The new and improved, fight-free Romney vs. Obama thread!

I note that Matt Drudge is peddling a story that Obama was a secret CIA agent in Pakistan in his youth. I don't get it. Wouldn't that be something Drudge's audience would approve of?

 

I guess you must be a big JFK fan then. Never woulda guessed it.

 

Terrible design.

 

Some guys will do anything to get a SSN.

 

Needs a cutout of Obama kneeling before Zod? Can the Phantom Zone be worked into the design?

 

I hate to go back to this, but I can't let it go...

Is there a more merit based industry than the film industry?

The box office rules. If people are willing to pay to see you, you get more roles. If they don't you're out on your ass. And, it's all about, "what have you done for me lately."

Nepotism might get you in the door, but it won't give you staying power.

But, not only did Reagan not benefit from nepotism, he eventually fell victim to lackluster box office returns. And, so he re-invented himself as a television host, and then a spokesperson for GE.

In comparison, how does the newspaper industry rate when it comes to rewarding merit? Until the advent of the internet, and the ability to track "hits" was there any way to properly value someone's worth?

A film star could lose his studio contract -- and Reagan did -- if they didn't generate enough revenue. Is there a comparison in the newspaper industry?

Seems to me a hack could survive at a newspaper in the old days -- especially one who benefited from nepotism. Besides, once you got in, the union was there to protect you.

So, Starman, you may have worked in newspapers for 32 year, but have you ever provided value? Have you succeeded due to merit? Have you succeeded at all?

Can you give us any evidence of your smarts, that your smarter than Reagan, or that you earned your paycheck for 32 years?

Where's the evidence Starman?

Knock Reagan all you want. But, he succeeded in film, television, and politics. The public decides who succeeds in each of those industries.

What's been the secret of your success?

 

Outing alert ... YF is related to Ronald Reagan.

 

YF, I don't have a dog in this fight but I for the life of me can't figure out why you take attacks on Reagan so personally. I thought you went over the line before in justifying your unwarranted attack and now you are back because someone dared besmirch a politician you evidently have no abilty to look at in a non personal way.

Aside from that is there something wrong with occasionally taking the high road and not having the last word?

I don't post much on the US politics thread but do find them pretty informative and sometimes entertaining, not sure your attack really adds value.

 

JFK would have left the loonies in the Democrat Party long ago.

 

You'd think Romney would have done the same with the GOP.

 

Not necessarily. Back in the big studio days, you signed a contract because, you went on a list, and when folks casted movies, they often picked off the list. That's how he made 25 movies in 3-4 years.

At any rate, Reagan was a perfectly find actor. Pretty darn good a few times.

Who's arguing that the guy wasn't successful? Was he a smart president? If you insist he is, fine, but it makes him a party to stuff that were plum rotten. I mean, JFK - lionized for much - inched us into Vietnam. Outside of the drug war, that's as bad as anything Reagan's ever done.

 

Ronald Reagan? The actor? Then who’s VICE-President? Jerry Lewis?