Inslee: More than just (daytime) talk

A headline from Saturday's Bainbridge Review gave me one of those "Zoinks?!" moments.

"Jay Inslee's goal: to get on Oprah." the front page declared.

Uh, wow. I'll have to check this out, I thought. After all, Inslee's made a name for himself promoting such lofty stuff as breaking our addiction to Middle East oil, promoting bio-fuels, fair trade vs. free trade, pushing for recognition of those Islanders sent to concentration camps during World War II.

Now his 'goal' is to yak it up with Oprah.

I wondered, as I forked over my three gilded Washingtons, what would Jay and Oprah discuss before a live studio audience. Weight loss tips? Childhood traumas? What in this spring's fashions will bring out the azure of Jay's peepers?

Nothing of the sort. Seems Inslee's writing a book about what Inslee loves best: clean energy. Not much of a Zoinker after all. I felt a bit duped, a little tricked. But I got to hand it to you Bainbridge Review - you got me.

You got my 75 cents and I got a journalistic wedgie.