Comments on: Bailout Watch 179: Finally, An Honest Governor

By: ihatetrees

ihatetrees — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:25:08 +0000

matt51:
He has long lobbied for pork for the drug industry, he used to work for Eli Lilly. He loves pork, just depends on who is getting it.

As an employee of the drug industry, I’ll agree that there’s some truth to that. But the government is a huge consumer and regulator of the industry. Some level of slimy co-dependence is to be expected.

And in spite of what everyone hears about the decline of American manufacturing, big Pharma still has a solid (albeit mostly non-union) US footprint.

By: mel23

mel23 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:08:54 +0000

Daniels deserves no praise. Two years ago he insisted on investing teachers, police, state employee retirements in more “aggressive” investments. These included funding risky projects in Indiana which no one else would fund. This has now collapsed. This just has not been communicated to the public very well, when he it does get out, he is toast.
He has had a falling out with Bush (nothing wrong with that).
He has sold off state assetts for short term gain, making the budget look good in the short run, bad in the long run.
He has long lobbied for pork for the drug industry, he used to work for Eli Lilly. He loves pork, just depends on who is getting it.

Here, here. I live in Indiana, and this is correct.

I certainly agree that simply handing money to Rick and Nardelli would be a mistake, but we’d better come up with some kind of orderly transition to a smaller manufacturing base or we’re going to have a mess much worse than we’re headed for now.

By: autonut

autonut — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:38:43 +0000

@Wolven
You have to be more observant: it is not running type of stool. It looks like a rock or an apple. Actually, jokes aside, I like the guy. I think that luck definitely avoided him.

By: Matt51

Matt51 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:06:16 +0000

Actually – I always liked Dan Quayle, the ridicule heaped on him was never justified. He would have been/would be a fine President.

By: dastanley

dastanley — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:49:37 +0000

Menno,

Looks like W’s good-ole-boy, “I’m cool” walk. Scary that a 62 year old President feels the need to look tough by his fake macho strut. Most of us grew out of that in high school. Then again, who said W has the maturity or intelligence level of anyone out of high school?

Sorry – back to cars now.

By: Matt51

Matt51 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:20:24 +0000

By: Adub

Adub — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:08:17 +0000

The smartest move he made was not running with McCain. Now he can run in four years and erase the blight on Indiana’s honor that is Dan Quayle.

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:55:45 +0000

Nice to hear at least one politician making sense. It’s especially unusual since it seems to be contrary to his state’s short term interests, even though it is probably in the entire United States’ long term interests.

By: Wolven

Wolven — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:39:24 +0000

@autonut

No, I think it looks like he passed the stool a while ago and now it’s beginning to run down his leg.

By: 26theone

26theone — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:09:55 +0000

Now compare how inteligent Daniels sounds compared to the spastic Pelosi. Lets see sit down and ask why every other failing industry hasnt gotten handouts but this one immediately deserves them. The fact that this thought process is so rare that it catches peoples attention is scary.

So I guess Circuit City is next because people arent buying enough freakin’ ipods.

By: BuckD

BuckD — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:47:04 +0000

@autonut and menno:

He’s passing the buck. Harry Truman must be flipping in his grave.

By: autonut

autonut — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:22:02 +0000

@menno

it’s you. The rest of us think he is passing stool.

By: menno

menno — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:09:23 +0000

Is it just me, or does Prez. Bush look like he’s passing a stone when this pic was taken?

Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

By: autonut

autonut — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:02:38 +0000

@TexN

he is already 2nd term governor. He is the single largest error McCain made – he wasn’t on McCain ticket.
Or perhaps he is the smartest Republican governor – he may not accepted an invite.
I am sure that gov. of Texas, Louisiana, Carolinas and other states that manufacture vehicles by non-Detroit marquees are not exited about give away to losers who will waste it just like that did investors equity (actually it is illegal in our country).

By: autonut

autonut — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:00:58 +0000

The man has manhood!

By: indi500fan

indi500fan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:29:40 +0000

payback is a b*tch….

the first thing Daniels did after his election in 04 was de-unionize the UAW represented state employees (which the state constitution allowed him to do – they had previously been allowed to unionize under Evan Bayh)

unions put millions into defeating Daniels in this election cycle – and he won big – so he’s not gonna show much love for the UAW plants in Indiana

By: br549

br549 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:29:25 +0000

Uhm, Mitch just won a second term by wide margins.

By: TexN

TexN — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:25:11 +0000

Kudos to Gov. Daniels for a little common sense. Unfortunately, what do you call an honest politician? Answer: a one-termer.