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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick Accuses GOP Of Being Motivated By ‘Anger And Fear’

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In an interview with CNN’s Eliot Spitzer on In the Arena Tuesday, Democratic Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts described the Republican Party as being motivated by “anger and fear.” Patrick called the continued emphasis on the President Obama’s birth as “perverse,” but dodged two attempts by Spitzer to get the governor to comment on whether birtherism was driven by racism.

What Patrick did say was that the priorities of the Republican Party seem driven by fear:

“There are people who are organizing around their anger rather than around particular issues….Anger and fear…[are] being used by the national Republican party today.”

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  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    …as he motivates his Liberal base with fear and anger…

  • Pablo

    No, Deval. They’re motivated by math, which I know you don’t understand at all. You sure as hell get the demoniziation and fear-mongering though, don’t you?

  • Liberal Tormentor

    HAHAHA, dude you’re projecting!

  • More Liberty5

    Both sides use fear and anger. Just look at what they say about the evil rich, or look at how the left tries to scare you with the whole manmade “global warming” scam, or race.

    If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun. – Senator Obama June 2008.

    I want you to go out and talk to your neighbors… I want you to argue with them, get in their faces. – Senator Obama September 2008.

    I DON’T WANT TO QUELL ANGER. I THINK PEOPLE ARE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY. I’M ANGRY. Senator Obama March 2009.

  • Barack Must Go

    Covert racism coming out of the mouth of a black, democrat, cowardly politician……I’m shocked.

  • writer

    So, we should have fear and anger towards those who have fear and anger.

  • BadGenome

    THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO KILL OLD PEOPLE AND WOMEN SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS!!!!! ALSO, THEY ARE FEARMONGERS.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    HAHAHA, dude you’re projecting!

    No, he has simply read some of your posts. Fear and anger, anger and fear. That about sums it all up.

  • Pablo

    Barack Must Go said:
    Covert racism coming out of the mouth of a black, democrat, cowardly politician……I’m shocked.

    Together We Can!

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Well, duh! Like good and decent Americans didn’t know that.

  • More Liberty5

    Mark Joyella this would have been a more interesting article, an an unbiased one, if you had went back provided links to where both sides use fear to pass their corruption.

  • seek

    The democrats have completely lost touch with the truth. The blame can be laid at the feet of mainstream media. Not one of the reporters is honest enough to say they haven’t heard any republican claim that cutting spending will “kill” any living being – but that’s all we’ve heard from the democrats. For some reason, they are never called on their fear mongering. It is beyond nutty and lying, yet somehow nobody ever calls them on their fear mongering.

    Stating that if we don’t tighten our belts will result in no belt to tighten is not fear mongering. It’s a freaking inanimate object. Use common sense people – living within our means either on a personal or national level will not kill anyone. I realize our teenagers throw temper tantrums when we cut up their credit card that they’ve managed to max out and say the most insane things but…. That’s exactly what the democrats are acting like.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Liberty, your comment suggests you think that Mediaite actually strives to be unbiased. I’ll assume that was sarcasm.

  • More Liberty5

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Liberty, your comment suggests you think that Mediaite actually strives to be unbiased. I’ll assume that was sarcasm.

    Fair point. Colby Hall has already admitted that the reason they like Tommy Christopher so much is because he is an “unabashed liberal.”

  • writer

    LT, I see you still have a fan.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    More Liberty5 said:
    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Liberty, your comment suggests you think that Mediaite actually strives to be unbiased. I’ll assume that was sarcasm.
    Fair point. Colby Hall has already admitted that the reason they like Tommy Christopher so much is because he is an “unabashed liberal.”

    And that impact upon his ability to review the media how? I don’t think being a liberal or a conservative necessarily impacts on the ability to do hard news, but it certainly doesn’t impact upon media review. Don’t be hauled into the pit of rightist blame casting. You’re too bright and too valuable for that. Leave the “lamestream” media cries to Michelle-in-Utah and Her Band of Zany Rightist Loons.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    writer said:
    LT, I see you still have a fan.

    I’d like to borrow it. I’m in Tampa and sweltering.

  • notsofast

    Sorry, son, it was you libs who recently said the Repubs were going to starve seniors. Now that is fear and anger.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Writer, I assume you mean the Royal Dimwit. You’ll notice he rarely bothers to even comment on the subject at hand, anymore. Instead, he comments on my comments. If I’m able to give a sad, old man some reason to get up in the morning, then I’m happy to help!

  • More Liberty5

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    And that impact upon his ability to review the media how? I don’t think being a liberal or a conservative necessarily impacts on the ability to do hard news, but it certainly doesn’t impact upon media review. Don’t be hauled into the pit of rightist blame casting. You’re too bright and too valuable for that. Leave the “lamestream” media cries to Michelle-in-Utah and Her Band of Zany Rightist Loons.

    While I might be wrong, I do believe that his bias does effect his ability to do “hard news.” If he feels sympathy or anger regarding a certain subject, because of his liberal leanings, it effect how he writes. That is clearly obvious in his past interviews such as the one where he went light on the New Black Panther racist.

  • writer

    LT, you’re efforts to make his last few days happy are touching. Just try not to stare at his toupee while holding his hand.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Does anyone else see the irony of this piece being right next to the one about 2 flaming libs talking about how much they hate the GOP?

  • More Liberty5

    Liberal Tormentor said:

    LOL…I didn’t even think about that. Good catch. Someone should take a screen shot of that.

  • Republitarian

    What a hypocrite. Some of the most fearful, angry invective prose in modern-day politics came from DEMOCRATS during the 2004, 2006 & 2008 elections. It was their stock & trade.

  • justanotherconservative

    well you know what, there is alot to be angry and fearful about.

  • writer

    Yes, LT. This thread next to the one about libs expressing their hatred is a tad ironic. Just a tad.

  • Rio

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Does anyone else see the irony of this piece being right next to the one about 2 flaming libs talking about how much they hate the GOP?

    Lol, that’s the first thing I thought of as I scanned the topics before reading through this one, haven’t read through the other thread yet. Can hardly wait, eye rolls!

  • skyfet

    He needs to check the recent survey, because that is how their brain works.

  • More Liberty5

    skyfet said:
    He needs to check the recent survey, because that is how their brain works.

    I DON’T WANT TO QUELL ANGER. I THINK PEOPLE ARE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY. I’M ANGRY. Senator Obama March 2009.

  • NOBAMA 2012

    “two attempts by Spitzer to get the governor to comment on whether birtherism was driven by racism.”

    Well, considering that Obozo is half-White and at best 1/4 Middle-Eastern & 1/4 African, just which race would folks who would like to see Obozo’s Birth Certificate be prejudiced towards…hmmmmmmmmmm

    BTW, isn’t this the same Spitzer who was busted for patronizing prostitutes….
    Figures. Another Liberal Lewzer hosting another Lilberal Lewzer show on another Liberal Lewzer cable network. LOL

    Only 21 more months ’til we evict the incompetent, hypocritical, Marxist Grifter from the Oval Office & cancel “Amateur Hour” at the White House.

    NOBAMA 2012

    “Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink.” P.J.O’Rourke

  • Patrick

    This is the dude who was pissed the Constitution allowed Glenn Beck to hold his rally right?

  • felixw

    CNN again pulls out one of the 4 stories about conservatives, namely

    Conservatives are evil
    Conservatives are stupid
    Conservatives are violent
    Conservatives are racist

    Those are the only four stories you will ever hear at CNN about conservatives.

    Notice that Gov. Patrick does not try to respond to the conservative critique of the Obama administration. He attacks rather than respond — which is the modus operandi of the Left. Needless to say, this won’t help the Democrat’s prospects in 2012.

  • Pablo

    Anger was awesome when Bush was in the White House.

    More Liberty5 said:
    I DON’T WANT TO QUELL ANGER. I THINK PEOPLE ARE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY. I’M ANGRY. Senator Obama March 2009.

    Good pull, except that wasn’t Senator Obama, that was President Obama.

  • writer

    Remember the old movie, The President’s Analyst? The liberals were violent and carried guns. When the analyst asked why, they said they had to protect themselves against conservatives.

  • More Liberty5

    Pablo said:
    Good pull, except that wasn’t Senator Obama, that was President Obama.

    You are right it was. Sorry about my error – it was my fault and I accept full responsibility.

  • More Liberty5

    felixw said:
    CNN again pulls out one of the 4 stories about conservatives, namely

    Conservatives are evil
    Conservatives are stupid
    Conservatives are violent
    Conservatives are racist

    Those are the only four stories you will ever hear at CNN about conservatives.

    Notice that Gov. Patrick does not try to respond to the conservative critique of the Obama administration. He attacks rather than respond — which is the modus operandi of the Left. Needless to say, this won’t help the Democrat’s prospects in 2012.

    With all do respect, the following Anderson Cooper clip is fairly balanced. He goes after both Reid and the Speaker for the trick of the hand in the latest budget cuts. They he has Ron Paul on who actually tells the truth about both parties and Washington in general.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO4O8od-ajk

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    writer said:
    Remember the old movie, The President’s Analyst? The liberals were violent and carried guns. When the analyst asked why, they said they had to protect themselves against conservatives.

    The Day the Earth Stood Still:
    Stop your violent ways or we will destroy Earth…

  • BatBoy

    Headline “Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick Accuses GOP Of Being Motivated By ‘Anger And Fear”

    I suspect the Gov is not a regular reader of Mediaite where libs on a daily basis write about their Hate…

    He also must of missed Nancy Peloci saying that Old People were going to starve…

    Or maybe the MSM and lefty Blogs assult on the Tea Party….

    How about the coordinated “Destruction” of Sarah Palin & Fox News, et al….

    I could go on, but you get the point.

  • skyfet

    More Liberty5 said:
    I DON’T WANT TO QUELL ANGER. I THINK PEOPLE ARE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY. I’M ANGRY. Senator Obama March 2009.

    Why are you angry? its not good for your state of mind.

  • jo hoochie

    Thank God for Fox news!!!!

  • screwauger

    skyfet said:
    Why are you angry? its not good for your state of mind.

    zzzzoooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

  • More Liberty5

    skyfet said:
    Why are you angry? its not good for your state of mind.

    You think it’s healthy not to be concerned by $15 trillion in debt.

  • notsofast

    skyfet said:
    skyfet says:
    April 13, 2011 at 10:04 am skyfet(Quote)

    Son, your bigotry is unparalleled, your gas unmitigated and your ignorance unsurpassed.

  • ChrisNH

    Devil Patrick paid absolutely NO attention to the state he ran for the first couple years because he thought some cushy Obamo helicopter would pluck him to the safety of a cushy Obamo cabinet position.

    The dripping rage you see from Devil Patrick stems mostly from this snub.

  • felixw

    More Liberty5 said:
    With all do respect, the following Anderson Cooper clip is fairly balanced. He goes after both Reid and the Speaker for the trick of the hand in the latest budget cuts. They he has Ron Paul on who actually tells the truth about both parties and Washington in general.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO4O8od-ajk

    Yes, I saw the Cooper – Paul interview, and was pleasantly surprised to hear some talk about the $14 trillion national debt on CNN. But then Cooper switched the topic to Donald Trump – which seemed a predictable CNN response to a substantive critique of the Democrat spending spree.

  • Dem4Ever

    Duh!?!?  Hey, genious…of course we’re motivated by ‘Anger and Fear’…”anger” over the lib/progressive’s spending and “fear” over the lib/progressive’s spending.

  • MrTPar_taY

    He’s right-we’re angry that morons like him have a job and fearful it will continue.

  • OxyCon

    You’d think that Obama and Deval Patrick, the Milli Vanillis of American politics, could find another line of attack after 4 years.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    NOBAMA 2012 said:
    “two attempts by Spitzer to get the governor to comment on whether birtherism was driven by racism.”

    Well, considering that Obozo is half-White and at best 1/4 Middle-Eastern & 1/4 African, just which race would folks who would like to see Obozo’s Birth Certificate be prejudiced towards…hmmmmmmmmmm

    BTW, isn’t this the same Spitzer who was busted for patronizing prostitutes…

    “Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink.” P.J.O’Rourke

    Fascinating post! Racism, Xenophobia, and Ignorance in one little sack of sh#t.
    And you closed with a quote from one of NYC’s most famous alcoholic c#cks#ckers.
    Trust me, if you want a BJ in a bar in Manhattan, and have the price of a drink, P.J. is your ticket.
    BTW, How come Ensign and Vitter are STILL IN OFFICE?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    OxyCon said:
    You’d think that Obama and Deval Patrick, the Milli Vanillis of American politics, could find another line of attack after 4 years.

    Oxy–
    STILL WAITING FOR THOSE PHOTOS OF THE “666″ TATTOO ON OBAMA”S SCALP!
    PUT UP OR SHUT UP!

  • Nachi

    Acurate and true.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    More Liberty5 said:
    I DON’T WANT TO QUELL ANGER. I THINK PEOPLE ARE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY. I’M ANGRY. Senator Obama March 2009.

    Make up other crap? There was no SENATOR OBAMA in March, 2009.!

  • OxyCon

    I’m angry too, says Barack Obama as fury grows over AIG bonuses …
    Mar 19, 2009 … I’m angry too, says Barack Obama as fury grows over AIG bonuses … ‘I don’t want to quell anger – I think people are right to be angry. …
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/…/Im-angry-says-Barack-Obama-fury-grows-AIG-

  • CAconservative

    Fear and anger, anger and fear, is this all the political hacks can come up with when their being challenged. The birther question is obtuse? Not recognizing the importance of Constitutional requirements is OBTUSE! Trying to make citizens look obtuse because they’re challenging this clown-presidents credintials is obtuse. Obimbo being in the White-House is obtuse.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    OxyCon said:
    I’m angry too, says Barack Obama as fury grows over AIG bonuses …
    Mar 19, 2009 … I’m angry too, says Barack Obama as fury grows over AIG bonuses … ‘I don’t want to quell anger – I think people are right to be angry. …
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/…/Im-angry-says-Barack-Obama-fury-grows-AIG-

    OXY—
    Post the PHOTOS,
    Or, STFU!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    CAconservative said:
    Fear and anger, anger and fear, is this all the political hacks can come up with when their being challenged. The birther question is obtuse? Not recognizing the importance of Constitutional requirements is OBTUSE! Trying to make citizens look obtuse because they’re challenging this clown-presidents credintials is obtuse. Obimbo being in the White-House is obtuse.

    CaCo, thou art beyond obtuse. The PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, sworn in by the CHIEF JUSTICE of the SUPREME COURT, a gentleman name Roberts, who was appointed by a Republican, and, in 2000, was an active voter suppressor, is the lawful head of our country.
    Borrowing a line from Richard Pryor, “Who you gonna’ believe; me, or your lyin’ eyes?
    Was Roberts in on the scam in 2008 ?

  • Resistance Is Futile

    Birthers are racists by definition and also they are dumb rednecks. Politicians and entertainers like Trump, Limbaugh and Beck make money manipulating these dumb fools.

  • X-3

    Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick Accuses GOP Of Being Motivated By ‘Anger And Fear’

    If the governor means that [conservatives] are angry at the decades of our government spending more money than it takes in and are fearful that our economy will soon collapse because of it, the governor is correct.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    X-3 said:
    Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick Accuses GOP Of Being Motivated By ‘Anger And Fear’

    If the governor means that [conservatives] are angry at the decades of our government spending more money than it takes in and are fearful that our economy will soon collapse because of it, the governor is correct.

    If the gov. means that the GOP despises blacks,Hispanics(other than Batista-era Cubans) and East Asians (unless they are connected to the Golden Triangle drug Cartel), he is correct.
    The gov. is mistaken though, if he thinks the GOP doesn’t LOVE deficits.
    Reagan and GWB BOTH created more debt than all Presidents before them combined.
    To quote Darth Cheney “Reagan taught us that deficits don’t matter.”
    Isn’t he your poster boy?

  • Rockycomet

    X-3 said:
    Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick Accuses GOP Of Being Motivated By ‘Anger And Fear’ If the governor means that [conservatives] are angry at the decades of our government spending more money than it takes in and are fearful that our economy will soon collapse because of it, the governor is correct.

    X- You should have said [conservatives and liberals] are angry…….I noticed that you did say that our government has been spending us into oblivion. You appear to me to have rightly laid the blame at the feet of both Dem/Lib and Rep/Con or whatever combination of tag anyone wants to use. You are so right that our misleaders have been screwing things up for decades!

    Sorry Joseph. I didn’t see any bias in X’s comment. Just a need for government fiscally being responsible more so now than ever before!

  • X-3

    Joseph Glackin said:
    If the gov. means that the GOP despises blacks,Hispanics(other than Batista-era Cubans) and East Asians (unless they are connected to the Golden Triangle drug Cartel), he is correct.
    The gov. is mistaken though, if he thinks the GOP doesn’t LOVE deficits.
    Reagan and GWB BOTH created more debt than all Presidents before them combined.
    To quote Darth Cheney “Reagan taught us that deficits don’t matter.”
    Isn’t he your poster boy?

    Basically, you’re full of shit.

  • X-3

    Rockycomet said:
    X- You should have said [conservatives and liberals] are angry…….I noticed that you did say that our government has been spending us into oblivion. You appear to me to have rightly laid the blame at the feet of both Dem/Lib and Rep/Con or whatever combination of tag anyone wants to use. You are so right that our misleaders have been screwing things up for decades! Sorry Joseph. I didn’t see any bias in X’s comment. Just a need for government fiscally being responsible more so now than ever before!

    Thanks Rocky. That means a lot coming from you.

  • X-3

    Ooops, hit the send button too soon. I should have pointed out that at least some people from both sides of the aisle are in the mix of those who are angry and fearful for the reasons I cited. It will take rational people to sit down and work together if this country is to survive the mess it is in.

  • Rockycomet

    X-3 said:
    Basically, you’re full of shit.

    Think nothing of it mon ami. I give credit where credit is due. I will however admonish you for your response to Joseph. He IMO is partly right. Ron Rayguns did run a deficit but out of necessity although I wouldn’t say it was loved. After Jimmy Carter additional spending was required. While I was in the service of our country at that time there were junior enlisted personnel with families who were struggling to have a reasonable lifestyle. With the cuts in military our income was not keeping to parity with the civilian market. Ronney corrected that problem justly. GWB did it unnecessarily IMO for his own agenda.

  • X-3

    Rockycomet said:
    Ronney corrected that problem justly. GWB did it unnecessarily IMO for his own agenda.

    I didn’t go past Joseph’s comments about Republicans hating minorities–I have VERY little tolerance for that sort of thing.

    I served during the post Johnson days and was happy when Nixon raised E-1 to E-3 salaries–before that, enlisted personnel qualified for welfare & foodstamps, etc. That was a shameful era in government, in my opinion.

    As you noted, Carter gutted the military but what most don’t recall is that he also gutted our intelligence infrastructure in the Middle East, as he deposed the Shah. When Carter ordered the military to extract the hostages in Iran, the mission had to be scrubbed because of equipment failures.

    Reagan rebuilt our military and our global intelligence infrastructures, but Cliton, through Madame Halfbright, gutted them–and our military–again. As Halfbright was waltzing with Kim Jong Il, she passed on scientific data that eventually enabled the North Koreans to birth a nuke. Later, when GWB received the go-ahead from Congress to invade Iraq, the pain of Cliton’s gutting of the intelligence infrastructure in the Middle East was felt full force–the presence of WMDs could not be verified so the assumption was made that Hussein still had them.

    It always seems that Democrats cut the military and intelligence to the bone and the U.S. suffers from their having done so. Then the Republicans have to rebuild everything when they get back into power, while the Democrats whine about the Republicans “wasting” too much money on the military and intelligence. Who knows Rocky, maybe that’s how the US ends up having the best materiel but I’ll guarantee you that we were bit squarely in the ass as the result of Cliton’s gutting of the intelligence infrastructure on the morning of 11 September 2011.

    I was in the Air Force. 30454P (now 1144B) You?

  • Rockycomet

    X-3 said:
    Cliton’s gutting of the intelligence infrastructure in the Middle East was felt full force

    Don’t forget how many times he had the chance to take out Bin Laden and didn’t.

    USAF 12 YRS PROUDLY! 30270 Weather Equip and Radar. Oct 72 I did Chanute AFB, Griffiss AFB, Feucht Army Airfied Nuremberg Germany, Chanute AFB, OK 7 level training, Loring AFB, Maine, Columbus AFB,Miss., Ansbach Army Airfield, Germany, Tinker AFB 1945th Combat Communication Group. I got tired of 18-20 hour days the impending deployment to Hondo for 6 months with a 2 week return and then 6 months at Shimiya, Alaska so I went civilian.

  • Rockycomet

    Rockycomet said:
    Chanute AFB,

    Chanute AFB, ILL-Tinker AFB, OK-We need an edit function here!

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