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Brett pushes new, feisty image; rivals say he's desperate

State Rep. James T. Brett yesterday elevated to myth his metamorphosis from a deferential legislator to a finger-pointing crusader who spent Sunday's debate blasting away at seemingly any target -- from the obvious, Tom Menino, to the surprising, Diane Moriarty, to the unlikely, Ray Flynn.

As if borrowing from the script of "Rocky," in which aged Burgess Meredith urged Sylvester Stallone to the championship, Brett told the story yesterday of a 70-something Irish lady who took him aside on Saturday and bucked him up.

"As I was leaving her driveway, she took me aside and said, `We're all with you. We all love you. But we want to see a little fire in you -- because if you're in there ...

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