Scott -V- McCollough

[stebo0728]

Florida - Scott beats McCollugh

Any thoughts?

[IBCoupe]

Eh. I gotta give love to Attorneys General.

That and I don't trust people that buy elections. I understand that you have to spend money to win an election, but there's something different when a person puts their own funds into a thing. Yeah, so they're independent of special interest, but the downside to not owing anyone any favors is that nobody knows for sure what you plan to do.

[stebo0728]

True, I lean more toward the fact that Scott is a seasoned business man, not just a political hack.

[IBCoupe]

And the downside to seasoned businessmen is that they've made an art form of self-interested behavior.

[stebo0728]

And the downside to seasoned businessmen is that they've made an art form of self-interested behavior.

Funny though, business men's self interest usually falls in-line with other economic interests.

[IBCoupe]

Short-sellers come to mind. Like Scott.

[stebo0728]

Short-sellers come to mind. Like Scott.

What about tall sellers, are you being biggotted against short people there?

[IBCoupe]

You get my point, though, right? Just because someone's made a living out of profit doesn't mean that he's going to be a good public servant, and just because what's good for a business is often good for the economy doesn't mean that it's always the case with every business. People will learn to profit off of anything.

A funeral-home operator has a financial interest in people dying. Scott had an interest in people losing their homes. I'm not so sure that every business' interests are so aligned with the public's. Not saying that he's necessarily going to be a bad representative (if he becomes Governor); I'm just suggesting that his experience isn't necessarily the best stuff to look towards when estimating his future performance.

[stebo0728]

Well this thread sortof lines up with the other thread I posted with the article on the lack of business experience in Washington. We are essentially trying to "turn a business around" with this economy. Career politicians, and stark partisan hacks cant be expected to have what it takes to get the job done effectively. Are business men going to have self interests? Perhaps so, I dont think it would be as rampant as the self interest of re-election with the career politicians. Some pure politicians can offer something to the discussion sure.

[IBCoupe]

I think there's a bit more to it than just turning the economy around. Along with creating incentives for growth, we also need to minimize the pain involved, if at all possible. The government must be there for as many of its citizens as is possible, and that means not forgetting that people who don't own businesses are in this, too.

Again, I'm not saying that this is something that Scott can't do as Governor of Florida; I'm just saying that I don't like the blanket assumption that businessmen are good for government. They certainly can be, but there's no reason to believe that they are as a matter of course.

[stebo0728]

I understand what you mean, likewise some career politicians HAVE made a good career for themselves and maintained integrity of office. But heres the thing in my mind, and Im not necessarily saying that business men are the BEST anytime all the time, but when a corporation is going down, it usually makes a last ditch effort for salvation buy reaching out to some well experienced time proven executive. Those are the minds that we need to be having involved in this recovery. And additionally, this nation got such a good start because its representative pool was 0% politician. Everyone came from some sector of real life. That is what we need again to get us back on the right track.

[IBCoupe]

Well, it's hard to have a government-instituted revolution.

[Cold_Zero]

What is weird about this race is that McCollough has been running ads on Sirius radio (Patriot).