In reality, their spheres of influence cater to a very specific, but large group, the far right wing. And in that group, are it's outliers, the fringe people. The ones who sit on the fence, hanging on every word of people like this, waiting … [Read more...]
Speech Score: Citizens 1, Deval 2
A big factor there is the horrific, abiding great recession. Here though, Patrick's administration wasted time in realizing promises for the recalcitrance of the General Court. Simply put, he couldn't get funds and enabling … [Read more...]
Fun quiz — who said what?
How did you do?You may have recognized a few of these. I was forced to leave out the most Reaganesque of Deval's lines because they contain telltale phrases like "checking out" and "checking in" which I've only heard him use to talk … [Read more...]
Childish..meaningless …drunk…babbling…
There were some good points offered in between those insults, and sadly the attacks too often drowned them out.Look, I don't support Deval Patrick. And I think a lot can happen over the next month. Shockingly, since I support … [Read more...]
How Deval should say it about taxes
I'm not writing this diary to attack Deval Patrick. Though I don't support him (though I'm not pro-rollback), I'm writing this mainly to look at Deval's answer to the question about rolling taxes back to 5%.I do it because his current … [Read more...]
A General Election Advertisement
The quotes come from CentralMAguy on this BMG thread and I thought it was brilliantly strong-worded, yet poignant; it's the sort of ad which can deliver votes. Use of language is paramount in an election. Not only do Democrats have to be … [Read more...]