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Romney Skips Deval's Inauguration
Wow, Mitt Romney's a tool.
BOSTON — With his hand on a Bible once owned by John Quincy Adams, Deval Patrick was sworn in Thursday... Romney, who had decided not to seek a second term and filed papers Wednesday to form a presidential exploratory committee, stayed home during the ceremony Thursday before heading into his new headquarters to work on his campaign.
Seriously? This might be standard practice, I don't know (Massachusetts politicos, enlighten me). But really? Has he such gall? It boils down to "Fuck you, Massachusetts, I'm runnin' for PRESIDENT!" -- not that that's anything new.
(h/t Digby)
UPDATE: (12:47 AM) I've heard suggestions that it was, in fact, Governor-elect Patrick who rudely uninvited Romney from the inauguration. In which case, it's Patrick who's the douche. But I'm not sure.
UPDATE 2: (11:35 AM Friday) per Mel, it's traditional in Mass. for the outgoing governor not to attend the inauguration (though there was some tomfoolery re Romney's "Solitary Walk", see comments). Executive summary: I'm a douche.
"a solitary walk out the
"a solitary walk out the seldom-used State House front doors and across the Common to symbolically assume private citizen status before the inaugural ceremony begins, leaving the spotlight to the new governor.."
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Actually, nobody's really a
Actually, nobody's really a douche.
The out-going governor doesn't traditionally attend the inauguration, in my understanding. He or she takes a solitary walk out the seldom-used State House front doors and across the Common to symbolically assume private citizen status before the inaugural ceremony begins, leaving the spotlight to the new governor.
Since Patrick chose to hold the inauguration outside, thus obstructing the path for the traditional walk, Romney did it the night before with little pomp and no circumstance. So, it's not that Romney was uninvited, but some felt that Patrick cheated him out of the glory of that final walk. Since tradition was dispensed with in other aspects of the ceremony, Romney certainly could have attended without raising any eyebrows, but I don't think anyone (in the Patrick administration or in the commonwealth) really wanted him there too badly.