a mandate for...incompetence!

Not as major an issue as some, and overplayed relentlessly in the media, but...the Kerik flap certainly indicates that Bush's election didn't suddenly grant him and his staff stunning new powers of competence. Here's a transcription of White House media flak Scott McClellan desperately flailing about trying not to acknowledge the obvious fact that any reasonable investigation into Kerik's background would have immediately made it clear he was a dubious choice for head of Heimland Sekuritat...