Delusional Gov Do-Nothing
In that hard hitting interview with Emily Rooney the other night Gov. Do-Nothing said he had the votes right now to pass his casino plan.
Oh really? Those meanies at the Globe decided to actually check that claim out. What they found is not surprising.
An informal Globe poll of all 19 members of the legislative committee that will consider Patrick’s proposal showed that it would probably get a negative vote that could prove difficult to overcome.
“There’s a lot of strikes against it,” said Representative Barry Finegold, a Democrat from Andover and a member of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies who does not support the governor’s plan to license three casinos.
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Twelve members of the committee said they are inclined to vote against the proposal, unless wholesale changes are made, such as reducing the number of casinos in the plan, giving more gambling proceeds to cities and towns, or allowing the state’s racetracks to add slot machines. Three members said they are leaning in favor of the proposal. Four said they are on the fence.
So, of 19 members of the committee that has the power to kill his proposal, 3 are leaning in favor of it.
Do they teach Math at Milton Academy?
I know the Guv has been getting affirmative action handouts his whole life and has never had to play by the same rules as most people but this is ridiculous.
His entire administration is riding on these Casino’s getting built and producing the revenue he claims they will so one would think he’d have a better handle on the prospects for approval by the Legislature. A Legislature consisting almost entirely of members of his own party.
You’d also think that with the stakes so high he’d be busting his pampered ass working on getting this approved. Let’s hear from some of his fellow Dems in the Legislature:
Patrick’s administration said it has been speaking with legislators, but most of those on the committee said they have not been contacted by the governor on the issue.
“It’s interesting to me that the governor proposed it, but he has not been crusading for it,” said Representative Ellen Story, a Democrat from Amherst who is opposed to the proposal. “He proposed it, and that was almost the end of that.”
This preening shmoe of a Governor has been handed things his whole life. Once he was plucked out of the Chicago projects, being smart + Black (not necessarily in that order) has been enough. Has he ever had to work for anything?
Once these casinos go down in flames, what then?
Despite all these obvious shortcomings, Stocky sees a bright future for our Preening Shmoe Gov Do-Nothing. Unfortunately for the Citizens of Massachusetts and the United States in general that future involves the U.S. Senate.
Could there be a more fitting job for an empty suit windbag like Deval? Forget Emily Rooney, he belongs in front of the bright lights of Tim Russerts show. He would be perfect for that. Pontificating endlessly, sanctemoniously lecturing everyone on what they need to do while never doing much of anything himself.
Sounds a lot like the current job description for John Kerry. Or Barack Obama.
What we have is an Obama in waiting. AKA Obama Lite.
Reach for that, Guv.