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Choices have been made for generations having little to do with "qualifications".
These choices are political in nature, like all such choices. I believe the bureaucracy
of Gov't, the Federal employees, have a far greater effect over the long term, especially those
whose jobs continue from administration to administration.
The choices being made by Obama are not really any different, at least they haven't shown it yet, from any other administration.
Once they've been around a while their actions will speak louder than appearances.
Appearances, and perception, go to the heart of politics. Perception is reality, at least until choices are made, policy enacted.
Until then this is all thunder and fury, signifying nothing.
As to timalkin's prediliction of bringing up race, well, it's been seen in many threads.
I give him/her credit for a consistent point of view, which I heartily disagree with. Still, that's what free speech is all about, no?
He/She has the right to an opinion, and he/she is studiously careful to not cross any particular line of decorum.
I've been goaded into anger in the past. Now I will try to be philosophical about it. I agree to totally, unequivocally, disagree with him/her.
My 0.02c worth......
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Love is a verb, not a noun.
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The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.
-Louis Aragon, "La Porte-plume," Traite du style, 1928
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