Well, at least I’ve proven one theory correct: Vermont needs Snarky Boy.
You know it. And now I do, too, thanks to the avalanche of “welcome back” missives I’ve received since cranking up the snark-o-meter once again.
But it’s not your dopey backslaps that I’m craving. Nope. Because I want your information, baby. As in: Your tips. Your secrets. Your sightings of the rich and powerful (preferably in compromising situations). And your hugs. Well, maybe not your hugs.
Because Snarky Boy loves to tell it all. Or at least a hell of a lot more than you’re getting elsewhere.
Thankfully, my faithful collection of snarky sources is already playing along. Taste this:
My sources inside the Rep. Peter Welch office have confirmed to me that their boss had two versions of a press statement ready for Monday’s vote on the debt-ceiling legislation. Yes, as in: Two completely different statements arguing equally – and vehemently — for why both a yes and no vote were the “right thing to do.”
Can you say: Ambulance Chaser? I knew you could.
There’s also some consternation between the Welch and Senator Bernie Sanders camps. Sanders, of course, is also up for re-election in 2012. Certain Welch insiders are worried that Sanders’ formidable grassroots election machine will dwarf – and potentially distract from – his re-election efforts. And if an incumbent is sacrificed in a potential “throw the bums out” kind of election, they believe it will be Welch before Sanders. Duh.
Granted, the Welch people are seeing this as a worst-case scenario. And they’re banking on the fact the Vermont Republican Party remains associated with the loons who call WDEV’s Mark Johnson Show EVERY SINGLE DAY. Oh my, remember Paul Beaudry? What happened to him? Catamount got his tongue?
But I digress. Because I can.
In other news: A “Big Snarky Whatever” to Shay Totten of 7Daze for “winning” the best Vermont journalist award in his own newspapers’ survey of readers. Really? Personally, I think masturbation should be a private act.
But, speaking of the Shayster, thanks for the plug in your web dreams: Snarky Boy Gets What He Deserves: Credit Where Credit is Due.
That’s all for now. Send me your Snarky tips. Or else the world will all start to sound like a John Dillon VPR report.