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Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh condemned NASCAR driver Danica Patrick during his show Monday, asking, “What do you expect from a woman driver,” according to New York Daily News. “She said, ‘I leave it up to the government to make good decisions for America.’ Limbaugh said in response to Patrick openly supporting the Obama’s administration’s contraception rule requiring faith-based institutions to provide free birth control to their employees, “What do you expect from a woman driver? I don’t know why everybody was so shocked.”

President Obama met with a group of Democratic governors on Friday and discussed plans to work around Congress toward policy goals. Gov. Jack Markell, the Democratic governor of Delaware and the vice chairman of the National Governors Association, told The Hill that the meeting was “very good” and said many of the governors were responsive to ideas about bypassing Congress. “There was a sense that none of us should wait, we can’t wait for things to happen in Congress,” Markell said of the meeting. “We’re going to do what we can do [now].” Obama has positioned himself against Congress as...

Tim Thomas, the goalie for the Stanley Cup winning Boston Bruins, declined an invitation to the White House and the opportunity to gaze upon the royal Narcissist. Massachusetts is aghast at the nerve of a mere athlete making a political statement; especially when the statement is in direct contradiction of the state's love of Socialism and their great hope for the future of the world. Massachusetts Governor Patrick thought the grievous snub was a direct result of the public's lack of courtesy and grace; although, goalies have never been known to be overly courteous, and their grace consists primarily...

Taxes on candy and soda and an expansion of the Bay State’s bottle bill are two “widely supported” ways to increase revenue, Gov. Deval Patrick told reporters as he filed a $32.3 billion budget yesterday, just under 3 percent larger than this year’s.

BOSTON -- A Boston Bruins goalie's decision to skip a White House ceremony with President Barack Obama because he believes the federal government is "out of control" points to a growing lack of courtesy in the country, Gov. Deval Patrick said Thursday. Patrick, a Democrat, was asked about the controversy Thursday during his monthly "Ask the Governor" program on WTKK-FM. He didn't directly criticize goalie Tim Thomas, but suggested that the snub showed disrespect toward the presidency.