One more -- but this is a big one

News of george bush's politicization of our entire government is hardly new.

But this one should bring outrage from even his conservative supporters. As reported by Rachel Wiener on The Huffington Post:

In a new book, former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge reveals new details on politicization under President Bush. . . Among other things, Ridge admits that he was pressured to raise the terror alert to help Bush win re-election in 2004.

Ridge was never invited to sit in on National Security Council meetings; was "blindsided" by the FBI in morning Oval Office meetings because the agency withheld critical information from him; found his urgings to block Michael Brown from being named head of the emergency agency blamed for the Hurricane Katrina disaster ignored; and was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush's re-election, something he saw as politically motivated and worth resigning over.

How about that? Not something revealed by an enemy but by Ridge himself. Wow !!!

Ralph