[Maneesh]

Actually Deval Patrick is the Governor of Massachusetts, although the Mayor of Boston: Menino could very well make those statements. Because of his horrendous pronunciation, most people would not understand what he said so it may not have made the news. Deval Patrick speaks slowly and clearly and what he said clearly indicated his thought process : criminals are actually the victims and love and understanding can solve everything. Incidentally a giant mosque is being built in Boston and they got a sweetheart land deal.

[dashing doofus]

Except that Bloomie has the most annoying, nasal Boston accent — more of an accent than Mumbles Menino, from what I can make out from his ramblings... ;-)