(This could be an entertaining discussion. Have at it. – promoted by JulieWaters)
Thanks to the wry wit of Peter Freyne, former Governor Douglas‘ gifted moniker was Governor Scissorhands.
To my way of thinking, Governor Douglas had earned it as much for deeply cutting budgets as he might have done for his skill at cutting ribbons.
Speaking of deepening or rather impaling budget cuts, either view or read more on the subject, here (via WCAX News).
One is then left to only wonder however whether the moniker Governor Shumlin could eventually earn down the road someday will be that of Peter the Impaler?
Now that we’re rid of “Grim Jim” how about “Upbeat Pete”?
Around here we lovingly refer to him as The Schnozz (short for The Wizard of Schnozz).
I video recorded one of his stump speech stops and I got a great shot of him speaking with Shap Smith. I zoomed in to sharpen focus and then zoomed out to frame the shot. In the editing room I got a fabulous shot of just his nose centered in the frame with the motion of the zoom seemingly pointing right at his schnozz. That’s when I started thinking of him as one big nose.
I like Gov Shumlin, and I am very pleased that he has replaced the Republican Party as the leader of our state. He’s doing alright so far, as far as I can tell.