Deval "Cadillac" Patrick pays back for luxury items.

Politics: Usually it takes a while for politicians to start living high on the hog, but Patrick went full bore.

Governor Deval Patrick for the first time publicly expressed regret yesterday for spending thousands of dollars on new office decor and a luxury car lease , but stood behind his wife's need for a $72,000 aide and the effort to make his corner office suitable for visitors. "Oh, yeah, we screwed up," Patrick told a horde of reporters, a day after promising to repay the state for office furnishings and a portion of the lease for his official car. "I am so sorry that we all have spent the kind of time we have on what we have spent time on, and I am sorry to have been responsible for that." The new governor's public mea culpa came after a week of spiraling reports about his spending of taxpayer money, including $1,166 each month on a Cadillac DTS and $12,306 on new draperies in his office. ....On Tuesday, Patrick announced he would contribute $543 per month toward the lease of the $46,000 Cadillac, bringing the state cost in line with the monthly payment on the more modest Ford Crown Victoria used by his predecessor, Mitt Romney.

One question...Did he throw some D's on that B****? But of course, its the media's fault this came to light and they should be focusing on something else.

But in apologizing, he also chided the reporters who have hounded him about the spending since the first reports surfaced. "I think it's very important to me that you in the media help me get the message out about what it is we are concentrating on," Patrick said. "That is what the public needs to know about and what it is we are working on, and unless I get this off your screen, then I don't think we're going to be able to get that done." ....Patrick suggested that it is only the media, not the public, that are questioning his personal spending. "I will tell you -- in the grocery store, at the cleaners, running errands on the weekend, I get a very different kind of feedback than I get in this gathering," he said.

So what did he spend the money on?

2 couches, Cabot House $4,470
Draperies, Boston Window Design $12,306.35
2 wing chairs, Baker Knapp & Tubbs $3,870.36
Desk, Oak Hollow Antiques $1,650.
Sideboard, Oak Hollow Antiques $1,395
Sideboard, Patriot Warehouse $1,000
3 lamps and shades, Neena's/Stuart Swan $1,074.15
Sofa table, Thomasville $486
Shipping and handling $1,136
Total: $27,387
SOURCE: governor's office

$12,000 for drapes? They better had been made by tibetan monks sewing rare yak hair.