When we focus on the people involved, we can't help falling into political wrangling. What is obvious is that the system is broken here with the IRS, DOJ, and State department all embroiled in scandals. The military has a huge problem with sexual harassment. There have been admissions and apologies, and our president says he is angry over what happened and he understands our anger and feels it is ...justified.
I suggest the long term solution is to take power away from the federal government, regardless of which party is in power in the future. Give power back to the states, and back to the people themselves. We need a less powerful IRS and a department of Justice that would never seize AP phone records.
Having said that, if all of these things were happening at Caterpillar, or IBM, or the Kansas City Royals, what would everyone be saying about the leadership of those companies? It would be troubling to hear a CEO say they heard about it all at the same time as everyone else. Oh, but of course the federal government is much bigger than that.
The federal government is too large and powerful to be managed by anyone effectively. Although I will say Bill Clinton was much more on top of his administration (despite a few sex scandals) than Barak Obama is capable of being. Sometimes people just aren't good leaders/managers. It doesn't mean he ordered any of it, just that he did not manage it well.
If this were a company he would be gone by now.
I suggest the long term solution is to take power away from the federal government, regardless of which party is in power in the future. Give power back to the states, and back to the people themselves. We need a less powerful IRS and a department of Justice that would never seize AP phone records.
Having said that, if all of these things were happening at Caterpillar, or IBM, or the Kansas City Royals, what would everyone be saying about the leadership of those companies? It would be troubling to hear a CEO say they heard about it all at the same time as everyone else. Oh, but of course the federal government is much bigger than that.
The federal government is too large and powerful to be managed by anyone effectively. Although I will say Bill Clinton was much more on top of his administration (despite a few sex scandals) than Barak Obama is capable of being. Sometimes people just aren't good leaders/managers. It doesn't mean he ordered any of it, just that he did not manage it well.
If this were a company he would be gone by now.
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