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Gov. Patrick Has Harsh Words for Members of Congress
wamc.org ^ | October 04, 2013 | Jim Levulis

Posted on 10/04/2013 7:06:40 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick had some harsh words the federal government as he made stops in the western part of the state today.

“It’s embarrassing," said Patrick.

“The Tea Party Republicans are playing a big game with the lives of some little people frankly,” he said. “I think that’s got to end.”

The democrat says this is not a new issue, but it has reached a new level.

“We have had perennial arguments over more than 200 years about what we want government to do or not do,” he said. “But rarely, until today, have we had a question about whether there should be a functioning federal government.”

So what action should be taken?

“No state can get the federal government to function,” Patrick said. “Congress has to get the federal government to function. The majority of members, Republicans and Democrats, in the House and Senate who believe the federal government should function need to stand up to that small number of Tea Party bullies.”

Patrick held a cabinet meeting and made stops in North Adams Friday.


TOPICS: US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: dookhanjustice4all; patrick4dookhan; patrick4obamacare; patrick4romneycare; teaparty
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1 posted on 10/04/2013 7:06:41 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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“No state can get the federal government to function,”

Maybe he should concentrate on making his state function without the federal government.
2 posted on 10/04/2013 7:08:18 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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A democrat blaming republicans. I’m shocked.


3 posted on 10/04/2013 7:08:22 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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Devaluate the gov't of Mass.

Devolve the 'rats.

4 posted on 10/04/2013 7:08:46 PM PDT by Paladin2
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I am starting to think the public is more informed than many of these politicians.


5 posted on 10/04/2013 7:11:37 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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Please keep squealing.


6 posted on 10/04/2013 7:13:04 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

quick ....somebody put some barricades around this guys mouth.


7 posted on 10/04/2013 7:13:09 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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How do these idiots get elected?


8 posted on 10/04/2013 7:13:45 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Does anyone take the clown Governors from New England seriously any more. The very seat of liberty has been corrupted by the Progressives and looks more and more like the Third World Countries of the EU.


9 posted on 10/04/2013 7:13:52 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (A civilian forece funded and equal to the military ... Obama/DHS & Hitler/Gestapo & Stalin/KGB)
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To: Paladin2

As I understand it the MBTA has about half as much debt by itself as Detroit.


10 posted on 10/04/2013 7:17:40 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Now I hope the Repubs realize that it's futile to continually appease the left. They've become such spoiled brats now all this whinning, pounding of the chest, and stomping of the feet is to be expected.

The laws of Nature don't change: you can't dance with the devil.

11 posted on 10/04/2013 7:22:26 PM PDT by Paulie
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He’s convinced me, I’ve got to officially join the Tea Party.


12 posted on 10/04/2013 7:22:33 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I have a friend in Massachusetts with serious health problems in her family. She tends to be liberal, and at first she spoke well of Romneycare.

More recently, she seems to be coming to the realization that it just doesn’t work.

Obamacare is going to be a whole lot worse. The problem is, unless it is blocked soon enough, it will wreck the healthcare and insurance sectors, and returning to what we had before will be pretty much impossible. Kind of like the troubles the Soviet Union had switching over to capitalism after 70 years of Communist wrecking of the economy. It’s better than it was in Russia, but things are still basically a mess.

If we don’t block this destructive program NOW, our children will be in for decades of trouble, if not worse.


13 posted on 10/04/2013 7:22:49 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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He must mean the thousands that have been dropped back to part time and are suffering in other ways because of OBAMACARE; and other thousands that are unemployed because of our socialist and debt ridden economy.


14 posted on 10/04/2013 7:24:17 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: cripplecreek
Has the MBTA built out beyond the routes of 40 years ago?

They seemed to work fine then. Apparently pensions have improved.

15 posted on 10/04/2013 7:26:30 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Mr. Roarke Deval Patrick photo: Barack Obama and Deval Patrick USPoliticsBarackObamaandDevalPatric.jpg and Tattoo
16 posted on 10/04/2013 8:15:13 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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“Gov. Patrick Has Harsh Words for Members of Congress”

My immediate reaction to reading that headline: “Oh, STFU!”


17 posted on 10/04/2013 8:21:22 PM PDT by Batman11 (Obama is not American.. he has no clue what it is to be American.)
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To: tumblindice

That picture is kind of gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!


18 posted on 10/04/2013 8:22:41 PM PDT by Flick Lives (The U.S. is dead to me.)
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19 posted on 10/04/2013 8:25:50 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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“little people”? YGTBSM


20 posted on 10/04/2013 8:33:59 PM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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