I am thankful for a fair number of things this year, and I’m going to tell you what a choice number of those things
are here. Now, don’t worry – no need to
run off and get any tissues or anything like that. This ain't family related or all that personal.
To begin with, I am thankful for “Snowflakes”:
I’m not talking about that white stuff that occasionally
falls from the skies around these parts during the colder months. Although, it makes things pretty (if you like
the color, “white,” it does anyway) enough of those types of snowflakes on the
ground leads to potential disasters. And
messes. And some nasty traffic snarls.
The snowflakes I’m talking about are those moronic packs of
idiots who’ve been roaming around protesting and rioting, blocking traffic and
shit, because the guy they don’t like beat the witch they did like (but didn’t
vote for, by and large) and won an election. In other words, these snowflakes are
protesting the election process, itself, as far as I can see – and thus doing
nothing other than ensuring that the guy they don’t like and his supporters,
dig their heels in all the further and deeper.
Oh, and I’m also very thankful for whoever the Hell it was
who came up with the nickname, “Snowflakes,” for them. Positively brilliant.
I’m also thankful for Maryland Governor, Larry Hogan’s,
father:
As a Congressman during the Watergate era, Larry Hogan’s
father went after the beleaguered GOP President, Richard Nixon, with a passion
usually reserved by the elite establishment when it comes to further sticking
it to the folks who pay for their shenanigans.
But, that’s not why I’m thankful for Governor Hogan’s father. I’m thankful for Governor Hogan’s father
because he was someone for whom his son, Governor Hogan, could vote in the
recently concluded Presidential Election.
Seriously, Governor Hogan's disdain for President-Elect Trump borders on the legendary and I guess he couldn’t quite bring himself to vote for Queen Hillary –
so he had to vote for someone, right?
Well, whatever, he did vote for someone and that someone was the man who started the whole Hogan Political
Dynasty: His father.
Speaking of Governor Larry Hogan, I am also very thankful
for his “Bromance” with Maryland Comptroller, Peter Franchot:
I am thankful for their bromance because it makes me laugh.
A lot. And people want to make this
whole Trump and Putin thing INTO a thing?
Shit, we’ve got the real deal - a genuine bromance - here with Hogan and Franchot. And, it’s hilarious.
I’m also very thankful for bad spies – like Maryland
Pollster, Patrick Gonzales of Gonzales Strategies:
As some of you know, I’m considering a run against the
aforementioned Governor, Larry Hogan, in 2018.
With that in mind, a few months ago – immediately after I posted a
flurry of mentions about my potential run – Patrick Gonzales approached me on
Facebook. We take to talking, and later
that night I spoke with a few good, trusted, and well connected political
friends about it: And, all of us agreed that Gonzales was a spy, at worst, or a
double agent, at best. Seriously, you
don’t call someone with whom you’ve never before spoken 4 times over 2 days
unless you’re searching for information, right Patrick? Anyway, I baited him by
posting another flurry of items and, voila, again Patrick Gonzales calls me
another 4 or 5 times over 2 days. It got
to be ridiculous and downright laughable.
Then, a few weeks ago, on the phone one day he asks me – and
this is as close to a direct quote as I can recall – “What would it take to get
you to not do it (run against Larry Hogan)?” Knowing full well he was a spy, I
answered him as audaciously as I could by asking for something that never would
be delivered (cash in a bag) and Gonzales responds by
saying – and, again, this as close to a direct quote as I can recall – “Well, I
don’t think you’ll get that...” I’ll GET that? Why would he even say that
unless he was looking for a reasonable answer to report back to someone?!
And, of course, employing some bullshit reason or another,
the final time we spoke he said he had to do whatever for Hogan’s
campaign. Imagine that!
Having been in Patrick Gonzales’ position a number of times,
myself, I have to tell you, he was a bad – as in an unbelievably lousy – spy.
There have been a few other attempts at contact from his end, but, what the
Hell?
In the end, I am very thankful to Patrick Gonzales for the reminder on how not to be
a spy.
Finally, I want to thank all of you, dear readers - and anyone
else paying attention, be you a friend or a foe. You guys, each and every one of you, really do make
life worth living – more than you’ll likely ever realize. Thank you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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