed disappointment at the "unacceptable" actions of Timothy Goeglein, who worked for the US president since 2001.

Mr Goeglein, whose column appeared in Indiana's News-Sentinel, had agreed he was wrong, the White House added.

I would have preferred that the White House fire him, but this president isn't really high on accountability.

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[liscarey.livejournal.com]

Absolutely the only virtue GWB has is loyalty; the possibility that he might fire an aide for a crime against someone who is not GWB or one of his friends, family, or allies, is pretty much zero.

Even on the rare occasions he's been forced to let someone go because the legal or PR cost of not doing so is too high, he's tried to ensure that they had the softest landing possible.

It's a virtue. It's not good that it's the only virtue the current president has, but it's a virtue.

[debgeisler.livejournal.com]

E.B. White probably had Dubya in mind when he wrote, "It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members."

[liscarey.livejournal.com]

I'm certain White had Dubya in mind.

It's really a sad, pathetic, and often terrifying thing, that this is Dubya's only virtue.

I'm really not sure how to rate Dubya vs. the Muttster. Romney is at least aware that there's a real world outside his own circle of friends and supporters; OTOH, he isn't even loyal to his friends and supporters.