Massachusetts has elected the 2nd African American
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deep
Blue Crack Addict
a good follow up to a Mormon. 
Varitek
Blue Crack Addict
When Boston.com and AP called it at about 8:30 est I cried, in a good way.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY TO MAKE YOU FEEL PROUD?
I wish I was home - I'd be at the party downtown!!
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY TO MAKE YOU FEEL PROUD?
I wish I was home - I'd be at the party downtown!!
Varitek
Blue Crack Addict
Dreadsox said:
You seem excited but you didn't vote for him? (you said you voted for no major party candidate?)
Angela Harlem
Jesus Online
Dreadsox is an individual. 
Dread did you ever read that PM I sent you? That wasn't a rhetorical question, you know!
Dread did you ever read that PM I sent you? That wasn't a rhetorical question, you know!
Angela Harlem
Jesus Online
I cant even remember now. 
It was like...2 months ago or something. I should just go back into hiding!
I asked you where nbc was, and if he was ok, and something else which I cannot recall now. Or did I? Cant you just open your PM box?
It was like...2 months ago or something. I should just go back into hiding!I asked you where nbc was, and if he was ok, and something else which I cannot recall now. Or did I? Cant you just open your PM box?
Varitek
Blue Crack Addict
On the sad side it looks like Ballot Question 1 will be defeated and grocery stores won't be able to sell wine. Damn Puritans.
phanan
Blue Crack Addict
I don't understand that at all. To not be able to sell wine in grocery stores is quite laughable.
Varitek
Blue Crack Addict
We only got the ability to buy liquor on sundays a few years ago - actually a superbowl sunday that the pats were in lol. it's the damn Puritans.
from the Globe front page:
ELECTION UPDATES: By more than a 3-to-2 margin, voters in about one third of Massachusetts communities have sent Washington a message: get out of Iraq now. The non-binding resolution calling for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq was winning in all 36 legislative districts it was on the ballot, with 52 percent of precincts counted. --Developing
And my congressman was elected 91% of the vote...with the other 9% going to a socialist workers party candidate.
I love Massachusetts even if we have to go out of our way to buy our liquor - trust me we can drink it with the best of 'em. Now my question is, as it's 6am here, should I opena bottle of wine for my celebration?
from the Globe front page:
ELECTION UPDATES: By more than a 3-to-2 margin, voters in about one third of Massachusetts communities have sent Washington a message: get out of Iraq now. The non-binding resolution calling for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq was winning in all 36 legislative districts it was on the ballot, with 52 percent of precincts counted. --Developing
And my congressman was elected 91% of the vote...with the other 9% going to a socialist workers party candidate.
I love Massachusetts even if we have to go out of our way to buy our liquor - trust me we can drink it with the best of 'em. Now my question is, as it's 6am here, should I opena bottle of wine for my celebration?
redhotswami
Blue Crack Addict
Varitek said:
Are you friggin kidding me??? That's just crazy!
Angela Harlem said:I cant even remember now.
I asked you where nbc was, and if he was ok, and something else which I cannot recall now. Or did I? Cant you just open your PM box?
Wow, you are fired up...I remember reading it, but come to think of it....I never wrote you back....how rude of me.....
Want to spank me?
NBC is doing well. He has retired from FYM. I heard from him last week.
Liesje
Blue Crack Addict
Varitek said:
Zeeland, Michigan (just a teeny bit south of here) just go the ability to sell/buy liquor PERIOD last night!
MrsSpringsteen
Blue Crack Addict
He has charisma and the ability to make people believe and feel hopeful, I hope he can live up to all the promise he has created. If he does I think he might even be on the national stage one day.
Transcript of Deval Patrick's acceptance speech
November 8, 2006
Thank you, thank you all. You better believe we can. Thank you all.
Today, November 7, 2006, the people of Massachusetts chose by a decisive margin to take their government back.
This was not a victory just for me. This was not a victory just for Democrats. This was a victory for hope.
And we won it the old-fashioned way – we earned it. Nearly two years ago, we started on this journey, and by coming to you, where you live and work, by listening to you, by showing that we could disagree with each other without being disagreeable, by asking you to put your cynicism down, by refusing to build myself up by tearing anybody else down, by challenging you to see your stake in your neighbor’s dreams and struggles as well as your own, we built what history will record is the broadest and best-organized grassroots organization this Commonwealth has ever seen.
Now I ask you to look around. Look around, especially those of you who have never been a part of a campaign. Every kind of person is here. You come from every corner of the Commonwealth. You come from great wealth and no wealth. You walk and you use wheelchairs. Democrats and Independents and Republicans are here. You are liberal and moderate and conservative.
You see in common how broken our civic life and how fractured our communities are. You see in common that the poor are in terrible shape and the middle class are one month away from being poor. And you know that government by gimmick and sound bite isn’t working. You know that we deserve better and we are better than that. And for a chance at a better and more hopeful future, you built bridges some of you never thought could be built across all kinds of differences -- and then you crossed them.
You are business executives looking for a better margin and artists looking to be valued. You are college kids in search of a career and high school drop-outs looking for a way forward. You are young mothers trying to balance work and child care and grandmothers trying to hold on to the family home. You are farmers and fishing families wondering whether there is a future in livelihoods that built this Commonwealth and union members wondering why there is so little work when there is so much to do. And the magic is that you have come together not just for your own dreams and your own aspirations, but for each others’.
This has never been my campaign. It has always been yours. The real heroes here are the thousands of you, here and at home, many who have never been involved before in a political campaign, who set aside what you were doing to get involved, who confronted your despair about the direction our Commonwealth has been heading in, and decided to take responsibility for her future.
You are the young man from Boston who took the midnight bus from college in New York to be at the polls to vote this morning, then hopped on the next bus back to New York so that he could be back in time for his internship. You are the mother who thanked me this morning for running a campaign her kids could watch and be proud of. You are the retiree who told me the other day that this campaign changed her life. You are the homeless man who figured out how to register and vote without an address, because he did not want to be left out again. You are the venture capitalist in the office tower who organized other VCs to help, and the cleaning crew who stopped us in the lobby on the way in to say, 'I'm with you, too.' You are the new citizen who says with such pride that you cast your first vote for Tim and me. You are the tired and frustrated public official, who just got your second wind. You are every Black man, woman and child in Massachusetts and America, and every other striver of every race and kind, who is reminded tonight that the American Dream is for you, too.
You are the ones who transformed this from a political campaign to a movement for change, and I am honored and awed by what you have done. You made a claim on history, and I thank you for letting me be a part of that.
I have been blessed with the best campaign manager and the best strategist on the planet in John Walsh and Doug Rubin. I have also been blessed with an extraordinary staff, who stand with me tonight as they have for many, many months now. I have been blessed with an amazing running mate in Tim Murray. And I have been blessed with a family stronger than steel, especially my wife, Diane.
I have also been blessed many times over by the people of Massachusetts. A people so proud, so optimistic, so practical, so hopeful. I'm not forgetting Ron Bell, relax. I'm not forgetting you, either, and I never will. The people of Massachusetts are so proud, so optimistic, so practical, so hopeful. A people of ingenuity and drive and grit and determination. A people of fundamental civility and warmth. A people from a tradition of high standards and high expectations. This is the character of the people of Massachusetts. This is the character you reflected in this campaign. And these are the people I am honored to serve come January as your Governor.
Unfortunately, there is unpleasantness in any political campaign. This one had perhaps more than its share. But let’s put all that behind us. See, that's yesterday. I am not here to serve as governor of the winners. I am here to serve as governor of the whole Commonwealth. So, just as you have built bridges across differences to create this grassroots movement, go build bridges with supporters of the competing campaigns. They are our neighbors, too. They are a part of this community, too. They have a stake in a fair and purposeful government, just like the rest of us.
Let me start by congratulating Kerry Healey, Christy Mihos and Grace Ross. They had the courage to put their ideas and their vision on the line, and subject it to scrutiny and critique. They deserve our gratitude and respect for the thoughtful contributions they each made to the public discourse.
Let us also thank Mitt Romney for his service. (boos from the crowd) No, wait a minute. That is not what we are about. We have had our differences, but every resident of this state owes a debt of gratitude for anyone willingness to serve, and I thank him for him for that service and the accomplishments of his administration, and I look forward to working with him and his team to ensure a smooth transition.
Tonight we celebrate, but soon our thoughts must turn to governing. We are charged with an awesome responsibility. We have a mandate to revive this economy, to assure excellence in every public school and college, and to deliver on the promise of decent health care. We have a mandate to make the streets safe and housing more affordable. We have a mandate to get the Big Dig right and to help the creative economy flourish. We have a mandate to change the way we do business on Beacon Hill and to keep the grassroots alive and growing. And that mandate is Commonwealth-wide, and it comes from everyone here and everyone in the Commonwealth in search of a reason to hope.
You know change won’t come in a flash. You know that it will take focus and commitment and patience. But you also know that government by gimmick and photo op and sound bite has failed us. Do not expect more of that from me.
What you should expect is that I will work as hard and as smart as I can; that I will listen closely and carefully; that I will be straight with you, as I expect you to be with me; that I will make mistakes, as humans sometimes do, and that I will learn from them when I do; that I will bring every day the best that I have and the best that I am.
And what I expect from you is that you keep this renewed sense of community alive; that you see your stake in each other every day; that you ask what you can do to make Massachusetts stronger and do it; that you don’t let cynicism win, ever -- even when I make mistakes. We didn’t build up this grassroots just to win an election. We built up the grassroots to govern in a whole new way, to make change real, and lasting, and meaningful. And that means, to be sure, that we have to refuse the politics of division and fear “out there.” But it also means some changes “in here,” within the Democratic Party. We have to learn to listen to those who want to help with what’s wrong with Democrats just as openly as we listen to those who tell us what’s wrong with Republicans. See, the grassroots is a power of citizenship. It transcends party, it outlasts party, and it has to lift us all up. And it doesn't end with this election.
In an article in mid-January 2005, the Boston Globe first reported that I was considering getting into this race. I visited my ailing mother that evening to show her the headline. She smiled, kissed me and she said her last good-bye – and then a few hours later, she passed away. We spread her ashes just this morning, Election Day, as a way to mark this milestone in our family’s journey, and to honor her lasting presence in our lives.
She was a remarkable woman. Tough and ornery, and blunt, and opinionated. When we were waiting at the Chicago airport in 1970 when I was 14 years old, as I was about go off alone to Massachusetts for the first time, someone asked her whether she was afraid for me. She said, 'No, he knows he can always come home.'
Nearly 40 years later, Massachusetts is still my home. If I ever had any doubts about that, your support and encouragement and your grace in countless ways over the course of this long campaign has affirmed that for me and for my whole family. What my mother gave me, in that comment, was a confidence about the foundation on which the future is built, and our ability to shape it, and you have strengthened that.
I have told you before that my grandmother used to say, “hope for the best, and work for it.” Well, we have succeeded in raising each others’ hopes, and I can’t wait to get to work.
God bless you all. Thank you so much.
Transcript of Deval Patrick's acceptance speech
November 8, 2006
Thank you, thank you all. You better believe we can. Thank you all.
Today, November 7, 2006, the people of Massachusetts chose by a decisive margin to take their government back.
This was not a victory just for me. This was not a victory just for Democrats. This was a victory for hope.
And we won it the old-fashioned way – we earned it. Nearly two years ago, we started on this journey, and by coming to you, where you live and work, by listening to you, by showing that we could disagree with each other without being disagreeable, by asking you to put your cynicism down, by refusing to build myself up by tearing anybody else down, by challenging you to see your stake in your neighbor’s dreams and struggles as well as your own, we built what history will record is the broadest and best-organized grassroots organization this Commonwealth has ever seen.
Now I ask you to look around. Look around, especially those of you who have never been a part of a campaign. Every kind of person is here. You come from every corner of the Commonwealth. You come from great wealth and no wealth. You walk and you use wheelchairs. Democrats and Independents and Republicans are here. You are liberal and moderate and conservative.
You see in common how broken our civic life and how fractured our communities are. You see in common that the poor are in terrible shape and the middle class are one month away from being poor. And you know that government by gimmick and sound bite isn’t working. You know that we deserve better and we are better than that. And for a chance at a better and more hopeful future, you built bridges some of you never thought could be built across all kinds of differences -- and then you crossed them.
You are business executives looking for a better margin and artists looking to be valued. You are college kids in search of a career and high school drop-outs looking for a way forward. You are young mothers trying to balance work and child care and grandmothers trying to hold on to the family home. You are farmers and fishing families wondering whether there is a future in livelihoods that built this Commonwealth and union members wondering why there is so little work when there is so much to do. And the magic is that you have come together not just for your own dreams and your own aspirations, but for each others’.
This has never been my campaign. It has always been yours. The real heroes here are the thousands of you, here and at home, many who have never been involved before in a political campaign, who set aside what you were doing to get involved, who confronted your despair about the direction our Commonwealth has been heading in, and decided to take responsibility for her future.
You are the young man from Boston who took the midnight bus from college in New York to be at the polls to vote this morning, then hopped on the next bus back to New York so that he could be back in time for his internship. You are the mother who thanked me this morning for running a campaign her kids could watch and be proud of. You are the retiree who told me the other day that this campaign changed her life. You are the homeless man who figured out how to register and vote without an address, because he did not want to be left out again. You are the venture capitalist in the office tower who organized other VCs to help, and the cleaning crew who stopped us in the lobby on the way in to say, 'I'm with you, too.' You are the new citizen who says with such pride that you cast your first vote for Tim and me. You are the tired and frustrated public official, who just got your second wind. You are every Black man, woman and child in Massachusetts and America, and every other striver of every race and kind, who is reminded tonight that the American Dream is for you, too.
You are the ones who transformed this from a political campaign to a movement for change, and I am honored and awed by what you have done. You made a claim on history, and I thank you for letting me be a part of that.
I have been blessed with the best campaign manager and the best strategist on the planet in John Walsh and Doug Rubin. I have also been blessed with an extraordinary staff, who stand with me tonight as they have for many, many months now. I have been blessed with an amazing running mate in Tim Murray. And I have been blessed with a family stronger than steel, especially my wife, Diane.
I have also been blessed many times over by the people of Massachusetts. A people so proud, so optimistic, so practical, so hopeful. I'm not forgetting Ron Bell, relax. I'm not forgetting you, either, and I never will. The people of Massachusetts are so proud, so optimistic, so practical, so hopeful. A people of ingenuity and drive and grit and determination. A people of fundamental civility and warmth. A people from a tradition of high standards and high expectations. This is the character of the people of Massachusetts. This is the character you reflected in this campaign. And these are the people I am honored to serve come January as your Governor.
Unfortunately, there is unpleasantness in any political campaign. This one had perhaps more than its share. But let’s put all that behind us. See, that's yesterday. I am not here to serve as governor of the winners. I am here to serve as governor of the whole Commonwealth. So, just as you have built bridges across differences to create this grassroots movement, go build bridges with supporters of the competing campaigns. They are our neighbors, too. They are a part of this community, too. They have a stake in a fair and purposeful government, just like the rest of us.
Let me start by congratulating Kerry Healey, Christy Mihos and Grace Ross. They had the courage to put their ideas and their vision on the line, and subject it to scrutiny and critique. They deserve our gratitude and respect for the thoughtful contributions they each made to the public discourse.
Let us also thank Mitt Romney for his service. (boos from the crowd) No, wait a minute. That is not what we are about. We have had our differences, but every resident of this state owes a debt of gratitude for anyone willingness to serve, and I thank him for him for that service and the accomplishments of his administration, and I look forward to working with him and his team to ensure a smooth transition.
Tonight we celebrate, but soon our thoughts must turn to governing. We are charged with an awesome responsibility. We have a mandate to revive this economy, to assure excellence in every public school and college, and to deliver on the promise of decent health care. We have a mandate to make the streets safe and housing more affordable. We have a mandate to get the Big Dig right and to help the creative economy flourish. We have a mandate to change the way we do business on Beacon Hill and to keep the grassroots alive and growing. And that mandate is Commonwealth-wide, and it comes from everyone here and everyone in the Commonwealth in search of a reason to hope.
You know change won’t come in a flash. You know that it will take focus and commitment and patience. But you also know that government by gimmick and photo op and sound bite has failed us. Do not expect more of that from me.
What you should expect is that I will work as hard and as smart as I can; that I will listen closely and carefully; that I will be straight with you, as I expect you to be with me; that I will make mistakes, as humans sometimes do, and that I will learn from them when I do; that I will bring every day the best that I have and the best that I am.
And what I expect from you is that you keep this renewed sense of community alive; that you see your stake in each other every day; that you ask what you can do to make Massachusetts stronger and do it; that you don’t let cynicism win, ever -- even when I make mistakes. We didn’t build up this grassroots just to win an election. We built up the grassroots to govern in a whole new way, to make change real, and lasting, and meaningful. And that means, to be sure, that we have to refuse the politics of division and fear “out there.” But it also means some changes “in here,” within the Democratic Party. We have to learn to listen to those who want to help with what’s wrong with Democrats just as openly as we listen to those who tell us what’s wrong with Republicans. See, the grassroots is a power of citizenship. It transcends party, it outlasts party, and it has to lift us all up. And it doesn't end with this election.
In an article in mid-January 2005, the Boston Globe first reported that I was considering getting into this race. I visited my ailing mother that evening to show her the headline. She smiled, kissed me and she said her last good-bye – and then a few hours later, she passed away. We spread her ashes just this morning, Election Day, as a way to mark this milestone in our family’s journey, and to honor her lasting presence in our lives.
She was a remarkable woman. Tough and ornery, and blunt, and opinionated. When we were waiting at the Chicago airport in 1970 when I was 14 years old, as I was about go off alone to Massachusetts for the first time, someone asked her whether she was afraid for me. She said, 'No, he knows he can always come home.'
Nearly 40 years later, Massachusetts is still my home. If I ever had any doubts about that, your support and encouragement and your grace in countless ways over the course of this long campaign has affirmed that for me and for my whole family. What my mother gave me, in that comment, was a confidence about the foundation on which the future is built, and our ability to shape it, and you have strengthened that.
I have told you before that my grandmother used to say, “hope for the best, and work for it.” Well, we have succeeded in raising each others’ hopes, and I can’t wait to get to work.
God bless you all. Thank you so much.
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LarryMullen's POPAngel
Blue Crack Distributor
phanan said:
Wow, no kidding.
Awesome about Deval Patrick.
Angela Harlem
Jesus Online
Dreadsox said:
Wow, you are fired up...I remember reading it, but come to think of it....I never wrote you back....how rude of me.....
Want to spank me?
NBC is doing well. He has retired from FYM. I heard from him last week.
thank you.
wasn't so hard, was it?gad he is well. glad you seem well. actually, i think that was the other question; how are the sox family?
i'll stop sidetracking your thread now.
zonelistener
ONE love, blood, life
Just as amazing....
Out of 100 Senators in the U.S. Senate:
ONE African-American
And now we have a Muslim in the House too!
Out of 100 Senators in the U.S. Senate:
ONE African-American
And now we have a Muslim in the House too!
dazzledbylight
Blue Crack Supplier
hi there near-northen neighbor! Congrats!!
I only had the time to skim the speech - but what i read was very moving
esp liked the [paraphrasing for the idea]....understanding that having a stake in/ hope for your neighbors dreams/future is a good thing.
and Welcome
to the new Muslim Congressman, too!
"it's a beautiful day!!!!"
I only had the time to skim the speech - but what i read was very moving
esp liked the [paraphrasing for the idea]....understanding that having a stake in/ hope for your neighbors dreams/future is a good thing.
and Welcome
to the new Muslim Congressman, too! "it's a beautiful day!!!!"
yeter
Refugee
Varitek said:
Well, it doesn't affect me at all. I live in the city and there are no supermarkets within walking distance. It seems to me that question one would only benefit people in the suburbs in a certain economic bracket. Besides, how lazy are people that they can't make an extra trip to the liquor store?
intedomine
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
Masachusetts is such an amazing state...they really do rock up there....
And a Muslim getting elected into US congress is sensational stuff too
And a Muslim getting elected into US congress is sensational stuff too
zonelistener
ONE love, blood, life
intedomine said:
That was Minnesota though.
Varitek
Blue Crack Addict
yeter said:
Um unless you live in back bay (where there is a star market in the pru) there are plenty of supermarkets all over Boston, where I live. (I assume thats what you mean by city as I am a Boston snob and I don't consider anywhere else a real city...sorry Tim Murray.) Boston is in a bind as we have hit our liquor lisence cap in some areas and are about to in others and the prices have shot up. This would allow anotehr liquor lisence for every 5000 residents. It not only benefit people in Wayland but would benefit people in the suburbs that are in lower economic brackets - Randolph, Quincy, etc. Further, if you look at where supermarkets currently concentrate their 3 statewide lisences, you see Wholefoods selling in Cambridge and Stop and Shop in Quincy - what kind of alcohol is being catered to these communities where the stores choose to use their 3 lisences is an interesting socioeconomic converstation as wel. But I dont think that was the point of the question; it was about whether we should join practically every other state in allowing supermarkets to sell alcohol. I believe that opening a market like this can only be good, that it's a bit of bullshit that it will increase drunk driving (ironically this was propogated by the packies), and that wine is good for your health
. Voting against this because you think people are too lazy is exactly the reason ballot questions are ridiculous - people deciding issues without thinking through the facts and why we have laws in the first place - clue: not to make judgements about laziness.
Varitek
Blue Crack Addict
Re: Re: Re: Massachusetts has elected the 2nd African American
My cognitive dissonance alarm is going off...why didn't you vote for him if you are so excited?
Dreadsox said:
My cognitive dissonance alarm is going off...why didn't you vote for him if you are so excited?
A_Wanderer
ONE love, blood, life
Atheists are more distrusted than gays or muslims according to the polls; electing Catholics, Jews and a Muslim is one thing but where are the unbelievers?
Varitek
Blue Crack Addict
A_Wanderer said:
Hiding because they won't get elected if they admit it. But if you look at some reps closely you'll probably see some closet atheists (I'd start with some MA congressmen though I don't feel like speculating and naming names is a good idea on the touchy subject of religion).
MrsSpringsteen
Blue Crack Addict
He washes his own dog too, I bet Mitt Romney has never washed his own dogs if he even has dogs
"When he greeted a reporter at the door, the Democratic governor-elect was in the middle of washing his 7-year-old yellow lab, Zoe."
"When he greeted a reporter at the door, the Democratic governor-elect was in the middle of washing his 7-year-old yellow lab, Zoe."
verte76
Blue Crack Addict
Good for Massachusetts.
Varitek
Blue Crack Addict
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Massachusetts has elected the 2nd African American
I just don't understand why you didn't vote for him if this excites you so much. Did the prospect of Mihos and 4 years of turnpike-only legislation excite you that much more or something?
And a little celebration to add to this thread - check this picture out:
Dreadsox said:
I just don't understand why you didn't vote for him if this excites you so much. Did the prospect of Mihos and 4 years of turnpike-only legislation excite you that much more or something?
And a little celebration to add to this thread - check this picture out:
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