This president’s default reaction is to threaten, look for lawsuits to file, and demand payoffs.
He does not have the first idea what it means to organize and delegate to solve a problem.
This is what happens when you hire someone to run your country that could not run a convenience store. You would not hire him to do anything practical, because you know he has no practical ability at all. He has never done anything that didn’t involve threatening, intimidating, running his jaw, extorting payoffs, and suing people. Why would he be any different as a president?
And the answer is, he isn’t. A real president would have called BP’s president and said, what do you need? And helped to organize whatever they needed, helped to knock down any regulatory barriers to getting what they needed. He would have called the governors and asked what do you need? And again, moved heaven and earth to see that they got it.
In many cases being a leader is about making sure the people handling a problem get what they need. It isn’t about your histrionics in front of the camera. If the president was doing his job well there would be no need for him to get in front of a camera at all. He doesn’t know that, because he has never been a leader.
Very well said. Obama has no clue about that nor will he ever.