In baseball there is a utility player. He's the versatile one that can do well in different postions. In government there are sensitive postions that need to be filled but are not required to be done effectively. In fact the person who is apponted as a utility government worker to a sensitive job is relied on not to hit home runs or strike out. He's just put there. He's to take calls from the appointer and in general stay in the dugout.
Hello Leon Panetta from Monterey, California. He was a country boy who was Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff during the Monica Lewinsky scandals and the other Clinton cavalcade of crimes and misdemeanors. After decades in government, Leon stood out to the Arkansas Caligula as the man he wanted as door attendant. Panetta then kicked around Washington doing odd jobs for Bill including Budget work. That's were the money is raised and spent!.
The last couple of years he's been the Director of the C.I.A. Panetta wouldn't ask hard questions of the operatives even if he could. By popular acclaim C.I.A. operatives wanted Panetta for their director. So Obama obliged. What's Obama know? He knows enough not to ask questions also. Now Leon will go to the Department of Defense. He will pack his brown bag lunch and wait for his next utility appointment.
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