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| Mass.Gov: 9/11 speech misconstrued | |
| 2007-09-14 | |
| This story appeared in the Boston Herald this morning. I did not hear the speech myself until just prior to posting of this story. A link to the video of speech follows at the bottom. Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday tried to put to rest controversy about his Sept. 11 memorial service speech, saying he never meant to imply that the United States bears any responsibility for the terrorist attack six years ago. The Democratic governor had been criticized by the state’s Republican party chief and the prominent brother of a Sept. 11 victim for saying Tuesday that the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people resulted from “a failure of human understanding.” “Let me be clear. I don’t think that America bears any fault for the attack on us on 9/11, and I don’t think that any of the family members with whom I spoke heard it or saw it that way,” Patrick said during an appearance on WTKK-FM radio yesterday. Several callers challenged Patrick, who at one point said he felt no need to apologize. “I was there, I know what I said. I was as clear as possible in condemning the terrorist attacks, and I hope I’m clear right now,” he said. He later told another critical caller: “If you or anyone else heard me to say anything other than a total condemnation of terrorist attacks on 9/11 and since on the United States or on Americans, you are hearing something other than what I intend, and I am sorry for that.”
Video Link to Gov. Patrick's speech | |
| Posted by:Delphi |
| #8 But he's...nothing. There's nothing there. He makes Dukakis look like Reagan... Thanks for your input, tu3031 and Raj - I thought I was the only one who noticed ... or didn't notice. I've been calling him Gov. Zero for some time, myself. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2007-09-14 16:06 |
| #7 But Mass. gets exactly what they deserve just like in Senators and Congressmen. One of the main reasons I left and am never going back. |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-09-14 14:11 |
| #6 In a way he's right: how can us (humans) understand them (neanderthal cave men aliens from outer space). The problem he has is that he can't explain who he was talking about. Who was it that failed the "understanding" part? If it was us, then he was criticizing America and lied, again. It it was them that failed "understanding" then who was it they didn't understand, Us? See, he is a worm in a tube without any exit. But Mass. gets exactly what they deserve just like in Senators and Congressmen. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-09-14 14:07 |
| #5 a failure of human understanding.” More like a failure to kill certain people. And I say that as someone who is generally against killing people unless they really need it. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-09-14 13:33 |
| #4 Isn't this typical demcraot playbook crapola? Grab headlines with BS and then at some later time do the "i didn't mean what I said" speech that gets buried somewher behind the obits and leagl notices; but it garners them the all important sound bite for the newsomercials???? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-09-14 13:18 |
| #3 He makes Dukakis look like Reagan... |
| Posted by: Raj 2007-09-14 11:53 |
| #2 Ah, so that whirring noise I hear in the background is Patrick's backpedaling. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-14 11:52 |
| #1 I wish I could say he's a bad governor, or a mediocre governor, or something. But he's...nothing. There's nothing there. And he's totally clueless about it. Probably thinks he's doing a helluva job. The guy's not even smoke and mirrors, he's vapor. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-14 11:35 |