Mr. Stier in the Washington Post writes an op-ed saying bureaucrats "...deserve better from their president. As the nation's leading public servant, you are their boss, and they take their cues from you." He's upset by Obama's references to government bureaucrats in the healthcare debate and ends "...you should avoid demoralizing those who are serving their country by portraying them as nameless, faceless "bureaucrats."
I think that's a lost cause--defaming bureaucrats is now too deeply engrained in the political psyche to reverse. Our only comfort is knowing that while politicians come and go, the bureaucrat endures forever.
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