My Take On Today
May 16th, 2009 by RSmitty
- Uneventful (uncontested seats – wasn’t bad, just routine).
- I got duped…or something changed. I will take some of both
This is in reference to the two independent sources that told me that Mike Protack was going to be nominated from the floor for vice-chair. One of those two is a committed-supporter of Mr Protack and for unknown reasons, thought I had remained so, until recently. Apparently, the “dried gum on the bottom of my shoe”*** comment from Mike to me caused the clue to make it into the thinking-area of this person’s brain. The other source shrugged shoulders and said, “Oops.” Nice. Kind of serves me right, though. I should have verified, but I can’t imagine Mike talking to a dried piece of gum on the bottom of his shoe. If he did, he wouldn’t be flying anymore, I’ll tell you that. BTW, why does he keep dried gum on the bottom of his shoe? Anyway, the sexy chatter is that he may have made nice with the Party and could (only possibly) have a role going forward. Forgive and forget, sure, but I don’t recall seeing the rinse-and-repeat part of that phrase. Personally, I’d rather drink a bottle of vinegar.
***-for reference on the “dried gum,” feel free to see his wonderful PR at work here or surrounded by my colorful commentary here.
- I saw Dave B
- I saw Maria
Summary: It was all good until those last two points! j/k 
Protack is the GOP’s Mike Miller; a perennial pest that has built-up a tolerance for the insecticide of failure.
May 18th, 2009, 09:02AM…Rick and Smitty agree on something.
Although, Rick, I have heard that despite his repeat thumpings, a lot of people actually like Mike Miller in terms of his personality. I can’t speak from experience, having never met the man, but basically his defeats don’t reflect much about the person, but specifically the politian. That’s the word I get from Dems and Reps, alike. The other Mike, though, he may be about as divisive a person that I have ever personally known. His defeats are both the person and politician.