By and large, not too exciting. I’m not sure exactly what Jon Keller was referring to in terms of the interview being “eyebrow-raising.” Aside from the Killer Coke stuff (which Keller already posted, and which Charley writes more about below), I picked up only two points that don’t qualify as “same old same old”:
- Reilly said that Matt Amorello and the Turnpike Authority have been totally forthcoming with respect to documents and other information requests regarding the CA/Tastrophe. Not quite what we’ve been hearing from RomneyCo.
- A modest gaffe: Reilly claims Patrick netted $350 million from Ameriquest. Actually, of course, it was about $360,000.
Beyond that, it was pretty much what we’ve been hearing from Reilly all along: I’m the guy with the experience “serving the people of Massachusetts”; I’m for the income tax rollback; opponents should release their tax returns; crime is bad; need to reduce the cost of health care. I might recommend to Mr. Reilly that he cut down on the “uhs” when he’s speaking, and try to get a little more inflection into his voice. It’s about as monotone as humanly possible, and as a result he sounds bored.
You can watch the whole thing at Keller’s site. Anyone catch something I missed?
Does Keller call him out on his “modest gaffe”? I’ll bet my lunch money he didn’t…
on the Killer Coke question and even insisted that there be more disclosure by both Patrick and gabrielli about their private and corporate backgrounds. Is the fact that BMG endorsed Patrick diminish your objectivity ?
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What would you like to see? Be specific.
The part of the interview in which they talk about Killer Coke, and in which Reilly complains about Patrick’s and Gabrieli’s alleged nondisclosure of their corporate backgrounds, was already published a couple of days ago on Keller’s blog, and was also discussed at some length on BMG at the time. I saw no reason to repeat it today. So instead of jumping to the incorrect conclusion that I’m treating your guy unfairly, why not actually read what’s on the front page here, and what’s linked in those posts, instead of wasting my time writing responses that just point you to what I wrote two days ago?
Tom, who has had full disclosure tenfold, will now hammer Patrick and Gabrielli and pressure them to explain their private dealings. As Tom said in his interview, “he has always trailed in polls “, because most of the voters he attracts do not pay attention until the last few weeks. I sense that your smug liberal crowd has made a big mistake by keeping the Killer Coke , Reillygate email controversy in the forefront. If Tom keeps it out there ,it can only hurt Patrick’s campaign plan. Clearly, Patrick does not want to be in a position to defend himself again with all the newbies arriving on the scene…. “KILLER COKE”? WHAT IS THAT? …Defending negatives does not win elections.
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Remember, just like George Bush and Tom Mennino , Reilly may be a bland , boring candidate, but he is a commodity that the average voter can trust. If they go into the poll booth and Reilly creates an uneasiness with Patrick’s slick resume and Gabrielli’s hollow record of success they will go for the comfort food.
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How has Tom Reilly had “full disclosure tenfold”? He’s got a big, big hole in his resume posted on his website:
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Tom Reilly worked in the private sector for a number of years. How many? What was the firm Tom worked for? Why isn’t Tom listing the cases he defended, or even the types of cases. Was he defending murderers? White-collared criminals? Drug dealers?
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This is hardly “full disclosure” from the Reilly camp. And why does he only want to talk about the past ten years? Sounds like something George Bush might say.
Do at least minimal research before attacking the guy.
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“Reilly moved to Washington DC and worked for two years with the Central Intelligence Agency. For one year, Reilly moved to Dearborn, Michigan, where he worked with the Ford Motor Company as a Labor Relations Representative until 1967. Reilly attended Boston College Law School and received his JD in June 1970.
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Reilly worked for two years as a prosecutor in the state attorney generals civil rights division. He worked for four years as a Suffolk County prosecutor. In 1976, Reilly and Budd formed Budd and Reilly, a Boston-based law firm. The firm became the largest minority dominated firm in New England.”
Who would have thought that Jon Keller would ever, ever overhype one of his own pieces?!