governor

Swift: It's hard to apply lipstick in a helicopter

Brett — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:24:24 -0400

This just in: In a desperate bid to fix her Political Has Been status, Jane Swift is using her position as...something...to bitch about how Obama's being sexist using the whole "like lipstick on a pig" comment. It's surprising that she didn't comment on the "dead fish" remark that followed; she's part Italian!

The simile has little to do with women, and in the absurdity of the moment, everyone seems to forget that all the candidates wear makeup to look good on TV. No doubt her routine will help net her a cushy federal-level position should McCain and Palin get into office.

All of this is to shift focus away from from McCain and Palin rewriting history. The real kicker is that it's a phrase so common, even our good buddy Dick has slung it around, and he was using it to claim that Kerry was a coward who would result in Bin Laden (talk about another has-been) killing us all. See, Jane? Nothing to do with women. It's about Gitin' Them Ter-rists!

PS:Since when did Jane Swift hold conference calls with reporters? Foon Rhee, why did you pass on this crap that was spoon-fed to you? What was the purpose of that conference call? Who arranged it? Hmm?

Title updated; thank you, bostonkid. I bow before you

Governor bets he can withhold casino memoranda

adamg — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:49:09 -0400

Sabutai knows something about the gambling issue, living in Middleborough and all, and so wonders why Deval Patrick won't release that casino study:

... Either something about building a casino is involved with national security, or there's something in those taxpayer-funded studies that Deval doesn't want taxpayers to know. Maybe stuff that would have been useful to know before our town meeting...maybe stuff that makes him look like a twit for being on the sidelines while other people like Tim Cahill stepped up. Maybe there's nothing in there, and Deval is taking tips from Dick Cheney. Maybe it's nothing -- I don't know, but durn it I'd like to find out. ...

Sco calls for release:

... You can hold on to the casino study until you make your final decision, but if you don't release it people are always going to wonder what was so awful in there that the public wasn't allowed to read.

Michael Pahre thinks the Governor is breaking the state open-records law:

... I think the Governor is going to lose this one, but who knows how long it will take for the Supervisor [of public records] to order the records released. ...

The governor and his transportation

adamg — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:44:02 -0500

Carpundit, no fan of Deval Patrick, won't criticize him for his Cadillac:

... Is it the Boston Herald creating this controversy, or are state Republicans really trying to use this as an issue? Because the former is rational. The latter is just stupid.

Inauguration photos

adamg — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:12:31 -0500

Philocrites posts State House photos.

More photos.

Youth Inaugural at the Schubert Theatre.

Deval Patrick's inaugural address

adamg — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:01:58 -0500

Blue Mass. Group has the text.

Grass-roots government?

adamg — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:13:49 -0500

David Kravitz of Blue Mass. Group is co-chair of Deval Patrick's civic-engagagement:

... Our group been asked to consider three general "principles" in going about our task:

Converting the grassroots campaign into a way of governing;

Increasing civic engagement; and

Rebuilding communities throughout the state. ...

Need a job with the state?

adamg — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:38:24 -0500

The Deval Patrick Transition (hmm, sounds like a 1980s rock group, no?).

Wait a minute. Deval Patrick is black? Get OUT!

adamg — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:22:07 -0500

Mike Mennonno notes that now that the national press has discovered Our Deval, suddenly his race is mentioned all the time:

... If Deval himself was "blacker," or had run a "blacker" campaign â€” fear of his "blackness" is what Healey was trying to force into white voters' consciousness with her rape ads--what do you think would have been the outcome? He would likely still have won, but by a slimmer margin. He didn't play into Healey's race-baiting, and that turned out to be the best thing for his campaign. But the undercurrents of racial fear and loathing Healey tried to exploit do deserve real and systematic examination. Just because we voted in a black governor doesn't mean that all the sudden everything's hunky-dory when it comes to race in Massachusetts. ...

The glee continues

adamg — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:51:51 -0500

Oh, sure, there are those Gloomy Gusses who are barricading their doors against the imminent onslaught of rapists and who fret their taxes will go up so high they won't be able to afford that Porsche they have their eye on. But for most Boston bloggers with an opinion on the elections, it's still party time.

Michael Femia writes that yesterday, he couldn't decide which day was better: Yesterday or Oct. 27, 2004. In either case:

Reagan Mihos reacts to the results

adamg — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:29:55 -0500

In an exclusive interview, Mihos could only say: Woof!