The charm offensive continues

In the latest installment of the Sig Rogich Supercalifragilistic Hail Mary Plan for Applying Lipstick to a Pig, Nevadans find Jim Gibbons telling them that just because he's the nation's worst governor doesn't mean he needs to be the nation's loneliest, too.

"What I want to tell people is that I'm just like they are," Gibbons told KOLO TV.

Hmm, not sure about that choice of words. After all, if you're trying to ingratiate yourself to a skeptical and overwhelmingly disapproving audience it's probably not a good idea to suggest that they're all mentally unbalanced lying cheating tax evading sociopaths who don't care about the state, its people or its future. But hey, Sig's the image makeover professional.

"I don't want to be a lonely governor," Gibbons added, proving that Phil Gramm was right and America is a nation of sickening pathetic whiners. "I'm going through a divorce. I'm in the middle of a very painful time in my life, this has been going on, my wife and I have been separated for about 7 months. I really think that people should expect, and will, see me with my friends out to dinner, wherever, going to a rodeo, that shouldn't be a newsworthy thing."

How 'bout lying and cheating and illegally using the influence of your elected office for your own personal gain by browbeating a county assessor into giving you a wholly undeserved $5,000 tax break? Would that be a newsworthy thing?

The answer is no -- or at least not at KOLO. Apparently the TV folks didn't get around to asking that question. They were probably overwhelmed by sympathy for the poor little friendless shitbucket.

"I'm the governor of the state of Nevada, and I have to be the governor 7 days a week, 24 hours a day," Gibbons said. "But I also want to be a governor that doesn't have to be alone in life."

Actually, the skanktard will be relieved to know that he does not, in point of fact, "have to be the governor." He could do as all thinking Nevadans think he should and hope he would, and resign.

And as for the other bit, well, he'll never be truly alone; he'll always have this guy.

UPDATE: In the context of any and every development or event regarding Gibbons, there are so many appalling things about his behavior and nature that some points are inevitably overlooked. For instance, this post completely neglected to mention the astounding hypocrisy of Gibbons talking about his personal life in the press after swearing repeatedly that he wasn't going to talk about his personal life in the press. If you didn't read the great piece by Dennis Myers about Gibbons' two-faced approach to the media when it was published last month, now would be a good time. It makes an excellent companion to the "hard-hitting" KOLO interview.

Comments

[Lone Gunman of FDH]

Christ almighty, has he no dignity whatsoever?

A lot of the poor English lit grad students (whose teaching stipends are getting cut because of him) haven't had a date in years, but they don't whine "I don't want to be alone in life."

[Judy]

Gosh, this really is one sick guy. I am getting low on tissues after reading that one. I do believe that Gibbons has some mighty heavy mental issues and needs to seek professional help. He has proven that he does not have the where-with-all to effectively run this state and we need to have the AG or the FBI put him out of his misery. What will it take besides photos of him and a mammal?

[dave404]

An old saying...

In order to have a friend, you have to be a friend.

If you were not using the appointment process to give your psychopants positions on boards and commissions that directly affect the life of real Nevadans and instead used your authority, granted by us, the electorate, to appoint only the best and brightest (gee, could any Indies and Demos have a fully developed brain?), I'd give a shit about you, but, as you seem more concerned about you, your politics, your political Party and not too or so much about the "masses" and Nevada as a whole, then Shah of Nevada, I have to say "Cry Me a River".

[medeak]

gawd..KOLO .. that figures. Matt James general manager who spent days emailing me lengthy emails after I sent one email re ABC debate. Husband couldn't believe the man has nothing to do but send hateful emails all day. Finally stopped when I pointed out he refused to air dem candidate's commercials. So happy to see station being sued by Jewish reporter for not being paid overtime and being pressured to be born again Christian.

[Myrna the Minx]

This is clearly a job for Bjorn the Houseboy and the sleepsack. Nothing stops the tears like being encased in rubber. Or maybe Gibbons should take Durant to see Mamma Mia and dance away the tears?

[nvMojo]

This man is not lonely! He's constantly groping his way around Nevada. He's the jerk who kicked his wife out. A woman I recall who campaigned for him around Nevada.

And, gawd, I cannot stand to look at him in these photos! I feel like retching right now. What an ugly mug! He's freaking coyote ugly and unethical as all get out.

[Dude]

"I'm so ronery."

[Dude]

From Team America: World Police (cuz someone might miss the reference):

Kim Jong Il: I'm so Ronery / So ronery / So ronery and sadry arone / There's no one / Just me onry / Sitting on my rittle throne / I work very hard to be number one guy / but, stiwr there's no one to right up my rife / Seems rike no one takes me serirousry / And so, I'm ronery / A rittle ronery / Poor rittle me / There's no one I can rerate to / Feewr rike a biwd in a cage / It's kinda siwry / but, not reawry / because, it's fiwring my body with rage / I'm the smartest, most crever, most physicawry fit / but, none of the women seem to give a shit / Maybe someday, they'wr awr notice me / And untiwr then, I'wr be ronery / Yeah, a rittle ronery / Poor rittle me...

Samuel L. Jackson: Motha Fucka!

[Dude]

Poor rittle me.

[Dude]

Team America: World Police is racist and nasty and no one should ever watch it but Kim Jong Il is a perfect metaphor (analogy? Must. Find. English. Major.) for the doomed goobership of the Giblet.

[Lisa]

I'm now convinced he didn't want to be a "lonely Congressman" either. Does he realize he's not in DC anymore, where people look the other way while you cheat on your wife and just having the label "Congressman" makes you cool and tons of people kiss your arse?

You're back in Nevada now, Jimbo. You are only as good as the people kissing your arse and Nevadans will only kiss your arse when you do what they want - and you're not.

Wake up, grow up, resign, and go get some cushy office job back in DC where you think people like you, really like you.

[Michael Green]

Lisa makes a good point. At the time of the Mazzeo incident, some who knew Gibbons said he didn't realize that out here that would be harder to get away with, not to mention that with Sig there, he was sure everything would be ok. But it does beg a good question. Since he was such a loyal and good Republican, why didn't he get the chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee that he coveted? Let's set aside that Gibbons and Intelligence don't go together in any form. Could it be that the GOP leadership realized that he could easily wind up in a compromising position of the sort that the Intelligence Committee chair, with all of the information at his disposal, shouldn't be in? Just wondering. And just wondering why this didn't occur to Nevada Republicans. They must have figured that if Sig said he was ok, he must be ok. Or they don't have the morals to give a damn.

[bad]

Hate to follow up Dr. Green's grown up observations with a locker room observation, BUT, look at that photograph of Gibbons; is he getting some afternoon delight in the back yard?

How could the governor be lonely? He's got friends everywhere, including at the station in question, KOLO, where his former communications director, Brent Boynton, is an anchor.

It's probably just coincidence.

[james]

I do believe that Gibbons has some mighty heavy mental issues and needs to seek professional help.This man is not lonely! He is constantly groping his way around Nevada. He is the jerk who kicked his wife out.
He has proven that he does not have the where-with-all to effectively run this state and we need to have the AG or the FBI put him out of his misery.

james
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