Comments on: More Traction for Patrick on the Campaign Trail http://www.frederickclarkson.com/2005/09/more-traction-for-patrick-on-the-campaign-trail/ The blog of Frederick Clarkson Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:17:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: publius http://www.frederickclarkson.com/2005/09/more-traction-for-patrick-on-the-campaign-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-240 publius Mon, 19 Sep 2005 02:52:00 +0000 http://www.frederickclarkson.com/?p=258#comment-240 Deval Patrick is hardly an instrument of "big oil" or "red companies." He started out with nothing, and worked his way to becoming a successful lawyer and public servant. Just because he was successful enough to have worked for a few years for large companies doesn't make him evil. In fact, he resigned from Coca Cola precisely because his conscience told him the company was doing wrong.<br/><br/>Mr. Patrick will be the perfect governor to reverse the trend of extreme polarization that the first comment embodies. He first met Bill Clinton when he sued Arkansas (and won) for violating the Voting Rights Act. Clinton was so impressed that he appointed him Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights after he became President. Similarly, Mr. Patrick was hired by Texaco after taking them to court over racial discrimination (and again, he won).<br/><br/>In light of Mr. Patrick's true background, it's no wonder that his opponents are so eager to pretend he's unfriendly to the interests of the Democratic base. Deval Patrick is hardly an instrument of “big oil” or “red companies.” He started out with nothing, and worked his way to becoming a successful lawyer and public servant. Just because he was successful enough to have worked for a few years for large companies doesn’t make him evil. In fact, he resigned from Coca Cola precisely because his conscience told him the company was doing wrong.

Mr. Patrick will be the perfect governor to reverse the trend of extreme polarization that the first comment embodies. He first met Bill Clinton when he sued Arkansas (and won) for violating the Voting Rights Act. Clinton was so impressed that he appointed him Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights after he became President. Similarly, Mr. Patrick was hired by Texaco after taking them to court over racial discrimination (and again, he won).

In light of Mr. Patrick’s true background, it’s no wonder that his opponents are so eager to pretend he’s unfriendly to the interests of the Democratic base.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.frederickclarkson.com/2005/09/more-traction-for-patrick-on-the-campaign-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Anonymous Sun, 18 Sep 2005 02:49:00 +0000 http://www.frederickclarkson.com/?p=258#comment-239 We have to be careful with Mr. Patrick, he worked in the oil industry for "red" companies and was involved with Coca Cola. Be very careful when dealing with big oil. We have to be careful with Mr. Patrick, he worked in the oil industry for “red” companies and was involved with Coca Cola. Be very careful when dealing with big oil.

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