Deval Patrick: Affirmative Action For Patronage And Incompetence

Today, Governal Deval Patrick struck a blow for teabagger-style stunt appointments and all-American slimy political patronage when he tapped his former Chief of Staff (and one of his biggest ass-kissers) as the junior Senator from Massachusetts.  Much like Nikki Haley, Patrick appointed an African-American to the Senate, and I'm sure that he had the full approval of President Obama.  Very new, very inexperienced, and very short-term Senator Cowan is not exactly a seasoned political figure with an agenda to do anything other than follow orders from the Governor and quite probably the President.  Barney Frank on the other hand, would not have had to follow anyone's orders and certainly had the legislative experience and understanding of Washington business that could have very easily become problematic for President Obama during one of the President's attempts to further the Republican agenda with regards to Social Security or health care.  The last thing Patrick wanted to do was put the best person into the Senate when he could put a useless surrogate there instead.  The President wins because he gets a compliant and ineffectual black Senator to counteract Senator Token from South Carolina and keeps a brilliant, fairly liberal legislator out of the Senate.  Let's hope that those activist, leftish Democrats out there who care about health care and Social Security and poverty remember this bullshit stunt and do their damnedest to make sure that this scumbag Deval Patrick has his future political aspirations wrecked over it.