Silent Bob (Casey) Speaks

Did you catch the story about Senator-elect Bobby Casey recapping his two glorious years as state trasurer?

What a load of manure.

First, it's doubtful Casey Jr. showed up for work even half the time in 2005 and 2006 and secondly, the fact that the office of state tresurer has managed to run by itself since Casey spent all of 2006 running for Senate shows you what a nothing job he had.

The headline on the AP story was "Senator-elect Casey touts record as state treasurer" but it should have been "Silent Bob Speaks, But Has Nothing To Say."

The most interesting part of the story was Casey's quote on the infamous pay raise.

"That whole saga, the pay raise, it's a dark, sad, disturbing chapter of Pennsylvania history," Casey said.

Well, duh. No kidding, Einstein.

While Casey finally put the pay raise fiasco in perspective, I find it amusing that it's taken him two years to figure it out.

This was, after all, the man who signed the paychecks that went out to all the payjackers in 2005.

Casey could have stood up for the taxpayers of Pennsylvania and stopped the payjacking, but he decided to sit it out. Hide out was probably more like it. The election is over and we still don't have a clue about where Casey stands on any issues. He probably doesn't even know himself.

Back to the pay raise for one last time. Casey, according to the AP article, has been named a defendant in a lawsuit filed Monday that claims judges' cost-of-living increases — as currently structured — are illegal.

Casey was also a defendant in the original payjacking lawsuit, but somehow managed to weasel out of the entire mess. Much like his mentor (or should that be puppetmaster?) Ed Rendell.

Just like Teflon Eddie, Casey managed to fool enough people in Pennsylvania to elect him a U.S. Senator. And don't be surprised if the phone keeps ringing at the governor's mansion so Bobby Jr. can ask Uncle Eddie how to vote on bills in the Senate.

Here's a frightening thought. If Arlen Specter fails to complete his current term because of health reasons, Ed Rendell can appoint a replacement. There's talk that Rendell would appoint himself U.S. Senator. Can Pennsylvania (or the nation) survive Rendell and Casey in the U.S. Senate?