I LOVED that. Kudos to Obama. "Yeah, I made a mistake, and now I'm going to correct it....what of it?!?!"
Very refreshing, and it's that kind of talk that Americans have ALWAYS bought into. Only partisan republicans are expecting perfection out of Obama, ready to pounce when he slips up. On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:17 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:287331 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
