{"id":123,"date":"2017-05-31T07:25:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T11:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/?p=123"},"modified":"2017-05-31T07:25:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T11:25:17","slug":"st-albans-man-bill-covfefe-thrust-into-national-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/31\/st-albans-man-bill-covfefe-thrust-into-national-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Albans Man Bill Covfefe Thrust Into National Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. ALBANS &#8211; It all began at 12:106 AM, with a typically muddled tweet from the resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The message itself seemed clear enough. Reading simply &#8220;Despite the negative press covfefe,&#8221; the actual meaning of this very correct and intentional message was not immediately known due to the lack of a comma after the word &#8216;press&#8217; and the failure to capitalize the last name.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, it was a shock to me,&#8221; says St. Albans resident Bill Covfefe, who was woken up by phone calls at 12:30, and then continually questioned by reporters and pundits throughout the night and into the early morning. &#8220;I had no idea he was announcing my appointment via twitter, although it is so him that I oughtta\u00a0have figured. [sic]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The tweet should have read &#8220;Despite the negative press, Covfefe.&#8221; But what position will Covfefe fill? There are a large number of openings in Washington, and many more expected to open up in the coming days and weeks. Could Covfefe, a bartender at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/durtynellysvt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Durty Nelly&#8217;s Irish Pub<\/a>, be tapped for FBI director? Communications Director? Next Supreme Court Justice? Covfefe is not talking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d love to tell you, honestly I would,&#8221; Covfefe says, &#8220;but I think it&#8217;s classified. Or, as classified as anything is these days. And, to be honest, I&#8217;m not 100% sure. I met the guy golfing in February, and he said he&#8217;d hook me up. He mentioned a lot of different possibilities. I assumed he&#8217;d tell me before he announced it, but hey, he&#8217;s the president.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the negative press mentioned in the tweet, Covfefe said only, &#8220;He&#8217;s just getting ahead of himself. The negative press will come as soon as people find out about, ummm, actually, nevermind. I forget. 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