Jeff followed through today and vetoed his own nomination of Kevin to execute Plan BackDoor Russell. After the POV ceremony, they launched into a "conversation" about it. Jeff started out by asking if Russell wanted to talk about it, and saying "you gotta admit, it was a good game move." Really, Jeff? Self-centered much?
Regardless, Russ did acknowledge it was a good move, but also reminded Jeff that he said if any of the F4 alliance broke the deal that he would "murder" them and their families. And that he swore on his own family to uphold the deal. Jeff tried a rather weak counterargument that Russell broke the deal first because it was a "Final 4" deal, not a "Final 4, with a Final 2 on the side" deal. Again. Really, Jeff? As if you don't have your own F2 on the side.
The heated conversation went on, with a particular F word thrown around quite a bit. For the sake of keeping our Family Friendly status, and because I find it funny...we'll substitute our own F word.
Russell knows he's pretty FLUFFED with the votes. Jordan will obviously vote however Jeff wants. Michele will most likely float on over to J/J, but Russell probably figures he has a shot with her, if he can someone how get Kevin. Kevin's almost sure to keep his ally Natalie, but Russell's not one to roll over and die, so he is hitting the campaign trail. He sat down with Kevin this afternoon and gave him a bit of a pitch about how Kev shouldn't team up with Jeff. Russell started with the point that he was upset that Kevin didn't back him up when Chima was calling him a terrorist. His point is that Kevin, as a multi-minority himself, ought to realize how offensive the slurs were. And that was a bit of a setup to let Kevin know that Jeff had called Kev that "other F word" (which, I don't think he actually did). It seems Russell's idea is get Kevin mad enough at Jeff that Kev will decide to keep Russ as a better anti-Jeff ally than Natalie would be.
And won't Jeff be FLUFFED if Russell does somehow manage to stay?
The Floater Alliance is going strong as always....Lucky the Duckie still hasn't even been nom'ed....