| The Rainville reboot is under way. Freyne reports she has a spiffy new look:
They look like some D.C. political fashion consultant’s idea -- outfits that show her feminine side while reminding everyone of her military past. On Saturday she had a stripe of stars running down the front.
...and she almost gave an opinion today (a brave one too - she is apparently against "bickering"). And now that Communications Director Bill Noyes has been disappeared by the National GOP powers-that-be, his replacement has been named. It's Rutland Herald reporter Brendan McKenna of the liberal media elite (I guess WCAX's Marselis Parsons and the Caledonian Broken Record's Lyn Bixby weren't available).
What qualifies Brendan McKenna to be the press mouthpiece for the general? How about his promotional piece touting her "strong stance" for the troops? Or this one, explaining how "Rainville has made it her duty to understand the frustrations, hopes and fears of Vermont National Guard soldiers serving in Iraq" (penned in December and January respectively -- long after Rainville had decided her "duty" was actually to run for US Congress while exploiting the National Guard by "unofficially" running her campaign and refusing to step down honorably -- no mention of that little detail in either piece, of course).
Darren Allen at Hall Monitor assures us McKenna won't be reporting on politics before the job starts. And why should he? The audition is over. He got the part.
She still hasn't settled into the new paradigm yet, though. From the Republican luau last weekend, Freyne at Seven Days reports:
Rainville also mentioned she had been recruited by “influential leaders” of the Democratic Party and had “politely declined” their invitation. “Their principles,” said Martha, “are simply not my principles.”
Whoops! Better give her a good talking to Brendan. Democrats aren't supposed to have principles, remember? |
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