Jerry Garcia was a power broker in the Windy City?
Yeah, they’re quite popular here.
Is this a tongue-in-cheek comment? Because a compulsive micromanager would be a disaster as a President. That was perhaps Carter’s biggest failing. He actually involved himself in things like scheduling the White House tennis courts, and as I understand it one of the reasons the hostage mission to Iran failed was because Carter micromanaged everything including giving approval for each helicopter to lift off.
The reason Bush is successful, and Reagan was successful, is because they know how to delegate to the real experts. No matter how smart you are, the people who train in their field are better at their jobs than you are. Successful presidents set the tone, the big picture, and then turn operations over to the people who are skilled. Micromanagers are a disaster.
Well of course a “micromanager” is a disaster. Given that the word itself is a pejorative meaning “a guy who screws things up by managing too much,” what else could it be?
Of course, by merely labeling him a “micromanager,” you’ve also told us fuck-all-nothing about Clark’s management style, his competence as a leader, or anything else of substance.
And I continue to be amused at how quickly the righties have coordinated the message of their Wesley Clark smear campaign. You guys must be really scared of him, huh?
You’re right. Especially since we were talking about Howard Dean.
Dammit.
[And why the hell can’t I post something with less than 10 characters?]
Re the OP, from the hindsight of Monday night:
Ayup.
That speech didn’t help either. And snapping at the press is like insulting the people who prepare your food before they’ve started doing it.