Quite honestly, I agree with you. If he just did his job (and perhaps occassionally tweeted random stuff), I might be okay with it. I've said it before, this whole thing has been done to simply be a boost to his ego.
I agree, the Statue of Liberty climber? There's a million ways to protest that could have been done that would have been better, but nope. She chose to do that. It did nothing for her cause.