He was more interested in having the job than in doing the job - Deval Patrick

[malaise]

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on Willard the governor.
Rmoney's lost years in Massachusetts - well he did lose all the files - or destroy them


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1. Mitt Romney Ignores Time As Governor On Campaign Trail

Though Mitt Romney has defended his business record against attacks, there is a part of his past that he's more reluctant to discuss -- his time as Massachusetts' governor.

The presumptive GOP presidential candidate continually faced trouble over stances he took as governor of the Bay State, particularly on health care and abortion. Despite Romney's hesitation, Deval Patrick -- the current Democratic governor of Massachusetts -- told Politico Romney's work with health care reform was "profoundly important" to the states' residents.

“He did one profoundly important thing, and nobody can take it away from him, and that’s health care reform -- and he doesn’t want to talk about that,” added Patrick, who is close to Obama. “The impression he left with people here was he was more interested in having the job [of governor] than doing the job.”

In the past, Romney has avoided the topic of health care, putting more emphasis on his time at Bain Capital. Lately, he's even refused to partake in a full discussion on his business career thanks to new attacks by the Obama campaign.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/mitt-romney-governor_n_1543425.html

[TheWraith]

2. It's Deval Patrick, FYI. nt

[malaise]

10. LOL

Corrected

[bluerum]

3. Patrick Deval.

Tee hee hee.

In any event - one of our best guv's in years. Quiet, efficient leadership. Not sure I like the casino idea though.

[Recursion]

6. I worked in Southie next to one of the proposed sites

I can't say it would be a horrible idea there.

(It's only technically "Southie" since it's Fort Point; but it could use something other than shipyards and shipyards-converted-into-art-studios.)

[kentuck]

4. Did he destroy all the files from his office ??

He does have a knack for secrecy, doesn't he?

[Riftaxe]

8. Presumably Romney destroyed the curtains

from the Governor's office as well, since it is well known here in New England that Governor Patrick spared no expense in replacing them at least...

[malaise]

11. Yes he did

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/06/us-usa-campaign-romney-computers-idUSTRE7B500X20111206
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- Mitt Romney spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, Reuters has learned.

The move during the final weeks of Romney's administration was legal but unusual for a departing governor, Massachusetts officials say.

The effort to purge the records was made a few months before Romney launched an unsuccessful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. He is again competing for the party's nomination, this time to challenge Barack Obama for the presidency in 2012.


When Romney left the governorship of Massachusetts, 11 of his aides bought the hard drives of their state-issued computers to keep for themselves. Also before he left office, the governor's staff had emails and other electronic communications by Romney's administration wiped from state servers, state officials say.
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Shouldn't this have been investigated by the state?

[Recursion]

5. Deval Patrick (nt)

[siligut]

7. This goes along with Ann's position that it is their turn now

It is all about the prestige and status for them. I am sure there are plenty of people who remain in the shadows waiting to run things for Mitt the figurehead.

[tanyev]

9. Seems to be a common theme in Republican circles.

[benld74]

12. WIllard the governor or Bush the Dim,,,,,

They just want to wear the crown,

walk the walk,

talk the talk

but when it comes down to brass tacks,


THEY GOT NOTHING
Zero
ziltch
nada

[malaise]

13. Wrong they get a lot

They loot the social good