No commentary, just reprinting a sad story.Gov. Mitt Romney, who has pledged to return home for important occasions and prided himself on attending the funerals of Massachusetts servicemen killed overseas, skipped the funeral of an Malden … [Read more...]
Archives for October 13, 2006
So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye
One thing about a mutual admiration society is that the meetings can be rather boring. I have attempted to alleviate the boredom by including a bit of critical thinking in some of the diaries posted on BMG. I believed that the … [Read more...]
Mass Lawyers Weekly’s first endorsement: Patrick
Kerry Healey's attacks have prodded Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly to break a longstanding tradition, and endorse Deval Patrick:During the 34-year history of Lawyers Weekly, the paper has never endorsed a candidate for elected office. This … [Read more...]
Heads of the Mass. & Boston Bar Associations speak out
As a practicing Boston lawyer and founder of the earliest Boston bar association, John Adams defended British troops accused of the murder of patriots at the Boston Massacre. Six of those soldiers and their captain were acquitted. Though he … [Read more...]
Murray attacked by no good state rep
In an update article in the Worcester Telegram and gazette George Peterson had this to say These two (Mr. Patrick and Mr. Murray) have decided to come down on the side of convicted individuals. They made that choice, Mr. Peterson said. … [Read more...]
What is the Globe’s Obligation to Report the Truth or is it OK for the Globe to Lie?
They will hide behind the principal of "protecting their sources" as if they were exposing corruption or malfeasancewhen they are only protecting pettiness.They are also protecting a system of lazy reporting in which campaigns feed … [Read more...]
HubPolitics jumps the shark
The sages of Beverly have lost it. Whether because Kerry Healey's poll numbers are not rising quickly enough to suit them, or because they never really liked Kerry Healey that much anyway (Matt has said more than once that he'd … [Read more...]
Not Enough People in the Commonwealth…
...to gather for Deval on Sunday. Regardless of one's political orientation the Patrick family deserves your support. The Healey camp went well over the edge a few weeks ago with the wall-to-wall lie of an ad from the Republican Governor's … [Read more...]
Debby Blumer
State Rep. Debby Blumer dies: Apparent heart attack while driving in FraminghamBy Norman Miller and Emelie Rutherford/ Daily News StaffFriday, October 13, 2006 - Updated: 02:59 PM ESTFRAMINGHAM- State Rep. Deborah Blumer died this morning … [Read more...]
MSM catches on: Healey really was for it all, before she was against it
The AP's Glen Johnson has written up a nice summary of Kerry Healey's little problem with flip-flopping.For Kerry Healey, it's increasingly, "I'll do as I say, not as I said."The Republican is asking voters to support her for governor this … [Read more...]