I'll admit, I was
drawn into this article
on President Obama by Norm Ornstein's odd assertion that Obama has enforced
"stiff restrictions on lobbyists entering the administration." Nobody
should write something like that without noting that the Obama administration
has hired at least 100 ex-lobbyists, including a former Goldman Sachs lobbyist
as chief of staff at Treasury.
But the rest
Ornstein's article is very revealing (Ornstein is a scholar at the American
Enterprise Institute, where I serve as a fellow). As I read the piece, Obama didn't
put much stake in experience when staffing his
administration:….. Who needs
experience, humility or wisdom from predecessors when you've got the best and
brightest, with the best intentions, willing to work really hard? …..To Read More…..
My Take – Kind of like the Kennedy administration's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis and Nikita Khrushchev eating his administration's lunch. All hubris and shiny media propaganda that proved to be a false narrative with terrible long range consequences. All the media makes shiny isn't gold. It’s the metallic luster and pale yellow hue of iron pyrite - fool’s gold - and is of no real value at all.
My Take – Kind of like the Kennedy administration's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis and Nikita Khrushchev eating his administration's lunch. All hubris and shiny media propaganda that proved to be a false narrative with terrible long range consequences. All the media makes shiny isn't gold. It’s the metallic luster and pale yellow hue of iron pyrite - fool’s gold - and is of no real value at all.
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