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This really is boorish and quite revealing of the bureaucratic mind. Our State Department's response to Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize showed some shocking disrespect for the office of the presidency - which shows you the contempt the permanent bureaucracy views elected officials:
In a clear dig at former President George W. Bush, a State Department spokesman compared President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize to the flying footwear his predecessor faced in Iraq.
"From our standpoint, you know, we think that this gives us a sense of momentum ... when the United States has accolades tossed its way, rather than shoes," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters on Friday.
Technically speaking, that shoe was also thrown at the State Department since George Bush was the head of government and State a part of his administration.
But it is typical that lifer-bureaucrats see themselves an a separate power center in Washington and not part of any administration - at least when they disagree with the president.
Then, they're doing all they can to obstruct the elected leader of the nation in carrying out his wishes; never mind that's what they're supposedly there for.
You State Department guys; stay classy.
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