Sad to see this little poem posted here.  Nice of the writer to give Obama 2 weeks before suggesting he “sold out”.  Daschle and Killefer both withdrew their names today.  Obama did not know of their misdeeds when he nominated them.  But no sense missing a chance to unfairly jam him. 

Didn’t see any poems over the last year of the Bush administration that called into question any members there.  Guess they are all squeaky clean and all actions are above reproach.

Readers, I direct you to the post by Larry Horowitz just before this one about Chuckanut Ridge - a well researched and valuable post about a local issue.

John,  I give credit to Obama for his comments this afternoon on Fox:  “We can’t send a message to the American people that we’ve got two sets of rules—one for prominent people and one for ordinary people,” Obama said, defending his administration’s standards.

During his campaign, Obama made many promises about a new way of doing business.  He is the captain, the leader of his team.  All the world is watching.  He set the high standard.  He is responsible for the standards used in vetting his nominees.  He, and we, cannot afford another administration of lies, hypocrisy and worse.  In my opinion, Obama needed to ask for Daschle’s withdrawal, nothing less.

When times are hard
And problems big
Folks clamor for a change.

We pin our hopes
And place our bets
Best We can do, it’s strange.

No matter who
They ain’t enough
to fix what’s through and through.

But what the heck
Give him two weeks
And see what he can do!

John Servais

Happy to see both poems posted here.

Dreary prose often trumps dreary writing. Humorous prose is even better.

President Obama has had a bad week.  Don’t we all from time to time.  His personal rebound is refreshing, particularly to those of us tired of the countertribalistic punditry from the local left. A lot of conservatives, including me, genuinely like Barack Obama. And America is not a racist country, despite the rhetorical flourishes of aging Boomers that should know better.

4 of Obama’s Cabinet nominees have had major tax/ethics problems. 3 have dropped out. So far.

Two of Bill Clinton’s Attorney General nominees had tax/nanny problems and withdrew. It happens.

George Bush had one cabinet withdrawl.  Linda Chavez had nanny problems.  Bush quickly accepted her withdrawl and proceeded to fill his Cabinet, on time, in a professional manner.

Although Bush did not meet your standard of “squeaky clean”, his Cabinet choices had less negative baggage than current and past Democratic nominees.

John Lesow