Hey Mitt, mind your own $%#&! business!!

by: LiberalLucy

Wed Nov 19, 2008 at 11:10:12 AM EST

Ladies and Gentlemen, from the man that Michigan Republicans selected in this year's presidential primary, with this very telling title for his opinion column in today's New York Times -

Let Detroit Go Bankrupt

Apparently 'Our Man Mitt' as some prominent Michigan Republicans liked to refer to him as (including MI Republican Party spokesman, Bill Nowling) feels qualified to weigh in with his two cents because his dad, former Governor George Romney, had some experience turning around American Motors starting in 1954. 

Before large clouds of smoke come pouring out my ears in frustration and anger, let's clear up a couple quick things shall we?

The Fifties were a very long time ago, following years of successful leadership by two of America's most respected presidents, FDR and Harry Truman, both Democrats. Post-war America was a period where just about everything prospered. 

I'm no history expert, but I doubt you can find a time in our country's history as a-typical and influx as what we're going through, thanks to the fast-paced competitiveness of a rapidly changing global market, led by 8 years of poor, misguided economic leadership in DC.

Isn't that why nearly every supposed economic and automotive forecaster/expert is left scratching their heads? We've never really seen anything like this, and while it feels to some like the 1920's and 1930's, other than a poor economy, there's not too much you can compare today to. 

Regarding Mitt's two ideas for reforming Detroit, Emptywheel shows just how hare-brained they are:

In short, Mitt offers one good idea (cuts in executive salaries), one horrible idea (renege on pension promises to retirees), and refuses to do one more thing that needs to happen to turn around the auto industry.

I don't know whether he's just this dumb, this unaware of what has been going on in the auto industry for the last half decade. Or whether he just wanted to get on the NYT op-ed page so he could call for cutting union wages.

But I don't understand how this festival of stupidity is going to help him run for President in 2012.

It's a point well made. This op-ed is just one more opportunity for a sore-loser to score a little lime-light after his 15 minutes of fame are well over. 

Even still, this kind of Monday Morning quarterbacking, (or is it Massachusetts quarterbacking ?), is really starting to get on my nerves.  Your daddy may have been governor almost half-a century ago, and you may have called Michigan home at one point, but you're no auto insider, and you're certainly not in any place to be giving suggestions on how our state should be run or what our auto industry does or doesn't need. 

Keep your @#$!@# out of our business, and if you're that desperate for a little publicity, I hear Sarah Palin's in negotiations for a talk-show. Maybe she needs some help.