Bad Penny
By Wink
She stepped down? Why did she do that? The crazy spotlight of being a veep candidate runs pretty hot, but that race is long over.
There is a lot of strain in being the governor. I guess it would have taxed me too, but stepping down half way through your first term?
Whatever her motivations, she will come around again, just like a bad penny. So that is what I will call her, Bad Penny.
Penny has been a beauty contestant, a TV sportscaster, a small town mayor and governor of a large state. This is not someone who avoids microphones.
Quite the contrary, she revels in it. She likes the good of it. She likes the bad of it. It is her life’s goal to be the center of attention.
John McCain’s curious (some would say impetuous) V.P. decision delivered Penny to her own personal nirvana – up and down the TV dial on a daily basis.
Honestly though, we need people like that. Leaders tend to have this quality.
Bad Penny shares that quality with other leaders but, dear oh dear, can we get a break from her for a while?
Her foibles have been procto-scoped like all of the Michael Jackson goings-on. I am totally exhausted with stories about her daughter / grandchildren / husband / winking / Letterman issues etc., etc….
People, I assure you, she is NOT that interesting.
So she resigned. It doesn’t matter.
Will she again crave the spotlight? You betcha!
You can’t get rid of Bad Penny.
