Michael Goodwin, writing for the New York Daily News, is reporting that a new word is being bandied about in whispers in Washington in relation to President Barack Obama. That word is "competence" or in Obama's case the lack thereof.
The "Incompetence Factor" is being suggested not because of the policies President Obama's espouses, but rather because of a seeming inability to grasp the day to day running of the US federal government. David Broder, writing for the Washington Post, suggests that the problem is that of over-ambition, but there seems to be something else fundamentally wrong.
First, there are the problems President Obama has staffing his government. A number of high level nominees have been forced to withdraw themselves from nomination due to things in their past that were revealed that should have been uncovered during the vetting process. The latest fiasco along these lines was that of Chas Freeman, appointed to the chairmanship of the National Intelligence Council and, as it turns out, too much of a friend to Saudi Arabia and China.
Second, there have been the breaches of protocol concerning the treatment of foreign leaders. The gift of a collection of DVDs to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, tacky as it was, was just the tip of the ice berg. Brazil is now complaining about the maltreatment of its President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva before and during a recent visit. Brazil is an important South American ally and trading partner.
Then there was the news that Barack Obama and his staff were feeling "overwhelmed" by the current economic crisis. Part of that feeling has to do with the staffing problems the Obama White House is experiencing. Part of that feeling has to do with confusion within the Obama administrations about how a capitalist economy works and how recessions run their course.
In the private sector, if a person is found to be not up to the job he was hired for, he is let go. Barring tragedy or blatant malfeasance, Barack Obama will be in the White House for at least the next four years, less fifty plus days.
The "Incompetence Factor" is being suggested not because of the policies President Obama's espouses, but rather because of a seeming inability to grasp the day to day running of the US federal government. David Broder, writing for the Washington Post, suggests that the problem is that of over-ambition, but there seems to be something else fundamentally wrong.
First, there are the problems President Obama has staffing his government. A number of high level nominees have been forced to withdraw themselves from nomination due to things in their past that were revealed that should have been uncovered during the vetting process. The latest fiasco along these lines was that of Chas Freeman, appointed to the chairmanship of the National Intelligence Council and, as it turns out, too much of a friend to Saudi Arabia and China.
Second, there have been the breaches of protocol concerning the treatment of foreign leaders. The gift of a collection of DVDs to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, tacky as it was, was just the tip of the ice berg. Brazil is now complaining about the maltreatment of its President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva before and during a recent visit. Brazil is an important South American ally and trading partner.
Then there was the news that Barack Obama and his staff were feeling "overwhelmed" by the current economic crisis. Part of that feeling has to do with the staffing problems the Obama White House is experiencing. Part of that feeling has to do with confusion within the Obama administrations about how a capitalist economy works and how recessions run their course.
In the private sector, if a person is found to be not up to the job he was hired for, he is let go. Barring tragedy or blatant malfeasance, Barack Obama will be in the White House for at least the next four years, less fifty plus days.
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AyeshaC
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05/23/2009
I saw from the beginning when he first announced his intentions, the terrible trouble we would be in if he gets office. Radical Muslims are loving this. This of course is bad because they consider him to be Muslim according to the Qur'an and Hadith, which say that if his father was or is Muslim, so is the child. Makes no difference that his father went to atheism, if he did. Not to mention he was buried in the Muslim tradition. Most of his family are still Muslim. Because of his bias towards the Muslim side, not having a multi-culture view of the world, he is so very inept. He claims he has this but he doesn't. We have to be aware of what we face. Now we are beginning to see his true colors.
oVomit oBambi oFuckhead
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03/20/2009
oVomit's the fool, "leading" the small majority of myopic idealistic fools that voted for the incompetent self-serving c0ckcucking community organizer.
ANGRY AMERICAN
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03/20/2009
"Barring tragedy or blatant malfeasance, Barack Obama will be in the White House for at least the next four years, less fifty plus days."
Hey, we can always HOPE for CHANGE!
Dennis
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03/18/2009
That is, Amen to Anonymous who says, basically, that you're a schmuck, Mark.
Dennis
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03/18/2009
Amen, brother.
Anonymous
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03/18/2009
I am copying all of your posts from the internet...I want to read these after the world sees how good of a man and leader he really is....of course then you will change your name and claim you were with him all along. Most everything you say is pure uneducated speculation at best and republican propaganda at worst. Four years from now you will look like a fool to everyone....You look like a fool to most people already....
J.D.
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03/17/2009
This is the Hollywood/showbiz Oprah based Presidents election. What do these actors/day talk show know? We will suffer for their stupidity
The saddest thing of all is that if voters had really listened before the election, they would have known that he would do handsprings to please and repay those that supported him. The problem was that he curried favor with everyone he could by promising to be the cure to all of the worlds ills. You can't stand on two sides of a fence.
His "advisors" can't come up with anything new, so they are using McCain's old ideas on how to handle things. I think the wrong man is in the office.
Absolutely, he is. He's a kid playing dress up. And I do not say that due to his age, but his total lack of experience. Lacking a teleprompter he's a babbling idiot. Lacking 300 foreign policy advisers, he's a babbling idiot. It's like he's the leader of the kids on the playground. No real direction; no real thought process, just a lot of admiration from the other snot nosed brats. Hey, I feel an article coming...
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