"Obama blows in, talks up Patrick and future; President delivers clean energy address at MIT, rallies support for governor at fund-raiser" by Matt Viser, Globe Staff | October 24, 2009
President Obama, on a whirlwind visit to Boston yesterday, linked Governor Deval Patrick’s political fate to the fate of the nation, telling Patrick supporters at a downtown fund-raiser that the governor had made the kind of hard choices the country needs to make to put itself on a stronger course.
Sweeping into town for the fund-raiser and to deliver a speech on clean energy at MIT, Obama said Patrick deserves credit for implementing near-universal health care, investing in education, and making the alternative energy and biotech industries a priority. If voters fail to recognize this hard work in next year’s state election, the president said, it will not bode well for the United States.
Oh, SCREW HIM!!!!
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And CAN YOU IMAGINE the LIBERAL HOWLING if GEORGE W. BUSH came here and MEDDLED in Mass. elections (and I am far from a fan of W, folks)?
“When the people of states reward the courageous and hard-working governors like that, that has implications for our nation as a whole,’’ Obama said at a 125-person reception at the Westin Copley Place.
Yeah, and the "implications" are NOT GOOD!!!
Otherwise, Obama said, other political leaders will say “then maybe I shouldn’t, as a member of Congress or as a senator, take some chances and take some tough stands in pursuit of that same vision.’’
What a tool.
The fund-raiser, composed of the reception and a larger ballroom gathering, demonstrated one of Patrick’s advantages in what is expected to be a difficult reelection campaign: having the president of the United States, a close friend and political soul mate, shower him with praise and help him raise money.
I'm sorry, but THAT DOES NOT MEAN S*** to the PEOPLE SUFFERING in this state!!
Patrick aides said the fund-raiser would bring in more than $600,000 for him, running mate Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray, and the Massachusetts Democratic Party - although the events appeared to not be fully booked.
Goodbye, guv! Did Obama offer you a job, because you better take it.
“There’s not a tougher time to be governor than right now,’’ Obama said. Several audience members shouted out, “Or President!’’ “And yet, without losing his cool, losing that steady inner calm that he has, Deval has gone about the business,’’ Obama continued, highlighting several accomplishments of Patrick’s term, including tougher ethics laws, a push for clean energy, and an overhaul of the transportation system.
He really thinks we will chomp down on any old turd, huh?
How disrespectful to the citizenry!!! This is change?
Even at MIT, where Obama called on the United States to be a world leader in alternative energy, he made a point of trumpeting Patrick’s leadership, calling him a “champion of science and technology.’’
If TOSSING HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of TAX LOOT at WELL-CONNECTED INTERESTS is "leadership" then he is a winner!
At the ballroom event, Patrick launched into an animated campaign speech similar to the ones that helped him get elected three years ago. The tone - it was Patrick’s most forceful speech yet in his reelection campaign - was a far cry from the somber nature of his recent appearances, addressing the widening state budget crisis.
“You fired up?’’ Patrick shouted into the microphone after coming onto the stage, using Obama’s trademark rallying cry from the 2008 election. “Ready to go?’’ The governor then ticked off several of what he considers his administration’s big achievements.
“And no, no, I have not yet mastered the ways of the career politician,’’ Patrick said.
Even though you were GROOMED FOR IT, huh?
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What?
“I admit that. Because I don’t wake up every day thinking about reelection, or how to make myself look good on the evening news, or how to go along to get along. I wake up thinking about you. How to make a better commonwealth. And there is more to accomplish, so much more.’’
He listed closing the achievement gap in education, controlling health care costs, and creating more jobs among his biggest priorities. “Give us four more years, and we will finish what we started,’’ he said.
That is why you are GOING, guv! What a MISTAKE it was to elect you!
The Massachusetts Republican Party seized on Obama’s trip to point out several of Patrick’s missteps in its “Memo to the White House Traveling Press Pool.’’ Referring to Patrick as “Disappointment Deval,’’ the memo noted his low approval ratings, the high unemployment rate in the state, and the political heat he has taken for signing a boost in the sales tax rate this summer.....
Of course, that's as far as the pro-Patrick Globe is willing to go.
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Hey, what is ONE MORE ITEM that JUST VANISHES, right?
Agenda-pushing mission accomplished or no, Glob?
Air Force One touched down yesterday at Logan International Airport at 11:27 a.m. on a windy, overcast day. Stepping off the plane, Obama, accompanied by Senator John F. Kerry, gave Patrick a huge grin, a handshake, and a big hug....
Yeah, THANKS for LEAVING the TAXPAYER-FUNDED CARBON FOOTPRINT, 'bamer!
Obama also highlighted some of the differences between running on a message of hope and change, as he and Patrick did, and then accomplishing things while in office. “Campaigning before you’re governor is always easy, because everybody projects onto you whatever they think should happen,’’ he said. “Governance . . . means inheriting problems and having to grapple with them.’’
Translation: I LIED TO YOU in the campaign, America.
The message had particular resonance coming from a president who, like Patrick, swept into office with a huge amount of political capital, but is now bumping up against the hard realities of getting his agenda enacted.
That is because WE THOUGHT WE REJECTED BUSH when we "elected" him, only to find out it is the SAME AGENDA!!!
Obama, who was slated to raise money later in the day for Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut, who also faces a tough reelection fight, did not wade into the Massachusetts race to fill Edward M. Kennedy’s Senate seat....
Why should he?
Besides, he ALREADY DID by getting the interim sock-puppet they wanted.
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In a FAIR ELECTION, Dodd is toast!
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And Obama does MORE FUND-RAISERS than GEORGE BUSH!!!!
"New Orleans is the only stop on Obama’s schedule before a quick hop to San Francisco for a DNC fund-raiser."
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And the most important donors of all:
"Obama raises millions at Manhattan fund-raiser
WASHINGTON - President Obama raised between $2 million and $3 million for Democrats during a swing through Manhattan last night, easing some qualms that the economic downturn might spook major donors at a time when the financial industry is aggravated by the administration’s populist tone but also under pressure to avoid the appearance of excessive giving.
Yes, American, that is YOUR BAILOUT MONEY going to FUND DEMOCRAPIC CAMPAIGNS! Quite a RACKET they got going, huh?
Fund-raisers familiar with the guest lists said that Wall Street firms were well represented....
Though money is not flowing into the Democratic Party as it did in 2008 - and the party’s 2009 candidates in two gubernatorial races are struggling - Obama himself remains an attraction.
Yeah, the PARTY is GOING DOWN the SHOOTS, but HE'S STILL a ROCK STAR!
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And now they are wondering 'Where is the money?"
A rally at the Hammerstein Ballroom sold out, with an estimated 2,700 guests paying for tickets that started at $100. At a dinner at the Mandarin Oriental - costing $15,200 per person - Obama planned to mingle with about 200 guests, officials said.
Are YOU FRIKKIN' KIDDING ME?
We have PEOPLE STARVING in the STREETS!!!
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