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Howie Carr list ping—and a column

Sure enough, Deval Patrick needs me . . . now
By Howie Carr | Thursday, March 11, 2010 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Columnists

You want to come on my radio show, Deval?

Here’s the deal. You call me, OK? I’ll get back to you. Maybe.

I’ve already got my first question ready for you:

“Where’s my property tax cut?”

Funny, though, how times change. I remember a few years back on a show nobody listens to, a local disgraced, disbarred, stripped-of-his-pension felon who should still be in prison for his racist gerrymandering redistricting scheme made a “joke” about putting me in the trunk of your new Cadillac.

You chuckled. You guffawed.

Not that I’m bitter, you understand. Just like the day after the primary in 2006. You and I were both out at the Big E in West Springfield, and you’d told WHYN, my Springfield affiliate, that you’d stop by and appear on my remote broadcast. And then...you blew me off.

But that was then, and this is now. Then you had a 20-point lead over Muffy in the polls, and you knew she’d never get any traction because Christy Mihos was going to kamikaze her in every debate, while giving you a free pass.

And now you’re, well, you’re roadkill. And guess what, you’ve decided to celebrate diversity, as it were, reaching out to that 52 percent of the electorate that voted for Scott Brown.

How did Rod Stewart put it? “I know you’re thinkin’ that he must be sinkin’ or he wouldn’t get in touch with me.”

That’s exactly what I’m thinkin’.

I’m tempted to give you the brush-off. As Fat Tony Ciulla once said to me, “They didn’t invite me to the wedding, why should I come to the funeral?”

Not that I’m suggesting that this election is going to be your funeral, Deval, but....

So yeah, I’ll be glad to have you on the show. We can discuss the pressing issues of the day.

Why exactly did you want to give Sen. Marian Walsh a $175,000 job?

How much money does Doug Rubin need?

How’s the book coming along?

Does it ever worry you, that $21,690.47-a-month mortgage payment on the mansion in Richmond, and does that include real-estate taxes too, and is the monthly payment in Milton still (approximately) $9,496 a month?

What were the payouts you got when you walked away from Coke and Texaco, and how do I get me one of those sweetheart deals?

This new judge who was confirmed by the Governor’s Council yesterday, David Barretto - you were kidding, right?

In your considered opinion, who was the greater public servant, Jim Aloisi or his sister Carol?

When does Rep. Garrett Bradley’s wife get her judgeship?

Do you think you’ll start crying when the Globe goes out of business and isn’t around to protect you anymore?

Do you have a life insurance policy on Tim Cahill, just like you had on Christy in 2006?

How’re those new curtains working out for you?

We’ll have a great time on the radio, Deval. And I mean it, or my name isn’t Sal DiMasi.
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