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maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
1. Does he communicate only by phone or snail mail (if not face to face)?
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 01:15 PM
Mar 2015

Hard to believe in his position. This assertion definitely needs an investigation. If he does it through his aides, doesn't that count?

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)
3. He has to be doing it through his aides. How can someone in his position function without email?
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 01:44 PM
Mar 2015

He is either lazy or covering his butt by not doing email himself, probably both.

When I was working there were several (most) people that would not answer the phone or you had to play phone tag with them. The only way to communicate with them was by email. Communication by email is much smarter than by phone or snail mail, you have an instant record of your communication. Perhaps the good Senator has a reason he doesn't want or to want other people to have a record of their communications?

rickford66

(5,523 posts)
2. Very clever. His methods leave no paper trail.
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 01:42 PM
Mar 2015

What's he hiding? Mafia dons used to shun the telephone. We demand a transcript of every official conversation this dope has ever had.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
5. Fucking liar. NO way he's a Colonel in the reserves without sending email.
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 01:46 PM
Mar 2015

At the very least for replies to senior commanders, who expect replies. It isn't possible.

brush

(53,778 posts)
6. If it's true he should be sent packing
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 02:45 PM
Mar 2015

How in this day and age can someone in a responsible position in the Senate and the Reserves be so backwards and uninformed communication wise?

It's like not knowing how to read and write 100 years ago.

Expel his Luddite ass from the Senate now.

drm604

(16,230 posts)
9. But he has an explanation!
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 05:50 PM
Mar 2015
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-09/lindsey-graham-explains-why-he-doesn-t-use-e-mail
"What I do, basically, is that I've got iPads, and I play around," Graham explained. "But I don't e-mail. I've tried not to have a system where I can just say the first dumb thing that comes to my mind. I've always been concerned. I can get texts, and I call you back, if I want. I get a text, and I respond not by sending you a text, but calling you if I think what you asked is worthy enough for me calling you. I'm not being arrogant, but I'm trying to jealously guard myself in terms of being able to think through problems and not engage in chat all day. I've had a chance to kind of carve out some time for myself not responding to every 15-second crisis."

Think about this answer. It makes no sense. An email actually gives you more time to think through an answer than a phone conversation does.
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