# Romney may be Secretary of State **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 19, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-may-be-secretary-of-state/772465 "2016-11-19T20:07:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-may-be-secretary-of-state/772465/61 "2016-11-21T00:45:29Z")
> [@pool](#): > > You gotta admit when it comes to dodging tossed shoes, nobody could beat Ol’ Dubya! The man was in a league of his own. And it wasn’t like the shoe-chucking guy was half-assed either. He hucked those shoes at Bush with some power and directly on target. And Bush wasn’t even fazed…he calmly slipped the projectiles like a pro. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OM3Z_Kskl_U/hqdefault.jpg "Raw Video: Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoe at Bush") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM3Z_Kskl_U) ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-may-be-secretary-of-state/772465/62 "2016-11-21T01:56:43Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Well, I just lost the small smidgen of respect I had for Romney, as it turns out, Trump’s “dropped to his knees” comment was actually true. Romney’s not going to be the voice of reason. He’s never going to tell Trump “no.” What is the ‘dropped to his knees’ comment you’re referring to? Sent from my XT1031 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-may-be-secretary-of-state/772465/63 "2016-11-21T02:05:16Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > What is the ‘dropped to his knees’ comment you’re referring to? > > Sent from my XT1031 using Tapatalk [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/politics/donald-trump-mitt-romney-would-have-dropped-to-his-knees-for-my-endorsement/) (March 3, 2016) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump struck back at 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney Thursday, blasting the former Massachusetts governor for “begging” for his endorsement four years ago only to sharply criticize him now. > “I don’t know what happened to him,” Trump said during a rally in Portland, Maine. “You can see how loyal he is. He was begging for my endorsement. I could have said, ‘Mitt, drop to your knees.’ He would have dropped to his knees.” > > Just hours before Trump, Romney gave a speech blasting the reality TV star as bad on foreign policy and lacking the temperament to be president. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-may-be-secretary-of-state/772465/64 "2016-11-21T03:48:58Z")
And Mike Pence wants to model himself on Dick Cheney… …“I frankly hold Dick Cheney in really high regard in his role as vice president and as an American,” Pence said on ABC’s “This Week.”… > **[Mike Pence Says His Role Model for Vice President Is Dick Cheney](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mike-pence-role-model-vice-president-dick-cheney/story?id=42170897)** What could possibly go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-may-be-secretary-of-state/772465/65 "2016-11-21T04:18:22Z")
Good grief, why am I continually surprised by these fools? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-may-be-secretary-of-state/772465/66 "2016-11-21T04:27:35Z")
Ehh, I just don’t see Pence as the Cheney type. They strike me as having very different priorities and styles. Yeah, he may want to emulate being the man behind the man, but I think that’s about as far as that will go. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-may-be-secretary-of-state/772465/67 "2016-11-21T04:32:32Z")
His favorite brand of Scotch? Evil Dewar’s! Thank you, you’re a wonderful crowd, give yourselves a hand… ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-may-be-secretary-of-state/772465/68 "2016-11-21T04:52:14Z")
Mike Pence doesn’t strike me as someone particularly immersed in foreign policy or military/intelligence like Cheney, who seemed to really know the Middle East and how war is waged. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-may-be-secretary-of-state/772465/69 "2016-11-21T04:53:20Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > **Ehh, I just don’t see Pence as the Cheney type.** They strike me as having very different priorities and styles. Yeah, he may want to emulate being the man behind the man, but I think that’s about as far as that will go. Yeah, I don’t think Pence hunts. However, Cheney never came up with a [State-run news station](http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/01/26/pence-starts-state-run-news-outlet-to-compete-with-media/22370005/). > [@](#): > > Gov. Mike Pence is starting a state-run taxpayer-funded news outlet that will make pre-written news stories available to Indiana media, as well as sometimes break news about his administration, according to documents obtained by The Indianapolis Star. > > Pence is planning in late February to launch “Just IN,” a website and news outlet that will\*\* feature stories and news releases written by state press secretaries\*\* and is being overseen by a former Indianapolis Star reporter, Bill McCleery. [Gov. Pence ditches state-run news site plan after uproar](http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/29/pence-ditches-state-run-news-site-plan-after-uproar/22530263/) > [@](#): > > Gov. Mike Pence killed his administration’s plans for a state-run news service Thursday amid a national uproar that spurred ridicule for the idea across the political spectrum. > > Pence announced in a memo to state agency heads that they would no longer be launching the JustIN website and that they would instead update the state’s online press release system and state calendar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-may-be-secretary-of-state/772465.md?page=3)