Bushies Feeling the Boss' Wrath
"Bush, who has a long history of keeping staffers in their place, has lashed out at aides as his political woes have mounted.
'The President is just unhappy in general and casting blame all about,' said one Bush insider. 'Andy [Card, the chief of staff] gets his share. Karl gets his share. Even Cheney gets his share. And the press gets a big share.'
The vice president remains Bush's most trusted political confidant. Even so, the Daily News has learned Bush has told associates Cheney was overly involved in intelligence issues in the runup to the Iraq war that have been seized on by Bush critics.
Bush is so dismayed that 'the only person escaping blame is the President himself,' said a sympathetic official, who delicately termed such self-exoneration 'illogical.'
A second senior Bush loyalist disagreed, saying Bush knows 'some of these things are self-inflicted,' like the Miers nomination, where Bush jettisoned contrary advice from his advisers and appointed his longtime personal lawyer.
'He must know that the way he did that, relying on his own judgment and instinct, was not good,' another key adviser said."
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