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President Obama & Governor Patrick play to empty seats, at Boston rally; Maybe We Can't: http://tinyurl.com/yg329cd 10/24/2009 |
Maybe We Can’t!
Jules Crittenden —
« Welcome To Moonbat Nation, Mr. President! Maybe We Can’t! The recently elected Democratic President of the United States can’t fill a room in bluest Massachusetts. Surveying the nearly half-empty Westin Copley ballroom, 2008 “Yes We Can” Hope-and-Changer Barack Obama says on behalf of his longtime political doppelganger Deval Patrick, who in 2006 was the “Together We Can” template O drew on: “There really should be no doubt that this guy gets a second term. But let’s be honest. This is going to be a tough race … ” Boston Herald . Geez. I’m sure Deval is glad to have the $600,000 grand, but maybe Barry should have done him a favor and stayed in D.C. To avoid the Bush-like embarrassment of low ...
Half-Empty vs. Barely Noticed: Boston Papers' Treatments of Obama Appearances Starkly Contrast
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
President Obama was at Democratic Party fundraising events for incumbent Democratic Governor Deval Patrick in Massachusetts Friday night.
The Boston Herald's Hillary Chabot described the attendance at the event (HT Jules Crittenden, who is a Herald editor, via Instapundit) as "barely half-full with 125 deep-pocketed Democrats" in the second paragraph of her report ("President Obama: ‘Tough race’ ahead for Gov. Deval Patrick").
Meanwhile, at the Boston Globe ("Obama blows in, talks up Patrick and future"), staff reporter Matt Viser saved an observation that "the events appeared to not be fully booked" for the end of his fifth paragraph. ...
Obamateurism of the Day
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Obamateurism of the Day posted at 8:05 am on October 29, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Share on Facebook | printer-friendly How hard is it for a Democratic President to fill a hall in Massachusetts when campaigning for a Democratic governor? According to the Boston Herald and Jules Crittenden , one does not need to look to Virginia to see a big enthusiasm gap for a Democrat in the first year of Hopeandchange. Barack Obama and Deval Patrick put together couldn’t fill more than half of the Westin Copley. In, as I mentioned earlier, Massachusetts , one of the bluest of the blue states: Geez. I’m sure Deval is glad to have the $600,000 grand, but maybe Barry should have done him a favor and ...
