Dishonesty and idealisms do not cohabit. The third integrity is competence. a vital integrity. If we are to address the present and looming problems a new administration will have to facea war without end in Iraq. an economy on a sickening slide. a broken health care system. a country divided into two increasingly separate Americas. a public education system that is failing. the dangerous weight of an alarming national debt. foreign policies that have unhinged us from responsible world opinion. bickering and irresolution on problems such as immigration and global warmingwe must see competence as a core integrity. We must demand competence of Government officials as a bare minimum. a core necessity. Unfortunately. as one discouraged official has complained: "In the Bush administration. loyalty is the new competence." Administrator Stephen Johnson is a failure in all these dimensions.
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