Bio hazard: Gov’s book deal exposes him as author-tunist

Boston Herald ^ | March 30, 2008 | Howie Carr

[afortiori]

How many times have I told you? With Deval, it’s all about showing him the money.

Originality is not his strong suit; he follows in the footsteps of others. Jesse Jackson makes a fortune in the racket Tom Wolfe called “steam control,” and Deval shakes down Coke and Texaco. But when you’re building a $7 million mansion in the Berkshires with a nut of maybe $30,000 a month, it doesn’t matter how big your “severance packages” were, you always need more dough.

So now Deval mimics Barack Obama. He finds some new marks and scores a $1.35 million advance for his book. Good job, Todd Shuster! The way you know you’ve made a score in book publishing is when the author doesn’t ever collect any royalties, because the advance was so over the top that the publisher could never make his money back. That’s what we’re looking at here, folks.

Deval is laughing all the way from the bank.

[afortiori]

Howie Carr nails the Deval Patrick grift.

My question: Is Deval more likely to ride Obama's coat tails out of Mass, or drag Obama down with him by poor example?

[trisham]

I do hope it's option #2. Let both scoundrels go down together.

[sinanju]

Business writers hold corporate boards responsible when CEOs get outrageous compensation.

Where’s the outrage about all these ex-politicos getting money stuffed in their pockets for showing up for a few hours a month?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Is Deval more likely to [A] ride Obama's coat tails out of Mass, or [B] drag Obama down with him by poor example?

I fear A. Coupe Deval is even more of an empty suit, a Chauncy Gardener than Obama, if that's at all possible. The LSM will simply ignore the precedent.

[fieldmarshaldj]

“A jackpot for a crackpot.” That’s the money shot right there.

[Impy]

The rats just always nominate their best people don’t they? After 4 GOP terms they come up with a guy who I suspect makes decent people long for Dukakis back.

Just like Blago back here is a real prize although former AG Roland “unqualifed white boys” Burris (are there black democrats who aren’t racist?) might have been worse, though not by much. The shite really rises to the top.