We have a Jane Swift sighting. You’ll remember Jane as the incompetent, ticket balancing lieutenant governor who liked to ride around in state helicopters and use her aides as baby sitters. She took over as acting governor (strong emphasis on acting) when Paul Cellucci made a run for the northern border by becoming the ambassador to Canada. It really says something about a state when even its governor joins the great unwashed in exiting stage left. But I digress.

Flash forward to today and “Pitbull Swifty” is trying to take a chunk out of Mitt Romney’s leg. It seems that “Swifty” is still none too pleased about being pushed aside by Mitt in the 2002 Republican state primary. So, in an attempt to return the favor Sicilian style, she’s attacking him for raising state fees while governor just before the Michigan primary.

Ironically and rather ineptly, while attacking Romney on fees, she officially supports John McCain. McCain voted against President Bush’s tax cuts twice. And that’s why I’d tell everyone considering Romney to take everything Jane Swift says with a few grains (read salt mines worth) of salt.

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