Now we do know that President Barack Obama is still considered a new politician in terms of experience and this was one factor his critics and opponents have tried to use against him with failure. We also know that he has talked about change on every level and the combination of Ex-President George Bush's reign and the promise of a new America were the primary reasons for the country to vote for the current president. We also know that there are many people waiting in the background and in the forefront for President Barack Obama to slip up or make mistakes and that should be expected. But with yesterday's news that two of his nominees withdrew their nominations because of past, unrevealed tax problems, his detractors jumped at the chance to fault him for picking former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle and Nancy Killefer. To me, this is the equivalent of me having a son and meeting a young woman, dating her for several weeks, never disclosing my son and then her finding out later on that I do have a son and her being shocked, surprised and maybe even angered that I chose not to disclose an important piece of information like that.
Now, instead of taking the easy way out by saying he had no clue and that neither one of them disclosed this information to President Obama, he basically took blame for it by saying he screwed up. Now how often does a politician, who basically had an excuse to use, took full responsibility for the mistake? Although his critics claim he is showing his lack of experience, I feel he is doing exactly what he said he would bring and that's change. It's commendable that this man would state that he is at fault when he could have said his vetters and colleagues were the ones that made the error.
I hope, like most people, that his mistakes are few but the man IS human and I am proud of the fact that he is showing the world that we should take responsibility for our actions.
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