I am sure that Richard Pierce’s 3-year-old son is very cute and endearing, as most 3-year-olds are, especially when he says something like, “Daddy, whoever wins, I win. And whoever loses, you lose” (“When politics rules,” Commentary, Jan. 11). At some point, however, Mr. Pierce will need to explain to his son that there are rules to follow in games, and that there really are winners and losers–something that some Democrats have had a hard time grasping.
I say this because it appears that some pundits will never be satisfied with President-elect George W. Bush’s Cabinet choices unless they reflect their own ideology.
Mr. Pierce says, “If the core commitment of the president and the Cabinet members is to support legislation and programs that are in the best interest of America, then there is no danger in having Cabinet members with differing ideas as to how to reach that goal.”
But he requires those “differing ideas” to be those that are different from the president’s. What nonsense! President-elect Bush has succeeded in picking Cabinet members who represent his constituency and who are decidedly different than those represented by the current administration. Rightly so, because George W. Bush won the election.
