Originally Posted by MikeF16

1st off, I'd like to publicly apologize to you Buzz. I thanked a zillion people and have no idea how I forgot to talk to you. Please accept my apology and understand that it was only my own inability to remember the long list of people who had some part in helping me prep for my interview, not any malice on my part.

As to my advice to Ponce. He and I are very good friends, my message to him is the strongest encouragement I could've given him on a public board and he knows it. I also called him immediately after I found out via this board to offer my congratulations and offered to help in anyway possible. I see how somebody who doesn't share our background could see my message differently, but to quote our administration, this is a phony scandal, there's nothing to see here.