Josh Hill wrote:
[snip]

> 
> I'm more concerned with Obama's slickness. I want a policy wonk, not
> another talking head. We've made the "Hah, ahm Jimmy Carter" mistake
> again and again, voting for the smooth guy with the smile rather than
> the committed guy with the ideas and the integrity. I don't yet judge
> Obama because I don't know enough, but the entire process seems wrong
> to me at this point, to be asking the wrong questions of candidates.
> In politics, as in other work, the best performers are frequently
> /not/ the most socially engaging.

When choosing a President do you want a salesman, a sycophant or a boss?
Bosses frequently have to do lots of nasty things to get the workers to
work.

If you are looking for a leader, what has he created that works?  It
could be a charity or a state or possibly a (small) department in the
state/federal bureaucracy.  The Oval Office is not a good place to learn
how to be an assistant manager.

Andrew Swallow
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