Last night, I made myself suffer through an annoying “interview” (if you can call it that) on Boston Public Radio hosted by Jim Braude and Margery Eagan and their guest Gabriel Gomez. Since I do not have a sound card in my computer, I cannot verify this link, but I believe if you want to hear the Republican Candidate stumble his way through a “softball” interview, be my guest. It is in the last segment of the program.
In case your are too young to remember, there was a drinking game for Bob Newhart, for any of his shows, in which you would take a drink anytime anyone said “Hi Bob”. If you used actual alcohol during the game, you would usually be hammered by the end of the show.
Last night, in response to nearly every single question asked of him, Mr. Gomez’s would reply “I have made this perfectly clear”, then immediately follow this up by speaking out of both sides of his mouth on every single issue. If memory serves, he did this on:
a) Manchin-Toomey compromise.
b) Reproductive rights.
c) Ed Markey’s campaign ads.
d) The Stupak amendment.
e) The debate schedule.
There may have been more, I don’t remember. My point is that on every single point, it is the fault of the person to whom he is speaking that they do not already know his position on every particular issue for even asking the question in the first place, because “He has made this perfectly clear”. As such, I do not believe he even needs Mr. Markey present to have a debate since he is on both sides of every single issue the voters may care about.
My point being, if I had taken a drink every time Mr. Gomez said “I have made this perfectly clear”, I would have been too hammered to drive by the end of the program.