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The moonbats are in mourning. In meltdown. In the muck, the mire. De-mooned. De-pressed. De-swooned. Ma-rooned. Pass the Xanax, please! What happened to Divine Deval, man of hope, the man who was to restore holier-than-thou progressives - dare I say liberals - to disinfect the Corner Office after 16 years of nasty, greedy, let-them-eat-cake-crumbs-and-like-it Republicans? “It started with the (inaugural) parties,” says The Uber Moonbat of Roslindale, Erik Gehring. I first met him last fall, on his Trek 700 bike, Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, the belly of the moonbat beast by the Blissful Monkey Yoga Studio, the Wonder Spice Cafe,...

Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday admitted he “really screwed up” by spending tax dollars on a leased Cadillac and high-end office furniture, but he strongly defended the hiring of a $72,000-a-year chief of staff for his wife. “Every governor has had staff to help support the work of the office, including the work of the first lady,” Patrick said during an impromptu press conference. “It’s official business.” However, a Patrick aide could recall only two events Diane Patrick has attended this year, one to promote early education initiatives in the State House and a second to appear at a reading event...

Howie Carr live thread. Column to follow.

Governor, come in, please. Loosen your ascot and stay a while. A quick question before we get started: Who are you getting your political advice from these days, Leona Helmsley?......Pretty much everything you've been doing since the day you were elected, knock it all off, every single bit.

BOSTON --He's only one month into his first term in elective office, but already Gov. Deval Patrick is facing scrutiny of his personal spending after he asked all department heads to trim their budgets to help close a budget gap of more than $1 billion. In a week that saw Patrick proposing measures to raise the meals tax at restaurants and close corporate tax loopholes -- a move some companies view as a tax hike, he also was forced to answer questions about his use of a state police helicopter and a new Cadillac DeVille to move around the state....

Cadillac Deval: When not heli-commuting gov rides in style

Howie Carr live thread. (Interesting post on Scott Allen Miller's blog, which is linked to WRKO, today: "Echoes of Cellucci? "I have become aware of a story about Governor Deval Patrick that is about to break. I can't share it with you now because it's embargoed but I so want to. It's the first scandal of his administration. It's not a huge one, though, and it will be explained away by his sycophants and spinners as an honest mistake. Even if it is, will Patrick do what's right to make proper amends for this supposedly honest mistake? Stay tuned (now...

(We'll just do the Howie Carr live thread from this column post! Death pool today.--RR) Let the record show, there was a full moon Wednesday night. Perfect weather, in other words, for moonbats, and that’s who was out in force yesterday on Beacon Hill. Gov. Deval Patrick was sworn in, and as he does every four years, Secretary of State Bill Galvin got to yell out, “God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts!” Some years that phrase resonates more than others. Yesterday was one of those days. If you listened to the entire 17 minutes or so, you don’t have to...

Mass. gets its first black governor, and the first Dem to be elected to that office since Dukakis in '86. If you liked Pee Wee, you'll love Urkel.

Howie column below (about gay marriage vote). Also live thread for today's Howie Carr show.

BOSTON — Gov.-elect Deval Patrick said Thursday he will rescind a new agreement between the state and federal authorities that allows State Police troopers to arrest illegal immigrants. Speaking with reporters after a lunch meeting with state legislators, the incoming governor said he believes the troopers have enough to do already without having to also enforce immigration laws. "If I have that power, I'm going to rescind that agreement," Patrick, a Democrat, told reporters. He added: "I do believe I have that power."

So now there is proof of what we have long suspected: Deval Patrick (incoming Dem. MA gov.) and his crew of moonbats don’t have sense enough to come in out of the cold. What a marvelous idea. Let’s have the governor’s inauguration outside. In the first week of January! The climate’s always so accommodating around here in early January. So why are the legislators so concerned about the frigid weather? Anyone who voted for Deval would be glad to talk to them about global warming. And talk to them, and then talk to them some more. Plus, it’s not like...

I’ve got the hottest bumper sticker in town: DON’T BLAME ME - I VOTED FOR MUFFY. Oh sure, I could have waited until January when Deval Patrick becomes governor. You know, at least give the guy a chance to do the right thing. But why wait? Especially when they make such perfect stocking stuffers, just in time for Christmas, or as Deval and his PC crew would say, the holidays. Nobody ever went broke underestimating the ability of Massachusetts politicians to screw up. When betting the over-under on how many days it will take a local pol to step in...

"The voters have spoken--damn them!" Have heard Howie say that, though I think the actual quote (Mo Udall, 1976) is "The voters have spoken--the bastards." Remembering Peter Finch in "Network", used by Jerry Williams: "I want you to get up right now. I want you to get up out of your chairs--go to the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell I'm as Mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Give the Mass. voters (the ones who haven't fled) a couple years of Deval and Dem domination, and the vaccuum cleaner sucking dollars...

This thread will continue right up till the end of the night. Focus on Mass./New England and nationally, too. Governorships, Senate/House, ballot questions...who will control the Senate and House nationally? Key races... keep it here!

Get out and vote tomorrow! And tomorrow's HC live thread will continue ALL NIGHT LONG as the results come in, locally and nationwide.

Don't blame me, I voted for Kerry...Healey

Kerry Healey, struggling to close a gender gap with Democratic rival Deval Patrick, is unveiling a scathing new television ad linking Patrick's past efforts to seek parole for a convicted rapist with womens' fears of being attacked. The ad is drawing fire from women who support Patrick and victim advocates who said the Republican candidate for governor is pandering to women's fears in an attempt to draw votes and is ignoring the fact that the vast number of sexual assaults are committed by relatives or acquaintances, not strangers. The ad, set to begin airing on Thursday, features grainy images of...

Christy, it’s time to quit the governor’s race. Let me be blunt: You are a straw for Deval Patrick. Of course you deny it, but there’s an old saying that the best straw is the one who doesn’t even know he’s a straw. For anyone unfamiliar with the term, a straw is a candidate in a fight who drains off votes from the main challenger. Basically, a straw splits the anti-vote, so that even if a majority are against a particularly odious candidate, he still slides in. Christy is playing Ross Perot to Deval’s Clinton. But this campaign is not...

Democrat Deval Patrick yesterday accused Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey of planting a story about his rapist brother-in-law - an allegation hotly refuted by the lieutenant governor in an escalating war of words between the campaigns. Patrick angrily responded yesterday to a Herald report that state officials have ordered Patrick’s brother-in-law, Bernard Sigh, to register as a sex offender, accusing Healey of “dirty politics.” “This is the politics of Kerry Healey,” Patrick said angrily at a Cambridge press conference. “It disgusts me and it must be stopped.” Sigh, 54, is married to Patrick’s sister and was convicted of raping her in...