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PRESS RELEASE FROM REILLY CAMPAIGN: BIG TIME STUFF I TELL YA

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FROM MY EMAIL INBOX

A PRESS RELEASE

IN GLORIOUS ALLCAPSACOLOR

STARRING CHARLTON HESTON … AS TOM REILLY

“I have a great deal of respect for Lieutenant Governor Healey and look forward to a spirited campaign on our records, our ideas, and our visions for the future of this state. Massachusetts needs a Governor with a proven record of independent leadership and of getting results that matter in the lives of ordinary people. That’s the Governor I will be and I look forward to putting forth my competing vision for getting Massachusetts moving again over the course of this campaign.”

Ah, that explains a lot: he hasn’t yet put forth his competing vision for getting Massachusetts moving again (as Deb Goldberg likes to say). We look forward to it, too.

OK, let me turn off the snark-o-rator here … (snap!). Ah, much better. Seriously, Tom Reilly would do very very well to actually talk about some substantive approaches to substantive issues about which he cares deeply. Tom, don’t just tell us, as you did at the convention last year, that we need to reach out to the middle, to people disenchanted with politics, and that you’re the guy to do it. Demonstrate it. Talk about how housing will be cheaper and kids will be smarter and we’ll all be healthier and the air will be cleaner and the streets will be safer when you’re Gov. And tell us how. Be specific.

… And don’t just send me a press release that doesn’t say anything, OK?

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  2. …should have rolled out his 20-point proposal on how to improve education, fund Medicaid, and improve the Commonwealth’s collapsing infrastructure.

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    Got it.

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    What was DP’s official campaign statement today?

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    Was it any different that Tom Reilly’s?  Did he bother to put out any public statement at all?

    • Maybe Reilly’s hoping that by “welcoming” Kerry Healey to the Governor’s race, she’ll drop out in 24 hours? Oh wait, that only works for Reilly’s handpicked Lt. Governors.

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      Kidding aside, it really would be nice if TR actually came out with a position on something… anything, really. The fact that he’s taken no stand on any public issue (besides the incredibly misguided income tax rollback) is a major mark against him in my book. (Oh yeah; he doesn’t like Cape Wind either.)

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      Geez, Tom, tell us why we should elect you. Look at the website; it tells us nothing about where he stands.

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      DP, on the other hand, has been upfront from the beginning about his stance on the issues that matter to Massachusetts voters. Want to know how he feels about education? Healthcare? Jobs? Check out his website and he’ll tell you… in detail. You may not agree with him, but at least you’ll know where he’s coming from.

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      As for a public statement, you can’t really say that the Healey announcement is news, can you? This has been a foregone conclusion for months. DP’s got better things to do… like running his own campaign.

      • …why do you DP supporters expect anything but civility from the Reilly campaign on the day of Healey’s kick-off event?

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        After all, Kerry Healey withheld comment when Reilly’s LaFleur fustercluck went down, when DP’s own tax problems went down, and when DP’s funny business with Coca-Cola and his home mortgage went down.

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        I guess that, according to DP’s supporters, Tom Reilly should have picked the day of Kerry Healey’s kick-off announcement to roll out his extensive plan to rejuvinate the Commonwealth.

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        By the way, did DP have a press release today?  You know, the day that Kerry Healey kicked off her campaign, and Democrats all over the Commonwealth clamored to hear Tom Reilly’s substantive policy proposals?

        • is not so much that he should have chosen today to roll out a slew of policy proposals.  It’s that Reilly has yet to say anything about what he actually wants to do if he gets elected.  Seems like it wouldn’t be a bad idea to start talking about that sometime.  Patrick’s been doing it for months.

          • Huh?

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            After all, you DP supporters are having an awful lot of fun picking apart Tom Reilly’s official campaign press release marking the day that Kerry Healey kicked off her campaign.

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            Where is DP’s official press release?

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            Since y’all are having so much fun making light of Reilly’s entirely civil press release…

            • To be completely hypocritical for a moment: I like the civility. And you’re right, picking on a press release is a cheap shot.

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              I really wish the press release, or anything Reilly does, would tell us what kind of governor he’d be. I actually mean this completely sincerely: If you know, or have some insight, please tell us.

        • 1)  There’s no reason TR or DP needed to say anything about Kerry Healey today. I don’t see Christy Mihos sending out a press release either.

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          2)  Kerry Healey minded her own business when TR had his problems last week. DP’s “tax problems” are history and “funny business with Coca-Cola” is fiction. Even TR played it smartly there….

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          3)  It still would be nice if we knew what sort of platform TR was running on. We’re waiting….

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          4)  Again, DP’s taking care of his own business. If there’s a reason for a press release, I’m sure you’ll see one. (Great interview on Greater Boston tonight, btw.)

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          5)  I said I was kidding about borrowing from the Silbert playbook. It was a joke. Lighten up.

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          And on that note (since I’m obviously getting cranky), good night!

        • …would have to go to you.

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          Tim said nothing about how Reilly should have issued a press release on the same day, despite your insistence that he did.  He said that Reilly has yet to make a stand about anything.  Which is sort of true, as you know, or presumably you’d have a better retort than to misinterpret the point of the argument.

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          Step back, take a deep breath, and stop acting like a character in This Modern World.

  3. Folks –

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    John Walsh
    Campaign Manager
    Deval Patrick for Governor

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    PS – Thank you to the grassroots for the caucus results.  Check out http://www.devalpatrick.com for info on the caucuses still to be held.

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

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    DEVAL PATRICK CALLS ON KERRY HEALEY TO TAKE A STRONG STAND AND SUPPORT RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE CAPE WIND PROJECT

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    As Bush Administration Also Pushes Wind Power, Healey Should Break With Mitt Romney and Tom Reilly on Cape Wind

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    BOSTON—Wednesday, February 8, 2006—As energy prices this winter shock Bay State residents like never before, Deval Patrick today called upon Kerry Healey to support the Cape Wind project, a major clean energy project that will help stabilize electricity prices and reduce costs for Massachusetts energy consumers.

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    “With President Bush focusing in his State of the Union Address on the need for America to end its dependence on foreign oil and to help grow an exciting renewable energy industry, the Romney-Healey administration’s opposition to Cape Wind makes no sense at all, especially as people get sticker shock opening their energy bills,” said Deval Patrick. “Today, I call upon Kerry Healey to announce her clear support of Cape Wind so we can begin to power three quarters of Cape Cod’s energy needs with clean, renewable energy. There’s an added bonus to the Cape Wind project: it will help make Massachusetts a national leader in the renewable energy sector. That’s a real economic opportunity for Massachusetts,” Patrick added.

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    The Cape Wind project proposes to build 130 wind turbines off the coast of Cape Cod, which will be the nation’s first offshore wind farm. Cape Wind will produce up to 420 megawatts of clean, renewable energy, enough to power three quarters of Cape Cod’s electric needs. The project will help stabilize the region’s energy prices and will help create hundreds of new jobs.

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    “Kerry Healey cannot claim leadership on critical energy issues in Massachusetts unless she supports Cape Wind,” said Patrick. “Many residents are facing energy bills this year twice as high as last year and the current administration has shown no leadership on this issue.”

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    More than three months ago, Deval Patrick released his Moving Massachusetts Forward energy and environment plan, becoming the first and only candidate for governor to endorse the Cape Wind project. Patrick’s plan includes leadership in renewable energy, encouraging conservation, cleaning up power plants, developing businesses in energy efficient products and services, investment in public transportation, a commitment to smart growth, and a promise that in a Patrick Administration,  from state government will practice what it preaches in the areas of energy and the environment.

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    Before he released his comprehensive energy and environment plan, Patrick studied the issues surrounding the wind farm debate, visited with all side of the issue and stood on the beaches of Cape Cod. He consulted a range of experts and decided, on balance, the Cape Wind project is in the best interests of Massachusetts citizens.

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    Today, as she officially launches her campaign, the Deval Patrick campaign asks Kerry Healey to step out from behind the shadow of Mitt Romney and declare her support for Cape Wind.

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    Deval Patrick was a senior official in President Clinton’s Justice Department and also worked for the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund. Prior to announcing his candidacy in last April, Patrick served as a top lawyer and executive at Coca-Cola and Texaco and also practiced law privately in Massachusetts.

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    Patrick’s grassroots, statewide campaign has over 3,000 volunteers and has raised more than $1.8 million, with $350,000 in donations raised through the campaign’s grassroots efforts on the internet. Deval and his wife Diane currently live in a house in Milton that is along his high school paper route.

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    • With the GFWB’s budget recently released, there will be less spendingin the states. How does TR and KMH plan to cover that spending while rolling back or income taxes, or do they plan to reduce spending and progrmas and if so which ones. Lets be real and ignore who released what and ignore the “tax and spend” label and ignore almost everything that comes out of the GOP. Lets focus on where the money is going to come from and what or who is going to get cut.

    • BTW, what’s the likelihood of getting the video from Chet Curtis’s NECN interview w. DP (from Jan. 3?) and/or DP’s interview with Emily Rooney on Greater Boston (last night) posted on or linked from the website? (There may be some others I missed, too.)

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      I know not everyone had a chance to see these when they originally aired, but I think DP presented very well in both instances.

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      Thanks and keep up the good work!

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  4. Deval Patrick’s courage in supporting America’s first off shore wind farm against the wishes of our state’s superannuated political panjandrums in both party’s is described even more fully on Cape Cod’s new alternative online daily newspaper http://CapeCodToday.com with all the archived free forever on this race and all the others.

    • How about off of the South Shore or the North Shore?

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      I think Deval Patrick’ stance on Cape Wing is a HUGE winner with voters

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      How about a move that would work toward public buildings becoming energy efficient or even independent with the use of solar power(which has come a long way from the 70’s)

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      Money allocated in municipal budgets for heat drains money that could go elsewhere in a budget

      • it’s a winner with voters (although I agree with the position).

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        As for other places, I’m pretty sure they are looking at doing wind farms out west along different sets of hills … the thing about the Cape is that it has a unique sea bed that is perfect for the project … unlike Narragansett and other bays, where such proposals have been (pardon the pun) floated.

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