So our new President has been in office for three weeks, and how does he look so far?

Like a man in deeply over his head. He looks inept. He looks underqualified. He looks like someone who isn't prepared for the job he's supposed to be doing. He's been making mistakes, lots of mistakes.

He looks like someone who is waiting for someone else to tell him what he should be doing. He looks like someone who expected to be a figurehead, with all the real work being done by his advisors.

Unfortunately, what he looks like is an affirmative action hire*, in the worst sense of that phrase, and I really wish it weren't so.

If he doesn't get hold of himself soon, we're all going to be in deep trouble. The President of the United States doesn't get to vote "present".

(*Back in the 1970's, "affirmative action hire" was a term used for someone who was hired to satisfy a quota, without regard to their qualifications.)

UPDATE: Standup comedians say, "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."

For politicians, criticizing is easy. Making promises is easy. Leadership is hard. This country elected a politician. Now it needs a leader, and so far it doesn't look like we have one.

I do hope he gets his act together, sooner rather than later.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Weird World at 02:38 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
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