Take a Seat, Joe

Dear Joey,

Please do as I say and not run for Lt. Governor. I know I said last week that I really didn't give two shits if you ran or not and that I already endorsed a running mate from the other side of the state. I know that you've bent over backwards for me in 2004 and again for the midterm elections in backing this dipshit of a candidate Casey and you've been a good boy all around. But, errr, don't run. And tell all of those people who went out collecting signatures for you to go take five.

Yours,
The Hoagiemeister

P.S.
Welcome to Dumpsville. Population: You

That's paraphrased what went down today as Joe Hoeffel was told to step down.

I signed Valerie McDonald Roberts's petition for Lt. Gov.

Joe's a good guy and it's upsetting to see him being schlepped around like a political lap dog these past two years I've been living here in Philly.

***UPDATE***3.9.06
I just got an email from a friend reminding me how The Hoagiemeister didn't get the Dem endorsement when he ran against Casey in the gubernatorial primary. He didn't give a shit then. Now, he's the one shutting out Joe. Closing doors behind his ass once he's inside.

Comments

[Austin in PA]

It really sucks to see someone you respect jerked around.

It sucks even more to get your hopes up, then see 'em dumped. I was just getting really interested in the career path that could lead from being a Lt. Governor.

[Frank]

Albert, I whole-heartedly agree. Joe Hoeffel shouldn't run for some half-baked position...the guy nearly was a United States Senator for chissakes. He could have run against, and beat, Santorum (even though there are other good ones, but he would have kicked Casey to the curb). How can he do this? It's demeaning.

[Frank]

Just amplification...I don't think he should have run for fake gov. in the first place. He shoould step down, but not because he got kicked to the curb by Rendell (who kicked him to the curb earlier about the US Senate race). Ugh. What a mess...Dems once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

[Mithras]

I heard a clip of the news conference, and Rendell and Hoeffel both rushed to say that Rendell couldn't have waved him off two weeks ago because Joe's support hadn't been demonstrated yet. Color me cynical, but I would not be surprised if they planned this from the start. Joe's not dumb; he knows Ed's major negative in the "T" portion of the state is that he's from Philly. This whole thing enabled Joe to get his name in the news and to show people like him. Even the possibility of his supporters feeling aggrieved is a potential bonus for him.