The Problems With A CEO Presidency
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in General Politics
Apparently Bush is focusing on only two issues right now: the Iraq war and the midterm elections. All the rest of the decisions have been delegated to his top aides. What’s even more alarming is the fact that he doesn’t seem to even want to know what they’re going to do. “Just do it” is the new mantra in the White House, and the American people are probably getting the short end of the stick as a result.
From the conservative mag Insight:
“Lots of important issues that deal with national security are never brought to the president because he doesn’t want to deal with them,” a source familiar with the White House said. “In some cases, this has resulted in chaos.”The White House has acknowledged that Mr. Bush was not informed of the administration’s decision to approve a $6.85 billion takeover by the United Arab Emirates of a British firm that operates at least six major ports in the United States. The decision triggered a public firestorm and strong bipartisan opposition on Capitol Hill. This prompted the Dubai-owned company last week to bail on its bid to operate terminals in U.S. ports.
And this “ignorance is bliss” approach apparently also extends to Cheney’s office too.
Vice President Dick Cheney also was not informed of the approval of the port takeover by the state-owned Dubai Ports World. The process was administered by the Treasury Department-aligned Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which sparked opposition from most of the Republican leadership in Congress.
Amazing. Our country deserves better leadership than this.
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March 14th, 2006 at 9:59 pm
I can sympathise with how you feel. We have had past governments (and I hate to confess the present one is starting to go this way as well) who have put far too much stock in dogma and ignored the realities of the world.
Yes too, you might deserve better leadership.
But the reality remains…
You have the leadership you selected
Or as my grandmother might have said “You made the bed, you sleep in it”.
March 15th, 2006 at 12:59 am
Haha, well…I didn’t select them. But in a very zen sort of way, I’m sure I did by backing the wrong candidate.
March 15th, 2006 at 8:15 am
It has nothing to do with being a CEO; the problem is, he is a bad CEO.
A good CEO would want to hear dissenting opinions. Would want to know the bad news. Would put the best person (not a crony) in leadership positions. Plan for the future.
This man is the exact opposite.
March 15th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
I’m just counting down the days until that man is out of office - literally - with the Bush Countdown clock I got for Christmas. It’s still a big number though . . . sigh.
March 15th, 2006 at 7:01 pm
Everybody liked Clinton — even the people who hated him had to admit he was kind of cool — other countries liked him, foreigners, ect.. I was likable. The kind of guy could have a beer with even if he was a little Arkansaw greasy. No Bush, not any longer. He used to be a good old Texan or at least that is who he branded himself — well, he does have some similarities to LBJ. Constitutional Amendment: 100 year moritorium on electing Texans to the Prez.
March 15th, 2006 at 10:20 pm
Is this bad leadership? Of course it is. But honestly, I don’t think there’s any policy that can benefit from George W. Bush’s input.