Peter's Blackberry jam

You knew that, sooner or later, this high-pressure Senate campaign cauldron was going to boil over and sear an indelible image of shocking impropriety into the minds of voters. Well, it's happened.

For those of you who haven't heard -- maybe you were hiking the Australian outback, or exploring underwater caves off the coast of Mexico -- it seems that Peter Deutsch checked his e-mail. On his Blackberry. During a debate.

I'll wait now for you to pour yourself a stiff drink.

The horror of it all is that this Blackberry business might have escaped notice if not for an attentive Herald reporter covering Tuesday's debate of Democratic Senate candidates in West Palm. That didn't happen, thank God. Beth Reinhard was on the case, so now we know that Peter got two e-mails from an advisor saying he was doing a good job. But it could have been even worse. Imagine if the advisor had sent an off-color joke! Or the score of the Marlins game! Or news that mortgage rates are headed up, so refinance now!

Now you're beginning to grasp the magnitude of the danger.

Oh, the humanity.

Comments

[Ryan]

I sure am glad the "fourth branch of government" is looking out for us. Maybe we should just forgo normal elections this year and decide everything based on some in-your-face reality shows about the candidates lives. Think of the product placement opportunities!