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In reply to the discussion: The DemocraticUnderground can say things the Democratic Party cannot say. [View all]tavalon
(27,985 posts)A man that brilliant who can't be trusted to pick decent advisers. He is certainly an overachiever in so many ways it is a shame that he has the character flaw of being unable to pick useful advisers. Darn shame, really.
I mean, really, I hold our President to a very high standard because he is likely one of the smartest men ever to walk on this earth and he certainly can exercise good judgement from time to time (First Lady Obama being a fine example) but then he trusts Rahm Emanuel. That gets him an instant F for judgement in my book. And he went on to appoint a lot of stupid and or sociopathic advisers. OTOH, he put two great people on the Supreme Court so either he did his own research or he just got lucky.
Overall, if this were High School and goodness knows, sometimes it really feels that way, I would say he has a solid C and is capable of so much more. Now, had Bush gotten a C, it would have been a shocker for two reasons: One, he didn't give a shit and never, ever did his homework and Two, he has a developmental disability (thanks Barbara Bush for drinking your progeny into Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Mom of the year!). So, I would never hold Bush to the high standard I hold Obama to, it wouldn't be fair. Bush was always going to be the President of low expectations. Obama should be the President of the highest expectations and still he pulls a C. What up?