Quick thoughts on the G20


Why does Obama keep making all these protocol mistakes?
For a hard core political junkie, the G20 summit has been fascinating. But it's not something that would appeal to a general audience.

Obama's gaffes with greetings and gifts have been noteworthy though.

The most likely explanation is hubris. This White House and this Administration does not like being told what to do.

The next most likely explanation is deliberate sabotage by the State Department. Considering that from all evidence, the State Department really hasn't answered to a President since the days of Nixon and considering who the current Secretary of State is, that's possible. However, the record also show that the "career" part of the State Department seldom chooses cooperation with the political appointees.

The third most likely explanation (but significantly less than the other two) is incompetence. The problem with this explanation is that there are people in the State Department and on the White House staff who make a career specializing in protocol.

There are of course other explanations, but based on what we know now, I do not consider them significant.

Considering some of the Imperious Leader's domestic actions, hubris seems the likely culprit. Although there is a large part of me that would be satisfied with the sabotage explanation, because if Obama and the Clintons started a grudge match, it would make stopping them easier.

Hubris has it's advantages for our free market rebellion too. Mainly it implies that the President doesn't recognize mistakes until it's too late.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Sat - April 4, 2009 at 02:49 PM  Tag


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