When it comes to superlatives, context matters. That is why you don't get bent out of shape being impressed with the member of the Yale graduating class "most likely to run a small island dictatorship" or the law school student "most likely to win the Nobel prize," or, perhaps, "the best martial artist Detroit has to offer." As such, you should be decidedly unimpressed when career Big Auto personality Bob Lutz announces his pick for Best... CEO... Evah.
Rick Wagoner.
We shudder to think who was runner up.
CNBC: Lutz Calls Wagoner "Best. CEO. Ever." [Jalopnik]
Posted by guest , Dec 08, 2008 12:47PM
Mr. Lutz smokin' some serious crack baby!
Posted by guest , Dec 08, 2008 1:00PM
"Cause he's my best friend..."
Posted by guest , Dec 08, 2008 1:02PM
Tough call: Wagoner, Cayne, Fuld - so many to choose from....
Posted by Joseph di Jersey City , Dec 08, 2008 1:04PM
2: "cause he's my boss..."
Posted by guest , Dec 08, 2008 1:20PM
HA HA!
Posted by guest , Dec 08, 2008 1:34PM
TOO OBVIOUS TO POST
PRESIDENT OBAMA - HOLDING UP AMERICA?
MANHATTAN PROJECT AIR-POWERED TAURUS NOW!!
-MARS
Posted by guest , Dec 08, 2008 1:38PM
Any respect I had for Lutz just went away. Yes, I realize it was his boss, but still.
Posted by financialmarketjim , Dec 08, 2008 1:45PM
My favorite Wagoner moment...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m54bAfxgYPw&fmt=22
Posted by guest , Dec 08, 2008 1:47PM
EPHESIANS 6:12
"FOR WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST PRINICIPALITIES,
POWERS..., "
-CHRIST
Posted by guest , Dec 08, 2008 2:18PM
"That is why you don't get bent out of shape being impressed with..."
What?
Posted by guest , Dec 08, 2008 2:27PM
He was into that whole Yale thing
Posted by Anal_yst , Dec 08, 2008 3:31PM
Any respect I had for Lutz just flew right out the window, crashed onto a few branches on the way down, and went smack into the open man-hole cover and into the sewage-tinged nether-world
Posted by guest , Dec 08, 2008 3:55PM
And when Rick Wagoner decides to bestow the symbolic $1 a year salary on Bob Lutz to save the industry, then how will Lutz vote?
Posted by SausageOfDoom , Dec 08, 2008 7:42PM
If you go to the link, this is comment#1:
"Are we not counting his years in the Luftwaffe?"