March 10, 2007

Six Against One is Fairer

Six Against One is Fairer

It makes sense for "a team of high-powered Democrats" to call for a cease fire against Deval Patrick. (Dave Wedge, "Harshbarger pushes ‘nice’ try," Boston Herald, October 6, 2006) But Ross and Mihos directed their fire against Healy while passive Patrick is the poll-leader by a large margin. Why do all three candidates act together attacking Healy? Unless three more candidates are added to the attacks on Healy, their strategy needs an explanation. Six against one would be a fairer fight, no?
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Roy Bercaw, Editor
ENOUGH ROOM
Cambridge MA USA

Harshbarger pushes ‘nice’ try
By Dave Wedge
Boston Herald Chief Enterprise Reporter
Friday, October 6, 2006 - Updated: 01:01 AM EST

With the governor’s race taking a nasty turn, a team of high-powered Democrats - as well as candidates Grace Ross and Christy Mihos - are calling for a cease-fire. ’Cop Killer’ ad Deval Patrick on WTKK with Margery Eagan If you thought Duke’s commutations were bad, be warned: Patrick’s could be so much worse Harshbarger pushes ‘nice’ try Healey gets on Deval’s case Deval’s critic on cop case pals with child molester Watch the commercial “We are not going to allow Kerry Healey to ‘Swift Boat’ Deval Patrick,” former Attorney General Scott Harshbarger said yesterday, referring to the infamous Republican attack ad credited with helping sink Sen. John Kerry’s bid for president.
Harshbarger accused the Healey camp of using “Karl Rove tactics” and “fear mongering.” He said the GOP is “distorting” Patrick’s support of rapist Ben LaGuer and his 1985 defense of Florida cop-killer Carl Songer to create a situation similar to the Willie Horton furlough scandal that plagued former Gov. Michael Dukakis in his presidential bid. “These are typical Republican attack ads,” Harshbarger said.
Healey campaign spokesman Tim O’Brien countered that Democrats have been “running smear attacks against the lieutenant governor for months.” He added, “If Deval Patrick’s record is negative, then maybe they nominated the wrong person.”
Both independent candidate Christy Mihos and Green-Rainbow Party candidate Grace Ross called on Healey and Patrick to stop the sniping. “Negative ads become a deflection away from the issues,” Ross said. “If the two of them could pull themselves back from the brink and actually deal with the policy issues, that would really be nice.” But Mihos conceded the worst is probably to come. “Strap on your helmet, this is going to get crazy,” he said.

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