I stopped reading that tripe. Those guys are lying through their teeth.... I finally went back and read the rest.
Strictly speaking, people at that level are not idiots. The president isn’t an idiot. Steeped in Socialist/MArxist ideology, there value system is out of line. But there are smart people. They have managed to connive their way to the top of the Washington power structure. They are not stupid and not idiots.
They are conniving lowlifes.
This article clearly shows, by who is leaking and what is NOT being said, that this was a State Department operation all the way. State was in charge of theh operation, and they led the coverup.
This is all lies, and this article is their attempt to throw cold water on the brewing scandal.
No one takes responsibility. Everyone else is blamed.
No, but they can be depended upon to do the wrong thing (for the nation. They will commit immoral acts to keep power. A 'president' could misuse that kind of talent, if he was malicious.
They are conniving lowlifes.
I both agree and disagree.
Having had some "looks" into the corporate world, there are people who are really only great at worming their way up into a power structure, even though their abilities in other areas are suspect at best. This is particularly prevalent, I suspect, in government, where the structure often does not really require one to perform at a high level. In politics, political skill does not always translate into overall intelligence. Some of the Issa committee's Dem reps from safe districts are flat out an embarrassment to listen to, completely aside from their agenda. There is a rough parallel with some "mental prodigy" types. For example, in Engr. school (man, does that seem like a LONG time ago!), of the several Middle Eastern guys, we had a few who's ability to do math in their heads would just make the rest of us (including some real math whizzes) drop our jaws in amazement. But those same "prodigies" were lousy engineering students / prospective engineers.
Take this Patrick Kennedy fellow. He's touted as a top notch civil servant. But after watching him testify (among other things) I again find it almost embarrassing that he is supposed to be one of our best? Ditto for Charlene Lamb, Steve Miller...
Now as for the conniving lowlifes part, unfortunately that is too often the case.