The Deserving Jobless

Former Bush Administration officials are having a hard time finding work. Beyond cosmic karma, the fact that these bastards have earned their unemployment, there are several other factors at work here.

• The Nitwit Brigade. George W. Bush did not hire "the best and brightest." They were, by and large, ideologues and religious fanatics who put their beliefs ahead of things like common sense. The few competent people in the mix are hopelessly tainted by their association with the general numbskullery.
  
• It the Economy, Stupid. This is Schadenfreude within Schadenfreude. The Bush Depression has hit Republican money extremely hard. Exploitive businesses, which tend to attract Republicans, and greedy fraudsters have been failing at a greater rate than the rest of the economy. There is a lot less money available to feed the wingnut welfare machine.
• A Generation is a Long Time. The current theory is that there has been a quantum shift in politics. Such Republicans who are successful in the future will be moderate and nonideological. It will be decades, if ever, for Bushite radicalism to regain political favor. It is silly to hire a former Bushite with the idea that he again wield power. None of them will live that long.