http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/us/politics/27patrick.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
March 27, 2008
Early Dazzle, Then Tough Path for a Governor
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
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BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick has lately addressed doting crowds around the country as a surrogate for Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, his friend and fellow gifted orator. Last month, Mr. Obama even acknowledged borrowing language from Mr. Patrick’s stump speeches, casting a flattering light on a novice politician barely known outside Massachusetts.
But there is no such glow at home for Mr. Patrick, the first Democrat to lead his state in 16 years and the nation’s second elected black governor.
Mr. Patrick, who easily won office in 2006 after dazzling voters with a message of hope and change, suffered a nasty defeat last week at the hands of the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, which quashed his proposal to increase revenues by allowing three resort casinos in the state. None of the governor’s major policy proposals have cleared the Legislature, in fact, and he and Salvatore DiMasi, the speaker of the House, have taken to trading barbs publicly.
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You have to love the liberal main stream media. It’s even MORE entertaining when they are totally clueless.
I guess they haven’t heard of the Howell and Cloud team yet and their initiative to ELIMINATE the state income tax. http://www.smallgovernmentact.org/
The last thing that any GOOFERMENT needs is more money. They can’t do anything right. EVER!
(Many commentators, radio hosts, and bloggers have a standing appeal for the citation of ANY gooferment program that works. I have never heard one. Bear in mind, that even when the gooferment does achieve some minimal level of result, they probably spent way to much money on it. After all as Mark Edge on Free Talk Live http://freetalklive.com/ likes to say “If my wife sends me out to buy a car and I come home with an old broken-down jalopy for a hundred grand, she’s not going to regard that as success. Even if it’s a new car and I negotiated with the salesman for a “deal” and paid a hundred grand for a twenty grand car, that ain’t “success” either!”)
So the big gooferment politicians ALWAYS need more of the taxpayer’s money. They are worse than drug addict’s.
Don’t agree to higher taxes EVER!
Smaller government every time! Every issue! No excuses! http://www.centerforsmallgovernment.com/sgpledgecand.htm
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