Deval's Grass Roots

Deval's Grass Roots

In his book (Toxic Sludge is Good for You) about the PR industry, John
Stauber notes how the notion of grass-roots has been turned on its head.
Suggesting that Deval Patrick's campaign was a grass-roots effort is an example
of such deception.
The Phoenix says, "Granted, there is a considerable grass-roots component
to the events and the fundraising." ("The Iraq Report, Can the Royal Treatment,"
Editorial, Boston Phoenix, December 15, 2006) Since when has Texaco, Ameriquest,
Coca-Cola and Harvard University been considered the grass-roots? It is in their
interest to be considered grass-roots organizations. But in what reality can
that be true?
Deval Patrick is a corporate attorney. Corporate attorneys enabled the
purchase of the US Congress and the rest of the governments. How is Deval
Patrick different? He pretends to be a grass-roots civil rights attorney. He was
a poor black boy in Chicago. He is now a rich black man who was on the Board of
Harvard University with its $29.5 billion. Is there a cognitive disconnection
about this guy in the public discourse?

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Roy Bercaw, Editor
ENOUGH ROOM
Cambridge MA USA