A Ridge of a Different Color
Tom Ridge, former governor of Pennsylvania, and erstwhile Director of Homeland Security (oh how I hate that name) admits the technicolor threat index was politically motivated.
In a soon to be released book (doesn’t that figure), Ridge states that President Bush’s political operatives wanted the threat index raised just before the 2004 presidential election. Ridge concedes this was based on political opportunism rather than the security of our nation. How’s that for a blinding glimpse of the obvious? Of course, Ridge didn’t quit or go public. That makes this tardy admission irrelevant, immaterial and useless. He, like Colin Powell, knew the Bush administration was playing fast and loose with the truth about national security. And Ridge, like Powell, did nothing to stop it.
So, if you bother to buy this book, or borrow it from the library, remember this: Tom Ridge is no political hero.
Posted: August 21st, 2009 under National Politics.