Rmoney candidate for Detroit emergency manager...hysteria ensues

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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (6,535 posts)

Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney candidate for Detroit's emergency financial manager?

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Crepuscular (202 posts)

2. I don't think.....

I don't think Romney would be a good choice at all but just out of curiosity, how much more ****ed can Detroit get at this point?

I actually think Mayor Dave Bing would probably be the best choice, at least he has a popular mandate from the local electorate and unlike his predecessors in that office, has not shown any signs of corruption or malfeasance.

If he were capable he wouldn't be replaced by an emergency manager.

graham4anything (5,805 posts)

3. That would actually entail WORK. Mitt is lazy as they come.

In all seriousness, what actual work has Mitt ever done?
He is pampered, sheltered and lazy.

His dismal campaign (one he never could have won anyhow), but he ran the worst campaign even worse than Mike Dukakis(coincidentally both from Mass.)
 
He did not bother to do the grunt work. He did not bother figuring out the get out the vote.
 
He did nothing.

And why give him a forum anyhow?

Wonder who is floating this? And why? Could it be Mitt himself?

And who are the residents of Detroit? Aren't they the people Mitt blames for his loss?
 I wouldn't trust him in this.
But he is too lazy to do it.

Hey, why not let another lazy person who lost big time have this job.
Supposedly he was a former friend of the auto industry. And at one time Democratic Party people liked him.
 Why not give old Ralphie a call and let him actually do SOMETHING respectable working within.

Ken Burch (30,662 posts)

4. Why do they even want to put an emergency manager in Detroit?

The city has already cut everything there is to cut...laid off pretty much anyone who was working for it-how much more vengeance does white Michigan want to inflict on Detroit for committing the horrible crime of not electing Caucasians as mayor anymore?

Of course it's racism.

What else could it be?

Newsjock (9,707 posts)

7. There's not enough left in Detroit for Rmoney to loot

His cost-benefit analysis certainly can't be looking good, unless all he wants is just whatever cushy six-figure salary an "EFM" gets from the taxpayers.
 
Then again, I can't help but think that such an up-yours-in-your-face act by the governor might be the final straw that leads to mass protest/uprising. I'd like to think that he wouldn't dare, but I know he would. And he'd relish every minute of giving the big screw-you to the pesky citizens who have opposed his kleptocracy.

TO THE BARRICADES!

...unless our welfare checks have come in.

Iliyah (2,051 posts)

10. Looks like Michigan is the blue print to

what the GOP wants for the country. No elections just appoint who they want. Detroit's elective people jobs have been stripped and the Communist Guv and his GOPpers minions have put in their own so called city or town's managers. It wouldn't surprise me in 2014 that the GOPpers in Michigan don't conduct elections and just appoint themselves as rulers.

And Detroit, as it currently sits, is the blueprint of what the little tyrants are doing to the nation as a whole.

You had forever to un**** yourselves.

John2 (1,197 posts)

12. I think the citizens

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of Detroit should reject him and dare the Governor to do something about it. They do not have to go along with the Governor. The citizens of Detroit need to stand up for their rights period. It should be up to them. The Governor is no King either. The City of Detroit has elected officials also and they should govern themselves. They should hold a special meeting and hear from the citizens of Detroit. I think they should hold a referendum, and if the citizens of Detroit do not agree with the the tyranny of the Governor, they should send him a message. I would certainly dare this Governor to act. The police forces of Detroit is supposed to be controled by the City of Detroit. They have it within their power to confront him. He maybe in charge of the State police, but he is not in charge of the municipal police. Then you would have the Federal Government move in, and make the decision. I think the Governor is wrong and will lose if it came to that confrontation.

The citizens of Detroit have proven then are incapable of governing themselves responsibly.

If you want your shit your way then refuse to take any outside money.

Yeah...I thought so.

DonCoquixote (5,098 posts)

14. one silver lining

the country will see his failure, and think "shit, he made Detroit worse, what if we gave the guy the keys to the nukes?"

I'll take the Pepsi challenge on that one.

jimlup (3,978 posts)

20. I'm from Ann Arbor

Which is about 50 miles from Detroit. If Synder names Rmoney then there will be riots like back in '68 or worse.
 
Just say'n

Those crazy secessionist teabaggers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014414677

[98ZJUSMC]

DonCoquixote (5,098 posts)

and think "shit, he made Detroit worse,

Not possible. 

[Dori]

Ken Burch (30,662 posts)

4. Why do they even want to put an emergency manager in Detroit?

The city has already cut everything there is to cut...laid off pretty much anyone who was working for it-how much more vengeance does white Michigan want to inflict on Detroit for committing the horrible crime of not electing Caucasians as mayor anymore?

Ummm....here's a problem for you DUmmie.  A large humming city goes from 2 million people in 1950 to about 700,000 now.  Question a) Where did all the tax payers go? and b)which party has ran the government there for the last 60 years?

[dixierose]

graham4anything (5,805 posts)

3. That would actually entail WORK. Mitt Obama is lazy as they come.

In all seriousness, what actual work has Mitt Obama ever done?
He is pampered, sheltered and lazy.

Fixed it for ya...

[thundley4]

His dismal campaign (one he never could have won anyhow), but he ran the worst campaign even worse than Mike Dukakis(coincidentally both from Mass.)

Not when Obama played Satan Clause and made promises he knew he wouldn't keep.

[FiddyBeowulf]

graham4anything (5,805 posts)

3. That would actually entail WORK. Mitt Obama is lazy as they come.

In all seriousness, what actual work has Mitt Obama ever done?
He is pampered, sheltered and lazy.

Fixed it for ya...

 

[Rebel]

Are these people REALLY this Damn stupid? Mitt Romney and Bain Capital have taken faltering businesses and turned them into successes for years.

Stop listening to the other mentally-retarded ****nuts in your echo chamber, DUmbasses. Do some actual research. Morons. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bain_Capital

[FiddyBeowulf]

Are these people REALLY this Damn stupid? Mitt Romney and Bain Capital have taken faltering businesses and turned them into successes for years.

Stop listening to the other mentally-retarded ****nuts in your echo chamber, DUmbasses. Do some actual research. Morons. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bain_Capital

Well, he mismanaged and destroyed the Olympics in Salt Lake City.



  Oh wait...He didn't do that. He saved it that year.

[GOBUCKS]

The primitives remaining in Detroit have transformed it into a mirror image of the District of Columbia, only without the federal oversight and support.

Civilized people need to either take the reins in Detroit or build a fence, like the one proposed for the border with mexico, all the way around the city proper.

It would be a nuisance for the civilized people who come into the city to work to pass through checkpoints like on the West Bank, but it would be an alternative.

The nuisance would also be temporary, because as public services and safety evaporate, the jobs of decent people would move outside the perimeter into more decent surroundings.

Within a few years, the City of Detroit would become an 0bamaite reservation, not unlike Gaza.

[wasp69]

John2 (1,197 posts)

12. I think the citizens

Last edited Mon Mar 4, 2013, 08:56 PM USA/ET - Edit history (3)

of Detroit should reject him and dare the Governor to do something about it. They do not have to go along with the Governor. The citizens of Detroit need to stand up for their rights period. It should be up to them. The Governor is no King either. The City of Detroit has elected officials also and they should govern themselves. They should hold a special meeting and hear from the citizens of Detroit. I think they should hold a referendum, and if the citizens of Detroit do not agree with the the tyranny of the Governor, they should send him a message. I would certainly dare this Governor to act. The police forces of Detroit is supposed to be controled by the City of Detroit. They have it within their power to confront him. He maybe in charge of the State police, but he is not in charge of the municipal police. Then you would have the Federal Government move in, and make the decision. I think the Governor is wrong and will lose if it came to that confrontation.

I say "right on", DUmmie.  No, really, I sincerely hope this happens.  Detroit is a direct reflection of liberal morals and values (such as they are) brought to reality.  They have had enough self rule to make a once beautiful city a ruined shithole, take their bond rating to utter junk status, spend much more than they take in, and steal from what little bit of tax revenue is left.  They have managed to show the entire world they are incapable of governing themselves.

If they follow your advice, and burn the city to the ground, the bulldozers can line up, blade to blade, and push the whole smoking wreck into the river.  At least that way there will be something to actually build upon and Detroit can get a fresh start without the headache of all of the crime and blight.

I think you ought to go ahead and haul ass up there, DUmmie, and get ready for the coming "battle".  They're going to need all of the "help" they can get when it comes time to put the torch to the houses.

[J P Sousa]

  Crepuscular (202 posts)

2. I don't think.....
 

Right there is your problem.
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[FlippyDoo]

Are these people REALLY this Damn stupid? Mitt Romney and Bain Capital have taken faltering businesses and turned them into successes for years.

Stop listening to the other mentally-retarded ****nuts in your echo chamber, DUmbasses. Do some actual research. Morons. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bain_Capital

Remember Reb. These are the people who think that reelecting the people who made things worse will magically make things better. They ain't the sharpest tools in the shed.

[DumbAss Tanker]

graham4anything (5,805 posts)

3. That would actually entail WORK. Mitt is lazy as they come.

In all seriousness, what actual work has Mitt ever done?
He is pampered, sheltered and lazy.

His dismal campaign (one he never could have won anyhow), but he ran the worst campaign even worse than Mike Dukakis(coincidentally both from Mass.)
 
He did not bother to do the grunt work. He did not bother figuring out the get out the vote.
 
He did nothing.

...Blah blah blah etc.

Wow, Obama must REALLY suck unbelievably, if Romney was that bad and still almost beat him.