Bitter Tastes

 The AP reports that Governor Patrick is speaking out against the RGA ads, having finally noticed that they're tangentially about him, too.

"Imagine, six more months of this tone being sent," Patrick said. "I think it's going to be poisonous for what it is we owe the people of the commonwealth, which is, I think, a serious, adult conversation about some real and important choices facing us."

Except for the fact that Patrick's holier-than-thou tact won't really work.  The Patriot Majority Fund launched anti-Healey ads in Aught-Six to support Patrick's bid for the Corner Office.  The State House News Service reports that Patrick insists that those ads weren't negative.

Asked about the 2006 ads, funded by the Patriot Majority Fund, Patrick said, “They did not run negative attack ads.”

The ads showed Healey in harsh light next to then-President George W. Bush. “She abused the power of her office. Now she won’t take responsibility for what she’s said and done. Sound familiar?”

 Look, Governor, everyone has skeletons in their closet.  You could have owned up to this.  But no, you weren't prepped to answer questions about 2006 and categorically denied everything.  Now you look stupid at best and hypocritical at worst.

Jon Keller wants to know whether Patrick's move was a good one.