Now why would any one believe that intellectually lazy Bush would put any one that he disagrees with in his administration? Wouldn't that indicate a certain amount of leadership?Who in their right mind would want President Obama to put together another cabinet filled with ideological members? Haven't we had enough of the intellectual lazy and ideological people of the Bush administration? more about "Former Bush adviser: Obama’s cabinet ...", posted with vodpod
Now why would any one believe some one as intellectually lazy as Bush would put any one that he disagrees with in his administration? Who in their right mind would want President Obama to put together another cabinet filled with ideological members? Haven't we had enough of the intellectual lazy and ideological people of the Bush administration?
On ABC’s This Week today, former Bush strategist Matthew Dowd marveled at President-elect Barack Obama’s cabinet choices, saying that Obama will have “one of the most pragmatic, least ideological cabinets that we’ve seen in a long time.” Dowd noted that this contrasted with how his former boss picked his staff when he first entered office:DOWD: Much less ideological than George Bush’s cabinet when he appointed it, when he first came into office. People that have disagreements. He has disagreements with his potential Secretary of State. He has disagreements with the person that’s going to run his Pentagon. It’s an amazing thing he has done that.Watch it:It shouldn’t be surprising that Obama is more open to appointing “people that have disagreements” than Bush was. As Bob Woodward has noted, Bush has often shown “a lack of interest in open debate.”
On ABC’s This Week today, former Bush strategist Matthew Dowd marveled at President-elect Barack Obama’s cabinet choices, saying that Obama will have “one of the most pragmatic, least ideological cabinets that we’ve seen in a long time.” Dowd noted that this contrasted with how his former boss picked his staff when he first entered office:
DOWD: Much less ideological than George Bush’s cabinet when he appointed it, when he first came into office. People that have disagreements. He has disagreements with his potential Secretary of State. He has disagreements with the person that’s going to run his Pentagon. It’s an amazing thing he has done that.
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It shouldn’t be surprising that Obama is more open to appointing “people that have disagreements” than Bush was. As Bob Woodward has noted, Bush has often shown “a lack of interest in open debate.”