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Talking about Devack Obatrick on WBUR

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Just FYI, I was on WBUR’s “Radio Boston” program on Friday afternoon to talk about the parallels between the Patrick and Obama campaigns.  Other guests were the Phoenix’s Adam Reilly, GOP analyst Todd Domke, and the omnipresent Jeff Berry of Tufts University.  You can listen to the show at this link.

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  1. David it was nice to hear you on Radio Boston.  Unfortunately, you failed to address the gap between the fantastic rhetoric and reality.  Blaming everything on the “Big Dig culture” on Beacon Hill doesn’t fly.

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    p>Drapes, a Cadillac, and casino gambling demonstrates a pattern. There is a disconnect between the words and deeds.

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    p>Gambling can bring about unintended consequences and prays on the least able to afford it.  Shame!

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    p>People need to discuss the issue.
    Rhetoric should match acts!

  2. Games of chance can be fun.  But let’s not confuse a green issue with the reality of gambling.

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    p>Answer:  There is no reason why people need to drive to Connecticut.  That doesn’t make it right though.

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    p>An addiction to tax revenue can be as bad as an addiction to any compulsive behavior.  I thank God I can play and then stop.  Some People can’t and I am willing to bypass my good time for the sake of peoples’ lives and families.

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    p>Proposing this in a budget was just plain wrong!

    • An addiction to tax revenue can be as bad as an addiction to any compulsive behavior.  I thank God I can play and then stop.  Some People can’t and I am willing to bypass my good time for the sake of peoples’ lives and families.

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      p>Right! Same with booze, the scratch tickets, cigarettes.  We ought to marginalize those bad things to CT also. For the children.

      • I am far from a Puritan; but booze, scratch tickets, and cigarettes are already legal and freely available.  We, as limited as Deval would like it, currently have a choice on casinos.

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        p>I did not say, “For the children. . .”  But while you’re on it, maybe we should demonstrate some concern for all families.

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        p>I believe we need to discuss the ramifications of casino gambling.  I didn’t try to ram this down the peoples’ throats via a budget item.  Deval is trying to do that.

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        p>So the choice is draconian cuts in our state budget or casino gambling.  Nice visionary thinking?  The rhetoric needs to match the deeds!

  4. This from Meet the Press transcript today:

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    MR. RUSSERT:  It’s funny you should say pick up lines from spouses or pick up lines from competitors, because I listened to Senator Clinton’s closing remarks, and they sounded hauntingly familiar to me.  And sure enough, we went back and checked, and this is what we discovered.  Here’s Senator Clinton and her husband, Bill Clinton, Senator Clinton and John Edwards.  Let’s watch.

    (Videotape, February 21, 2008)

    SEN. CLINTON:  You know, the hits I’ve taken in life are nothing compared to what goes on every single day in the lives of people across our country.

    (End videotape)

    (Videotape, February 18, 1992)

    FMR. PRES. CLINTON:  The hits that I took in this election are nothing compared to the hits that the people of this state and this country are taking every day of their lives.

    (End videotape)

    (Videotape, February 21, 2008)

    SEN. CLINTON:  Whatever happens, we’re going to be fine.  You know, we have strong support from our families and our friends.  I just hope that we’ll be able to say the same thing about the American people, and that’s what this election should be about.

    (End videotape)

    (Videotape, December 13, 2007)

    FMR. SEN. JOHN EDWARDS:  What’s not at stake are any of us.  All of us are going to be just fine, no matter what happens in this election.  But what’s at stake is whether America is going to be fine.

    (End videotape)

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    p>The fact that in the same debate Clinton says Obama represents change you can Xerox and then in her very well crafted closing remarks lifts lines from her hubby and Edwards sums up the Clinton campaign in a nutshell.  I really don’t care that she used lines similar to those used by Bill back in the day – they were good lines then and now. But, if you are gonna bitch about Obama on this than at least don’t in the same debate do essentially the same thing.  But ultimately, I like a lot about Hillary and liked her last remarks at the debate.  I just think Obama is a better candidate and that her campaign has let her down.

  5. They are certainly alike in their moving towards higher ideals in their speeches.  However, from the moment I first heard Patrick I expected that we’d get exactly what we’ve got from him.  

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    p>Obama strikes me as “playing the game” in order to move government and society in the right direction.

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    p>Patrick, by contrast, seems to savor the game itself.  It’s not clear to me that he actually wants to move anything but Patrick in the right direction.

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    p>I guess that time will tell us more about both men.

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