Honest question: what US politician from any party has ever publicly admitted to a serious f*ckup?
I feel it’s simply not in their psychological repertoire of possible responses to any crisis, public or personal.
Replies to: Honest question: what US politician from any party has ever publicly admitted to a serious f*ckup?
Biden promised this during the campaign, and broke it today.....
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Link: https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1268663821998206978?s=20
His speech: 1 Blame poor Afghan for what happened 2 Continue ending the war that we hate (the spin)
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No. 2 - you liked the continuous war in Afghanistan? - No.1 - the people of Afghanistan shouldn't
control the destiny of their own country - we should?
A. He didn't write that. B. He doesn't remember it.
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Touche'
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Here's one...and guess what?...55% Approval rating (2020) vs. 34% Disapproval for the ACA...
proves it's ok to admit one's mistakes...provided you fix them...which Obama did with the website...the rest is a work in progress, but the public wants the ACA "fixed"...not "repealed".
Link: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-obama/contrite-obama-apologizes-for-healthcare-insurance-pledge-website-idUSBRE9A61GD20131108
The politicians we've had who would've been inclined to admit major mistakes have rarely made them.
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President Barack Obama
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He did admit that choosing Joe Biden for VP was a mistake, didn't he?
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He also admitted failure on shovel ready jobs.
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Robert McNamara
How honestly did he address "McNamara's Morons"?
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JFK: Bay of Pigs.
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Link: https://legallegacy.wordpress.com/2019/04/24/april-24-1961-jfk-stated-he-took-sole-responsibility-for-the-bay-of-pigs/
I'm old enough to recall the Bay of Pigs... and his response was less than an act of contrition.
But Bay of Pigs was not a US government operation and did not result in catastrophic loss of lives to bloodthirsty terrorists nor serious humiliation to the country.
JFK also had the best speech writers ever,
Link: https://www.wnyc.org/story/86807-today-in-history-jfk-on-the-bay-of-pigs/
Agree there was zero contrition for trying to overthrow Fidel even in a screwed up fashion.
He owned the failure though. In one of his speeches he said we would learn a lesson from it.
He also at least had some sense of humor. He quipped afterward when his poll numbers went up after the debacle, that the more he fucked up, the better liked he was by the public.
I was there too, and I also recall his many public Press Briefings that showed he didn't need a
speech writer to deliver honest and heartfelt thoughts...or apologies.
btw, the Bay of Pigs operation was government sanctioned...by JFK...he showed accountability...his own Profile in Courage.