(01-19-2017 07:05 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 06:50 PM)JOwl Wrote:  So speaking of waiting to see what someone would do, I remember OO's slamming of Obama for the Geithner and Daschle nominations -- proof of the horrors of a lack of "executive experience".

Trump hasn't even been inaugurated yet and he's already got Mulvaney and his failure to pay nanny taxes, plus Mnuchin and his misrepresentation of his assets in Senate finance committee disclosures.

So what's the issue now, OO? Is it that Trump has _too much_ "executive experience"? Or maybe his experience doesn't qualify somehow?

(And this is all not to mention Trump nominating as head of the DOE a guy who had previously promised to eliminate the DOE if given the chance, only to walk that back over the last few days "after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the Department of Energy".)

Are you sure? I thought Geithner was one of the four I thought might be good. maybe it was Holder. anyway, there were four I thought might be good, and only Gates did not disappoint.

In any case, i was initially (right after the election) very critical of Obama, and everything he did, and then some of the Obamaphiles (maybe you?) said "give him a chance - he hasn't even been sworn in yet", so I took a step back and tried to be objective. I thought that was good advice then, and think so now.

As i said, I had hopes that Obama would move to the middle, as so many do after Election Day, and of course all you can do there is wait and see.

sorry if this spoils your Gotcha moment, but that's the way I remember it.

Speaking of not paying taxes, didn't Geithner have that issue too?

I prefer hiring executives with executive experience. Just seems logical. But it is not a hard and fast rule. sometimes the one with experience don't have good experience.

I know we don't agree on this, but I think Obama shows the problems with hiring somebody with no executive experience and expecting them to learn on the job.

So it seems you don't remember. Yes, I'm speaking specifically to Geithner not paying his taxes, and the shitstorm that resulted. In 2009, within a couple weeks of inauguration, you were happily calling out Obama for getting on-the-job training once these nominee issues came to light. Your point then being that it proved you right on your executive experience concern.
http://csnbbs.com/thread-345026.html

Here Trump nominates tax avoiding Mulvaney and misrepresenting Mnuchin and ... silence.