the standard rule of thumb is that it takes 1 year just to learn the basic ropes of a new job. it takes a second year to refine it and another year or so to really hit your stride. and in most jobs, you're not expected to have accomplished all (or even most) of your career goals in that amount of time. you have a whole career ahead of you to do that.
but not in the presidency.
4 years is 1 year longer than it takes to go through law school. and by the time you get out of law school, you have no idea how to be a lawyer.
it takes 4 years of medical school, plus another 3 or 4 or 5 or 8, to become a doctor. not to become a good doctor, mind you. just to get the degree.
i have a friend who recently took a job with the united states air force. she will be in orientation for 3 months. orientation! 3 months! and then.....get this.....she will be in training for.....get this......3 years!
you read that right.
(and, last time i looked, the united states air force is part of the same government that the presidency is. but the president's only got 4 years to nail it).
only 4 years to fix what's wrong with the world. while most of the rest of us get a year or two or three just to get our feet wet - in our regular joe jobs that the whole rest of the world isn't depending upon.
so, no. it doesn't seem fair that the leader of the greatest free nation on the planet, who inherits crap and crap and crap from his/her predecessor (who inherited it from his/her predecesssor), should be expected to have it done within 4 years.
but that's what's expected. that's the constitution. that's how we roll in this country.
and if the president can't roll with it, too, then the president has to, well......
roll.
(even he said so.)
(even he said so.)
