David Brooks' take on the transition...

[davester]

Since the Bush appointees are in many cases the diametric opposites of the Clinton appointees, then bringing them back would be the biggest change possible. The "change" that he's been referring to has been in reference to the last eight years of having moronic madmen in charge of the country.

[swampy]

"Why wouldn't he want to hire people who are experienced and talented"

Uh, maybe he knows that drawing from his circle of friends and associates would not get him off to an exemplary start with "the folks"?

Except for pages and gofers nobody has ever worked for Obama because he's never had a job where he had to hire leaders and managers.?

[swampy]

"moronic madmen"?

Does that include Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell?

[Gutenberg]

Speaking of moronic madmen--oops, she says she's a woman. Oh, well.

Powell had the sense to get out. Rice, yep, she would have to be included in davester's description, since she is still there.

[Numo]

Stizzealth wrote:
. . . . There is a very good reason that conservatism is not well represented among tenured professors and lecturers. First of all, those that cannot do something teach something . . .

I've really come to resent the right's long-standing denigration of educators and education in general. What motivates the type of arrogant anti-intellectualism displayed in the statement above? Is it designed pander to Joe Six Pack's inferiority complex?

[Stizzealth]

Ammo: Leftists are always talking about fixing things that are broken. There are some on the right who believe, as do I, that our education system has been broken by whackjobs. Why wouldn't I denigrate a crappy system?

I have no desire to pander to Joe's non-existent personality disorder, but rather I desire to poke at Bill Ayers' and others' enormous egos.

[davester]

Ya know, I have yet to use the ignore button, but Pete's appearance and repetitive posting of the same old empty arguments has convinced me to try it out.

[Stizzealth]

Nobody wants to tell me who Pete is.

[kj]

Everyone who disagrees with you guys is "pete". Boy did he get into your heads. kj.

[mikeylikesit]

kj wrote:
Everyone who disagrees with you guys is "pete". Boy did he get into your heads. kj.

Why not come to that conclusion if it turns out to be true 9 times out of 10? (that's the average to date)