Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Hard Words on the Bush Presidency

While I am not certain I agree with all of this, David Frum's Diary on National Review Online gives a critical, and I fear all too accurate evaluation of the Bush presidency's inability to pick and manage the right team of leaders.

And near the end of this article by Michael Barone, the same theme appears--the President has been too willing to let others go too far down their own paths, to allow his own subordinates to undercut his policies, and to let others choose his military leaders without exercising a president's authority to question them.

2 comments:

Mark Solomon said...

Hopefully these video links still work from foxnews, but you should be able to find them on foxnews as well... A very candid and clear explanation and response to race in America, along with the complete disagreement with the previous pastor of his church.

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player06.html?031808/031808_am_barack1&Americas_Newsroom&Obama%20Speaks&acc&US&-1&News&941&&&new

Mark Solomon said...

Sorry, I'm pretty sure I posted my comment about this under the Bush remarks ;p

Ah well, electrons are very fast! That is my excuse! :)

Please see the link for a very clear explanation and rebuke of Obama's pastor's statements (rants)

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player06.html?031808/031808_am_barack1&Americas_Newsroom&Obama%20Speaks&acc&US&-1&News&941&&&new