Obama’s Cabinet: What Does It MEAN?
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Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But don’t tell that to the media and the pundit class who is now trying to figure out just what message President-Elect Obama is sending with his cabinet choices so far. Some would say that this is just a way to fill up air time between now and Christmas and then between Christmas and the inauguration but I’m not that cynical.
At various intervals the choice is supposed to be a rebuke to his left flank, a concession to the right, or a middling sort of centrism. He’s got too many Clinton appointments! Too many conservative leaning folks! Not enough lefties! Etc.
It is quite possible that Barack Obama is picking the people he thinks are best prepared to do the job he tasks them with. Perhaps choosing Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is not a Machiavellian plot to neuter a rival but instead he’s choosing one of the most well known and respected pols in the world to execute his vision of America’s role in the world.
No, too crazy.
UPDATE: Obama’s picking them for their mad hoop skills. Can HRC handle the rock?
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“It is quite possible that Barack Obama is picking the people he thinks are best prepared to do the job he tasks them with.”
Qualifications? Competence? Intelligence?
BULLSHIT!
Everyone knows there are only two reasons for appointments:
#1-Loyalty to the person of preznit.
#2-How much money they raised for the party.
Any other consideration is just plain nonsense.
I agree that he has picked people that will best represent this country and help restore our rep. No doubt his pick of Hillary was more complex than that but she will represent us well. Let’s just let the man do his job. He has picked competent people……..let’s just not pick nits off gnats right now!
The F-B Dave: BULLSHIT!
Everyone knows there are only two reasons for appointments:
#1-Loyalty to the person of preznit.
#2-How much money they raised for the party.
Any other consideration is just plain nonsense.
Riiight. That explains why Norm Mineta was in Bush’s cabinet. It’s all that money he raised for the Republicans.
A strong president needs a strong team. People who aren’t afraid to stand up for what they think is best. You could call these picks “Doing an Abe Lincoln”.
What kind of prez is a guy that has no dreams and another words to be elected well good luck to our nation.Tell me were loyalty comes in place? Thinking how funny things work out but to me who cares with a nation of the dishonest twitts.
Bush II screwed up by keeping Mineta from the Clinton administration. Since Mineta looks like a foreigner, Bush thought the “US Secretary of Transportation” was his personal chauffer. He was too embarrassed by his mistake to release Mineta.