Will Jon Huntsman be the first legitimate independent candidate to run for President?
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Fuckin’ Tim Murray. The guys story sounds so legit. That is up til the time he told it. He’s like the kid that did nothing wrong but thinks he’s in big trouble because….well just because.
Timmy, you fucked up. You drove off the road and smashed into a tree. The forensics indicate so. The tracks in the snow and ice indicate you were alone and drove straight on. You weren’t drunk. And i doubt there were drugs involved.
You drove away from Worcester to get coffee. I understand that. I knew politicians that would drive an hour from their homes to go to mass every Sunday just to avoid the same pains in the asses. So taking the drive for coffee and the paper is no big deal.
The pajamas? Shit, see what people are wearing now when they run into Cumbies for a pack or Marlboros? At 5:00 A.M.? In a snow storm?
The kid in bed? More of the pussification of America and he couldn’t stand it anymore. Either fight a losing battle with the wife and kid or leave.
Couch? Uncomfortable
TV? Don’t feel like clicking through all the channels to find something.
Food? Yes food. That’s it. Food! But nothing good in the fridge or the junk food cabinet.
Drive the souped up Crown Vic around in the snow and ice.? That’s it again. Food and driving. Go together like peanut butter and jelly.
Unfortunately the good drive thru places didn’t open for a awhile and he wasn’t gonna go in anywhere. But he was up and nice time to drive.
Some reason, and their but for the grace of God go I, he took his attention off the road and bam! As for the speed? Not sure. Hitting gas instead of brake does happen. Especially when the driver is in a life or death panic.
Seat belt? Why lie? He did walk away. He wasn’t thrown from the car. Why lie.
Is Tim Murray such a wus that he couldn’t plead mea culpa for driving like schmuck or not wearing his seat belt, or anything about the accident? His letter reads like Ted Kennedy’s TV address after Chappaquiddick. He acts like he just got caught with a dead hooker. Well he wasn’t. He got caught being human.
But he does admit to being in bed with a live child. The other career killer.
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A personal story can go a long way in changing one’s uneducated opinion. Much better than facts and data.
Case in point: The stillborn death of one of Rick Santorum’s children and the familly’s response. To put it bluntly it creeped me out. Then I read Jessica Heslam’s personal story in the Herald and my view changed. It really laid it out perfectly and put things in proper light.
Obviously at first glance the recommendations to help with the emotional wounds seem dark and bizarre. So those good souls encouraging these practices must have been real pissed when Rick Santorum became the unsolicited face of their cause.
Of all people. Not Oprah. Nope. The one guy that you hated since first grade because he was such a self-rightuous-goodie-two-shoes and looked like dork. Then you start hating yourself because you thought you disliked him only because he has a face you want to smack. But then he keeps doing stuff that confirm he’s a dink.
Like wearing sweater vests.
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Speaker of Jessica Heslam, I pick up the Herald and see taking up the entire front page is the profile of a very attractive woman with beautiful blue eyes. So naturally I start reading and get pissed because I let myself get sucked in. I purposely stay away from tear jerkers of all kinds.
So anyway I’m reading this sad personal story about this woman when she hits me with this
My mind was racing and tears streamed down my face as I desperately held the hand of my husband, Herald reporter Dave Wedge.
Dave Wedge? My Dave Wedge? WTF. Talk about marrying up. Dude where did that game come from?
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Serious though, their story helps keep things in perspective when we’re laughing at George Regan etc. Everybody’s just happy to have a job and this stuff just ain’t that important.
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Everyone remember Richard Pryor’s story of his pet monkey? The monkey died one day so Richard was in his backyard crying. The german shepherd next store that always chased him looked over the fence and asked why he was so sad.
When the dog heard the news he hopped over the fence and put his arm around Pryor and they cried together. Then the dog left.
As he was climbing back over the fence he turned and said, “You know I’m still going to chase you tomorrow.”
HeartlandDem says
For posting the link to the article by Ms. Heslam. I don’t read the Herald and yet it was good to read a heart-rendering story. More compassion in politics and the world is needed.