Obama's Screw Up

Let's face it...BO "apologized" only because the nation knew he'd made another sheister choice! If there had been any question as to Daschle's guilt in not paying taxes, BO would NOT have said anything to defend himself. You people STILL can't read him? Haven't you watched his body language? He lies almost every time he appears on TV! Wake up, people...please!

It is refreshing to have anyone admit a mistake. Not, "I acted on the intelligence at hand" or "Hey, I wasn't the only one who screwed up."

BO is the leader of the Immoral Majority. His appointments simply reinforce this.

If he and his staff cannot even correctly read background checks, how in the world are they going to spend trillions of our taxes responsibly???????

Not to sound too much like an apologist, but I may not be able to help it.

Look at it this way.

Would Hillary Clinton ever admit to making a mistake like this, even if she really did?

The people of the United States elected Barack Obama partly to break the mold, to shatter paradigms in Washington, to change the direction the so-called leadership in this country was heading.

Hard to break eggs without dribbling a little on the counter.

What's more important is to see what's going RIGHT with this process. The president has staff that make recommendations to him for people to fill these positions. He either approves or disapproves them based on that information. It then goes to the Senate for their Advice and Consent (remember the novel?).

Either the president's advisors can screw up, the president can screw up, or congress can screw up. They act as checks and balances when they critically, and fairly evaluate appointees. The worst excesses, and attrocities, happen when things run too smoothly, when eveyone acts as a rubber stamp in the process.

Barack Obama doesn't know exactly what will or will not fly through Congress in this new administration. As long as the Senate is grading fairly, I don't mind the President getting a few C's and D's on these issues; as long as he learns from them and makes the right choices on the major issues when the crunch hits.

I once criticized an outstanding employee for not making any mistakes. I told him it was a compliment, now turn it up until he found the edge, even if he stepped over it occasionally.

Mistakes are one way to measure performance. If you are not making any at all, you are not pushing yourself. It is not making mistakes that matters, but the ability to recognize, correct and minimize them. Our past president did none of the above. This one is off to a good start.

Bush did the right thing by never admitting to anything? This is neochristian morality for you - a glaring example.

I remember working in McClean for a hateful, old Irish Catholic racist who told me never to apologize for anything. I bet he voted for Bush, too.

BO is the leader of the Immoral Majority. His appointments simply reinforce this.

If he and his staff cannot even correctly read background checks, how in the world are they going to spend trillions of our taxes responsibly???????

It didn't seem to be a strategy not to appear weak that motivated Bush to never admit a mistake - it seemed to be a genuine failure of character.

He displayed the kind of hubris seen in someone who had, literally, everything handed to him - legacy appointment to Yale; used his father's connections to invest in the ball team and the failed oil business; used his father's connections again to get state side duty when others were dying in Viet Nam; and the Supreme Court to appoint him to his first term.

Just admitting to a mistake puts Obama light years ahead. He'll make his share of them, but he'll also learn from them.

hi i useually enjoy and agree with your assertions and opions and reflections.... i find myself a little baffled and confused at who i'm reading.. i could be wrong but the topic and the main point seems to be acnowledging reality and getting things right...instead of pretending or wishing, which is what we i think all said we wanted when we went to the polls. how is it possible that people can so soon try to paint themselves into that same corner again by trying to be god and perfect.. instead of human beings with a reliance on gods guidance which is show through people, time and experience with in my way of thinking no one being close to perfect. i don't know about you but if i was ruthlessly honest with looking at every choice made during a day it woun't be long before i found i made a simple mistake because i am..human... i meant to be perfect,,, i certainly din't try to do things wrong but being human it seems that it becomes apparrent quite often that my first response was not the correct one or perhaps was the first step twowards a more correct answer. if the idea is to get it right then i do not understand how you feel a leaders prestige, stature and ability to accomplish things could be hurt by trying to do something better or make something right.. correct me if i'm wrong but didn't we just try the idea of a few people being all wise and making all the choices maybe lincon had it right whenhe said you cant fool all the people all the time .. it makes sense to me to work with the idea that input and choices and options are better than pretending everything is ok... but thena agin i'mjust a dyslexic artis and the son of a blueridge mountain hillbilly i'm not 2 brite lol i most likely got this wrong..

It's nice seeing how a President can behave if he has a compliant and supportive press corps.

GWB did the right thing when faced with an aggressively hostile press - he never admitted to anything. Boy, if he had, they would have torn him apart. They tore him apart anyway - sometimes with faked documents - there was no reason to give them any more ammunition that necessary.

Anyway, kudos to Obama for being willing to admit a mistake.

For those of us who have always felt his election was a mistake because this is not the time to have a president who requires "on the job training", this does not bode well for his administration. He appears to be the naive, weak, pushover that we thought he would be.

This after his ridiculous interview broadcast to the "Muslim World" in which he bashed his own country in an effort to placate the aggrieved (what a laugh) Saudis and their censored audience. He let Pelosi run all over him to the tune of $895 billion with a ridiculous spendathon/stimulus plan that even Senate dems may not support without a major restructuring.

It's been like amateur hour up till now, hopefully he'll get it together before some school-yard bully in the guise of Putin starts giving him a wedgie.

The 'I screwed up' route is indeed refreshing, especially after the last 3 decades of presidents.

I think the only way that route could work against the current administration is 'I screwed up again.'

As long as Obama shows each time he's screwed up that he's LEARNED from the screw up, the American people will appreciate him more and more.

Take it easy. He'll be fine. The man is an organizational genius.

Every day I find another reason to admire Obama. Of course, his apology will not play well with those who prefer their President to be as infallible as their God. Since Bush never apologized, did that make him infallible? Hardly! Honesty in government is very refreshing and will be far more productive in the long run. It just won't appear as tidy as when all information is controlled or suppressed by a dictator.