slayer, you asked some good questions. Ones I've asked, myself.

Originally posted by 44soulslayer
Why did Obama claim to totally, 100% back Daschle even after the allegations came out?

He shouldn't have. He should have asked Daschle (and Geithner) to step down, IMO. I can only say he probably didn't think the infraction was "that bad". But he's wrong. He set himself up to be the transparency and integrity president and now he's going to have to live up to it or face serious criticism.

Why did he push through the nomination of Geithner?

I think Obama thinks that Geithner is the best person for the job. I'm not so sure.

Is he really sorry that he made a mistake when only 24 hours ago, he was denying that anything was untowards?

I suspect he's really sorry. Sorry that the vetting process was apparently insufficient to catch these issues and that he set such high standards that he's now going to have to live up to. I don't think he knew about Daschle's problems before the appointment, but once he found out about them, he should have taken action instead of 100% supporting the appointment.

Then again, if he asked Daschle to step down, he's accused of "throwing him under the bus". He really can't win here.

I do think he's learning a valuable lesson about how suspicious and diligent the American people are these days. He's living in the post-Bush era. People are WATCHING. Because we don't want to be fooled again. Your know what they say... Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

Just my thoughts.

Originally posted by seagull
I still think he's going to be ok, but his start is certainly shakey.

Yeah. The phrase "off to a rocky start" comes to mind. But considering what he stepped into when he took this office, I think he's doing pretty good for his first couple of weeks. There are certainly going to be missteps, mistakes and mess-ups, especially considering the high standards and expectations he has set. But I think he'll do fine. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes.

Originally posted by BluegrassRevolutionary
Personally, I find it quite refreshing. I mean, Obama is willing to apologize for a relatively minor mistake that quite frankly will impact none of our lives.

However, our last disgrace of a president never once apologized for any of the plethora of major mistakes he made that have clearly affected the lives of millions of people around the world.

Please, back off Obama and give him a chance. When he makes a mistake that is even in the same league as Bush's non-action to the Al Queda threat, his non-action after the Katrina calamity, or his lies in the run up to the invasion of Iraq...You guys let me know.

No we cannot back off of Obama. He is controlled by the international bankers, and the Israel lobby. The buck stops with him last time I checked, so he is to be held accountable for his appointments, Rahm included.

BTW, Katrina was not a result of inaction. It was a deliberate attempt to set up a pitre dish for experimenting with Martial Law and Al Queda is a CIA connect network of rebels, armed and trained by USA. CNN and MSNBC lie to you man...

Hang on folks I think we're in for a bumpy ride.

But what can you say? The scaredy-pant soccer moms re-elected Bush and we knew what his agenda was.

America freely elected a "community-organizer" to run this country so just sit back and shut up.




[edit on 4-2-2009 by Bombeni]

Originally posted by Bombeni
Hang on folks I think we're in for a bumpy ride.

But what can you say? The scaredy-pant soccer moms re-elected Bush and we knew what his agenda was.

America freely elected a "community-organizer" to run this country so just sit back and shut up.




[edit on 4-2-2009 by Bombeni]

Yeah, and we all know how effective those community organizers are.. They can't even clean up their own communities much less the entire country.

Atleast we have a president now who can admit to having a mistake, remember not so long ago when Bush thought almost everything he did was right, even when it obviously wasn't, and waited till the end to even say anything about it.

Originally posted by Uniceft17
At least we have a president now who can admit to having a mistake

Right.



3 weeks into his administration and 4 of his appointments turn out to be tax dodgers. Dems live and die by opinion polls, so what else would you expect obama to do but cave in and apologize? Please take note that he only did so after the 4th one, and after promising to stand by Daschle until he didn't. There was no new information in between.

Originally posted by bigvig316
I don't understand how he doesn't do his homework when it comes to these issues like these. They should have known about his issues.

Government's main goal is to pretend to fail.