[Zhang Fei]

[So what you’re saying is, he allowed himself to be made a fool over and over again by the people HE selected!]

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McConnell had a veto over these people. So there’s that. I’m not an unqualified fan of his judgment, but he is not a king. Reagan had a coterie of people he had known for much of his life that he brought with him from the CA statehouse. Trump had his son-in-law and daughter. It’s not even a question of judgment - he did not know most of these people from Adam, and he had few people he could trust who knew them.

In real life, swamp dwellers act and look like normal human beings. When they stab you in the back, you have no idea who did it. And without hostile tell-all books, you never know.

And the worst part? Once appointed, they are hard to fire. The next nominee has to go through the blanket party known as Senate confirmation. That is why so many positions remained unfilled. McConnell had a veto. Only swamp dwellers were acceptable.

[aquila48]

“And the worst part? Once appointed, they are hard to fire.”

I may be wrong, but I think that’s the part he didn’t appreciate enough. He thought he could hire and fire at will like he did with his corporation.

It would be interesting to ask him about his appointees, and what lessons he learned from that experience.