Is it normal for so many members in an Admin.'s cabinet to resign?

New Earth

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:12 PM
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Is it normal for so many members in an Admin.'s cabinet to resign?

Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 03:12 PM by Faye

I haven't followed politics for as long or as closely as some other people here.

You see all the members of Bush's cabinet resigning, one right after the other. Is this normal for a 'second term' President?

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sepia_steel

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:17 PM
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1. kick

I'm curious about this, too.

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Quakerfriend

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:19 PM
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2. pretty normal

from what I've seen. Clinton had big turnover btw. I and II.

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dzika

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:21 PM
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4. normal but

I don't remember Clinton announcing the new members of his cabinet so soon after the election.

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RobertSeattle

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:24 PM
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9. Clinton Cabinet 1996-1997

Nice consise display (have to go down under to get it!)

http://www.australianpolitics.com/usa/clinton/cabinet.shtml

The thing I laugh at is all the fundies only 2 months ago saying "we can't change in the middle of a WAR"... What are they saying now? Chirp Chirp Crick Crick.

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onenote

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:50 PM
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13. no more or less chaotic

Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 03:51 PM by onenote

than the changeover after other re-election campaigns. The following list of headlines from the 6 weeks or so after Clinton's re-election might be looked at as suggesting turmoil.

http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/candidates/cabinet.shuffle/news.shtml

In fact, it was just standard operating procedure. In fact, if Chimpy was naming replacements quickly, he'd be criticized for indecision, etc.

onenote

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NJ_Lib

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:21 PM
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3. They must know something we don't...

Or rather, what we know and can't prove... YET!

I guess for that statement to fly, it would mean that these people actually have a heart and a conscious...

Any other ideas?

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lthuedk

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:21 PM
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5. Imagine an administration permanently cloaked with fraud.

I wouldn't want my child to know I was part of the dark and smelly.

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jamboi

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:22 PM
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6. Yes, though its normally handled a LOT more smoothly. This way gives

you the feeling of crisis. Normally it more the question who if anyone will stay on, but everyone posts their resignation simultaneously and the pres. decides if s/he will keep anyone on.

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Scrooge

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:23 PM
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7. WAR time

Clinton wasnt in the middle of a WAR like this creep is. You would think that the cabinet members would want to show their support. Unless of course they are totally UNSUPPORTIVE!! Noway would Clinton have lost all these people in the middle of a frikkin war. Bush just cant do anything right!

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Florida_Geek

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:23 PM
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8. ALL repeat ALL Cabinet members submit letters of resignation

at the end of ALL Presidents terms. That is protocol. Some are accepted and some the people did not want to leave.

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napi21

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:33 PM
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10. I think it's pretty normal.

There were very few terminations or resignations during his 1st 4 years which is quite unusual. I don't think there have been any real surprises in the current resignations, and all these jobs are really very stressful. Four years is ENOUGH!

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Generator

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:43 PM
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11. Normal?????????

We don't need no stinkin normal.

From 9/11-oh yeah that happens ALL the time-to War's on false pretenses (hey at least Vietnam was about defeating Commies, they never said it was to stop them from dropping a nuclear bomb on us)-to the Election of 2000-to the unrelenting propaganda of our media-nothing has been normal for awhile.

It all stinks like a bad dream. When is it ending? When oh when. I had November 2nd pegged-but the nightmare just continued.

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NY lib NY

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Tue Nov-30-04 03:45 PM
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12. Normal

I think Clinton lost like 10.

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