Posted on 01/29/2017 7:46:09 PM PST by oblomov
Maybe the most pernicious myth in American politics is also among the most cherished. It is the faith-based conviction that the federal government can be run like a business, and it would be if we only had leaders with the fortitude to make enemies of the corrupt careerists who thwart this common sense idea. We are in the earliest days of a grand experiment to test the validity of the notion that the businessmans dispassionate acumen can transform our sclerotic federal government into something with private sector efficiency. So far, its not going well. On Saturday, Donald Trump revealed once again why the insidious cult of the manager is a blight upon the American imagination. In the process, he also sacrificed his credibility and humiliated his core supporters.
In the campaign season, Donald Trump sold himself to the public as first and foremost a fixer. His principal qualification for high office was his lack of experience in government and a healthy disrespect for the political process. He was populist, yes, but also non-ideological. To the extent that his policy preferences could be expanded upon in detail, they drew from both Democratic and Republican prescriptions. Trump presented himself as above the petty ideological squabbles that have paralyzed Washington for decades. He was invested only in what worked.
The lie to all this was laid bare on Saturday amid a remarkable display of executive rigidity and incompetence.
The businessman-president is supposed to be, above all else, competent. There was none of that evident in the terrible implementation of the presidents executive order banning entry into the U.S. of not just refugees but visa holders and legal permanent residents from seven Islamic world nations.
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I’m afraid you’re a weenie.
No error was made.
...or is he the loser asshat moonbat Noah rothman?
you are pathetic.
typical navel gazing BS from concerned one .
your such the expert / sarc line added .
the left owns you.
Sure and he lost the election too. The American people like what he is doing, don’t follow the crowd.
Oh yeah, you may be right. I forgot about that Noah Rothman.
That's a flawed analogy.
“I dont know how bad the fallout is going to be”
Lol. Comments like this were commonplace during the campaign. It’s very easy to spot prople who get their news from hard left outlets.
They probably didn’t tell you that the ban was in response to a specific threat that Trump received in classified briefings. They had to act now.
Wrists dangling like limp biskits.
How many people get detained on a given day at the airports in America normally?
(f) Suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by President
Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate. Whenever the Attorney General finds that a commercial airline has failed to comply with regulations of the Attorney General relating to requirements of airlines for the detection of fraudulent documents used by passengers traveling to the United States (including the training of personnel in such detection), the Attorney General may suspend the entry of some or all aliens transported to the United States by such airline.
“Immigration splits the dem elite from their base and rallies the gop base.”
Not to mention Trump split the unions from the Dem base earlier this week!
Not this idiot again. Come on “Commentary”, you’ve had great writers over the decades. Don’t bring in unbalanced idiots to provide “balance”. All they do is crap up the place.
We issue green cards as a privilege for foreigners to enjoy our hospitality and opportunity. It's too bad they experienced a temporary inconvenience for the sake of our security. Those who complained or protested should be deported posthaste. I know it doesn't play well with the media but they have lost their iron grip and perhaps it is time to shape modern American culture.
You couldn’t be more wrong.
How was it handled “badly” (The halt in immigration)?
I hope your feelings are not because you believe there should have been a warning or notice given. All that would have done is give a heads up to any bad guys up to no good and they would have changed their travel plans.
This very question was asked of and answered by Priebus on the Sunday talk shows and he was dead right.
The implementation of this ban was handled in the ONLY way it could have been and the fact a FEW HUNDRED people were inconvenienced and then for just a few hours is a testimony to just how “right” the Trump people got this.
The country can & should be run like a company.
That’s a flawed analogy.
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Why is it flawed?
A very doubtimg Thomas, showing absolutely no faith and no divine viewpoint. Way too hard for God to handle???
No denying this was handled BADLY. The GOP weenies were looking for an excuse to turn on Trump and l am afraid he gave em one.
don’t you understand that you shouldn’t be poking the beehive...? now you’re more hated than Ashley Judd...
Because the main things a company wants to experience are growth and profit.
I'm sure there are more than a few alien RATagandists that need to go bye-bye.
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