A THIRD PROMINENT BUSH GUY SAYS BYE
General Tommy Franks to Retire

Franks made no announcement, but Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld issued a brief statement Thursday saying that Franks had informed him "of his desire to step down as the commander of the U.S. Central Command in the weeks immediately ahead" and that Franks plans to retire from the Army this summer.

Franks, along with press secretary Ari Fleischer, and EPA chief Christie Whitman, completes a trio of high profile government officials under Bush who are all bugging out to "spend more time with family." Again, I ask, what's going on here? Franks' disagreements with Rumsfeld are fairly well known at this point. I cautiously speculate that some members of the Bush junta are starting to get sick of the bullshit. Is Powell next?

The sad thing is that Bush and his handlers, no doubt, will easily find replacements who are totally eager to deal with the endless stream of awkward lies and absurdities that are continually soaking the White House lawn: Fleischer's, Whitman's, and Franks' departures may indicate that they have some sense of conscience; the new guys probably won't be so enlightened.

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