In other places, public officers resign their office when snafus show up on their beats. In Nigeria, the requirement for a fubar is that the one at whose table the buck stops is sufficiently lachrymose.
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Abdul El-Sayed is a gifted public speaker, so he overachieves as a political candidate. I fear that we are setting the bar too high for public servants. You have to be a movie star with brains but then do really boring bureaucratic bullshit as your job? We’re just asking for trouble. Bring back the awkward policy nerds. #Politics
If Obama had held a rally where he said, "Yeah, North Korea may hit back at us, but it'll be worth it... Let 'em take out Corpus Christi, let'em take out Oklahoma City, it's a small price to pay," there would have been riots in the streets and an impeachment vote shortly thereafter, with several Democrats joining the republicans. That's the difference between them. The conservatives are ready to riot at any moment and delight in the use of force; Democratic leaders are timid debate club nerds.
"We have now seen what happens when breakers of the law become makers of law. Criminal behaviour has been the organising principle of the party, and together, the values of these people have defined the years that Modi has ruled India. In the process, he has presided over the shredding of the Constitution of India." ______ Ditto for Trump and the US.
