I guess you NYT people saw this, but Mitt Romney, who idiot pundits liked to say could have carried Michigan because he graduated high school there in 1965, has an article out today in which he says that the automakers should be allowed to fail.
As a politician who currently holds no office and one assumes is still aspiring towards one, why on earth would you say something like that? What if it happens? Thousands of jobs will be lost, even if the greater long-term interest is actually served. You alienate blue-collar workers, who are becoming more important to the Republican party in the new economy (young white-collar workers did mean that Colorado, Virginia, and to a lesser extent North Carolina were actual shifts in the map this year, just as older, less-educated Missouri also shifted to the right). You certainly aren't gaining any votes by making this proclamation. I could go on, but I guess you guys get the point. Right or wrong, I don't see how coming out with this helps you at all. I suppose there's a chance the majority of Americans favor letting them fail (only with some sort of line about how they've been digging their own grave, which I suppose is fair) but they won't be too happy about it if they get what they want and unemployment spikes. It just seems like a no-win statement.
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I agree and have nothing of substance to add, so I just want to say that I was a little surprised by Romney's use of "Dad" in the article; it was as if I watched Pinnochio (sp?) come to life.
ReplyDeleteAs an aside about Romney, my Uncle Dave met him a number of times on flights between Pittsburgh and Boston back in the day and has a fiery dislike for the man, saying things like, "[Romney] doesn't actually care about people at all. Not in the least." I guess that each time they ended up sitting across the aisle (odd hearing that phrase in a different context) from one another, something that happened more than a handful of times, Romney would re-introduce himself and put on his best politician-meeting-a-constituent face. I'm not saying this criticism is fully warranted or that Romney is the only one this unconcerned with people, but I cannot imagine a story like this ever being told about Barack.
I've seen other reports (and a video) that made me think very much the same thing about Romney's indifference.
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