The hole keeps getting deeper for Governor Deval Patrick, as he pleas to the people of the Commonwealth to not "give up" on him.
Gov. Deval Patrick is facing a potentially lengthy ethics probe after a formal complaint by GOP critics who say his controversial phone call on behalf of Ameriquest Mortgage constitutes undue “influence of the highest order.”The complaint, which triggers an automatic review by the State Ethics Commission, creates more problems for the shell-shocked governor, who is seeking to end weeks of negative headlines. Patrick urged his supporters to stick with him yesterday, even as some of them questioned his political judgment.
“I will make mistakes, but don’t give up on me, because I don’t intend to give up on Massachusetts,” he said.
“Of course I’m concerned,” Patrick said when asked about his loss of momentum. “But it’s a four-year term. We have a very ambitious agenda. We have put a lot of powerful proposals on the table . . . and we just have to keep working every day.”
Yes Governor, you do have the better part of four years left of your term. But considering you are averaging at least one controversy every 3-4 weeks, I suggest if you like your job (and your Cadillac), shape up or ship out.
At least he didn't forget to blame the GOP for making a mountain out of a molehill.
A spokesman for Patrick dismissed the complaint as a partisan attack. “We’re not surprised by the Republican Party’s political grandstanding,” spokesman Kyle Sullivan said. “We are confident that there was no ethical violation.”
We are growing more confident with each passing day that four years of Deval Patrick as governor will help usher a Republican back into the corner office in January 2011.
Keep it up, Deval.
