Case in point: Back here I quoted Z.Dwight Billingsley on upcoming The Obama Presidential Magical Mystical Amateur Tour.
That’s not to say that Obama’s election doesn’t come with a couple of interesting side effects. For example, henceforth no black man in America may be called unqualified for any job that he might seek, no matter his prior education or experience level. Want to be a nuclear scientist but lack a Ph.D. in physics? If the applicant is a black man, it’s no problem. Just offer hope to the profession and promise change from all those stuffy theorems that have given the discipline its structure over the years, and you’re in.
Obama’s pick for CIA Director, Leon Panetta fits the bill perfectly with exception that he’s not black. Who needs experience in intelligence during war time (or any time, for that matter!)? Ed says
Barack Obama sent a message with the selection of Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff, but apparently didn’t think enough people understood it. He sent a stronger message yesterday with his choice of Leon Panetta for Director of CIA, and this time, it’s unmistakable. Political considerations will trump competence and experience, even in the most critical roles Obama has to fill…
Just another empty suit, but this time one who can be manipulated by the Empty Suit in Chief. A real-life Pinocchio, but I doubt he’ll ever have the opportunity to turn into a real boy.
Meanwhile, The Crooks & Liars Club is up to its own brand of mischief. I heard a sound byte of Pelosi this morning, pledging to work in a bipartisan manner with all members of Congress. Of course, she was talking out of the “press-side” of her mouth.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to re-write House rules today to ensure that the Republican minority is unable to have any influence on legislation. Pelosi’s proposals are so draconian, and will so polarize the Capitol, that any thought President-elect Obama has of bipartisan cooperation will be rendered impossible before he even takes office.
Pelosi’s rule changes — which may be voted on today — will reverse the fairness rules that were written around Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America.” (Connie Hair at Human Events)
Her sidekick down the hall is stirring up his own brand of constitutional crisis. Excuse me, when did the Constitution become just a organized grouping of parliamentary suggestions?
