So Rachael Rollins thinks everyone is picking on her because she’s a woman and because of those two pesky fed reports that people keep bringing up whenever they talk about her ethics, as the Globe and Herald report. But she really shouldn’t feel picked on. She was never criminally charged with anything, after all, unlike Tania Fernandes Anderson, David Nangle, Dianne Wilkerson, Sal DiMasi, Tom Finneran, Charles Flaherty, etc. Now they were picked on. Legitimately so, based on their convictions, guilty pleas and/or failed appeals, but they were nevertheless picked on, damn it.

Speaking of Tania, Dave, Dianne, Sal, Tom and Chuck etc., did you know Wikipedia has an entire article on Massachusetts politicians who were picked on over the years? It’s true. Here it is: “Massachusetts politicians convicted of corruption.” Strangely, Finneran and Flaherty aren’t listed. Must be a technicality. But no James Michael Curley, arguably the most picked on Massachusetts politician in history? There’s a double standard here somewhere!

Anyway, back to mildly picked on Rachael. I have this awful feeling she’s going to be one of those pols who just won’t leave. She has that will to power, that sense of righteousness mixed with shamelessness, the ability to turn negative liabilities into victimhood positives. She also needs the job. I give her a 50-50 chance of winning in September.