The New Bush Doctrine

So we now officially have a direct statement of what will come to be known as The New Bush Doctrine:

"If someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration."

In this instance, the president is talking about the leaking of Valerie Plame's status at the C.I.A.

Of course, it would be hard for this "someone" to continue to work in Bush's administration, since this someone would be in prison. But I guess the "restoring integrity to the White House" President is assuring us that, were it even possible to work out an arrangement whereby the offender could continue to fulfill his White House duties from a federal penitentiary, this president just cares too much about integrity to allow that kind of thing.

So listen up convicted traitors, murderers, armed robbers, and other lawbreakers: you have no place in the Bush administration.

Now if you’ve lied about your involvement in a crime but got off on a technicality... then, fine, welcome aboard the Bush White House.

If, on the other hand, you've been found to have "committed a crime" -- that is to say, once you are actually on your way to the slammer -- well then, you are no longer welcome.

Got that?

If you are still unclear on this (or Scooter Libby), check out more from TalkLeft, JustOneMinute, Daily Kos, Atrios, and HuffPost’s own Bill Diamond, Tom Watson, and Steve Brant.