...tell me somethin' good / tell me that you love me yea / tell me somethin' good / tell me that you like it yea...
Barack Obama has been highly praised, thus far, from both sides of the political line about the team he has assembled for his administration.
From cabinet members, advisors, and ambassadors, Obama's choices reflect an administration that is poised to work and take on the task of returning America to more triumphant days.
I have heard some arguing that his cabinet looks rather "Clintonesque" but I fail to see how that is a problem. Additionally, Obama has crossed party lines to invite Republicans into his cabinet and has even retained a current member of Bush's Administration, Robert Gates.
I feel that this demonstrates a new kind of Washington, just as Obama has promised from the inception of his campaign. He is not rewarding business chums with positions in his administration. He is not excluding those who are kind of politically antithetical to him. He is not allowing the tumult of campaign days to bar qualified people's participation in his administration. Obama is really ready to go to work and will work with anyone who is like-minded.
Barack Obama has also managed to demonstrate some more marked differences from the Bush Administration. The position of Ambassador to the United Nations has been filled by Susan Rice. The position has also been elevated to a cabinet member. A cabinet member has a direct line to president, allowing for quicker communication.
Bush had downgraded the position and removed it from the cabinet roster following Clinton (who also had the position as a cabinet member). This makes me wonder how seriously Bush and his administration ever took the United Nations and how much they ever planned on cooperating with United Nations. It does not seem coincidental that the administration downgraded the position and then ignored the UN when they decided to invade Iraq. Even Congress was not on board for this war.
Basically, in my opinion, this is the stuff of conspiracy theories. It seems as though the war in Iraq was inevitable and was going to happen regardless of circumstance, protest, or disagreement. Conveniently, the administration that is a responsible for a tragic and irresponsible war that the UN and Congress were against, also downgraded the position of Ambassador to the United Nations.
I guess you weren't trying to hear anybody on your direct line telling you not to do exactly what you, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and them came to Washington to do: destroy America and get rich, huh?
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Can you blame the man for using his position as commander in chief to fulfill his childhood dream of finishing what his father didn't have a chance to finish? You see he had no choice. The Bush name needed to be redeemed. You go G-dub!
Well, earlier in his administration, I would have agreed with you. But the many other foibles of his presidency, I have concluded that George W. is neither smart enough or concerned enough to want to redeem his father's name.
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