Rumor has it that Karen Read doesn’t feel safe in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that she’s planning to leave the Bay State. Please don’t leave, Karen. We can’t fight these jackasses by ourselves! It’s Meatball Morrisey who should be packing his bags — not you, not you and your family. “Here’s your hat, Meatball, what’s your hurry?”
Tip O’Neill is quoted as saying a lot of memorable things. Among them, “Anyone who comes into your office with an idea, and it may be the worst idea in the world, listen to them, and never ridicule them.” Consequently, here’s a plan. Everyone knows you have a real movie and a real book to do, not the garbage that’s been produced so far. Everyone wants you to succeed, and knows you will succeed with these matters. In the meantime, the Commonwealth needs you to run statewide. Treasurer of Massachusetts is perfect.
Here’s why. Debbie Goldberg, an individual a lot of us supported in the past, screwed up big time in her treatment of Shannon O’Brien, another talented woman. Goldberg wasted a lot of tax payer dollars unfairly trashing O’Brien. The money involved, was hard earned, for some people. It was thrown down the sewer in a petty, unjust personal squabble. Bye, bye, Treasurer Debbie Goldberg. There’s no sadness here. Debbie’s well to do, she’s had a good run, but it’s time to go. She will not be re-elected. Wasting government dough is a deadly hand, these days. As stated, Debbie’s out — you’re in. You’re beautifully qualified for the role, a PhD from Bentley University, work at Fidelity, a blue-chip institution. The hacks will tell you, “Hey, Karen, you can get your pension back!” You won’t qualify for MassHealth anymore, but who cares! You can still write your book and produce your movie, right from your office on Beacon Hill, after hours, of course, all while you’re on a government payroll! I’m telling you, Karen, it’s a die and go to heaven job. Talk to Dave Yannetti, he’s not just a great lawyer, he’s local. He’ll get it.
In all sincerity, a Bentley professor, PhD, Fidelity person, like you, could buzz through the state budget slashing waste and helping the oppressed middle class working person thereby. But, you say, isn’t there a challenger in the race, already? Yes, this is to confirm my understanding that there appears to be an attractive Republican selectwoman from Belmont running. There’s nothing wrong with that, per se, but Belmont isn’t much of a base — she’ll get another chance.
Karen, nobody cares if you’re a Democrat or a Republican. We’re mostly all Democrats here, but we make exceptions. The first time anyone in my family ever voted Republican was for Ed Brooke. There’s a moral imperative here. It’s not just that Massachusetts OWES you, the people of Massachusetts want you and your glorious family to stay here. Tip said, “All politics is local.” You’re local. Meatball stole your house, your pension, your job at Fidelity, your job at Bentley. Some people think Meatball’s boat, reportedly named, “The Class Action” should be re-named, “The Classless Action,” and sunk in the middle of the Boston Harbor. What a party that would be!
Everyone’s just kidding, of course. Meatball’s boat should be put to good use. Meatball’s clear path to redemption lies ahead in Quincy Bay where he might be seen casting off, with a bunch of poor kids aboard, teaching them the ropes. Certainly, many local urchins have benefitted from sailing programs of this kind, sometimes on the Charles River Basin, looking up at the redline cars passing over the Salt and Pepper Bridge.
Perhaps, this time, even Meatball’s law degree, itself, could be put to some useful purpose. Obviously, criminal law was never his thing. Something more esoteric has always been required. Maritime law could be the answer! Maybe, in the near future, we’ll find Meatball in the stacks of the law library, reading about “salt water crabs to be sold in the ordinary course of trade.” Just the thing!
As for you, “Ms. Read,” what candidate has felt the impact of government waste more than you have? What candidate knows more about plug uglies trying to bully and crush the politically unconnected outsider “little man” or outsider “little woman” more than you do?
A lot of people I know would just LOVE to put a “Karen Read” BUMPA STICKAH on their Subarus. Run Karen, run!