It saddens me when public officials and bureaucrats are criticized for ulterior motives, none of which I have ever found in a government bureaucrat, or when someone personalizes disagreements.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The last person I have ever criticized is an official. They have a tough job to do. Things are happening so quick.
Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.
Public officials insult our intelligence and our goodwill when they paint rosy pictures about budgets, jobs, bipartisanship, and transparency, and alter their positions on issues simply to keep collecting their paycheck by never disagreeing or disappointing anyone.
When people blanket a whole class of people with statements, I just think that is unfair to everybody. I could do the same thing about media. I can do the same thing about politicians or lawyers, and they're just never accurate.
In a democratic society, we politicians have to accept criticism, especially when it is founded.
Whenever you do anything public, you open yourself up to be criticized.
Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.
I get criticized for anything I do.
As a policymaker, as a public servant, I come to Washington, D.C., and I make difficult decisions and I make difficult decisions every day. And sometimes those decisions upset people.
I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says 'you're a cheeky so-and-so,' no one says 'you're so moody,' nobody ever confronts anyone else about anything. But I'm very crass, and I'm very confrontational, and I have a temper. I had to be hyper-vigilant in every office I worked in.
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