Alas:

Jonah, At some point the cacophany of “unforced errors” coagulates into simple incompetence. I, for one, would prefer a competent government run by people with whom I disagree to government led by the well-meaning but inept. But there’s something more going on with the Bush team. There is the suspicion that it is not incompetence per se that is at work, but that their serial “unforced errors” are the logical result of the philosophy of governance that they espouse. I’d hate to think that this is true, there is much in conservative thought that I find appealing. Nonetheless, I doubt that I’m alone in longing for the competence of the Clinton crowd, as misguided as their policies may have been, and as slimy as Mr. Clinton is himself.

Update: From a reader:

You’re kidding, right?
The missing FBI files.
The storming and burning of the compound in Waco.
The bombing of the aspirin factory.
The response to the first Trade Center bombings.
They have had an IT problem with emails. It happens in businesses every day. The Clinton administration never had to handle the major issues that this administration has, and when they did have problems, they did not get hounded in the press like this administration.