Closing the Door on Bush’s Cabinet

My favorite spectator sport of the moment is watching the rats jump ship from the USS Bush. Aren’t we all going to miss Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft or Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge (who can come up with a five-level color code that can appeal to any pre-kindergarten mind, and claim that it helped stop terrorists in their tracks)?

Of course, it will be fun to watch the hangers-on, like Condoleezza Rice, the anti-role model for blacks, women and Stanford students. No more blaming the Democrats for terrorism, Iraq and the economy. It’s W’s mess now. Let’s see God help him out of this one.

Matthew D. Kerster

Gardena

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Ridge should not be criticized too much for his service as Homeland Security secretary. Ridge was asked to do the impossible -- implement a Potemkin policy designed not to provide security but to give the appearance of security. Characteristically, the Bush administration concentrated on facade, the security blanket of wishful thinking.

Larry Maxcy

Yucca Valley

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I guess President Bush is a proponent of family values. It seems that more and more of his Cabinet have been deciding that they would like to spend more time with their families.

Jack Adelman

Glendale