Reply #28: Please let's keep some perspective [View All]

[nichomachus]

We hired Obama to do a job -- he works for us.

He wowed us in the job interview -- partly because he was good, partly because the other guy was so bad, and a lot because the current guy in the job is so horrible.

However, now that he has the job, we have every right to evaluate his performance -- and criticize when we feel he's not measuring up to what he promised in the interview.

We didn't canonize him as a saint or appoint him as an unquestionable dictator. We merely hired him to do a job. Some people exceed the promise of the job interview. Some meet it. And some fall short.

I've hired people with stunning resumes and smooth-as-silk interviews -- to find out later they were a real disappointment once they had to produce.

So, I'm going to keep an open mind and I'm going to feel free to criticize when I think it's called for.

I'm watching his cabinet and adviser picks with a little bit of dismay, but I'm willing to wait and see where he goes with it. But, that patience is not unlimited.