(08-03-2016 01:53 PM)vandiver49 Wrote: (08-03-2016 12:49 PM)TodgeRodge Wrote: to understand boren you have to know his background
he was a long term democratic senator
so basically he loves power, he likes to hear himself talk and he will tell you anything that he thinks you want to hear and that he thinks makes him important and if something changes he will say something different and pretend he never said what he said before
he is at odds with intelligence and the ability to not grandstand
He might like to bloviate, but that doesn't tell me why he thinks expansion is a good idea if ultimately he wants OU to have the freedom to maneuver in 2025.
therein lies the issue
he doesn't think he just gets out there and starts having diarrhea of the mouth
he does not know if expansion is really a good thing or not....not now and not in the future
he does not know what he will believe in 2025 because he does not know what he believes now other than he believes he needs to get out there and let everyone that will listen know what he is (not) thinking right now and say it and say it again until something changes and he needs to get out there and say something else
he is "playing poker" and "not being a wallflower"
how that ends up or what the end result is who knows if it is good he will say it is great and let you know about how great he is for coming up with it and making it happen
if it is bad he will remind everyone about how he was for what he was for, but he was for it long before anyone else and everyone else prevented it from happening sooner and so when they finally listened to him it was already too late so now he needs to take charge again and this time listen to him first instead of waiting until it is to late
or he will tell everyone he was really always against it, but he went along with it in the interest of unity and not being divisive, but this time he is going to stand up and be the leader and push for what he knows is right so things to not turn out bad this time
or he will say whatever BS he needs to say in the future