Shami, we hardly knew ye

Like a candle in the wind, or a fart in a hurricane, the Farouk Shami campaign for governor is fading fast.

Five top staff members resigned Wednesday, citing rampant chaos at the campaign HQ.

I suspect those were the only Shami staffers who knew Shiite from shinola when it comes to Texas politics.

Shami, for those of you who have been locked in your uncle’s closet for the past few months, is a hair-care millionaire seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.

He seems like a nice man, but he has zero political experience and has made one boneheaded statement after another on the campaign trail.

My favorite was when he had to admit he didn’t know who his own state representative and senator were. (“Details! Details!”)

Anyhoo, the truly hilarious thing about the staffers resigning is that it is connected to an e-mail that went out statewide Tuesday, even though it was supposed to go from one staffer to another.

I got the e-mail, and it is reprinted below. It is freaking hilarious:

“Who in the hell is David Diaz? He is not authorized by the campaign to send out any press releases and we keep seeing them out there, apparently "authorized" by Jessica Gutierrez? Isn't she Farouk's public relations rep for his company? Why are these amateurs with aol.com email addresses sending out these awful statements? These are the same people that give him quotes like great one about Mexicans and sunshine. No one with the campaign has authorized these statements and whoever they are, they are sabotaging every bit of legitimacy Farouk has as a candidate.

“We have a communications director, a press secretary, and a policy/strategy team for the campaign. The entire paid staff has worked very hard on strategy for this candidate and have been chopped off at the knees by these incompetents! The staff could probably work with his "unique" statements, but these people that think they are helping him are feeding him their stupidity. Seriously, can we hunt these people down and muzzle them? This is highly unprofessional and must be resolved immediately.”

Oh, well, since the governor thing didn’t work out, Shami should try to bounce back strong.

I suggest a run for president in 2012. We could use the comic relief.