Okay, so Danica said something unfortunate into an open mike.

She had a rough day at Indy 500 qualifying:

The racing world has seen a charming Danica Patrick, and an angry Patrick and a joyous Patrick. Saturday afternoon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the racing world got to see a shaken Patrick.

Such is the effect of having a horribly handling race car at 225 mph.

“I was shaking for minutes,” Patrick said after climbing out of her Andretti Autosports car following her qualifying run.

The problem has been a loose car. Really loose. So loose that after she saw teammate and former Indianapolis 500 pole winner Tony Kanaan spin and crash during his qualifying run, Patrick said she was not a bit surprised.

“We’ve been loose all month,” Patrick said. “It’s just not there. We trim it out and it gets worse. Our car is just totally skating across the track. This is disappointing. None of us are OK with this.”

So far so good. But then:

From pit lane, she said during an interview which was broadcast over the public address system at the track, “I wasn’t flat out the last two laps and I was scared to death flat on the first two. I’ve never been bad here before. I’ve never been outside the top 10 on a finish or qualifying, so, it’s not my fault. The car is not good.”

She was, apparently, booed for the “not my fault” line. And then she didn’t really help herself much the next day:

Danica, Danica, Danica. You started out so well, with the “we” and the “everybody working hard” and the “nobody wants this.” And then you had to go and blame the fans.

Bad public relations. I hate bad public relations. Danica, babe, call me. Let the Trog give you some PR advice. I’m good at that.

In the meantime, keep talking. I get 500 hits every time you make the news.

UPDATE - A Trogwa against Fishersville Mike for his blasphemy!