I would include in that Reagan's astrologer, his being asleep during crucial meetings, Haig saying "I'm in charge" after Reagan was tragically shot. Bush Sr. not knowing what a barcode reader was for at the grocery.
I actually think what Clinton did was perfectly in keeping with the role of President. As the most powerful man in the world, he was getting some not-so-secret service, which from my readings of history was not a new phenomonon in that room. He had the misfortune of having rabid attack dogs following his every move for 4 years. In previous administrations, the press even played along to keep such things out of the public eye. More troubling to me was Clinton's initial cabinet and appointments. They were mostly hicks from the backwoods, and didn't know what they were doing for the first few years. The penny-ante scandals he was plagued with scared me more when I realized he did not know how to play the game, and neither did anyone around him. I don't care much for what Bush has done, but I cannot fault his handlers for knowing how the game is played. On 9/27/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Clinton started the distrust of Government? Really? > > > > Yes, maybe I should change that line to "erosion of institutional confidence." > > That is, there has always been mistrust of government. You're a bad > American, IMO, if you don't. What Pres Clinton did was show a lack of > respect of the trappings; belittled the symbols. > > Sure, people didn't like Tricky Dick, but they still respected the > office. Pres Clinton, allegedly, conducted shenanigans in the Oval > Office that just shouldn't have been done. That creates an > institution erosion. Think, burning the flag (which I'm for). > > Since then we've had more erosive forces culminating (hopefully) with > Mr. Bush's scary failure of leadership during Hurricane Katrina. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175165 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
