The "Medium and the Message"

[Simon]

Actually, i believe that if we had a leader at the top, he would have made sure that the things his people needed got to them. If that meant telling a Governor to get off her ass and do it now, or he would do it for her, then that's what would have been done.

Real leaders don't need to observe political niceties, when their people have catastrophic needs. He simply is not strong enough, and no longer has the political clout that it takes, to muscle his way to the front and lead when leadership is needed.

There were many unorthodox things that could have been done to get relief supplies and aid to those people immediately. He just isn't the guy you look to for the kind of 'out of the box' thinking that you need when you realize that your best plans are not going to be good enough, fast enough.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure he realizes that yet, or that he ever will. He may think he's doing a good job, and that he's giving us his very best. Actually, now that I think about it, this probably is as good as he gets.

We need more from our president, and we need to grow some better candidates real soon.

Simon