March 29, 2007

Special Condition For Holding An Executive Appointment

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White House Deputy Spokesperson Dana Perino should get a ‘Quote of the Day’ award for her description of a condition for keeping an executive branch position serving President Bush.

Answering a reporter’s query about whether Bush’s support for Attorney General Gonzales “remain[s] contingent in some way on how Gonzales performs during his [upcoming] testimony on Capitol Hill,” Perino reminded Americans that:

“[we] serve at the pleasure of the President, if we fail to continue to keep the
President’s pleasure, then we no longer work here..”

A new litmus test for Executive appointees: do you “keep the President’s pleasure?”

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  1. # Gonzales Watch - Blawging the U.S. Attorney General » Sampson Was in Charge of Attorney Selections in White House Counsel’s Office pingbacked on April 1st, 2007:

    […] a Dana Perino-esque way of describing Sampson’s status, he was effectively “keep[ing] the President’s pleasure” by culling through potential U.S. Attorney applications and […]

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