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November 20, 2008 3:25 PM

Change my ass... For months on the campaign trail, Barack Obama promised to bring change to Washington. But now that he's president-elect, his first potential Cabinet picks indicate that he may bring more years of Washington experience to his administration than Bill Clinton or George W. Bush did.
posted by shockingbluamp (20 comments total)

Last!
posted by rokusan at 3:26 PM on November 20, 2008

Is this the first "obama sucks" fpp since the election? Who had 16 days in the pool?
posted by empath at 3:27 PM on November 20, 2008

I flagged this as a "display" error but unless that first link is really dynamite what I mean is "the problem with this post is that I can see it."
posted by Wolfdog at 3:27 PM on November 20, 2008

4...3...2...1...
posted by damnthesehumanhands at 3:28 PM on November 20, 2008

A broken link and a link to Fox... 3...2....1... ktxhbai
posted by DenOfSizer at 3:28 PM on November 20, 2008

Because Washington experience has been objectively proven to be a bad thing, right? We're supposed to bring in people who donate to our campaigns and lobby for the insurance and weapons industry, right?
posted by interrobang at 3:28 PM on November 20, 2008

Change my ass...

Certainly. Step over here a moment.
posted by koeselitz at 3:29 PM on November 20, 2008 [3 favorites]

Because it isn't real change unless it's done with an inexperienced staff! How can experienced people ever change anything?
posted by Pater Aletheias at 3:29 PM on November 20, 2008

Yes, the centrist / DLC / usual suspects stuff is disappointing.
posted by orthogonality at 3:29 PM on November 20, 2008

And it's interesting that Fox has now decided that being first lady counts as Washington experience after all.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 3:31 PM on November 20, 2008 [1 favorite]

I find this amusing....

I was really hoping he would bring Palin and Joe the plumber onto his team...and a few other flaming idiots to lead our country..and he's bringing in experienced people...WTF??

and... last.
posted by HuronBob at 3:31 PM on November 20, 2008

LINK
posted by shockingbluamp at 3:32 PM on November 20, 2008

Obama's still in charge of everyone in his administration.

And if you can find me a Democrat with White House experience who didn't work under Clinton, I'll show you an 85-year-old retiree.
posted by showbiz_liz at 3:32 PM on November 20, 2008

This is just fucking funny.
posted by defenestration at 3:33 PM on November 20, 2008

please make it stop
posted by Devils Rancher at 3:33 PM on November 20, 2008

double
posted by Artw at 3:33 PM on November 20, 2008

change != experience
change == worldview
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 3:34 PM on November 20, 2008

This post will likely get deleted, but I'll go ahead and bite.

"Change" does not mean "bring in random people whose primary qualification is not having any Washington experience." It means choose people according to their competence and credentials for the job at hand, not according to their personal loyalty to you (see: Alberto Gonzalez and Harriet Miers), ideological litmus test (see: state attorneys general), or previous experience as lobbyists for the industries they are supposed to be regulating (see: too many to name).
posted by googly at 3:35 PM on November 20, 2008 [2 favorites]

Hire me. Problem solved. I know nothing.
posted by Pantengliopoli at 3:35 PM on November 20, 2008

For what it's worth, an experienced team doesn't mean there won't be change. Just look at the current administration; Bush's experienced team brought a great deal of change to the US and our legal system, our military, our economy, and our image abroad.
posted by zippy at 3:37 PM on November 20, 2008