Deval Patrick’s records under lock & key (Protected by Romney)

"You think all those cyber sleuths searching
Sarah Palin’s e-mails would get a similar thrill
looking at, say, Gov. Deval Patrick’s BlackBerry?

The answer is no, and not just because MSNBC
would never mobilize an army of reporters
to go after a Democrat.

The real reason people will never see Patrick’s e-mails
is because they can’t.

The Massachusetts governor is citing a court ruling
used by Mitt Romney and Paul Cellucci
to exempt himself from the state public records law."

I am no fan of Romney, but what does this have to with him? Good grief. Governors generally cite executive privilege.

then why of why does Palin’s executive emails get published?

Romney...the architect of zer0bamacare needs to be properly vetted...

First, perhaps the author sees the connection you do not.

Many of the MSM attacks on Gov. Palin HAVE
been driven by .... Mitt Romney.

Second, BUT for Romney there would be NEITHER
RomneyCARE nor ObamaCARE.

The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++8 pts. days prior to September 18th, 2008.
So the RomneyTeam attacked Gov. Palin and her children to throw Election2008.

Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers, some of whom are currently working for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for the White House,
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide, now working for McCain-Palin.
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
He's in charge on November 5th.'"
The Prowler added: "Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."
The Romney supporters in the McCain campaign had access to internal polling which indicated well in advance of the November 4 election that McCain had no chance to win.
So they began working to position their man Mitt for a run in 2012. Just two days after the election,The Palmetto Scoop reported:
"One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
These aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
"Here’s what I think: I think there are some staffers on the McCain campaign who seriously screwed up the roll out of Sarah Palin, to which Governor Palin herself objected.
These staffers are now out trying to finish her off thinking, as typical D.C. types do, that if they don’t do it to her, she’ll do it to them. They just never understood who Palin is or what she is about."
"Likewise, I do think there are some staffers and others who expect Mitt Romney to run again in 2012,
they decided McCain could not win, and decided to undermine Sarah Palin and her chances hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."

"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign? (Mark Wallace, Romney pimp)
The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."

Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney

"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

I think the idea is that Palin and Patrick are both public figures. Since the media dives precipitously into Palin’s life [emails while public employee in this instance] they should also dive headlong into all public employees’ emails.

But this article connotes that they can’t in the case of Deval Patrick...and Romney is brought in gratuitously as the leftist media does when it thinks it will make a difference for their side?

So I dunno if the topic is a “connection” or an “incongruity” but I get the gist.

just sayin’

Why blame Romney? Please notice the time of the post; ten seconds before 8:00 am. An anti/Romney post is required here before 8 !

I’m no Romney fan, but the levels of attacks on him make everything associated with FR look small and easily ignored, as opposed to the extremely well-respected site we were a few years ago.

Was not aware of the time requirement. Thanks.

MindBender26, you have shared how you feel.

You think FR “look(s) small” because of
criticism of Romney?

You think FR “look(s) small” because of
citing an article mentioning Romney?

You think FR “look(s) small” because of
citing an article describing a typical Romney anti-transparency coverup?

You think FR “look(s) small” because of
the MSM should be able to harass Gov. Palin,
but any criticism or investigation of Romney
is wrong?

Please favor us with explaining exactly how
having governmental transparency, accountability,
and exposure is ... “small”?

Your picture is clearly worth a thousand words. That is, unfortunately, how my wife and I envision Romney.

Too many liberal pundits and liberal MSM talking heads praise Romney. I don’t want the media to select our candidate for president AGAIN.

EODGUY

WRKO’s Scott Alan Miller went to Milton town hall to get Deval’s Voting Record. The Clerk, who was also the police chief started calling him a Racist. The local blogs then started showing comments about Scotto being from Indianan where “the KKK was started”.

You're correct, basil.

I sure don't recall those mythical halcyon days when FReepers engaged in robotic unity.

And thank God for that!

I don't get all the hand-wringing lately.

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