Here's a headline for the ages: "Rove Blames Iraq War for Low Bush Numbers". "People like this president," Rove said. "They're just sour right now on the war."Glad we've got that sorted out, Karl. Once the President just handles that pesky … [Read more...]
Archives for May 15, 2006
MA Stands Out In Defense Bill Vote
I follow the voting records of our Congressional delegation, roll call by roll call, looking for the anomalies. Often, we have votes on mostly partisan lines, with all or most of the Massachusetts delegation voting with the … [Read more...]
Globe reporter confirms that Dawn Arnall never donated to “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth”
The Globe's political editor, David Dahl, has written up a blog post confirming what I wrote a couple of weeks back: it doesn't look like Ameriquest's Dawn Arnall ever contributed anything to the ironically-named "Swift Boat Veterans for … [Read more...]
National Day of Out(R)age – May 24
On Wednesday, May 24th, thousands of people in cities across the country will protest the Telephone Companies AT&T and Verizon. We are outraged by the tactics of the major telephone companies (AT&T, Verizon and Quest) to pass … [Read more...]
Patrick Focuses on Winning
Deval Patrick, as Charley also notes, has announced he will resign from the Board of ACC Capital Holdings, the parent company of Ameriquest, by 1 July. He said he was satisfied the company had put in place the changes he was brought in to … [Read more...]
Patrick resigns from Ameriquest board
So reports WBUR. AP story here.Does this end the story, or does it stay alive? I'd guess that Tom Reilly isn't going to stop talking about it -- he sent out a press release immediately hammering at Patrick: One of the major differences … [Read more...]
Patrick resigns from Ameriquest
From the Patrick campaign, received in my e-mail:Dear Friends,I am writing today to let you know about my decision to resign from the Board of Ameriquest's parent company. I want you to hear from me directly before you read about this in … [Read more...]
If Reilly likes Patrick’s campaign philosophy so much, maybe he should just support Deval…
About a week ago, the "call to convention" newspaper went public with an ad from Deval Patrick featuring the message, "What we've got, money can't buy."Then, in a piece in yesterday's Globe, we saw this comment from Reilly spokesman Corey … [Read more...]
Patrick Campaign Clams Up On Ameriquest
Hi Libbie. Just a quick follow-up to my voice message. You may know about the website BlueMassGroup.com. We interviewed Mr. Patrick several months ago and had a good talk with him. Many, many of the 1,250-odd unique daily readers of our … [Read more...]