It's deja vu all over again

Just a reminder of how the Bush team deals with honest opinions.

From a statement by Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, via BuzzFlash:
- Larry Lindsay, fired as the President's Economic Advisor because he spoke honestly about the costs of the Iraq War
- US Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers, suspended when she disclosed budget problems that mean our nation's parks are less safe
- Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, replaced on the Council on Bioethics because of her scientific views on stem-cell research.
- Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, immediately ridiculed by the people around the President and his credibility attacked.

From Paul Krugman's column in the New York Times for March 23:
- Gen. Eric Shinseki, his military career ended for telling Congress that postwar Iraq would require a large occupation force than the White House claimed
- Valerie Plame, wife of Ambassador Joseph Wilson, her career destroyed when she was outed as a CIA operative in retaliation for his revealing that the 2003 State of the Union speech contained information known to be false
- Richard Foster, the Medicare system's chief actuary, threatened with being fired if he told Congress the real cost of Bush's prescription drug plan.

Richard Clarke is in good company.