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On CNN Town Hall, Deval Patrick Explains His Long, Deep, Family-Like Relationship with Barack Obama, Reveals the Personal Impulses for All He's Done Professionally, and Publicly Embraces His Loving Wife Diane, Who's Often Called the New Michelle Obama

On CNN Town Hall, Deval Patrick Explains His Long, Deep, Family-Like Relationship with Barack Obama, Reveals the Personal Impulses for All He's Done Professionally, and Publicly Embraces His Loving Wife Diane, Who's Often Called the New Michelle Obama

Diane Patrick - aka Brooklyn Diane, aka Queens Diane - Says Deval Patrick May Take America by Surprise, Just as He Took Mass. by Surprise 14 Years Ago

"When Deval gets in front of people, anything can happen."

 

Listen to Diane speaking from the heart on Boston's public radio station. (Note: From the heart seems to be the only way she know how to speak.)

 

Diane Patrick told Boston Public Radio Thursday she thinks that 2020 could be a lot like 2006.

 

In 2006 her husband, now formerMassachusetts governor Deval Patrick, was a longshot candidate for that seat. So much so, she said, that when he joined the race the Boston Herald ran a headline asking “Deval Who?”

 

He went on to win the election with 55 percent of the vote, and served two terms as governor. Now, she said he can do that again.

 

“I think when Deval gets in front of people anything can happen,” Diane Patrick said. “I think if we had gotten in when we were expecting to I think this would be a whole different conversation because he would’ve had the opportunity.

 

“He feels what he feels, and what he feels is a deep empathy for every person he comes across, and that comes across so well,” she continued. “It’s not b.s. What you see is what you get, and we need to [get him] in front of others.”

Does The NY Times Have Color Double Standards When It Comes to Home Delivery?

#nytimes why is it in Central Brooklyn, where I live, Times is delivered as late as 8 or 9 am? I have friends in Marine Park, Bklyn, and Manhattan who get papers at 5 am. Is it just a fact that largely black/brown neighborhoods are treated differently? Thinking of cancelling

— RonHowellBrooklynRon (@newbrooklyn) February 1, 2020

It’s becoming common wisdom: Colorado Springs Gazette says Obama strongly prefers Deval Patrick over Joe Biden

[photo: WashingtonExaminer.com]

Gazette article: “Obama has feigned neutrality in the primary contest, but his fingerprints are all over it. When his longtime friend Deval Patrick jumped into the fray in November, it was seen as a signal of Obamaworld’s dissatisfaction with the state of the race. Contra Biden, Obama had actively pushed Patrick to run for president as early as 2017. As Edward-Isaac Dovere recounted in the Atlantic, Patrick’s campaign, and especially his decision to enter the race so late, were held by those in the know as ‘the clearest sign yet of how much anxiety there is among Obama’s inner circle about Biden’s campaign.’”

https://gazette.com/opinion/perspective-obama-s-biden-betrayal/article_ea681d4e-3df9-11ea-97b5-5f8240701835.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

 

Examiner article (2019) - ‘Deval Patrick 2020 run signals Obama doubts about Biden’:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/sends-a-message-deval-patrick-2020-run-signals-obama-doubts-about-biden

 

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams spoke with anger about gentrification. Criticism was largely from whites, including the mainstream media. Video is here. Controversial part begins toward end, at about 6 minutes. Thoughtful comments welcome

Boston Globe: Wed. eve, Deval meets with hundreds in home state, Mass, an ‘event (that) came after 15 different events in 3 states this week.’ Attendees cite his book, saying he’s ‘a Reason to Believe.’

[caption: BOSTON, MA - 01/22/2020 Governor Deval Patrick speaks on stage during a community celebration at Prince Hall in Boston, kicking off the Deval for All campaign in Massachusetts. Hundreds of supporters filled the hall to celebrate the Governor's campaign, which came on the heels of the campaign's announcement of six Massachusetts staff members. Erin Clark / Globe Staff THE BOSTON GLOBE/GLOBE STAFF]

 

(Note: The reference to Deval's book, "A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life", comes from Deloris Richardson, who's cited in this Boston Globe article saying, "I'm going to volunteer for his campaign because I still believe in him.")

 

 

On MLK Day-2 Black ‘First Ladies.’ Diane Patrick told ABC News she sought advice from Michelle Obama before husband Deval entered race. Diane wants to ‘emulate’ Michelle. Both are power lawyers and focus on education, mental health, women's rights

[Diane Patrick at campaign event in Nashua, N.H., Jan. 18, 2020. Credit: Christopher S. Donato/ABC News]

Diane gets personal here about her past life, pre-Deval, and her struggles as Deval’s wife during his first term as governor of Mass. Her quality of openness drew expressions of love back then from crowds all around the state.

BOSTON GLOBE ARTICLE

Deval Patrick, in Nevada on Fri., Interviewed by The Review-Journal. Patrick’s 8 Years as Mass. Gov. Were State’s Only Dem Years Since 1990. He Says He was Term-Limited by Wife Diane, Who Said, ‘Come Home!’ Now Diane Says, Let’s Go Take D.C.😂

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