Two Links:
NECN: listen to the whole interview, since that’s always better than the digested version the news story contains. As we all know here at BMG, it’s better to hear the whole context than to take snippits out of context.
Boston.com: They don’t present it with the same nuance Curt gives in the interview.
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Just because if his company comes out with a MMORPG with R.A. Salvatore behind it, I really can’t afford the damage it would do to my social and educational life.
as Brad Penny.
Kurt Shilling is dick cheeeeeeeeeeeney with a better pitching arm.
But running for office in general is in the back of his mind. What I enjoyed most by the interview is this quote:
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p>That’s shorthand for Charlie Baker.
Wonder if Curt ever drove on the old elevated Central Artery during rush hour. The Big Dig wasn’t perfect- but the result is better than what it replaced.
I have no idea.
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p>Waste, no. Mismanaged, yes.
Hong Kong’s new airport (1999) was built for $20 billion. Islands were leveled, and much of the construction occurred on reclaimed seabed.
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p>It’s 5 square miles in total area. It’s auto/train tunnel/bridge infrastructure alone rivals the Big Dig.
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p>By any comparison, we overpaid for the Big Dig. Even accounting for the cost of labor differences, the “mismanagement” of our project by the MTA likely doubled or tripled the cost.
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p>Sure, it’s an improvement, but was it worth pissing away $5 or $7 or $9 billion?
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p>Then again, we spend $200 million on a new high school so what’s the problem? Right? (The password is … “union labor.”)
The new road system idea was not a waste, the way we implemented was a waste.
… you $22B, but everything would go back to the way it was (w/ $4B+ profit), you’d be a fool to take it.
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p>Also, you’ve got to figure that there were billions worth of underground infrastructure work besides the tunnel. Straightening out the 150+ years worth of spaghetti underneath old Boston was no insignificant feat. It was often pointed out how much NY was going to go billions in the hole to address all of their old underground (out of sight out of mind) infrastructure and how much ahead of the curve we became because of the opportunity to do it while we were ‘under the hood’ anyway. Then of course, the towers fell, and one side effect of that tragic event was that a bunch of needed underground infrastructure work did get to be addressed in the rebuilding effort. (Of course that’s just lower Manhattan.)
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p>To recap:
New bridge over the Charles,
New Tunnel to the Airport,
I-90 extension,
Artery put under ground.
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p>All this while the artery wasn’t taken out of service, the subways surface heavy rail continued to operate, the mess of underground utilities got straightened out and in most cases updated. Of course there are a million other details to boot that we could add but the list would be crazy long.
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p>Problems? Yeah sure. Over priced? nope.
Did you know Fred Smerlas wanted to run against Kerry? Peter Torkildson talked him down from it at the Au Bon Pain near HQ…
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p>But THAT would have been awesome!
Excellent. A baseball player with an outsized ego is exactly what we need representing Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. Please run, Mr. Schilling. Please. I can’t wait to hear the depth and breadth of your policy insight, legislative agenda, and vision for Massachusetts. Please promise, too, to bring that giant of intellectual endeavor Sarah Palin to the state for a pitstop–literally–maybe with a little bible readin’ on the side.
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p>If he runs and gets elected, good for him. I generally subscribe to the notion that people get the government they deserve. If Massachusetts wants Kurt Schilling to represent them in the United States Senate, then by all means, get it done. I’m hopefuly, however, that the people of the Commonwealth are more discerning.
The US Senate should not be the first elective office one holds. I’ve never much cared for the idea of celebrities jumping up just on star power.
He is a right-wing Republican.
He’s had some interesting posts on his blog over the past couple of years. But he’s also shown a pretty big deficit in the think department. The latest example, re: Ann Coulter: I disagree with some of what she says.
Some good photos for opp ads should he run…
worked for Teddy!
Damn, that’s pathetic. No one in the farm system?
Comment.
any candidates you want to see run.
Wasn’t the first elective office he held that of US Senator? Ditto Al Franken.
Though having the President’s brother as Senator certainly can’t hurt. As for Franken, I might have supported another Democrat in the primary for that reason if given the choice, but once he was the nominee I’d still prefer him over Coleman.
Franken’s case he had to prove himself in a prolonged campaign, but here we are under a greatly accelerated schedule. The public is not going to have nearly as much time to examine the candidates, especially given the timing of this race during the holiday season.
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p>In any case, anyone who meets the qualifications can run and the voters can make their own decisions as to what they are willing to accept.
but Franken’s career included political commentary. Sure, there’s a world of difference between radio work and the floor’s of the senate — but the distance from pitcher’s mound to the floor of the senate is even greater methinks.
She moved to NY to run.
The Clinton’s planned to move to NY post-WH before Moynihan even announced his retirement.
Your NECN link goes to boston.com, your boston.com link goes to NECN.
Curt Schilling running for the U.S. Senate is comparable to Barney Frank trying out for the Red sox.
He’s a registered independent and there’s not enough time to switch.
Link. Fuhgeddaboudit.
It’s only fitting. MA GOP, hey you throw the ball fast and people recognize your name. You want to run for Senate?
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p>Then is turns out he’s registered as an Independent. MA GOP the F-Troop of politics.
In the plural sense. There you BMG’ers go again. Picking our candidates again. Maybe he’ll become a democrat, with all the love you’re showing him.
after listening to this for a couple of days is that it was more a trial balloon from Schilling than anyone asking him to run. I hope the reaction deflates the idea.