Shut 'em Down!

Reagan, Clinton and GWB all had experience as governors and I think it gave them experience in leading large governments that obama is sorely lacking. GHWB also didn't serve as a governor and suffered many of the same mistakes obama has. He had quite a wealth of experience. But when the ***hit the fan the people he relied on to "fill in the gaps" buckled. Which cost him a second term of course. Carter was governor of georgia, and no offense to Georgians, the pace of government (and life in general) there is rather slow. I think his hesitation to act swiftly was seen as weakness. Both men also suffered because they hadn't built their organizations through the party, so nobody owed them anything politically and the results were the same. In the plus column Obama is an excellent campaign organizer. His primary campaign in 08 was excellent. Let's not gloss over the fact that he even toppled Clinton which was no easy task. I would say it was the tougher fight than the one against McCain. But when it comes to the nuts and bolts of actually running a government, he just does't have the skill set. He tried to not make the same mistakes as Carter and instead mend the fences broken during the primary fights but the people he relied on to help him run the country (Hillary Clinton is a fine example)were looking out for themselves and not his best interest. The word "Incompetence" is thrown around a lot but I think it's more of a lack of experience and poor choices at key leadership positions. Love them or hate them both Nixon and Reagan brought with them very conservative, pragmatic, goal oriented, results driven staff. In conservative circles especially in big business there is a lot of focus on past success. You are promoted based on these success and fired just as easily for failure. In the liberal sector, results don't matter. there is no "bottom line" everyone looks to in order to judge your results. It's more about your commitment to the cause or your loyalty to the party or your pedigree. But that creates a real problem when it comes to dealing with a situation. Was Hillary Clinton incompetent for her handling of the begahzi crisis or was she just ill equipped to deal with it in the first place having had no experience in such matters. In conservative circles she would have been fired but in liberal circles she was allowed to step down. Now, if a republican like Nixon or Reagan had implemented obamacare they would found the BEST PERSON the most qualified person from the insurance sector to head the operation and if they faltered they would have been very publicly fired. Liberals don't work that way. There is always a second chance there is always room for improvement it's not the do or die world of corporate profits... it's the feel good world of intentions. That's government.. Ok so then how did Bill Clinton get some of the things right that obama still hasn't picked up on. And the answer is he hired some very "mean" people to do the dirty work for him. Look at James Carville. Clinton had other priorities, let's say, but he left the "work" to some very ambitious people. He was also very concerned about his legacy. In that regard, Obama doesn't have to worry as much. He already earned the title "The First Black President" So whether obamacare works or not is irrelevant. First, in liberal circles results don't matter nearly as much as intentions Second, He already has his place in the history books sewn up. Third, no one will ever hold him accountable for anything for fear of being branded a racist. He's got it in the bag. it's screwed glued and tattooed. The right can scream and tear their hair out all they want. Obama will never be impeached or held accountable for his mistakes. Period. By conservative measures he was doomed to fail from the jump because he doesn't have what it takes to be president in the first place. And obama knows he isn't going to win any of those people over anyways. It's a fundamental difference in philosophy. pragmatic vs idealistic. obama won when he beat hillary. conservatives are still scratching their heads looking at red and black numbers on a spreadsheet and failing to understand. He won when he beat her, he doesn't even care about them or clingers or birthers or tea partiers... Was Kathleen Sebelius the best choice to head health and human services? Well that depends on who you ask. She was governor of kansas, she paid her dues politically, she comes from a political family. So in liberal circles, yes. Has she ever built a website or worked in insurance? No. So in conservative circles was she the best person to run obamacare, No. do liberals care what conservatives think about her qualifications, No. Will she be fired? No. Will she step down or be moved around? Maybe. She made the boss look bad. If she worked for nixon she would be in stocks on the white house lawn getting pelted with tomatoes and never work in this town again. But she works Obama, so she will be praised for her dedication and loyalty. Obamacare won't work because it doesn't have to work, there is no measure to gauge whether it works or not. it wasn't designed to work and nobody cares if it works. As long as it looks like we cared enough to try it's a win in the liberal columns own log. Nobody that thinks like a liberal cares what the "bottom line" says or what the accountants say or what conservatives think. Perhaps nausi, aman and king aren't ever going to understand what a liberal win looks like... Let's try baseball terms. The final score of the game is Team A 15 and Team B 0 and Team B was the declared the winner. Team A lead all stats, strikeouts, bases stole, hitting percentage and Team B was the declared the winner. Team A lead the league in every category imaginable and Team B was the declared the winner. Team A won every game they played up until that game and Team B was the declared the winner. Because Team A has an offensive mascot to native americans and Team B has a fuzzy duck mascot and wears environmentally friendly uniforms so Team B wins. Sorry about your luck Team A, have fun smashing your calculators