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Slight Irony: coming home to see a board with people excited about a Mustang EV that will need a nationwide charging network and people disappointed that a ST fave has been named to Transportation -- nm*

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Dec 15 '20, 11:48

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I’m disappointed not in the appointment, but in the fact that SOT hasn’t been a political stepping stone. I know he’ll do well -- nm - flavorize Dec 15, 12:04 1
- I'm saying Transportation is going to be a front line on the climate change issue. It is not necessarily a backwater anymore. -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 12:06
I’m not disappointed. And am ambivalent about the car news too. -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 11:58 1
- ditto -- nm - mud Dec 15, 12:11
This is an unresolved problem the Democratic party faces. - David Dec 15, 11:52 35
- we should also bear in mind that Rahm Emanuel was supposedly the early choice, which *would* have been a bad choice. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 12:02 1
  - He's a virus like Anthony Wiener, and he needs to be removed from all party discussions. -- nm - David Dec 15, 12:13
- This aligns well with my observation on B3, I think. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 15, 11:57
- Diva and I just talked about it. We eat our own. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 11:55 8
  - Caring too much is a wildly positive characteristic, but it does leads to some unexpectedly negative consequences at times. -- nm - David Dec 15, 12:11
  - Care about ALL THE THINGS!!! -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 11:59
  - I think it's possible to overstate the consequences from this - Reagen Dec 15, 11:58 5
    - Right -- nm* - Krusty Dec 15, 12:02 4
      - He'll do fine. And he needs experience for the future. Let me put it in Krusty terms: It is now time to sit Mark Brunell and start Mark Sanchez. - crash davis Dec 15, 12:05 3
        
        When are the Buttfumble Hyperloops getting here? -- nm - David Dec 15, 12:10 2
        
        Hopefully never! They're a boondoggle. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 12:12 1
        
        Just for the Jets. The Patriots love them. -- nm - David Dec 15, 12:14
- I think most of us simply were unhappy as we expected him to have a bigger role, though. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 15, 11:53 22
  - This. I want Fox News to have to talk to him because he's important and then have him own them again and again. -- nm - jnine Dec 15, 12:16
  - that is where I fall. I like how he talks, he is intelligent and relatable. I want someone like that in a high place - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 11:59
  - I don't really care what role he gets, that's for him to fight for, I just don't see this match *shrug* -- nm* - ty97 Dec 15, 11:58
  - I think this is just the wrong place for him and that there are likely 20 people with better credentials in transportation to lead us forward -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 11:56 14
    - Hey! His favorite game is ticket to ride - so he's got that going for him -- (link) - decline Dec 15, 12:01 2
      - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 12:20
      - Sold. -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 12:02
    - Expertise matters, but there are different kinds of expertise than policy credentials that might serve someone well in the role. -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 12:01 3
      - And mayors have more transportation expertise than foreign policy experience -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 12:03 2
        
        That too. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 15, 12:03 1
        
        I'm down with it. Joe promised me 500,000 charging stations nationwide. The dude who pulls that off will have some serious DC cred. -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 12:07
    - Credentials don't matter any more. New rules. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 11:59 5
      - They do to me and I hope to hold people to a higher standard than the recent leadership -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 12:01
      - We're trying to get back to the *old* rules -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 11:59 3
        
        Uhm, 20 people better than him *is* the old rules. - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 15, 12:04
        
        I don’t know that that’s possible. Maybe we should instead be trying to build *better* new rules. -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 12:02
        
        ~maybe its time to let the old ways die~ - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 12:01
    - He is a former mayor of a town famous for football. Every place in the federal government will have people with better credentials than him -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 11:57
  - I think this one's fine for him. -- nm - Yuletide Callisto 🎄🎄 Dec 15, 11:54
  - If you are going to make a stand against climate change, Transportation is the place to be. -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 11:54 2
    - *reverses previous admins requirement that cars remove smog devices and they begin making coal burning stanley steamers...done... -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 12:07
    - Secretary of Get Us There, indeed. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 15, 11:56

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