Well, you make an offer and if the chuckleheads get the phone number wrong, what are you gonna do? They are Republican’ts after all. You do have to give Herbert a little bit of credit, though, for going against the direct orders of Der Kommissar Ruzicka and picking a guy who doesn’t have a closet full of aborted fetus t-shits and “God Hates Fags” protest signs.
Des “News” does it up GOP Style –
Senate Majority Assistant Whip Greg Bell will become Utah’s new lieutenant governor.
Bell was named to the post today by soon-to-be Gov. Gary Herbert at a press conference held in the Capitol’s ceremonial Gold Room.
“As somebody who has been there and done that I understand the important responsibilities that come with this office,” Herbert said in introducing Bell.
Herbert said of Bell, being “capable of bringing people together, I think describes his personality and demeanor.” He also described him as compatible, saying not only did he like Bell, Bell’s critics like him, too.
“Governor-to-be Herbert wants to work closely with fine people of the Legislature,” Bell said. “I will play a key role in that.”
I’m not sure you’d want the job. At the press conference they spent an inordinate amount of time discussing gay politics, then the official Utah.gov release was titled “Herbert Taps Bell” and the SLTrib article quoted Herbert as saying, “Greg Bell fills in my cracks.”
I seem to have escaped it by the … seat of my pants.
In another bit of potty humor, my mother has been stricken by how often reports refer to Greg Bell as Herbert’s “number two.”