willard 0 #26 April 16, 2007 Quote Chiefs of Staff H. R. Haldeman — Chief of Staff (1969–1973) Alexander Haig — Chief of Staff (1973–1974) Undersecretaries Frank Carlucci — undersecretary of Health, Education and Welfare Dick Cheney — special assistant to the Director of the OEO, White House staff assistant, assistant director of the Cost of Living Council, and Deputy Assistant to the President. Assistants Lamar Alexander — Counselor to the President Alexander Butterfield — Deputy Assistant to the President Dwight Chapin — Special Assistant to the President (1968–71) and then Deputy Assistant (1971–73) Lawrence Eagleburger — Assistant to National Security Advisor John Ehrlichman — Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs Jeb Stuart Magruder — Special Assistant to the President Brent Scowcroft — Military Assistant and Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs John Whitaker — Principal Advisor on the Environment Harry S. Dent — Special Counsel to the President and Chief Political Advisor White House Counsel John Dean — White House Counsel (1969–1973) Charles Colson — White House Special Counsel Leonard Garment — White House Counsel (1973–74) Communications Office Ken W. Clawson — Director of White House Communications Herbert G. Klein — Communications Director for the Executive Branch Press Secretary Ron Ziegler — White House Press Secretary (1969 — 1974), Assistant to the President (1974) Speech writers Aram Bakshian, Jr — speech writer Patrick Buchanan — speech writer David Gergen — speech writer Lee Heubner — special assistant to the President and associate director, White House writing and research staff Jim Keogh — speech writer Ken Khachigian — speech writer John McLaughlin — speech writer Ray Price — speech writer [first and second inaugural addresses] William Safire — speech writer Ben Stein — speech writer Others Robert Bork — Solicitor General Richard Darman — Director of the Office of Management and Budget Carla Hills — Secretary of Housing and Urban Development E. Howard Hunt — "Plumber" G. Gordon Liddy — "Plumber" Ann Dore McLaughlin — Under-Secretary to the Department of the Interior Henry Paulson, Jr. — assistant to John Ehrlichman Kevin Phillips — Campaign strategist Colin Powell — White House Fellow William Ruckelshaus — Deputy Attorney General Supreme Court appointments Nixon appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States: Warren E. Burger (Chief Justice) — 1969 Harry Andrew Blackmun — 1970 Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. — 1972 William Rehnquist — 1972 And lets not forget Don the Dick Rumsfeld and I think Bush Sr was lurking around the CIA somewhere You mean all those people told Rove to delete his e-mails? Wow. Impressive. I'm confused. On one hand the Lib-Dems claim that somehow the Bush administration is so smart they can craft a war, get other nations involved in it, make lots of money, etc. But then, on the other hand, they claim these same people are so stupid that they delete e-mails in an intentional attempt to cover their tracks and don't know that those same e-mails can be retrieved and/or are copied? I wish they would make up their minds! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,132 #27 April 16, 2007 >On one hand the Lib-Dems claim that somehow the Bush administration is so smart they can craft a war . . . I haven't heard many even rabid democrats use the terms "Bush," "smart" and "war" in the same sentence. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idrankwhat 0 #28 April 16, 2007 Quote>On one hand the Lib-Dems claim that somehow the Bush administration is so smart they can craft a war . . . I haven't heard many even rabid democrats use the terms "Bush," "smart" and "war" in the same sentence. It can be done, but it'll make you shoot milk out of your nose if you're not careful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NCclimber 0 #29 April 16, 2007 Quote >On one hand the Lib-Dems claim that somehow the Bush administration is so smart they can craft a war . . . I haven't heard many even rabid democrats use the terms "Bush," "smart" and "war" in the same sentence. But then there's the "9/11 was an inside job" conspiracy theorists. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,132 #30 April 16, 2007 >But then there's the "9/11 was an inside job" conspiracy theorists. Yep. I put those people in the "UFO's killed JFK" category. They're a tiny minority (fortunately) but they do exist. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites