{"id":88,"date":"2006-03-28T09:07:46","date_gmt":"2006-03-28T14:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/28\/bummer-i-have-lost-my-best-source\/"},"modified":"2006-03-29T16:34:59","modified_gmt":"2006-03-29T21:34:59","slug":"bummer-i-have-lost-my-best-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/28\/bummer-i-have-lost-my-best-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Bummer!  I have Lost My Best Source!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now I know how General Robert E. Lee felt in 1864 when informed of the death of his calvary leader, Gen. Jeb Stuart.\u00a0\u00a0 Lee responded that he had &#8220;lost the eyes of the army.&#8221; (The previous year, when informed of the death of Stonewall Jackson, Lee said that he had lost his right arm.)<\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s how I feel this morning hearing about the resignation of White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card.<\/p>\n<p>I have lost my best source on the inner workings of the Bush administration.<\/p>\n<p>It is going to be much more difficult for me now to reveal to readers what exactly Bush is thinking, and what the Big Picture is for the administration&#8217;s long-term strategy.<\/p>\n<p>I guess\u00a0I will just have to work harder on getting Dick Cheney to open up to me and give me the inside scoop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now I know how General Robert E. Lee felt in 1864 when informed of the death of his calvary leader, Gen. 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