Still too busy to follow the story but if he messed up and admitted it that is refreshig, yes,
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/03/1779622.aspx > > Obama admits he totally screwed up some of the cabinet picks and takes > responsibility. > > Obama later added, "I'm here on television saying I screwed up, and > that's part of the era of responsibility. It's not never making > mistakes; it's owning up to them and trying to make sure you never > repeat them and that's what we intend to do." He also offered one more > mea culpa: "[S]o, did I screw up in this situation? Absolutely and I'm > willing to take my lumps, you know that's part of the job here. But I > think it's important not to paint a broad brush here, because overall, > not only have we gotten in place a -- functioning government in record > time -- but overall the quality of [the other appointments] are > outstanding." > > I have to say, that's refreshing. I'm still not entirely happy with > the picks that he seems to think are "outstanding" but hey, they > aren't my picks. Still, I like him owning up to things so far. > Perfect? No. But that paragraph there is something you don't hear from > politicians much. And when you do, it is at the end of their term, > reassessing their legacy, not admitting to a potential flaw/weakness > at the beginning, going into negotiations with the opposition. > > I wonder if it will help or hurt him. > > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287293 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
