Football follies, textbook politics
I didn’t watch any football at all this weekend since the Eagles were on their bye week. As a result I missed out on two funny cluster f’s.
First there is Randy Moss getting cut by the Vikings a mere three weeks after being obtained for substantial compensation, a third round draft pick. Evidently Moss’s mouth earned him the pink slip as he heaped praise on the Patriots after they beat the Vikings while indirectly calling Brad Childress a douchebag for not listening to Moss’s advice on how to win.
Sure Moss looks like an idiot but that was already his MO, he has always been a loose cannon. Brad Childress in my opinion comes out as an even bigger idiot. Cutting Moss three weeks after paying dearly for him is insanity. The way Childress didn’t announce his intentions at a news conference after the cut was already made was cowardly. Childress has already been made out to be Brett Farve’s bitch, this Moss fiasco has more than likely punched his ticket out of Minnesota.
I saved the best mess for last, our old buddy Donovan McNabb. Evidently the wheels are already falling off his relationship with his new team and I have to admit, I love it.
I knew that statistically McNabb was not having a great year with 7 TD’s and 8 int’s to go along with a very low 76 QB rating. Even so the Redskins managed to win some games and currently sit at 4-4. Well evidently on Sunday against Detroit the veil was pulled back.
The Skins were down one score with around two minutes to go, crunch time. Well instead of having McNabb come out to run the two minute offense, Shannahan plops Rex Grossman out there who promptly turns the ball over, ensuring the loss.
When asked about the stunning decision right after the game Shannahan explained he thought Grossman had better knowledge of the two minute offense. WTF??? McNabb has been with the team since Easter and he can’t be trusted to run the two minute offense??? HAHAHA.
The next day Shannahan changed his story, saying the reason was because McNabb didn’t have good enough cardio to run a two minute offense. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! Philly fans are way too familiar with the image of McNabb dragging ass at the end of the Super Bowl when we needed him the most. Unlike Andy Reid that never calls out a player, evidently Shannahan has no such fear.
Of course this spun into the media digging deeper into the obvious rift. I heard stories that that Shannhan has been unhappy with McNabb’s practice habits for awhile. Evidently the Skins tried to change his mechanics to address his hit and miss accuracy issues. Imagine after 11 years in the league someone telling you NOW is the time to change your mechanics.
As a fan that spent more than decade being frustrated by some of McNabb’s shortcomings and Andy Reid’s failure to address them, I get some sort of weird satisfaction from seeing him struggle in Washington halfway through the season.
Well the election is finally over. Ironically the race that I cared the most about is still technically undecided, the Florida Governor race. Rick Scott, the man that spent $60 million plus to BUY the election has a small lead that will more than likely hold up. His campaign has followed the book on dirty politics to the letter. He used mountains of money to run continuous smear campaigns against both his opponent in the primary and the general election to influence the weakly informed.
This “best defense is a strong offense” technique was a way to prevent people from paying attention to just how unqualified and shady he really is. I mean how does this state elect a man whose company committed fraud against Medicare to the degree that they were smashed with a 1.4 BILLION dollar fine? The guy pleaded the fifth 75 times during the investigation to avoid incriminating himself.
But even if you are silly enough to throw all of that out, all of you have to do is look at the guy and watch him speak to know he is lying. He looks and sounds like an old time con man. How somebody could watch him talk about anything and have confidence in the man is beyond me.
This was quite similar to the way Washington lobbyists buy votes and influence in Congress. You have to ask yourself, how power hungry must an individual be to spend $60 million of his own dollars for a $185,000 a year position? I guess we are about to find out. If you actually voted for Tricky Rick, grats on being among the bamboozled. Enjoy the ride.
On a national perspective the Republicans made big progress, gaining control of the House and picking up a few seats in the Senate as expected. The election results are a testament to what America has become, a bunch of lazy, quick fix, me first, f the rest, rampant consuming cattle. Cattle that are too lazy or short sighted to think back to the true cause of why we are here and why trillions of dollars have been spent to try to fix it.
I remember. Too bad most did not. At least the endless political robocalls will cease.