Nothing in the works

Mass. losing more jobs after election

by Michael Graham
Monday, Nov. 15, 2010

You’ll be happy to know that your government is hard at work spending your money. It’s the taxpayers who are left unemployed.

In 2008, Gov. Deval Patrick promised that he could create hundreds of thousands of biotech jobs in Massachusetts if we’d just give him $1 billion of our money for projects supported by his pals (and political donors) in biotech and Big Pharma. The Democrat-dominated Legislature gave him his wish and now Beacon Hill is throwing around $100 million to “create jobs.”

And how’s that workin’ out for ya? Here’s the headline from Tuesday’s Boston Herald:

“Biotech aid falls flat.”

“The state’s $6 million handout to biotech giants Genzyme Corp. and Biogen Idec didn’t prevent those firms from issuing 270 pink slips in the Bay State last week - raising doubts about Gov. Deval Patrick’s ambitious plan to create 250,000 life sciences jobs in 10 years,” Jessica Van Sack reported. She added, in a moment of profound understatement, that Patrick’s promise of a quarter-million new jobs “now seems even more far-fetched.”

Yeah, well “fetch” this: In the week since Patrick was re-elected, we’ve already lost more than 1,000 private-sector jobs, and more cuts at companies like Raytheon are on the way. Interestingly, the Associated Press reports that Patrick was asked about the upcoming cuts at Raytheon in the last days of the campaign, and rumors that he’d asked them to hold off until after Election Day.

“Patrick bristled when asked if he requested Raytheon delay any terminations, saying the company was adding jobs,” the AP reports.

Whatever really happened - and Raytheon’s smart enough to know the value of sucking up to government in a Democratic duchy like Massachusetts - it’s too late. Patrick’s back, the jobs are gone and voters stuck themselves with the tab.

It was embarrassing enough reading reports about “stimulus” jobs that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to “create.” But thanks to our government geniuses, we’re spending money to lose jobs. Instead of generating “green jobs” we’re passing out pink slips.

The Obama administration is a big fan of a California “green jobs” company called Solyndra, for example. So the O-bots gave this politically-connected company $535 million, but instead of adding thousands of net jobs, Solyndra’s actually cutting its payroll by around 150 people. That’s $3.6 million per job lost.

Anyone remember the good ol’ days before Patrick and Barack Obama, when companies laid off their own employees for free?

Meanwhile back in Boston, Mayor Tom Menino dumped $10.5 million of local tax dollars into the W Hotel and Residences project, inspiring yet another headline from Tuesday’s Herald:

“W woes could cost Hub $10M.”

“The city of Boston could be out $10.5 million if the Prudential Insurance Co. of America wins bankruptcy court approval to foreclose on the new W Hotel & Residences,” the Herald reported. That’s more tax money wasted and more jobs lost.

Ah, but there’s one part of the economy that’s growing. This headline from yesterday’s USA Today says it all:

“More federal workers’ pay tops $150,000.”

The number of federal workers earning $150K has doubled under Obama. His new plan? To give them an across-the-board raise.

I’ve got one more headline for you to ponder:

“Mass. Dems sweep state elections.”

Until that headline changes, nothing else will.

It was in June of '08 when Gov. Patrick signed a $1 billion
bill to biotech giants and promised it would create hundreds
of thousands of biotech jobs. Instead the company
announced to cut 270 jobs just last week.

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Massachusetts, the land of misfit toys

Republicans cleaned House, but not in Massachusetts

by Donnie Boston
EXCLUSIVE!
Monday, Nov. 8, 2010

I told you so.

Republicans last week cleaned House across the country and changed the balance of power in Congress in historic fashion. But people here voted differently, of course. By no means I expected this state to turn Republican, but with a little luck I was hoping for some key seats to at least change hands.

Now that you, the Beautiful People have spoken, here is a brief look on some of the key issues you will face over the next four years.

Sales Tax on Alcohol: You voted 'yes,' which means you don't want to pay an extra 6.25 percent on alcohol. Though, here's a perfect example on how your elected officials go against the will of the voters right after you re-elect them. They enjoy overriding anything you repeal on the ballot. In the past, you always enjoyed getting hosed anyways.

Sales Tax and Use Tax: You voted 'no' which means you like paying a 25 percent higher tax on anything the government can get their hands on. It doesn't even matter if it's candy, sugar or the works. And it's death to the person who informs you that your taxes got significantly raised across the board last time you chose not to repeal it.

Gov. Deval Patrick: You chose to give Patrick another four years in office, which means you agree with him that your state is on the mend and on the move. It doesn't matter that your state lost 24,000 jobs over the past two months and unemployment has nearly doubled under his watch. You even put aside that your governor has the worst record than any governor who has ever served your state. You are satisfied with this.

Also, you enjoy picking up all the tabs for illegal aliens who continue to arrive in your state illegally under Patrick. And you simply have no problem with these lawbreakers using up all your resources that you are fully paying for.

Under Patrick, you don't even mind that the unemployed keep getting rewarded, like being able to cash in on HD TV's, smokes, booze and the works by using their EBT debit cards. It's really no big deal that your tax dollars provides such luxury for these individuals and that your governor refuses to act on resolving the issue.

Barney Frank: You are pleased that Barney, Chairman of the Housing Finance Committee, supported housing policies that wrecked the national economy. You gave him another term in office even though he caused people to lose their homes and fortunes by lying to them on how their stocks would do good moving forward.

Martha Coakley: You gave Martha another term in office as your attorney general, which means you appreciate the good job she is doing. Never mind that she doesn't understand what illegal means as your attorney general. You even agreed with her when she said during her campaign that it's not illegal to be illegal in Massachusetts. And you also don't mind that she should never investigate any one of her party members who breaks the law, because she depends on their vote when her seat is up for re-election.

Enough of this already. You get the picture that your state, again are going to be filled with these types for another term, thanks to you. I mean, can you imagine another four years of this same old corrupt and irresponsible government?

And speaking of such, haven't you heard? Right after all the “hacks” up on Beacon Hill got re-elected, they got brand new computers and billed them to the taxpayers. And if I were a betting guy, I bet the old ones got launched right into the dumpster rather than into the hands of the FBI.

As far as our state goes, I believe more people that do the right thing by working for a living and paying their taxes and bills on time, will continue to finish last under Patrick, forcing them to flee to another state where they can get better values at cheaper rates. They will continue to be replaced here by low income people, if that, which will continue to cause less tax revenues for the state, creating more deficits like the one you will be facing this coming Fiscal Year--worth $2 billion.

And you can continue to blame the misfits we have for voters in this state who are in need of one thing:

B R A I N S!

In the above photo, Congressman Barney Frank wasted
no time in lashing out against his tormentors during
his victory speech at the Crown Royal Hotel on Election night.

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Boot with steal toe is best for this election

Time nears to boot out incumbents

by Donnie Boston
Election Exclusive!
Monday, Nov. 1, 2010

Tomorrow is Election Day, and loons like Deval Patrick will be running for re-election nationwide.

While many voters will vote such Cancer out of office across the country, Massachusetts voters hopefully will do the same at least to some extent. I mean, can anyone name one good thing Deval Patrick has done for you and this state ever since he got elected?

What was that again, governor? Our state is on the mend and on the move? Try telling this to the 24,000 people who lost jobs over the last two months – 21,000 alone in the month of September, which is the biggest one-month job loss in 20 years. Oh, and it's no big deal that 100,000 jobs were lost under your watch either.

I know you want to keep sticking to that figure right up to the very last minute on how the jobless rate recently went from 8.8 percent to 8.4. How about 4.6 percent unemployment when you first came into office? And what about all those people whose unemployment benefits ran out that are not being counted? So much for that so called 8.4 number.

Also, too bad you had to be forced by The Herald to release those numbers on illegal immigration. It's something that you didn't want to hear just before the election. This is why it took you a month to hand them over, or else...

The figures only prevailed that the taxpayers spent $37.5 million in emergency health care last year for illegal aliens. What a shame that Patrick chose to abolish Mitt Romney's mandate of having these individuals arrested on the spot. He wants to keep using the excuse that it's the feds responsibility to act. Blah... Blah... Blah... I mean would it really hurt Patrick to act, knowing that illegals overall cost taxpayers and this state billions of dollars every year? So much for the taxpayers facing a $2 billion deficit this upcoming Fiscal Year. It's just another example of Deval being so far out of touch with taxpayers ever since he became governor.

I can just see it all over again if Patrick gets re-elected and after the mindless voters turn down repealing the sales tax again. You remember what Mumbles did, right? As soon as this loon got re-elected, two weeks later he hosed his own voters by raising the property tax 6 percent. Ditto with Patrick. If he gets re-elected, soon enough I bet your sales tax will be raised to 7 percent. Hey, the Beautiful People had their second chance in the voting booths on how they enjoy paying higher taxes so much. “Thank you sir may I please have another.”

You see, it all comes down to the mindless voters we have in this state. The same old Beautiful people will be out in full force tomorrow to vote in their own torture once again. They are the same individuals who believe in only two things: that John Kerry got hosed in Ohio, and George Bush and Dick Chaney were the ones that brought down the Twin Towers. Moonbats at-large!

Take for instance this one example of a voter in which I was lucky enough to run in to. She asked me to withhold her name, of course, after I asked her one simple question if she will vote for Barney Frank in her district. “We are Democrats and Barney always meant well to everyone. I will vote for him.” this voter says.

I mean what the hell. It's no big deal that Barney wrecked the economy. Remember we are moving forward, and that's a good thing. It was so good that people woke up one day and found out that they lost their fortunes. Stocks only dropped 90 percent under good old Barney, and it was the biggest drop in federal history. Sure, Barney always meant well to everyone. For heaven's sake, vote Bielat for U.S. Congress!

Here's another voter on AG Martha Coakley: “She will get my vote because she is good at what she does,” this voter says. Martha is so good that she even knows that it is not illegal to be illegal in Massachusetts. Don't be as dumb as Martha. Vote McKenna for AG!

Oh, the list of these types goes on.

But I have faith. I've always said that if the “straw” (Tim Cahill) finishes below 10 percent that Baker could have a chance of pulling it off. Right now he is fighting to get eight. And how bad does it get for Patrick when he isn't even considered a shoe-in with the straw and this Stein woman still in the race? Remember, a vote for them is a vote taken away from Baker.

Here's one thing I know: Come early Wednesday morning, many of these Patrick-like incumbents from across the country will have one thing in common:

Sore behinds!

Gov. Patrick is shown above telling an audience
how the state is on the mend and on the move
right after a horrific new jobless report made headlines.

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12 days 'til doomsday - and counting

Era for Democrats likely coming to an end

by Donnie Boston
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010

I can just see it now.

You wake up the next morning after Election Day and find out that many of the states across the country have turned red. This is after Republicans gained control of the House and maybe even the Senate. The only exception would be Massachusetts. The same old Beautiful People who simply enjoy paying higher taxes to their same old corrupt and irresponsible government.

Remember in 2008 when you were brainwashed with them TV ads on what devastation it would cause to your state and wallets if you repealed the sales tax? What did it get you after you chose not to repeal it? Two years later you're paying significantly higher taxes with a jobless rate of 8.6 percent. And it looks like you still haven't learned your lesson because the latest poll indicates it failing again.

But other than Massachusetts being the bluest state of them all, other states across the country will likely change color. The smarter people simply don't want to hear that it is Bush's fault anymore. Democrats have been fully in control of Congress for nearly four years, and with the current administration's failed policies, is a good reason why the American people will vote for change.

In fact, one-quarter of Americans who supported Obama say they will vote for Republican candidates this time around. It's just another poll that don't exist except the ones they want to make exist. Just ask Andy Hiller of Channel 7. Last week he talked about an unreliable Suffolk University Poll that showed Gov. Patrick being up by seven points, though failed to mention Baker's counter-poll that came out the same day showing him up by seven. So I facebooked him on it last week, but he has yet to give me an answer.

As far as doomsday goes, wasn't it back in the Spring I told you that Obamacare would likely doom Democrats, especially when an overwhelmingly majority of Americans opposed having the government take control of their health care? It's just one example of what Obama and his misfits have been doing to your lives since day one. It's called government intervention.

Then what about Obama's very unpopular stance of having Muslims build a mosque on the site of 9/11 where American families lost their loved ones due to Muslim extremist?

Illegal immigration also became a big issue with the president by no surprise. While Gov. Brewer of Arizona feels for the safety of her people due to the drug wars and crimes committed by illegals there, Obama filed a lawsuit against his own people claiming it's unlawful for state's to act on their own to enforce immigration laws. I'm sure Auntie Zeintuni enjoys hearing such news while living free in her Southie apartment where she never contributed one cent to the system.

And what about our seniors, disabled and retirees who are also responsible for putting the current administration in office? For a second year in-a-row they had their Social Security cost-of-living increase slashed while freebies continue to be handed out to illegals from coast to coast.

How bad does it get when a president spends more money than all of the previous presidents combined, only to promise you that it would prevent the nation's jobless rate from going over 8 percent? It's something like Deval Patrick's promise of property tax relief.

There's so much more, but time and space has become an issue once again.

It's this type of treatment that was given to the American people ever since they elected this one-party rule to govern them. You see, it's just not all about you, Mr. President and the elected officials in Congress. It's about the people who put you there.

So in just 12 short days there is one statement the American people will likely make to you and Washington loud and clear:

That they effin did it!

Days Numbered: In this March 2010 photo, the nation's third
most powerful person, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her
gang, celebrate passage of Obamacare, which will likely in
the days ahead cost many of her party members and
eventually herself to be ousted from Congress.

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Obama's all shook up

Policies met with suspicious minds

by Bill O'Reilly
Monday, Oct. 18, 2010

Two years ago, Barack Obama was the political equivalent of Elvis Presley - rolling into towns across America, performing before adoring crowds. Like the King, then-Sen. Obama relished the adoration and gave the crowd a great show. I saw it myself in New Hampshire.

But now everything has changed. And while he may find a welcoming audience in today’s appearance in of-so-blue Boston, President Obama is not welcome in many parts of the country.

Even some members of his own party don’t want to be seen with him.

It’s so bad that Joe Manchin, the Democratic governor of West Virginia who is now running for the U.S. Senate, actually put out a TV commercial where he takes a rifle and shoots a hole into paper explaining “cap and trade” legislation.

Obama, a deeply sensitive individual, must be asking himself what the deuce is going on. How could things change so quickly in 24 months?

Of course, the bad economy is the major reason for his fall, but that doesn’t fully explain the extent of the president’s problems.

The New York Times [NYT], a flea market of liberal activism, is chalking up Obama’s decline to the stupidity of the American people. A recent Times editorial put forth: “Insurgent Republicans don’t need details when they can play on the furious emotions of voters who have been misled into believing that positive changes like the health care law are catastrophic failures.”

Yeah, that’s it. The majority of Americans are being “misled” by some mysterious force that comes in the night, planting anti-health care thoughts in their brains.

In case the Times hasn’t noticed, the American media remain solidly liberal and continue to give Obama the benefit of many, many doubts.

If you don’t believe me, just compare the coverage of Hurricane Katrina to that of the BP oil spill. Both were handled poorly by the feds. But the media hysteria over Katrina dwarfed any coverage of the greatest environmental disaster America has ever experienced. President George W. Bush was vilified beyond belief for Katrina. Obama was mildly criticized for BP.

The Times did get one thing right, though: Many voters are furious. That’s because their health care premiums have gone through the roof and they feel insecure in the workplace. My own health insurance premium went up by $2,100 this year. Why? Because the insurance company is gouging customers to stockpile cash in order to pay the increased cost of Obamacare. Did the Democrats mention that would happen? I do not believe they did.

Thus, the perception right now is that the unintended consequences of Obama’s big spending, big government agenda are not good. That is not a misleading indicator; it is the truth. That’s how most Americans genuinely feel.

It should be noted that Elvis had a fallow period, too - after the Beatles stormed America and changed pop culture. But the E-man made a big comeback based upon his talent and charisma.

No doubt Obama believes that comeback formula will work for him, as well. I’m not counting him out in the long run, but for now, he is living in the Heartbreak Hotel.

During a Saturday visit in Boston to boost his friend,
Gov. Patrick, President Obama told his supporters how we
are all headed in the right direction.

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Texters drive rest of us crazy

Texting while driving ban becomes law

by Michael Graham
Monday, Oct. 4, 2010

Good morning, texters! You see that thing out in front of your car? Right there - through the windshield, with the white stripes?

That’s called “the road.” It’s also what you’ve been missing since you started texting while driving.

Now that text/driving is (finally!) illegal, the rest of us sharing that road with you want to say “Welcome back!” Now please stop making us do most of your driving for you.

For example, when you’re sitting at a stop light surfing the Web, and we have to hit our horns to get you going on green. Or when I have to make a sudden lane change on the Pike because you’re drifting into my front bumper in a text-induced stupor.

In theory, that all ends today with the texting ban. In theory.

In fact, the Highway Loss Data Institute released a study yesterday suggesting Massachusetts’ new ban may not work. It found that in four states that passed texting bans - Louisiana, California, Minnesota and Washington - the number of crashes increased.

“Texting bans, like cell phone bans, are not improving safety. We are seeing no reduction in crashes,” said the institute’s president, Adrian Lund.

I know what’s going through your Crackberry-addled brains, my texting friends: “See! Told you the ban was stupid. I text all the time and I’m a great driver!”

Wrong. Instead, the study confirms what the rest of us knew about you hard-core texters already - you’re total jerks.

Why would laws against text/driving make the roads more dangerous? Lund says it’s likely because texting drivers like you are too arrogant and self-centered to stop, whatever the law. So you try to hide your texting by holding the devices down low in the car, which means you spend even more time not looking at the road.

“If we’re not able to reduce actual texting, and we simply make it more dangerous by making it hidden, we may see an increase in crashes,” Lund admits.

In other words, the problem isn’t your technology. It’s you. You and your overwhelming narcissism. You couldn’t put down the Crackberry for 10 minutes - not you. The world’s waiting for your every emoticon.

And it’s not just when you drive. We’ve seen how hooked you are on your small screen fix. You bump into us walking down the hallway at work, too wrapped up in your “2 crAZ 4 U” texts to watch where you’re going. We’ve had you call us into “important” meetings, only to take up our time letting us watch you thumb-type conversations into the textosphere.

You’re addicted, and you’re not ready to let it go.

How else to explain why you ignore study after study proving how dangerous texting while driving is to the rest of us? According to an extensive study by Virginia Tech using dashboard cameras, texting drivers are 23 times more likely to crash. Not 2.3 times, but a 2,300 percent increase. If such a massive increase in the risk of injury or death won’t stop you, why would a $100 fine?

Look, we non-texting drivers aren’t trying to stop your fun. We listen to the radio, talk on cell phones and sip our coffee while we drive, too. We know the reality of driving isn’t the “hands at 10 and 2” drill from high school driver’s ed.

DNN cameraman captures a driver texting
and driving as cars rush back and forth.



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I'm all worked up over Auntie Zeituna

Free ride continues for Obama's half aunt

by Howie Carr
Monday, Sep. 27, 2010

Forget the Statue of Liberty - we now need a statue of Auntie Zeituni, the untired, unhuddled, in fact extremely well-rested illegal alien yearning not to be free, but to live free.

So here she is, the president’s half-aunt, 58 years old, “retired,” living in public housing where Americans must wait years for an opening, getting $700 a month from a system into which she never contributed.

“I have been treated like Public Enemy Number One,” she told Channel 4’s Jonathan Elias the other night.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. If I ever get in a jam, I ask for no special treatment. Just treat me like an illegal alien. Treat me like Auntie Zeituni.

“I did not take advantage of the system,” she said. “The system took advantage of me.”

How’s that War on Poverty working out for you? About as well as Ted Kennedy’s Immigration Reform Act of 1965, I’d say. They’re only here to collect the welfare checks Americans can’t be bothered collecting.

Elias did a fine job interviewing her, asking all the right questions. He said there was “zero contrition,” which is putting it mildly. And you thought her half-nephew had an astounding sense of entitlement.

Yes, like her nephew’s wife, Michelle, her living-large-as-a-loafer lifestyle is a veritable hell on earth. Like, the BHA apartment.

“I was assigned,” she said. “I didn’t ask for it. They give it to me and you better just ask the system. Ask your system.”

After the election, another one of those blue-ribbon presidential commissions is going to come out with a report on the future of Social Security. Two words for you: “means testing.” Maybe not right away, but it’s coming. Doesn’t matter if you’ve been paying into the system since JFK or LBJ was president, your benefits are going to be reduced if you live long enough.

After all, you wouldn’t want Auntie Zeituni to have to go out and get a job, would you? She’s old. She’s 58.

I hear all the time from moonbats who accuse me of lying about illegal aliens on welfare. It’s like the federal “DREAM Act,” for alleged students, up to the age of 35. It also resembles the in-state tuition bill that Gov. Deval Patrick desperately wants to foist on the working classes. Over and over you read the big lie in the moonbat gazettes, that it’s only for graduates of Massachusetts high schools. Yeah, right, but read the words after Massachusetts high schools - “or the equivalent thereof.”

Meaning, come on down, you too can get the Auntie Zeituni treatment.

At least she has gratitude, unlike her half-nephew and his wife. Now, where do I go to become Public Enemy Number One?

From a distance, DNN photographer zooms in on Obama's
half aunt who remains in the U.S. illegally, living the life off
taxpayer funded housing in Southie.




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The politics of pigskins

NFL ratings soar during recession

by Bill O'Reilly
Monday, Sep. 20, 2010

Take it from me because I see the Nielsen television ratings every day: NFL football is riding a huge wave of popularity in America. In the first week of play, the ratings are up by double digits, and the games have even taken some viewers away from my news program, which is a complete and utter outrage.

Why are more people watching football?

The first reason is economic: It’s free. Because of the recession, fewer people are going out for entertainment. Instead, they grab popcorn and a beverage and watch huge men run into each other. Simple and inexpensive.

The second reason expands on the simplicity factor. We are living in a time of incredible spin and gross dishonesty in the public arena. Propagandists are everywhere, and they’re spitting out so much bilge it is sometimes hard to even breathe. Football is an honest game. The toughest, smartest team usually wins. There is something pure in the presentation.

As this week’s primary votes prove, Americans are fed up with BS. Most of us understand that we are being used by powerful forces beyond our control. The country slid into recession because greedy fat cats decided to create risky mortgage schemes, and guys such asU.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who were supposed to be watching out for bogus investments, allowed it to happen.

Let me ask you something: Had you ever heard of subprime mortgages before President George W. Bush told us they had ruined the economy? I’m in the news business, and I had no idea this giant con was in play. And if I had to bet, I’d say Bush and Frank didn’t understand the situation either.

Thus, many Americans have developed a bunker mentality and are being very cautious with their money and time. The folks are walking away from flimflam artists and are throwing the bums out with their votes. They want a simple, understandable message. And football is one of the things Americans understand.

The downside, of course, is the brutality. NFL injuries are reaching catastrophic levels. Three-hundred-pound guys running up and down 100-yard fields will yield some brutal collisions. The danger of the game is part of its attraction, and there’s no doubt that a well-played contest is a tremendous escape from the sorry real world. The worse things get the more escape mechanisms are needed. Welcome to the NFL.

But the league should be careful. There is a move to expand the schedule to 18 games from 16. That would lead to even more injuries and carnage. Also, many teams have priced tickets so high that working-class folks can’t afford to go to the stadium. Nobody likes to be excluded from something because of money.

So football is flying right now, one of the few beneficiaries of the recession. But what goes up can also come down. In a hurry.

So much fun: Above, two best friends enjoy their Sunday

watching a football game while feasting on pop corn and beer.

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Promises... Promises... So many made, so few kept.

Gov. Patrick's re-election bid untrustworthy

by Michael Graham
DNN - EXCLUSIVE!
Monday, Sep. 13, 2010

Here’s Question No. 1 about last Tuesday's gubernatorial debate, particularly as it relates to “Question No. 3” and the sales-tax rollback: Does it even matter what Deval Patrick says anymore?

Which leads to Question No. 2: Does Deval Patrick even expect us to?

There comes a point in some political campaigns where the candidate has made the decision to just tell people what they want to hear and pretend they believe him.

Patrick has clearly reached that point.

He can’t seriously believe we’re going to fall for the “I will respect the will of the voters” on the sales-tax rollback. You mean like you did on same-sex marriage, Governor?

Patrick has never been a “will of the voters” kind of guy. Like his fellow liberal elitist Barack Obama, Patrick knows best - which is why he keeps talking about saving us from the “calamity” of a sales-tax cut.

Which is why you can see his visceral discomfort as he gives his word on the sales-tax rollback. It’s similar to his lie . . . er “unfulfilled campaign pledge” in 2006 not to raise tolls or gasoline taxes.

He oozed annoyed insincerity as he said it - just a campaign promise waiting to be broken. Only the most hopelessly naive of voters was surprised when Patrick followed up that “pledge” by proposing a $100 million toll increase or, in lieu of that, a 19-cents-a-gallon increase in the gas tax.

Running in 2006, then-candidate Patrick also repeatedly and enthusiastically promised to cut property taxes, raise local aid to pre-2000 levels and put 1,000 new cops on the streets.

All promised, none delivered. Surprised?

And these were campaign promises I suspect he actually meant to keep.

And so, regardless of what he said - or tried to say - in last Tuesday’s debate, does anyone seriously believe that a re-elected Gov. Patrick is going to implement a $2 billion sales-tax cut? And if you do, have you also recently responded to an e-mail from a Nigerian banker who wants your help making a large deposit?

Voters who take Patrick at his word deserve everything they get. They’re like women who date married men and fall for the “I’m leaving my wife” line, or landlords still waiting for the rent check from two months ago. There’s a point where the politician is being so upfront about being dishonest that all the blame falls on the self-deluded suckers who still buy in.

Here’s the most telling exchange in Campaign 2010 so far, in my opinion.

A few months ago, Patrick was on Channel 7 with Andy Hiller. Hiller asks the governor if he remembers the campaign promises he made four years ago

“Most of them,” Patrick answers with a faint smile. “You’re going to confront me with a few?”

Hiller: “Have you cut property taxes?”

Patrick: “We have not done all that we will.”

All that we will?

Folks, that was in May.

Have anyone’s property taxes been cut in the past five months?

Has Patrick done anything positive about property taxes in that time? Of course not. But instead of just admitting he didn’t keep his word, the governor is still making bogus promises of tax cuts right around the corner.

There are plenty of reasons to vote for and against all of the candidates for governor. In an overwhelmingly Democratic state like Massachusetts, Patrick will be the frontrunner throughout this election.

But if you’re planning on voting for Patrick because of what he promises you today, please do us all a favor. Burn your voter registration now.

A loon will always back a loon. Above, Mayor Tom
Menino announces his backing of Gov. Deval Patrick
for governor.



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