Each Friday here at Scoreboard headquarters, we take a look back at the week’s news to see who came out ahead and who came out behind.
But this week — still drunk on tryptophan and gravy, no doubt — we’re taking a different approach. Like the pilgrims of yore, gathered around the turducken and marshmallow-covered sweet potatoes at Plymouth Rock, we’re taking a moment to reflect on all that for which we are thankful.
And, to be sure, there is much in this great state for which a political reporter and columnist must give thanks. For instance:
Gov. Peter Shumlin — Yes, we’ve spilled plenty of ink documenting his many trials, tribulations and boneheaded comments. But let’s face it: The guy is a gift to political reporters that just keeps on giving. Nobody’s got the gov beat in the chutzpah department, nor in pure, unadulterated political skill. And say what you will about Shummy, the guy works harder than anyone else around. You may question the way he runs this state, but there’s no questioning his commitment to it.
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So this is how you keep an “alternative media” job? Just throw wet kisses around to the power elite? We’ve come a long way from the time when Pulitzer declared that “journalists should have no friends.”
“There’s no questioning Shumlin’s commitment to this state?” Really? Sez who? And what’s your evidence? Sorry, but some of us believe that Fast Petey’s only commitment is to Fast Petey; that his only connection to Vermont is that he happened to have been born here and inherited a business that his parents started here; and that it’s just a stepping stone for his boundless and crass political ambitions.