"What I've said to President-elect Obama, you know -- as you know, he's a very dear friend. He knows me well. And just as all Americans, I'm happy to serve my country at the pleasure of the president in any way he deems fit."Read that last sentence again. All Americans? What about the many millions with other important commitments, to say nothing of the many who didn't vote for and may not be much pleased with the prospect of "serving the country at his pleasure", much less "in any way he deems fit." ?
Come on, he's a president. Not a monarch nor a Dear Leader. Americans are under no obligation to pretend they're "happy to serve" in such fashion. Turn this baby around: the president serves at the pleasure of Americans.
We're still in the tail end of an administration with the lowest approval rating in the history of approval ratings. This must change.
An earlier quote, from before the election:
“ ‘What if I disappoint people?’ ” Valerie Jarrett, a close friend and adviser, recalled Mr. Obama asking at several points throughout the campaign. “That’s what gives him the energy to keep getting up every day.”That's more like it.
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