Bay Watch 2008: Favre Indecision

Remember the missing bride in Georgia, who sparked a national news frenzy after her disappearance then called from a 7-11 in New Mexico claiming she’d been kidnapped? If you don’t remember the ending, it was eventually revealed she’d simply gotten cold f

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August 06, 2008

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Remember the missing bride in Georgia, who sparked a national news frenzy after her disappearance then called from a 7-11 in New Mexico claiming she’d been kidnapped?  If you don’t remember the ending, it was eventually revealed she’d simply gotten cold feet and invented the whole kidnap scenario Well, sometimes I feel like the same thing is happening here.  For 4 years the press has been duped into MC'ing Brett Favre’s farewell tour until he high tailed it into retirement merely to return months later. 

BREAKING NEWS:  With a developing story of the most importance, the universe regretfully interrupts coverage of the 2008 Presidential Election, the Beijing Olympics and the apex of a treacherous hurricane season to bring you incessant … I meant salacious round the clock coverage of Brett Favre’s candidacy for a 17th term/season quarterbacking the Green Bay Packers. I understand Green Bay’s intense concern for the story but why do FOX News and CNN persist on showing me these moving pictures called video of Favre’s private plan flying back and forth between these two dots on the map named Hattiesburg, Miss. and Green Bay?  What is this a meeting of the United Nations?

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