Smart trumps cute any day
I was reading the NYT article about Scott Brown and how he came to be elected in Massachusetts and honestly, after reading the article I felt like I knew less about the man than when I started reading. It had zero meat to it and basically was describing a person who resembled more Sarah Palin as a candidate – more about maverick and attractive rather than thinker, knower, doer – a lot of soundbyte, a lot of shticky irreverence, attractive and not much more by way of substance. Then I was listening to Warren Buffet on CNBC’s Squawk Box and here is a man who I would read about and listen to – not because he has made millions hand over fist but because he has invested in companies and industries with sound long-term judgment and has not whiplashed when the market juked and jived. Warren is a very attractive man to me because he is a thinker. Scott Brown – attractive to me? – was Nagin attractive? We got rid of our lame mayor after way too many years here in New Orleans. Massachusetts will see the end result of their vote only after Brown has had time to either do something or not. I’ll withhold my judgment of who he is until he proves who he is.