[Kenny Bunk]

This would not be so damned amusing to you, young lady, if you had spent your early years, as did young Liz, chewing moosehide to make mocassins for the gender normative patriarchs in your wigwam!

Perhaps only a man like Governor Patrick, his back scarred by the cruel overseer's whip, can appreciate the horror. In fact, I do not see why there are elections in the Commonwealth at all. Any minority candidate should be given the job for life by the State Democrat Committee, or a utility Kennedy to be named.

[maryz]

Governor Patrick, his back scarred by the cruel overseer's whip,

I thought it was his head that was scarred by an (empty) Coke can tossed by some evil racist . . . I could be wrong . . .:-)