Ata boy Mr. President!

I have no doubt that Pres Obama is going to take a beating in the press and in the conservative alternative media, for the next couple of days over the three nominees who have turned up with tax problems. As he should. In my opinion it was bad judgment to nominate all three of these people. Obama’s team of ‘vetters’ and advisors should be beaten senseless, by the President himself.

However, that being said, what you are watching is some seriously smart political moves by the president. Instead of blaming it on his staff, which he had a tendency to do during the campaign, he accepted full responsibility and said that HE was sending the wrong message to the American people by nominating these tax evading knuckleheads. He didn’t say that this was all news to him, like he did with the Rev. Wright issue. He didn’t say that this was the fault of the vetting process, or try and blame the system. In this statement Pres. Obama not only OWNED the mistake, but owned the EFFECTS of the mistake. It wasn’t only that he put forward people that had tax issues, but that he put forward multiple people that hadn’t paid taxes that they should have and that communicated the wrong message to the average American. That’s how you take responsibility.

Well done Mr. President, very well done.