Grand Old Party's finally over at State House

The Boston Herald ^ | November 12, 2006 | Howie Carr

[Disturbin]

And so the Republicans have finally lost their grip on the Corner Office, not with a bang but a whimper, their candidate for governor beaten like a redheaded stepchild.

Still, it was a great 16-year run.

Or was it?

Let us consider some of the magic moments, starting with Bill Weld’s Brattle Street poker nights, fueled by "amber-colored fluids," and how one such evening ended with the GOP national committeeman pulled over by police who noticed a strange chocolate-colored stain on the front of his pants.

Then there was John Lakian calling Mitt Romney "Mr. Mormon."

And remember crooked Teamster thug George Cashman, the future federal felon, BOP #24108-038, appointed to the Massport board by Gov. Weld and not removed even after his (first) arrest.

And thanks a bunch, Welducci, for SJC Chief Justice Margaret Marshall.

Ditto, for William M. Bulger, forgetful president of the University of Massachusetts, recipient of a $196,000-a-year state pension even as he goes to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his old law partner from testifying about him before a federal organized-crime grand jury.

[Disturbin]

"Judgeships for Mike Flaherty, and Stevie Flemmi’s lawyer, and the brother of Billy Bulger’s top aide and the friends, relatives and spouses of dozens of other worthless GOP hacks."

"So many hacks and knaves, such a golden age for rampant buffoonery. And as you look back on it, don’t these last 16 years smell like just one thing - stale amber-colored fluids."

That about sums it up!

[Pete]

and how one such evening ended with the GOP national committeeman pulled over by police who noticed a strange chocolate-colored stain on the front of his pants.

I don't even know what that means. Not sure I want to.

[theDentist]

WHile it wasn't the Corner Office, it bears repeating the time the entire House and Senate had a toga party during budget debates.