horse of george

What to make of the Zinni screw up? As one anonymous and yet despite that supposedly prominent Democratic insider suggested - just amateur hour on the part of a jejune administration still looking to find its footing? Possibly. Or... maybe symptomatic of a governing style? I've been saying for awhile that Obama's tendency to dance around an argument, to seek many angles and opinions, to come across as so exquisitely rational, which some - most have interpreted as a good thing, may in fact be disingenuous, an illusion meant to distract - or worse, an attempt to in a sense avoid answers by appearing you've got it all covered. Sounds a bit over wrought and conspiratorial I guess, but when I read about all the layers of mediation between staff at the White House and how the Zinni screw up was a result of too many chefs, not enough soup or some other genus of over analyzed gruel - what comes to my mind is not a dysfunctional kitchen [what the hell are you talking about?] but rather a very elaborate [should I say almost Kafkaesque? No, should not - ironically a post and riposte vaguely K-like in its] game of three-card Monte - although, if there's some truth to my suspicions, whether or not Obama is trying to con himself or the giddy legion following after him, I can't say. Suppose no reason couldn't be both.