Posted on 09/02/2010 8:41:57 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Deval Patrick on Beck Rally: 'It's a Free Country. I Wish It Weren't.' BY Mary Katharine Ham September 2, 2010 10:20 AM
In this episode of "Better Know Your Democratic Governor," longtime Obama ally (and speech donor) Deval Patrick seems to commit a Kinsleyan gaffe when asked about the Glenn Beck rally held on the Mall August 28.
The rally faced criticism from liberals, particularly black leaders who believed it was inappropriate to hold it on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Most of those liberals were wise enough not to question Beck's right to hold a rally; just the wisdom and symbolism of the date and place. Gov. Patrick is not so sure about the Constitutional rights of those who disagree with him.
When asked whether he was troubled by the rally, he replies, "It's a free country. I wish it weren't. You know, you got to respect that freedom." Here's Massachusetts talker Michael Graham discussing the comment, with audio of the clip:
If I were the defense for Patrick, I'd argue that it's possible he was saying, in essence, "It's a free country. I wish it (the rally) weren't (held on that date). You know, you got to respect that freedom." But my, that would be an odd construction for that sentiment. In defending his remark, Patrick doesn't put forth that argument. He merely reiterates that it's a free country, and he wishes the rally hadn't been held that day.
Independent gubernatorial candidate Tim Cahill took him to task over the comment today:
“It’s pretty unbelievable and typical of the far left,” Cahill told the Herald. “When they don’t like what the other side says, they want to close down free speech.”
Patrick later in the day defended his radio remarks, stressing he has long defended freedom of speech. The governor said he meant that Fox TV host Glenn Beck should not have chosen the site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech on its 47th anniversary to hold his “Restoring Honor” rally. The rally was held Saturday.
“I wish they hadn’t chose that place and that day to have that event,” Patrick said. “But it’s a free country. That was my point, and it has to be respected.”
Cadillac Deval.
This guy is a moron.
He couldn’t run a newspaper route.
I live in MA. Even if the country was free, he would find a way to slap a 6.25% sales tax on it.
Sometimes the mask... slips. Just a little bit.
Or, as we call him around the house” “Obama-lite.”
“It’s a free country. I wish it weren’t. You know, you got to respect that freedom.”
...unreal. “I wish it weren’t”?! Speechless.
If this were not a free country guess where this
little chimp would be?
The reason for the King rally was to put the party that oppressed blacks on notice. Gee, who was that party? Oh yeah, it was the democrat party. That rally was a rally against the party of slavery, the KKK, and discrimination...the democrat party.
FUBO
A gaffe: When a politician accidentally tells the truth
Write-In: Keith Davis, 9 Pheasant Dr. Holyoke for Republican Lt. Governor.
He was just saying what most if not all ‘Rats were thinking. Maybe especially Al Sharpton.
And these are the same morons who are screaming about the Ground Zero Mosque being appropriate and that we who oppose it are racists.....I hate libs........what also burns me is that all the race baiters are screaming about the location as if they own the Lincoln Monument....wasn’t Lincoln white AND a Republican? Just saying...........
Democrats hate it when people other than their leftnut radicals exercise free speech. They thought they had complete control, but like all tyrants, sooner or later, the Demwits are learning that control is an illusion.
“It’s a free country. I wish it weren’t.”
Sounds like the DNC mission statement.
You’ve said a drooling mouthful, Patrick.
When the left spews its hate and vitriol at conservatives, we shrug it off, knowing what a load of horse dung it is. But when we criticize the left, they start talking about what a bad idea free speech is and how it needs to be limited. It’s almost like we strike a nerve, isn’t it?
Another politically correct pick; another half Black & White who was schooled in all the neo-Marxist schools for Blacks with a hyphen for Africa, rather than America on Chicago’s South-Side....Deval is now a professional politician whose background is almost entirely in government.
He was also a Christian and a product of the second great awakening ... But saying that would be politically incorrect and offensive to the MSM
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