The trouble isn't "trouble with the people he picked." It is that the people he picked, across the board, are do-nothings. This cabinet has been a disaster, except Gates who isn't a Bush II / Cheney man anyway. The other do-something person has been Paulson, and let me know how you think that is working out. I live in DC and watch these guys up close and personal. They are a waste of oxygen.
I had no problems with the cabinet of the first GWB term. The second, however, has been increasingly disappointing.
I have also disgreed with GWB on several issues. They are probably the same ones you hate him for.
But I certainly don’t hate him. Guess that’s the difference between us.