Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
Rob Long ·
March 1, 2012 at 7:20pm
As noted elsewhere -- and by "noted" I mean the whole gamut of reactions -- I'm casting my vote for Mitt Romney.
Should it come to that. Rarely, of course, do Republican voters in California matter at all.
But perhaps another way to pick one of the four candidates currently running on our side is to ask, Which one of them would do this?
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Jun '10
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
If by "this" you mean stand on principle, then the answer is Rick Santorum.
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
Am I crazy? I could see Newt doing this.
Apr '11
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
What if by "this" Rob meant drive a hard bargain in a negotiation over employment.
Apr '11
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
Maybe Newt would do this but he would also then demand that the workers be replaced with a sentient computer program subject to the 3 rules of robotics and a 4th rule he made up.
Edited on March 1, 2012 at 7:31pmAug '11
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
No, you're not crazy. Newt is the only one I can see doing that.
And I remember all the times you asked "Why not Newt?"
So, Rob? Why not Newt?
Mar '11
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
DrewInWisconsin
No, you're not crazy. Newt is theonlyone I can see doing that.
And I remember all the times you asked "Why not Newt?"
So, Rob? Why not Newt? · 1 minute ago
Newt flashed to mind.
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
Not crazy at all. That was my first reaction too.
Feb '11
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
Good lord, you can hear the contempt in Donaldson's voice...
May '10
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
Calvin Coolidge was Governor of Massachusetts? Cool! Prescient.
Thanks for your endorsement of Romney, Mr. Long.
May '10
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
Rich Santorum strikes me as the Eternal Student Government President.
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
Yes! Sam flipped his toupe over that one.
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
I think Newt would just transfer the strikers to handle the space traffic at the new US moon colony.
Nov '10
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
I knew it, Rob -- You're in bed with Trump!
(seriously ... I can see Newt doing this)
Nov '10
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
In that clip, there is a brief shot of Peter Jennings around 0:35. Look at his eyes! How did so many people trust him so implicitly??
Edited on March 1, 2012 at 8:04pmMar '11
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
You could always hear the contempt in Sam's voice.
There was a KGB defector that said that the Soviets weren't really all that concerned about Reagan when he got elected -- after all, he was nothing more than an actor. But when he up and fired the PATCO strikers, the opinion changed to "uh-oh...this guy really means this stuff." It wasn't so much the decision as it was the decisiveness itself.
Feb '12
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
Well, there is one candidate on record as saying "I like to fire people!"
Just saying…
Mar '11
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
Newt: Sure, in a heartbeat.
Santorum: Maybe, maybe not.
Romney: Nope -- wouldn't be prudent.
Ron: Would announce that the Federal Government has no business regulating air travel and would fire PATCO, the FAA, the NTSB, and the rest of the Department of Transportation. Then he'd sell Air Force One and Marine One. And I'm still not voting for the guy.
Feb '12
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
Seriously, no one believes Romney, the Bain "vulture capitalist", would do this?
I think he would do it in a heartbeat.
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
MJMack: Seriously, no one believes Romney, the Bain "vulture capitalist", would do this?
I think he would do it in a heartbeat. · 11 minutes ago
Romney is far too timid to do so.
Mar '11
Re: Another Way to Pick a Candidate: Who Would Do This?
Valiuth: Maybe Newt would do this but he would also then demand that the workers be replaced with a sentient computer program subject to the 3 rules of robotics and a 4th rule he made up. · 1 hour ago
Edited 1 hour ago
And the computer program would need to be governed by Six Sigma.