If Mitt Romney tells me he doesn't care or has no opinion on who does the best version of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower," then he loses my vote. Simple as that.
Also, if he tells me it was Jimi Hendrix who did the best version of AATW, than I'll figure he's just shamelessly pandering for my vote and I won't vote for him on that basis as well.
LOL. It’s not about a hobby, Sam. It never was. Ham radio is a hobby for some people. For others, it’s precisely what it is mandated to be... “The Amateur Radio Service”. We’re not talking about someone dissing a hobby. We’re talking someone disrespecting the SERVICE these people do. I’ll further point out that while he did respond to one Ham’s requests for explanation, he did NOT respond to any of my own letters. Further more, he made the remarks about upping infrastructure - and obviously is still clueless about this.
Understand that if you’re the Governor of a state, you certainly have at your beck and call some good monies, equipment, people and services. And in an emergency - that is usually something that happens when you have NO CONTROL OVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES - those things may be used. Until they are afflicted by the Emergency.
When this emergency happens, that infrastructure may be very good and continue to function. In most cases, “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men” notwithstanding tend to fail in the face of nature.
Of all of this discussion — there has been one recurring theme here, and people are continually attempting to misdirect the thread or worse, misinterpret or misrepresent what I’ve been saying.
That theme is simple. Men are what they are and Men, humans make mistakes. Of those mistakes that Men/humans make, the one that is nearly unforgivable is the arrogance of one against many. That arrogance is, on it’s face, nothing at all to those who support the man who was arrogant.
When the time comes for such a man to stand on his own and call upon the people to whom he belittled — will those people help him? Probably, but in spite of himself.
Will I still do duty as an emergency radio operator when necessary, in SPITE of Romney? Yes.
Will I VOTE for Romney as President? Probably not, for he can not truly see the depth of the insult, and some of the folks here who make light of me and this thread, or try to reduce the remarks to “a meaningless remark” on the part of the Candidate simply are themselves arrogant in their belief that “a simply hobby is nothing”.
I wish you all very well - but, Romney still doesn’t get my vote, even if he gets the nomination. He’s neither a Conservative, nor is he honest. Nor are many of the people supporting him here.