For book, it's Patrick as motivator, marketer (But does he actually believe his own B.S.)

The Boston Globe ^ | April 4, 2008 | Matt Viser

[afortiori]

Governor Deval Patrick isn't merely penning his memoirs. The book proposal he submitted to publishers reads like the roadmap for a self-help manual, one in which he will celebrate optimism, rail against cynicism, and seek to inspire a nation with his own life story. The 65-page pitch letter that led to his $1.35 million advance last week from a Random House imprint reveals, in its overflowing optimism and aggressive marketing plan, just how high the freshman governor is aiming when the book is published in 2010. It details a strategy to sell at least 150,000 copies through a "vigorous media campaign," a nationwide book-signing tour, multiple speaking engagements, and efforts to persuade big corporations to buy the book by the carton, activities that promise to pull Patrick away from Massachusetts and the State House during the last year of his term. Patrick declined requests for an interview yesterday. His spokesman said the project won't distract him from his duties despite the heavy marketing schedule.

[afortiori]

So, you say Deval Patrick an egocentric racial pitchman with a tin political ear? Well, here's your proof.

[theDentist]

...seek to inspire a nation with his own life story.

Guess who's offering his hat for a VP nomination?

[6SJ7]

Guess who's offering his hat for a VP nomination?

Great! A rack of empty suits on the Democrat side of the Presidental race.

[RoadKingSE]

If you'd like an appetizer before Barack Hussein serves up the entre, check the disaster in Massachusetts since Deval been up in the Gubna's house. These two great minds stink alike. And this is not "just words" Barry.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

A possible President Obama will truly be politically just like Governor Patrick except that it will instead be at the national level! If only an actual conservative was truly running for POTUS this time around! God help the future of the U.S. as a country!

[Red Badger]

[acapesket]

Patrick from Spongebob would be a much better Governor than Governor Tinky Winky has been. Obama will be an equally effective President if elected.
God Save the United States of America.

[Vermont Lt]

If we HAVE to have Obama as President, do me a favor and take Patrick away from MA. Please, we will be very grateful.

He is Obama-Lite. If you can imagine that!

[Eroteme]

Despite the article's premise, I'd wager my 401k that Deval no more wrote this book proposal than he's going to write his own book. (Deval's agent, Todd Shuster, also represents ghostwriters and editorial "collaborators"--euphemism for actual-writer-for-person-who-can't-write-or-is-too-important-to-sit-down-and-slog-at-a-computer.).

Get this from the proposal
"A Better Chance has numerous top-drawer corporate sponsors - GE, Sony, Coca-Cola, Toyota, Verizon, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, American Express (and many others) - who are capable of making significant bulk purchases of the book and distributing these copies among employees, business contacts, community leaders, students and others," the governor wrote.

Some of the corporations have interests and business before the state, possibly triggering ethical concerns; Patrick spokesman Sullivan said the governor would make sure that any agreements and promotional efforts abide by state ethics rules.

[sportutegrl]

. . . efforts to persuade big corporations to buy the book by the carton, activities that promise to pull Patrick away from Massachusetts and the State House during the last year of his term.

Heck, if I was a big corporation in Mass I'd buy a carton.

[GQuagmire]

“activities that promise to pull Patrick away from Massachusetts and the State House during the last year of his term.”

He should write a few books.Keep him out of state permanently.

[Katya]

Patrick is positioning himself to run in 2012 if Obama loses.

[Larebil]

He abandons the people trying to push that stupid casino deal and runs off to serve ME ME Me.

He said that the casino bill wasn’t going anywhere anyway.

So they stick their necks out trying to support his bill and he runs off to a book deal.
This man is a one term slimeball.

[acapesket]

Hey what about Long Beach Pawn Shop a.k.a. “Ameriquest”,
He worked for them too! Ah shoot, they probably can’t afford any right now..Shoot!

Maybe what’s left of the Clinton Crime Family will make reparations with Duval since Bill’s star status campaigning put the racist little Dweeb over the top with our Masshole Moonbats, thus giving him the election.