Syndicated Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, writing about Herman Cain:
Cain is also distinguished by being the only African American in the Republican field. But he has the public profile of, well, a pizza box. And his anti-government rhetoric sounded a bit jejune in a week when Navy SEALs, CIA analysts and others on the federal payroll demonstrated just how skillful and irreplaceable government employees can be.
If every government employee did their jobs as well as the Navy SEALs did, there would be no mockery or criticism of government employees.
Put another way, if a joint strike team of employees from the Commerce and Labor Departments nabs Ayman al-Zawahiri, they’ll be called skillful and irreplaceable, too.
Prrdictable as the sun rising, but I fail to see how the sinking of the AQSS Bin Laden justifies every job in the US Dept. Of Lightbulb Compliance & Regulation? Oh yeah, it doesn't!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI'm pretty sure that the SEALs aren't unionized.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseRobinson's writing is so predictable that it is hard to give you much credit for mocking him, but that is a pretty good line!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWe can bury him in Aide packages from Commerce and Compendium of Labor Statistics Journals.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf you want to see jejune, read more Eugene Robinson columns.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseEugene is giving Krugman a serious run for title of craziest newspaper writer.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAs a part of spending reform, let's run with Robinson's idea and require everyone who wants a government job to pass BUD/S before submitting an application.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhile the SEALs are certainly govt employees, the other people may be a mix of government and contractors. I have no specific knowledge of any of the people involved but if Eugene Robinson actually bothers to read his own paper he would know that the intel community employs LOTS of contractors.
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