Thursday, October 02, 2008
Fundamental Disagreement
Sorry to keep posting TPM video, but these clips of McCage in the meeting with the Des Moines Register ed. board are just mind-boggling. I guess I really haven't seen that much of McCage on camera. But I couldn't believe how much he reminded me of my former boss (also a former military officer). That guy loved all manner of collegial repartee, including self-deprecation, as long as he was certain of your complete subordinance. Once he felt "crossed"--particularly in instances where he was in the wrong and knew it and so couldn't actually address the content of the issue--this deep well of paranoid aggression would surge forth. He would simply bully people, in this same "teeth-gritting" manner, into nodding along with him. The underling--by virtue of having drawn attention to his hypocrisy or injustice or what have you--became the thing to be destroyed.
posted by Blicero : 10/02/2008 12:17:00 AM
posted by Blicero : 10/02/2008 12:17:00 AM
