Posted on 10/16/2012 9:05:03 AM PDT by jazusamo
Among the key responsibilities of a president is choosing highly capable officials to steer the nation's course wisely. President Obama has failed in this duty. Romney declared during the debate that Obama only picks losers regarding green energy boondoggles; the same pattern holds true when it comes to picking people to run the nation. His picks span the spectrum from the incompetent to the dismal.
Recently, I was struck by the tone and gist of a column by New York Times liberal columnist (but I repeat myself) Roger Cohen. His piece, " Obama's Team of Idolizers," made mincemeat of Barack Obama's campaign claim that he would assemble a Cabinet that would resemble the stellar cast of characters that became Abraham Lincoln's "Team of Rivals." Four years later, Cohen was so critical of their performance that he dismissed them as having been chosen for their willingness to serve as a "coterie of idolizers."
Given the debacle or Libya, this excerpt is particularly relevant and timely:
The Obama inner circle remains a group of tough political tacticians: David Axelrod, David Plouffe and Valerie Jarrett. The White House national security team does not boast a single name of strategic stature. Anyone outside Washington would be hard pressed to name one.
On Egypt, he toyed with preserving Mubarak ad interim before the tide became irreversible. On Syria, he has in essence dithered. On Afghanistan, domestic politics dictated the agenda, at a cost in American lives.
Subsequently, we have had the massacre in Benghazi and the exposure of multiple failings by the White House, the State Department, or the intelligence community, one or all of whom ignored warnings and rejected pleas for more security. People were asleep at the switch (or, in the case of President Obama,..
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I agree with your headline: that is a good assessment of a bad situation. The embittered old hippies from the 60s in the WH are willfully or incompetently damaging US stature every day.
TC
” Subsequently, we have had the massacre in Benghazi and the exposure of multiple failings by the White House, the State Department, or the intelligence community, one or all of whom ignored warnings and rejected pleas for more security. “
Obama, when caught with his pants down, concocted the most
stupid LIE ever conceived. The video. Nobody saw the video over there, so Obama put it on TV over there, to cover his outrageous lie. Good luck, O.....you are going to need it.
Exactly, in his thinking he comes first, country second or worse.
The “Terrible Trio” .... I’ll leave it to others to decide the individual names: Fox, Shark & Vulture.
Different charaacters in the same bad dream. 21 more days left of this national nightmare. Please let me wake up!
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