Saturday, March 14, 2009

Kettle 'n Pot

Obama Sharpens His Reminders That He Inherited Fiscal 'Mess' From Bush - washingtonpost.com: "In his inaugural address, President Obama proclaimed 'an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics.'

It hasn't taken long for the recriminations to return -- or for the Obama administration to begin talking about the unwelcome 'inheritance' of its predecessor...""

2 comments:

billy pilgrim said...

isn't that politics 101, blame your predecessor.

Bob Harrison said...

Yeah; There is an ancient story in academia about a new Dean being left two letters by his predecessor; letter one to be be opened when the new Dean encounters his first crisis. The first letter says "Blame everything on your predecessor." Letter two is opened when the new Dean encounters his second crisis. It says "Prepare two letters."