[Cadre-politics] [Fwd: On Kerry Healey and the politics of fear]

[Dan MacNeil]

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Subject: On Kerry Healey and the politics of fear
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:35:57 -0400
From: Deval L. Patrick <info at devalpatrick.com>
To: Dan M.MacNeil <dan at thecsl.org>

The below is a statement Deval Patrick recently gave to members of
the media.

You can watch Deval Give the statement on DevalPatrick.tv
http://emessenger.sage-systems.com/t/10694/276937/121/0/

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*STATEMENT FROM DEVAL PATRICK*

For nineteen months now, I have answered every one of your questions.
Today I just need to speak my mind.

Thirteen years ago, while living in San Diego, California, my sister
Rhonda was the victim of a sexual assault. I have not made her
experience a subject of this campaign, because I believe it serves no
victim to have to relive such a thing in the public eye. But the media
today has tried to take that option from me.

The assailant was her husband Bernie. He plead guilty to the charge
and served a short time in jail in California.

In 1995, about a year after my sister moved to Milton, she and her
husband reconciled. They took a personal crisis and rebuilt a life.
They have raised two wonderful children. They are deacons in their
church and live a deeply religious faith. They celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary this past summer with a recommitment ceremony.
They now counsel troubled couples. Their lives are about redemption,
forgiveness and grace. I am proud of their turnaround and I love them
both.

I got into this race with no illusions. In a world where negative
campaigns are commonplace, I expected to have my own accomplishments
trivialized, my own judgments questioned, my life choices challenged.
I haven't always liked it, but I knew it was a price I would have to
pay to be an agent of change -- not just in our policies, but in our
politics.

And I took the time to prepare my family for what I thought would be
coming.

My sister and her husband went through a difficult time, and through
hard work and prayer, they repaired their relationship and their
lives.  Now they and their children -- who knew nothing of this --
have had their family history laid out on the pages of a newspaper.
Why?  For no other reason than that they had the bad luck to have a
relative who is running for governor.  It's pathetic and it's wrong.
By no rules of common decency should their private struggles become a
public issue. But this is the politics of Kerry Healey. It disgusts
me.  And it must be stopped.

Kerry Healey has never offered a single reason why she should be
governor that doesn't depend on tearing me down. She has no vision, no
plan, no positive agenda, and no leadership experience. Her record on
jobs and the economy, on health care, on higher education, on crime
has been one of shortcuts, gimmicks and failure. And so rather than
deal with that, she has done everything she can to change the subject.

Well, my message to the Healey campaign is that I will not let you run
from your record any longer. You can try all you want to change the
subject and shift the blame, but we are going to expose for all just
how your failed policies and your failed politics are the reason so
many people are stuck and struggling and losing hope. The garbage
peddlers who shopped this story around town are part of that failed
politics, too.

We are going to ask the people to choose whether the politics of fear,
division and personal destruction is what they want or whether we're
better than that and are ready to finally throw out those who dump
this trash in the public square.

We need a change. Gimmicks, slogans and dirty politics are no
substitute for progress. The politics of fear is no acceptable
alternative to the politics of hope. That's the change we need. And if
anybody in the Healey campaign or in the public thinks I am unwilling
to fight for that, you have badly underestimated me.

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*Reminder:*
Deval is holding a critical Rally for Change, this Sunday, October
15 at 2:30 PM at the bandstand in Boston Common. We urge everyone to
attend. Details at the end of this email.
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