Wednesday, March 07, 2007
'A very short phone conversation,' Part II
Deval could have avoided all of this if he had just followed his own memo's advice? ...
He's obviously employing the learning-curve defense. Which is OK. Assuming he truly learns. ... What's this about 'keep making these stupid mistakes'? Mistakes? Plural? You mean there's a 'pattern' here that might include the 'media-manufactured' CaddyDrape-gate? ... I got a few emails yesterday asking why I would 'downplay,' as one person put it, Deval's latest, ah, problem (see post below). I don't think I downplayed it per se. I view l'affair Ameriquest as quite serious, more serious than the other combined 'mistakes' that help form a pattern. But all the mistakes were made at roughly the same time, so it's reasonable to hope -- as in 'hopefully' (see below) -- that he's learned a lesson. ...
Update -- Carpundit:
Deval could have avoided all of this if he had just followed his own memo's advice? ...
He's obviously employing the learning-curve defense. Which is OK. Assuming he truly learns. ... What's this about 'keep making these stupid mistakes'? Mistakes? Plural? You mean there's a 'pattern' here that might include the 'media-manufactured' CaddyDrape-gate? ... I got a few emails yesterday asking why I would 'downplay,' as one person put it, Deval's latest, ah, problem (see post below). I don't think I downplayed it per se. I view l'affair Ameriquest as quite serious, more serious than the other combined 'mistakes' that help form a pattern. But all the mistakes were made at roughly the same time, so it's reasonable to hope -- as in 'hopefully' (see below) -- that he's learned a lesson. ...
Update -- Carpundit:
How much more of this will we see? On one hand, I like it; it means he's squandering his political capital instead of using it for programs I'm sure to oppose. On the other hand, if we're going to have a governor like that, let's have a governor, not another empty suit.
