Coupe Deval: The unhappy first year in office of Barack Obama's friend and oratorical model.

The Weekly Standard ^ | 2/23/08 | Dean Barnett

[MartinaMisc]

Early last week, the presidential campaign was rocked by the "bombshell" that Barack Obama had borrowed certain rhetorical flourishes from Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick's 2006 gubernatorial campaign. The revelations were not universally regarded as shocking.

Anyone who was aware of the existence of Deval Patrick prior to the publication of this story could see the similarities between the Obama and Patrick campaigns. Both men ran campaigns based on hope. Both ostentatiously sought out a style that would transcend politics as usual. They shared a strategist, David Axelrod, who had penned vacuously uplifting prose for John Edwards long before Edwards became an angry populist trapped in a 28,000-square-foot mansion.

The Patrick campaign appeared to provide something of a blueprint for Obama. Patrick didn't start his race for governor with the advantage of celebrity that Obama brought to the presidential race. Nevertheless, his message of hope resonated, and he easily defeated formidable opponents in both the Democratic primary and the general election.

If anything--and you may find this difficult to believe--the Patrick campaign was less substantive than the Obama campaign. In 2006, Massachusetts's overwhelmingly Democratic legislature had passed Mitt Romney's universal health care law. The economy was good. And yet Patrick won the race relying on hollow rhetoric like, "I want you to understand, I am not asking anybody to take a chance on me. I'm asking you to take a chance on your own aspirations."

[Lovebloggers]

As I said before, pick one story and make it commonplace — extreme. You lose all of your credibility for that.

Newsflash to you, this is a liberal state and always has been. You have bad judges in every state of the union.

Why don’t you google how an attorney becomes a judge in the state of MA before you make anymore comments such as this. Then tell us how Romney could have managed to get hard core conservatives appointed (outside of the fact that no one wants the job because it only pays $130K/year).

Mmmkay?

[Diogenesis]

Lovebloggers, your credibility is naught.

—> Only MASS picks judges as it does.

—> And only MASS is tied with Arkansas for complaints
against corrupt judges that go nowhere.

Why don’t you just admit you work for RINO-Romney and that
you never do ‘your own homework’?

[Diogenesis]

One more thing. Romney is responsible for the liberal,
rapist and murderer-freeing judges he put in.

Bay State ripped for Washington-state killing streak
The Washington-state prosecutor who locked up
Bay State mom-killer Daniel T. Tavares Jr. last week is blasting Massachusetts
for its lax oversight of violent ex-cons, who have now killed four innocent people
in his Tacoma-based county in the past 14 years.

[blam]

"Given the narcissistic nature of the politics of hope, it's unsurprising that much of the Patrick administration has revolved around the whimsy and caprice of Deval Patrick himself. Patrick came to office seeming determined to glorify himself with unprece-dented gubernatorial flights of ego. One of his initial executive decisions was to lease a brand new Cadillac in which he would be chauffeured around the state--at taxpayer expense, even though Patrick and his wife are extremely wealthy."

It's not what you accomplish, it's how you look doing it. Same O same O.

[Lovebloggers]

I guess I should asked my question in crayon. Please tell me who “MASS” is.

There is a process in which judges are appointed. The council who makes the final decision is a liberal one, much like the commonwealth’s legislature.

I honestly could give a tiny rat’s ass what you think about MA as all anyone has to do is dangle some bait in front of your face and you turn into a howler monkey.

As for most corrupt incompetent judges — sorry sport, but I would have to go with NY and NJ on that.

But but..... Romney isn’t from NY or NJ, and no one has written an article with a pretty speakling headline yet that you have read, so it can’t be true.

How about we ignore each other as you have no desire to do anything outside of parrot other’s opionions. Due diligence being a foreign concept for you.

[Diogenesis]

Your nasty ad hominems are noted again — void of facts.

Last night, the McLaughlin Report last night purported
that Romney’s team peddled the latest ‘scandal’ to the
NewYorkTimes.

Perhaps that explains why RINO-Romney’s race was
only ‘suspended’, if true.

Perhaps it also came from you or one of the other RINO-RomneyBOTS.

Sure seems like your m.o., doesn’t it?

[Diogenesis]

In Mass., (Massachusetts to the self-admitted-mentally-handicapped Lovebloggers) a committee
called the Judicial Nominating Commission recommends judicial candidates to the governor.
The Judicial Nominating Commission is established via the Governor's executive order,
appointed by the governor, and serves entirely at the governor's pleasure.
Its members recommend a list of judicial candidates,
which the governor can accept or reject.
The governor can also bypass the process entirely.

RINO-Romney let the conservatives slide, so they died.

[DeaconBenjamin]

only MASS is tied with Arkansas for complaints against corrupt judges that go nowhere.

As a resident of Arkansas, I would love to read more on this topic, but I didn't find anything when I Googled. Can you show me where to look?

[Diogenesis]

check your private email, FRiend.

[Nailbiter]

Mayor Bilandic lost to Jane Byrne in Chicago in ‘79, due to mishandling snow event

[Matchett-PI]

You left out the most important part. The election of Barak Obama (or any other Marxist, Leftist black), would only serve to FURTHER EMPOWER shake-down artist, race-baiters like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the ACLU, et.al., ad nauseam.

It would be IMPOSSIBLE for anyone who isn't a "person of color" to criticize the policies of an Obama administration without either being labeled an "Uncle Tom" or a "racist".

That is THE number one reason why Obama will NEVER get the votes of sober-minded, intellectually honest people who love America, and care about what's in the best interest of ALL of her people.

I think we still out-number the racists, the criminals, and the rest of the greedy, self-serving dregs of society who put personal ambition ahead of their country.

We still have the numbers to defeat the ones who stay up at night inventing ways to cause America's defeat at the hands of our enemies.

Because of that, I don't believe that either Mrs. "Stalin" Clinton, or Barak "empty suit" Obama could be elected to the presidency of the United States of America.

[Matchett-PI]

Correct the second sentence in my previous post to read,

It would be IMPOSSIBLE for anyone who doesn't "embrace the same leftist ideology" or isn't a "person of color" to criticize the policies of an Obama administration without either being labeled an "Uncle Tom" or a "racist".

[rockabyebaby]

It would be IMPOSSIBLE for anyone who isn't a "person of color" to criticize the policies of an Obama administration without either being labeled an "Uncle Tom" or a "racist".

That is THE number one reason why Obama will NEVER get the votes of sober-minded, intellectually honest people who love America, and care about what's in the best interest of ALL of her people.

BINGO, we have a winner! That is EXACTLY what went on when Coupe was running here, if you disagreed with him you were a racist and now that he's in office the same rule applies. I listen to talk radio and sometimes, lol, MOST times the hosts are criticizing coupe for something he did or didn't do and all of a sudden there is an overwhelming number of black people calling the station and telling the host that he is a racist, it's pathetic. HOWEVER, coupe DID get elected, because all the blacks and the whacko left wingers all came out in droves to vote for this clown, he ran on the "together we can" mantra, yep, together we can run the state into the ground and I'm afraid, very afraid that if obamarama gets elected we will have this wide spread do nothing, know nothing ruining the whole country.

[Matchett-PI]

Yes, but not everyone is a vacuous poltrune or a cynical opportunist as are those who comprise the majority of the populations in Mass., and other ‘RAT infested parts of America.

We will not allow such mentalities and their oppressive intentions to prevail over the rest of us.

[Lovebloggers]

The McLaughlin Report? are you kidding right now?

Is this isn’t pure National Enquirer material then I don’t know what the hell is.

[Lovebloggers]

Now google “Governor’s council.”

Keep going, you will get there.

Just a hat tip for you, I actually live here so I know what I am talking about. You are just obsessed with the state for some bizarre reason.

You do entertain though.

[Diogenesis]

If you were more honest, then you would have used the words
from post #27 such as "Judicial Nominating Commission",
but you claim to use crayons, and perhaps because you support Romney
you are just ever-misleading, or clearly do not know what you are talking about.

If you were sincere, you would have ended it like you purported in post #25.
But, because you support Romney (who initially was not even mentioned)
you continue untruthfully with attacks.

Have a good day.

[Lovebloggers]

Lord you are a putz. Here you are making comments about judges in MA when you don’t have the tiniest clue as to how they are appointed.

You google, find something and race back here to post instead of conducting thorough research.

So news to you headline reader, Judicial nominating commission or whatever the hell you posted is something Patrick created. Kudos that you are using it to blast Romney.

The Governor’s council approves judicial nominees. They are elected officials. They are L-I-B-E-R-A-L. Any of this sinking in?

You have a nice day, and do everyone a favor — stop posting in Romney or MA threads.

bub-bye.

[Diogenesis]

Who has no clue? It is you.

Your post is disingenuous - and full of falsehoods.

Those who are familiar with either you, or the real
situation, know you ignore facts, substituting
ad hominem, further diluting your inaccurate
schizoid babel.

[Lovebloggers]

“Your post is disingenuous - and full of falsehoods.”

Which you have yet to point out. You are incapable of debate, cannot think for yourself, and do a half assed job at research.

Please point out the errors of my post. I won’t hold my breath waiting. Whining is pretty much all you are capable of doing.