Stardate 20011003.1418 (On Screen via long range sensors): I see nothing has changed in Massachusetts since I moved away. The test of leadership is crisis. Mayor Giuliani has measured up; Massachusetts governor Swift has not. Security at Logan Airport has evidently been terrible for a long time, and it was no accident that two of the four jets involved in the 9/11 attacks originated there. Since that event, security at Logan has by all accounts continued to suck. Governor Swift has responded forthrightly by ducking the issue, and transferring the career bureaucrat in charge of security at Logan to take over security in Boston Harbor, at the same salary he had before. (Obviously he's qualified for the position; he's got plenty of relevant experience.)
Has Governor Swift lost her mind? It's hard to conceive of a less well advised move under the circumstances in terms of damage control and political fallout. The writers of Saturday Night Live couldn't have scripted a worse blunder. What is she thinking? (Is she thinking?) (discuss)
