Traditionally and historically, an American president's Cabinet was a group of advisors to the president. No one has experience in every facet of governance, and everyone at times needs advice from someone with specific knowledge -- or simply a different perspective. That was the role of the Cabinet. Until 2017.
Now once again, half the public, many elected officials, a number of past and present ranking military officers, and reporters from all over the country and the world gasp at each new appointment made by the president-elect. Why? He is also a former president, so you have seen this act play out before. What don't you understand?
A man who does not want advice and does not see that he needs any is not looking for advisors. This man, as we have seen before, wants flunkies. Toadies. Yes-men and -women. Anyone not ready to nod like a bobblehead wouldn't last a week in his Cabinet, and anyone seriously qualified is, ipso facto, disqualified from the get-go.
Really, what else did you expect?
3 comments:
I rather hoped the cabinet wouldn't be replaced by a toy box.
It is a circus - send in the clowns.
Exactly!! What did any of you think would happen??? The ignorance, gullibility and hypocrisy in this country astounds me, and a lot in my family are included in my disgust. I simply cannot get past my rage. And of course they intend to gut the Dept of Education. As my husband said a lot of years ago, the dumbing down of American is high on a lot of lists for American. If he hadn't died before now, first 2016 and especially now would have killed him for sure.
Prescience - Susan Jacoby's 'The Age of American Unreason'
and Lord Acton "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. We know the man - we are baffled by his
adoring voters.
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