Obama Apologizes

It's true,

Barack Obama is a smart person. So when two of his major appointees turned out to be tax evaders, he apologized. Did he need to? No. He shouldn't have to apologize for someone else's problems.

Was it the right thing to do? Yes. The American people need to see that Obama is going to take responsibility for mistakes, rather than say they weren't mistakes (wonder what Bush II is doing right now...).

Why bother apologizing for mistakes that aren't his? Because some people are going to blame him for this: he chose them, it's his fault. Guess nobody cares about being qualified anymore.

Let's take a look at what some news flavored gumdrops had to say about it:

NBC: Two tax evading appointees is something the people in the administration "have to take responsibility for."

No. It's not their fault. They didn't know these were going to end up being a couple bad Gumdrops. Or maybe they did, but didn't care because they were the best people for the job. That's not why he had to apologize.

ABC: It's been an embarrassing day for the administration.

Sure it has. Makes them look sloppy. The tone of ABC, however, was more along the lines of "that sucks for Obama," rather than "you suck Obama." I agree.

Fox: Obama needs to learn that we don't have two sets of rules -- one for prominent people and one for ordinary people."

So because the people they chose made some bad choices and therefore they stepped down, Obama thinks he's better than us... do these guys ever make sense?

All in all, Obama did the right thing, though he shouldn't have had to do it.

I'm still disappointed he hasn't saved the world yet. It's been like, 2 weeks already. Get going already.

Sincerely,
Lucas Biespiel