Oval Office Personnel Antics

So the leaker in chief of classified information, Tom Donilon, is resigning as Barack Obama's national security adviser and will be replaced by Susan Rice, whose most notable qualification for high office in the Obama administration is a willingness to repeat and defend without hesitation most any lie that is put in front of her.  What is the matter, isn't there an opening in the White House press secretary's office? There are reports that Rice is being selected for the post because it does not require Senate confirmation.  I remember a time when political insiders who couldn't pass muster in a Senate confirmation hearing were shunted off into positions on the Postal Rate Commission, where they could not do much more than decide whether the First-Class Mail stamp rate should be rounded up or down.  My oh my, times have changed. 

Susan Rice lies to a Sunday talk show, September, 2013.

Meanwhile, Rice's position as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will be filled by Samantha Power, who is best known to the American public, as the women who had to quit Barack Obama's campaign in 2008 for having called Hillary Clinton a monster.  The UN ambassadorship, behind only the Secretary of State, is well known for being the second most import diplomatic post in the U.S. government.  Good fit.

This is not a policy driven administration.  This is not a merit driven bureaucracy.  This is not a fact driven government.  It is political and identity driven, pure and simple.  Enjoy the show, particularly the women out there who the show is most meant to cater to.  I hope you find the entertainment worthwhile.