Sept. 7, 2009 9:33AM
The Peter Principle and the Obama Administration
Most of us born in the fifties and early sixties will remember the book, "The Peter Principal" written by Laurence J. Peter. The basic premise of the book is that at some point in time you will be promoted to a position wherein you are no longer competent, and have therefore reached your level of incompetency.
President Obama has, clearly, given new meaning and life to the Peter Principle. As the clock ticks away on his administration he displays his inefficacy and inability to handle the job he has been given in a productive, cohesive, intelligent, partisan manner. He has obviously attained his level of incompetency.
As community organizer and political/racial/neigborhood rabble-rouser he was par excellence. Unfortunately, those who saw him as their ticket to the White House, did not realize that they were removing him from his niche. The very thing he was born to do. He was not born to lead. He was born to agitate. And agitate he has. Although not in a good sense.
http://open.salon.com/blog/reg131/20...administration