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Tom Reilly’s “Pretty Damn Good” Gay Rights Record

August 25, 2006 By maverickdem 27 Comments

His career record on gay rights:"In any journey, there are going to be episodes that get taken out of context. But if someone looks at the record from day one to where we are now, I think a fair person would say 'He's been pretty good. … [Read more...]

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Deval Patrick’s Military Industrial Investment Portfolio

August 23, 2006 By maverickdem 37 Comments

As the Boston Globe reported, Deval Patrick recently unloaded some of his stock holdings that "wouldn't meet some of the liberal "smell tests" for socially responsible investing."  Specifically, that article mentioned: Alliant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: disclosure, patrick, tax-returns

Bay Window: Where Was Deval? Good Question.

August 17, 2006 By maverickdem 33 Comments

As you may recall, Deval Patrick was scathing in his criticism of Tom Reilly's decision to certify the same sex marriage ballot initiative.  It was a statement dripping with righteous indignation.  In certifying the measure, Tom … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick, glbt, patrick

Did BMG Jump the Shark?

August 15, 2006 By maverickdem 35 Comments

In fact, the blogosphere in general is not much different than talk radio or TV punditry.  It is dominated by the left and the right.  The difference, of course, is that the far left is largely nonexistent on radio and TV (unless … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: blue-mass-group, bmg

Gabrieli’s Finger in the (Cape) Wind?

August 11, 2006 By maverickdem 9 Comments

So, after seeing Chris Gabrieli's new Cape Wind position, I assumed he no longer had questions about the leasing of the land.  Likewise, I assumed that he felt that the state has gotten a good deal.  I had to assume these things … [Read more...]

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The $2.1 Million Question for Deval Patrick

August 8, 2006 By maverickdem 13 Comments

Accepting Deval Patrick's account of events, we are left with the following: In October 2003, Patrick was confronted with the issue of Coke's alleged encouragement of violence against union workers at its Colombia-based bottling plant … [Read more...]

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Deval’s Corporate Record and the Definition of a Fact

August 7, 2006 By maverickdem 12 Comments

So what we are left with is not a fact.  What we are left with is an anonymous person's account.  Just because something is widely-espoused or even widely-reported does not make it a fact.  It may add something - a lot, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: patrick

Gabrieli’s Big Dig/Bechtel Connection

August 4, 2006 By maverickdem 56 Comments

By now, almost every BMG reader has heard Gabrieli utter the words (probably over and over and over), "And the Big Dig proves again that government is not getting the job done."  The ad appears designed to cast Gabrieli as an outsider … [Read more...]

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With Friends Like These, Deval. . .

August 3, 2006 By maverickdem 8 Comments

The Patrick campaign can't be overly thrilled to see this:That's Somerville "Mayor Joe" Curtatone (a Deval endorsor) standing tall with Kerry Healey behind a podium emblazoned with her campaign placard at a campaign event hosted in his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: curtatone, healey, patrick

For Those Who Care About Substance

August 3, 2006 By maverickdem 28 Comments

He has a position on stem cells, but no comprehensive healthcare plan.  He has a plan to make college more affordable, but no plan to improve public elementary, secondary, or higher education.  He has a position on the income tax … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gabrieli, patrick, policy, reilly

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