Reply #10: Speaking of bullshit artists [View All]

[anigbrowl]

Specifically, she wanted to know if Obama could assure the good citizens of Harrisburg that the new federal courthouse, which was supposed to be built in the inner city neighborhood only two blocks away, would in fact be built. The federal government had approved the funding (130 million), but the money had never been released. One thing about Barack Obama for which you have to give him credit is that, unlike most politicians, when he doesn't know the answer he admits as much. So the best Obama could reply was that "if Bob Casey likes it," then the plan must be a good one. Clinton, on the other hand, likely knows every detail about that project and has already promised every Harrisburg official that she will personally make sure of the courthouse."

So the writer doesn't actually know what, if anything, Clinton has said about it, but assumes that she is all over it and will personally take care of it. That's not policy, that's backscratching. I certainly want a more efficient government, but even more, I want an executive that doesn't BS people and tell them what they want to hear all the time.