Reflections on the "New American" Revolution
Sunday, January 11, 2004
 
Confessions of a White House Insider: "Loyalty is perhaps the most prized quality in the White House. In the book,The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House and the Education of Paul O'Neill O'Neill suggests a very dark understanding of what happens to those who don't show it. 'These people are nasty and they have a long memory,' he tells Suskind. But he also believes that by speaking out even in the face of inevitable White House wrath, he can demonstrate loyalty to something he prizes: the truth. 'Loyalty to a person and whatever they say or do, that's the opposite of real loyalty, which is loyalty based on inquiry, and telling someone what you really think and feel?your best estimation of the truth instead of what they want to hear.' That goal is worth the price of retribution, O'Neill says. Plus, as he told Suskind, 'I'm an old guy, and I'm rich. And there's nothing they can do to hurt me.' "
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