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TUBOB: Why Not Talk To Minnick?

TUBOB: DFO, I think you’re drifting back to crass partisanship with your refusal to meet with Minnick. It wasn’t that long ago you were willingly, some might say enthusiastically, being used as a lap monkey for Bill Sali and his spokesflack here on this blog. It’s cool is you want to carry right wing GOP water but I think it’s only fair to be a little more upfront about it. If Bill Sali wanted to drop by and talk you’d be asking him what he wants in his coffee.

DFO: Bob, I know you live in fear that one morning you’ll click onto HBO and find a Dubya bumpersnicker — and realize that it’s all been a dream (like that “Dallas” season finale). That I’ll be root-toot-tooting for the Red team again. Mebbe that’ll happen. But it ain’t happenin’ in this instance. I told Minnick’s aide John Foster that I’d be willing to talk to his boss, if he’d address the subject I wanted to talk about (education corridor). Minnick didn’t want to do that because, I suppose, he didn’t want to tick off Hagadone. So I said it’d be a waste of time for both of us. The last thing I want to do here is entertain a string of politicians, from other side, who want to talk platitudes and get exposure on HBO. Now, where’s that McCain/Rice campaign button that I had around here a minute ago …

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