(11-20-2024 01:52 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  What are your qualifications to judge his qualifications?

(11-20-2024 01:54 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 01:50 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 01:47 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 12:41 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 12:34 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Duffy was a US congressman for 8 years. That alone qualifies him over Mayor Pete. End of discussion.

Being more qualified than Mayor Pete doesn't make him qualified.

As already stated above by MonarchManiac, two wrongs don't make a right. What are Duffy's qualifications? I want the most qualified person in the position.

Spend 5 minutes reading his biography. The guy is highly intelligent. A 5 term congressman. A great public speaker. When you run a big department like that, those are things you need. Others can do the details.

Do a little research and tell me the qualifications of the last 5 Secretaries of Transportation.

What would you consider important qualifications for this job?

No clue. That is why I'm asking what are his qualifications. It seems we've had very little direction in that department for a long time, so maybe it is time to bring someone in with a plan.

To act like Mayor Pete was some bum off the streets is ridiculous as well.

Quote:Secretary Buttigieg previously served two terms as mayor of his hometown, South Bend, Indiana, where he worked across the aisle to transform the city’s future. Household income grew, poverty fell, and unemployment was cut in half. His work on transportation as mayor was nationally recognized, including an award for innovative streetscape design from the U.S. Department of Transportation where he now serves.

He also served for seven years as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, taking a leave of absence from the mayor’s office for a deployment to Afghanistan in 2014.

The son of Joseph Buttigieg, who immigrated to the United States from Malta, and Jennifer Anne Montgomery, a fifth-generation Hoosier, Secretary Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard University and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar and completed a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics.

https://www.transportation.gov/meet-secr...economics.

His father is a commie. Look it up.

Dude is mental.

(11-20-2024 02:05 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 01:52 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  What are your qualifications to judge his qualifications?

I'm an American.

"Secretary Buttigieg previously served two terms as mayor of his hometown, South Bend, Indiana, where he worked across the aisle to transform the city’s future. Household income grew, poverty fell, and unemployment was cut in half. His work on transportation as mayor was nationally recognized, including an award for innovative streetscape design from the U.S. Department of Transportation where he now serves."

Is that why they called him Pothold Pete? He must have not fixed many streets to garner that name.

I'm glad that perv is going out on his man-bun...the one he sits on.

(11-20-2024 02:10 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 02:05 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 01:52 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  What are your qualifications to judge his qualifications?

I'm an American.

He is too.

(11-20-2024 02:12 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 02:10 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 02:05 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 01:52 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  What are your qualifications to judge his qualifications?

I'm an American.

He is too.

Good, he can question his qualifications and the rest of the cabinet appointees too.

Being an American isn't enough to make someone qualified for such an important position.

Being American isn't enough to make someone qualified to judge the President's selections.

Trump is a brilliant, billionaire businessman. And you?

(11-20-2024 09:45 AM)MonarchManiac Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 09:39 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  What qualifications did bootiejuggs have? When you can tell me that I'll agree with you.

Two wrongs don't make a right?

In this situation, GOP is doing the exact thing that we chastised them for. Not a great look. Have not been impressed with about 50% of these Cabinet nominees.

Guess who isn't concerned with your impressions?

(11-20-2024 02:18 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Being American isn't enough to make someone qualified to judge the President's selections.

Trump is a brilliant, billionaire businessman. And you?

So are Mark Cuban, Zuckerberg, Gates, Buffett, etc... I know what you think of them.

(11-20-2024 01:06 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Some of you don't like anything Trump does. Period.

Yep. They might as well be never Trumpers.

It's a management position, Duffy and Mayor Pete are just as qualified as Elaine Chao or Anthony Foxx were. I don't think there has been anyone with "transportation experience" since Ws first term.

(11-20-2024 01:50 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 01:47 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 12:41 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 12:34 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Duffy was a US congressman for 8 years. That alone qualifies him over Mayor Pete. End of discussion.

Being more qualified than Mayor Pete doesn't make him qualified.

As already stated above by MonarchManiac, two wrongs don't make a right. What are Duffy's qualifications? I want the most qualified person in the position.

Spend 5 minutes reading his biography. The guy is highly intelligent. A 5 term congressman. A great public speaker. When you run a big department like that, those are things you need. Others can do the details.

Do a little research and tell me the qualifications of the last 5 Secretaries of Transportation.

What would you consider important qualifications for this job?

No clue. That is why I'm asking what are his qualifications. It seems we've had very little direction in that department for a long time, so maybe it is time to bring someone in with a plan.

If you're asking for his qualifications shouldn't you have an idea what the qualifications for the job actually are?

(11-20-2024 02:05 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 01:52 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  What are your qualifications to judge his qualifications?

(11-20-2024 02:26 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  If you're asking for his qualifications shouldn't you have an idea what the qualifications for the job actually are?

I would think someone coming from a transportation background would be a good start. Politicians don't know dick... they just vote based on party and lobbyist support. So no, I'm not sure that a guy who served in the house is qualified.

(11-20-2024 02:15 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 02:12 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 02:10 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 02:05 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 01:52 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  What are your qualifications to judge his qualifications?

I'm an American.

He is too.

Good, he can question his qualifications and the rest of the cabinet appointees too.

Being an American isn't enough to make someone qualified for such an important position.

You should have told that to all the Liberals that were championing Bidens picks. They weren't qualified in the way you say they are.

(11-20-2024 02:30 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  You should have told that to all the Liberals that were championing Bidens picks. They weren't qualified in the way you say they are.

Why do you think I didn't? I already said that 2 wrongs don't make a right. It is time we put the best candidates in, not give political paybacks.

(11-20-2024 02:00 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 01:48 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Trump appointed him. That's all they consider.

No, I just want to know the qualifications and direction that each of these people have for their departments.

I think Musk and Vivek are great picks for the new agency. I defended Linda McMahon with someone earlier today, as I think the DoEd needs fresh ideas and direction. I just want to know more about Duffy.

You realize they plan to shut down the DoEd, right?

(11-20-2024 02:37 PM)TripleA Wrote:  You realize they plan to shut down the DoEd, right?

We'll see what they ultimately do. I suspect they won't fully shut it down, they'll just downsize it and put more power in the states' hands.

(11-20-2024 02:38 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(11-20-2024 02:37 PM)TripleA Wrote:  You realize they plan to shut down the DoEd, right?

We'll see what they ultimately do. I suspect they won't fully shut it down, they'll just downsize it and put more power in the states' hands.

Not the plan. I think you are misjudging Trump's intention. He was close to shutting it down when his first term ended.

As for Duffy, he is as or more qualified than anybody else who served in that position.

But again, having experience in transportation is, IMO, a detriment, not a help. I don't think you understand the job description. There are 6 departments that aren't related, so why would experience in one actually help much? And it might actually hurt, since you bring your inefficiencies with you.

Plus, being a road supt. isn't the same as running a huge gov bureaucracy. They aren't even related.

IMO, the best experience is to be a successful businessman.

He will hire people that know what he doesn't. That's the way the business world works. Government is a business.

What are my CEO's qualifications to manage a software development company? Hint: he has none, he has an MBA and all that stuff.

People like me are his qualifications.


Kinda the way the real world works outside of some people's ivory towers.