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THE T f VIEW FROiV
l Sft-ANCE
* "*- _ BY PAUL DUFFY J
At
election time my
Uncle Jack always
used the occa-
sion to invoke the name
of a man named Skidder
Madigan and a campaign
slogan from the distant
past of Democratic poli-
tics in New Jersey: "Vote
for Skidder Madigan. He
was good to his mother."
This was an obscure
reference to the rough
and tumble of Hudson
County 's Democratic
machine in action, a long
time ago, when an illit-
erate with a name like
Skidder Madigan could
successfully seek office
solely on the basis of an
avowed filial devotion , a
virtue to which not one
sentient person in the
county gave the slight-
est credence. It was true
that Skidder, who was
running for sheriff , could
neither read nor write
but he had one overriding
qualification: the back-
ing of the local Demo-
cratic organization. And
this was quite enough,
of course , to win Skidder
his sheriff's badge.
What a difference a
century makes. Now
instead of Skidder Ma-
digan the Democrats
field politicians like Joe
Lieberman. Lieberman
insisted he should be re-
turned to the U.S. Senate
for a fourth term because
he was good not only to
his mother, but also good
to his wife and good to
his children and true to
his religion and good for
the state of Connecticut
and good for the country
and good for the world.
He was so good it was
hard to believe our good
fortune in having him to
govern us with the inspi-
ration of his wonderful
goodness. A goody good
guy wfro ought to be in
the U.S. Senate forever
because we need all the
goody good guys we can
get, and Joe Lieberman
is the best of the best of
the goody goods.
The trouble was, Li-
eberman was also a Dem-
ocrat, and the Demo-
crats expected him to act
like a Democrat. What-
ever else it might mean,
acting like a Democrat
did not include acting
like a Republican. It did
not include hugging a
Republican president
while also embracing his
increasingly loopy foreign
policies. In the desperate
final hours of his cam-
paign to fend off a formi-
dable primary challenger,
Lieberman used every
means available to let
voters know that in fact
he has often disagreed
with President Bush.
Believe me, Joe said on
TV, and on the radio, and
in recorded phone mes-
sages, and in ads and
fliers and mailers, I dis-
agreed with George Bush
all the time. I constantly
disagreed with him. Why,
I even opposed him once
or twice, maybe as many
as three times. Opposed
him on all sorts of things.
Really. Honest. No kid-
ding.
But it was too late. Joe
had already registered his
message with the voters
in that flat , nasal way of
his and the message had
been clear: The reason
- the real reason -you
should return me to Wash-
ington is that I am a very
nice person, some would
say an exceptionally nice
person. And incidentally,
he might have added , I
was good to my mother.
If you hadn't noticed
that times have changed,
here 's a case in point. It
is well-documented that
Joe Lieberman was good
to his mother, yet he lost
the election. It is doubt-
ful that Skidder Madigan
even had a mother and
he won his election in a
walkover. But in those
days Democrats knew
how to be Democrats
even if they didn't know
how to write. Lieberman,
a Yale graduate , knows
how to read and write
but doesn't seem to know
anything about being a
Democrat. As soon as
knew he had lost the pri-
mary, he announced that
he would seek reelection
to the Senate in the fall
as an Independent. Not
only is he not going to
support the Democratic
candidate, he is going to
do everything he can to
beat him. With Demo-
crats like this you don't
need Republicans. When
he ran for vice president
on Al Gore's losing ticket
six years ago, Lieber-
man kept himself on the
ballot in Connecticut for
reelection to the Senate.
He got away with it. He
lost one election while
simultaneously winning
the other. I think even
Skidder Madigan would
have drawn the line at
this outrage. Or some-
body would have drawn it
for him.
Like Skidder Madigan,
Joe Lieberman may have
been good to his mother,
but he hasn't been much
good to his party.
The good , the better
and the best
BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ARCHIVE PHOTO. AUGUST 14, 1986
MOVING EXPERIENCE - The companion to this house at Ocean and South Streets in Hyannis moved some five months
ago, but this one is still waiting. Located in Gateway Park, purchased by the town for $3 million, the home will be
moved soon, selectmen said, land and other problems having been ironed out.
1836
In the communication of "A Democrat" in last
week'spaper, instead of "The people were gratified
in a measure," read, "The people were terrified in
a measure."
1866
Swift, of the Register, is very much exercised in
relation to the Philadelphia Convention and some
ofits delegates. We do not wonder at hisuneasiness.
He has been on the fence a long time, and as the
hour draws nigh when he has either to jump or fall
off,hisconstitutional timidity and nervousness got
the better of him!
1896
The Oldest Church and the Oldest Church Mem-
ber. On Sabbath August 2d, Mrs. Aurelia Fuller of
South Sandwich,entered her 100th year.Eighty-one
years ago she became a member of the old church
at West Barnstable ... A little more than ayear ago
she reunited with the church of her youth, so that
we claim now the oldest Congregational church
organization in the country if not in the world , and
the oldest church member.
1916
The county Commissioners desire all persons
interested in the endeavor to secure the stopping
of the New York steamers at some point on the line
of the canal to attend a meeting to be held at their
officeinthe Court House inBarnstable on Tuesday,
the 15th day of August, 1916, at 10:30 a.m.
1926
Hyannis PatriotModel YachtRegatta. The interestin
theModelYachtRegattawhichweareholdingonAugust
21st isincreasingevery day and last Saturday at Ryder's
store, a great many youngsters as well as grownups
watched Capt. Mace of the Marblehead Model Yachts,
Inc., shape out by hand a number of 24 inch hulls.
1936
Judge Frederick W.Swift,sittingjudge ofthe First
Barnstable district court, 80 years old last March,
is in receipt of a letter from Gov. J.M. Curley ask-
ing him to submit to the governor a statement as
to his physical condition regarding his ability to
continue in the judicial position he has occupied
for the past 45 years ... This is believed to be the
second attempt of the governor to drive out of the
judiciary alljudges that he can displace.
1946
(From a talk by Patriot columnist Clara Jane
Hallett)
ApainterIknowwent to do somework at Hyannis
Port. He had just unpacked his brushes, etc., when
awoman came from the house and said, "How soon
can you get through, Mr. So and So?" "I can get
through now before I begin,"said he,just like that,
and he gathered up his painting outfit and left. No
Cape Codder likes to be pushed around.
1956
Theft of four pieces of jewelry valued at $10,950
from the summer estate of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
A. Bond on West Bay Road in Oyster Harbors was
under investigation today by Barnstable and State
Police.
1966
Brunette Elizabeth (Leezie) Clarke, daughter of
Mr.and Mrs. Arthur F.Clarke of Barnstable,was one
of the 15 finalists in the "Miss America Teenager"
which wound up on the statewide level Sunday at
Boston's War Memorial Auditorium.
1976
West Parish Church in West Barnstable has sold
the historic Shaw parsonage on Church Street to
Lt. Cmdr.and Mrs. Rudy Peschel of Annapolis,Md.
Com.Peschel hasbeen assigned to the Coast Guard
Air Station at Otis Base as assistant operations of-
ficer... The 17th Century dwellingis the birthplace
of Lemuel Shaw, chief justice of Massachusetts
Supreme Court from 1830to 1860. The famed jurist
was the second son of Oakes Shaw, who served as
pastor of the 1717 West Parish Meetinghouse from
1760untilhisdeath in 1807... Occupyingthe historic
dwellinguntil her death a number of years ago was
Elizabeth Jenkins,whowasinstrumentalinlaunch-
ing a drive with other ladies of West Parish that led
to restoration of the meetinghouse to its original
architecture, andinher willbequeathed her historic
home to West Parish.
1986
Selectmen will hold a hearing next Wednesday
on banningjet skis at Wequaquet Lake and placing
restrictions on water skiing on smaller sections of
the town's largest water body.
1996
This might be a good time to begin collecting
thingsinscribedwiththewords"BarnstableCounty."
A year from now, the Town of Barnstable and the
Village of Barnstable will no longer be governed by
Barnstable County,but instead become subsections
of the RegionalGovernment of Cape Cod,according
to a plan being drafted in response to a state call
to abolish county government.
EARLYFILES
Directing the water collaborative
Cape Cod has a sole-source
aquifer, but it will have to look
to many sources to protect its
water resources.
"We have to dispel the myth
that one lump sum of money is
coming from any one source,"
board chairman Paul Niedz-
wiecki told the Cape Cod Wa-
ter Protection Collaborative
Wednesday.
Looking for funds to help
towns bear the burden of
wastewater management is
part of the collaborative 's job
and will be a priority for its
executive director. The board
approved a job description for
the post this week, while also
forming a subcommittee to get
started on identifying sources
of money.
A natural starting point for
the search is the Cape 's con-
gressman. Collaborative mem-
ber John O'Brien, former CEO
of the Cape Cod Chamber of
Commerce, said he's had con-
versations with Bill Delahunt
and his staff about the need,
and stressed that developing
a regional wastewater strategy
will support requests for fund-
ing.
Working together to that end
doesn't mean that the towns
will find themselves taking or-
ders from a wastewater super-
agency, however. You might
say the Collaborative is like a
law school study group, with
members sharing their partic-
ular areas of expertise to help
advance the group as a whole,
Niedzwiecki , whose day job
is as Barnstable 's assistant
town manager, said officials
there have just finished read-
ing Chatham's growth-neutral
regulations that helped the
Lower Cape town win support
for its wastewater manage-
ment effort. He added that
Barnstable will form a citizens
advisory committee soon.
That's a system that worked
well in the development of
the town's nearly completed
wastewater facilities plan,
bringing together a diverse
group to look at problems,
options and solutions for the
town's wastewater needs. The
group proved level-headed in
the face of astronomical esti-
mates under a "fix-everything"
scenario, establishing realistic
fixes for the neediest parts of
town from a wastewater per-
spective.
The estimate of "billions" of
dollars to remedy the Cape-
wide need took a huge step
toward realization with news
of a $500 million plan to sewer
Falmouth over the next 20
years. That should be enough
to scare towns not looking at
wastewater into action.
Half a billion dollars is an
easily achievable estimate
for Barnstable , but with ex-
perience in the cost/benefit
analysis of what makes sense
and can be achieved, history is
on the side of a much smaller
amount.
Still it's serious work for se-
rious people and is yet anoth-
er area where the town needs
dedicated volunteers to take
an interest and lead.
The Editors
editor@barnstablepatriot.com
The county's wastewater collaborative meets
again Sept. 13 at 8:30 a.m. in rooms 11and 12
at Barnstable Superior Court House.
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