Remember several years ago when Governor Fallin threw Janet Barresi "under the bus" so to speak? Evidently, Mary Fallin figured out during the short-lived tenure of the Barresi State Superintendency that it was no longer politically correct or in Fallin's best interest to support Janet Barresi. So, as Fallin jumped into the lifeboat off the sinking Titanic, she waved bon voyage to Barresi, who had lashed herself to the mast. So much for loyalty...
Well, what goes around, comes around - when it comes to politics. The bus that Janet Barresi was thrown under has circled the Capitol in OKC, and is approaching the front steps.. again. Todd Lamb, Fallin's "loyal" Leutenant Governor has now thrown Governor Fallin into the path of the approaching bus, and soon we'll hear those familiar "thump thump" noises as the bus continues on. Todd Lamb has now jumped into his own lifeboat, leaving Mary Fallin screaming on the deck. He has resigned from Fallin's cabinet, because he "just can't support her proposed tax increases" in order to provide a teachers pay raise among other budget balancing initiatives. Some political pundits believe that he is only "setting himself up" for a run for the governor's seat, and Mary Fallin has leaped in front of the bus intentionally - in order to help him.
Oh well, with friends like Todd Lamb - our teachers are unlikely to see a pay raise anytime soon, and our public schools are likely to perish under a mountain of school "vouchers", especially if Lamb is our next governor. My blogs will be much shorter now that the legislative session has begun, as committee hearings and floor hearings of education bills are coming fast and furious.
__"Some political pundits believe ...Mary Fallin has leaped in front of the bus intentionally - in order to help him."
ReplyDelete'Political Pundits' are often wrong, especially when they attribute altruistic motives to seasoned politicians.
Mary Fallin is NOT about to help Todd Lamb unless she thinks Lamb will reciprocate with an equal if not larger plum.
Falln wants Sen. Inhofe's seat in Congress. Drawing major media attention to her huge list of tax increases is not helpful.
Could a Gov. Lamb appoint her, should 82 yr old Inhofe suffer a stoke or land his plane in the side of a mountain prior to the end of his term in 2020? The answer is NO. OK requires a special election within 53 days.
Lamb has thrown her under the bus.
I think you have it figured out. That is exactly what I thought initially. Keep providing this insight!
ReplyDeleteI live with the hope that the democrats and Independents will come up with visionaries. I know, I'm just an optimist.
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