The Massachusetts Republican edges close to an upset.
NEEDHAM, Mass. -- Karen Wright stood behind the counter at Mighty Subs and explained why she plans to vote for Republican Scott Brown in Tuesday's special election.
"He loves our chicken parm," Wright said, referring to an Italian-style parmesan chicken sandwich that is a house specialty at the diner near Brown's Senate campaign headquarters here.
Brown is a regular at Mighty Subs, which boasts of its oversized sandwiches, "Our Small Is Their Large." Wright says of the three-term state senator, "He's a nice guy, very down-to-earth."
Brown's nice-guy likeability may be his strongest advantage in the race to fill the Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy in a state where registered Democrats outnumber GOP voters three-to-one. His affable, easygoing manner offers a stark contrast to his opponent, state attorney general Martha Coakley, whose chief argument for her own election seems to be that Brown is a Republican.
Pouring $3 million into a wall-to-wall advertising blitz branding Brown a "lockstep" Republican, Coakley's commercial inspired a parody response on Michael Graham's popular Boston talk-radio program: "Scott Brown: So Republican, he's even registered as a Republican."
While most media have focused on Brown's surging momentum -- he raised $1.3 million in a Monday "money bomb" and has moved ahead in the latest poll -- perhaps the bigger story is Coakley's complete flop as a candidate.
Massachusetts likes its liberals, but it likes them with a common touch that Coakley utterly lacks. The career prosecutor's aloof style may explain why a young grocery clerk, asked what reactions she'd heard about the Senate campaign, responded: "I don't know much about the election myself. I just know my parents hate Martha Coakley."
Brown has spent the weeks since the Dec. 8 primary driving across the state and shaking hands with voters, while Coakley seemed to be awaiting her coronation. Only after she fared badly in a televised debate earlier this week (a "shockingly poor debate performance," as Brown spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom described it) did Coakley launch her massive tsunami of negative ads. Brown responded in nice-guy mode with his own TV spot showing him in his kitchen as he described the Democrat as part of a "political machine."
Coakley's lack of charisma is not her only liability, however. The latest poll by Suffolk University for Boston's WHDH-TV shows that opposition to the pending national health-care legislation is a major source of Brown's support among independent voters. And, despite the enormous Democratic advantage in registration, a majority of Massachusetts voters are not registered as either Democrats or Republicans. The decisive influence of these unaffiliated "swing" voters explains much of the strategy for both the Coakley and Brown campaigns.
A lieutenant colonel in the Army National Guard married to a popular local TV personality, Brown is portrayed in his campaign ads as a hard-working family man who speaks the language of "common sense." The Coakley campaign, once it was forced to take notice of the Republican's gathering strength, has tried to depict him as an ideological extremist -- a "far-right tea-bagger," as Sen. Chuck Schumer called Brown in a fundraising e-mail earlier this week.
Schumer's pejorative reference to Tea Party protesters may generate contributions from panic-struck Democratic donors, but support from the grassroots movement can scarcely be considered a liability, in light of recent polls showing the Tea Party more popular than either Republicans or Democrats.
Nevertheless, liberals have sought to trip up Brown on that very issue. A Boston Globe article reported the Republican had claimed to be "unfamiliar" with the Tea Party movement, which prompted a question during the candidate's press conference yesterday at Boston's Parker House hotel. Donning a pair of reading glasses, Brown recited a transcript of an earlier exchange the Globe had clearly misrepresented. What he had been "unfamiliar" with was a reporter's assertion that the Tea Party movement was trying to "take over the country." He demurred when asked whether he was "distancing" himself from the movement.
"This is a big tent campaign," the candidate responded, deftly dodging an attempt to pigeonhole him as a tool of the radical right. "I'm not into labels."
Back at his Needham headquarters yesterday afternoon, Brown's staff was swamped with volunteers offering to work in the campaign's telephone call center. One local Republican activist recounted Coakley's stumbles that had surrendered the momentum to Brown's surge and observed, "Democrats here are soft. They've never had to fight. When you're soft, you make mistakes."
It remains to be seen whether Coakley has blundered badly enough to put a Republican in a seat held for more than four decades by Ted Kennedy. If Brown pulls out an upset Tuesday, his election will be a notable exception to Leo Durocher's maxim that nice guys finish last.
stephanie| 1.15.10 @ 6:22AM
Kick her a s s Scott!
Dwayne T| 1.15.10 @ 12:19PM
“It’s not Ted Kennedy’s seat, and it’s not the Democrats seat. It is the Peoples seat.” Scott Brown
That my friends, says it all!
Scott Brown for Senate! Keep the American dream going for us young generations!
mike| 1.16.10 @ 1:30AM
I too gave $ to Scott Brown although I'm not from Mass. I think I'll give some more. Finally something to get excited about after a year of A Deocrat dictatorship. Ther may be hope for us yet. If these Dems dare to use reconciliation to further ram socialized medicine down our throats then they'll confirm they are the scum we think they are. Kick them out in Nov.
tommy| 1.16.10 @ 6:55AM
i too am sending money to scott im from indiana go scott go beat the corrupt chicago politics
Matt| 1.16.10 @ 9:53PM
Has anyone seen the SEIU supporters out for Scott Brown? Pictures are proof: http://mainstreetradical.com/2.....ort-brown/
AILEEN SANDLER| 1.15.10 @ 6:35AM
BEAM US UP, SCOTTIE!!!!!!
Hongqi| 1.15.10 @ 6:41AM
Scott Brown will win on Tuesday!
Sally | 1.15.10 @ 6:42AM
Forty-seven years of Kennedy rule, what a refreshing change this would be, as a Massachusetts Independent, he has my vote
Independent-in-Massachusetts| 1.15.10 @ 7:11AM
and mine as well!
Independents for Scott Brown!!
Barbara | 1.15.10 @ 8:26AM
He would have my vote if I lived in MA, so I did the next best thing and contributed to his campaign.
Maryann| 1.15.10 @ 9:06AM
I don't live there either but also contributed to the campaign. Go Scott.
lynn| 1.15.10 @ 11:03AM
Me too, I don't live in Massachusett'es' but sent money in for Brown. Down with the healthcare bill! Go Brown!
MikeBee| 1.15.10 @ 11:29AM
It's easy. Go to Massachusetts, find a local Acorn office, and get them to register you as Daffy Duck, or something. Then, go vote on Tuesday for Scott. Beat the Dems at their own game.
Deborah D| 1.15.10 @ 1:04PM
Hahahaha!! Love it! Time to fight fire with fire!
NavyBrat| 1.15.10 @ 3:44PM
This is the funniest thing I've read all week. Touche`!
DocinMPLS| 1.15.10 @ 6:52AM
The loony left has become irrelevant to the debate. Go Scott Brown.
Franklin| 1.15.10 @ 7:00PM
Unfortunately, I think that the loony left has some tricks up their ACORN-Union-Black Panther sleeves. I heard that the unions are going to bus in people from other states to "Thug" the polling sites.
I also heard that the Tea Party is telling their supporters to also hang out at the polling sites armed ONLY with cameras.
Lets pray that there is no violence. But if there is that the conservatives get it on video!
Go Scott!
Appleby| 1.15.10 @ 7:01AM
I think the biggest misstep (besides the Coakley Thug knocking the reporter down for asking a question the thug did not like) was in the media referring to the open seat as Ted Kennedys Seat.
Scott Brown answered promptly that this particular seat belongs to the People of the United States. What a concept!
frank26| 1.15.10 @ 10:26AM
i think that was "belongs to the people of Massachusetts" but i could be wrong
bill| 1.15.10 @ 5:09PM
Obviously, since he is running for a seat in massachusetts, he means that the seat belongs to the people of Massachusetts. Morevoer, the questioner believed that the seat belonged to TED KENNEDY, i.e. a guaranteed democrat seat.
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 8:01PM
That dude flopped faster than Vlade Divac
Nobama| 1.16.10 @ 12:06AM
You liberal pigs are the only ones flopping, oinky.
Ret. Marine| 1.15.10 @ 7:13AM
While we all should pray for this form of revolution, let us also be aware of the illegal activities the demonrat party has proven capable of during these types of fights. Never say never and always do unto others as you would have them do to you. I guess a case could be made that this dem candidate is weak, especially if one has to call on the likes of ole' bill of Ark., chuck-you schumer and this brand. I'd say the dem's are now in full panice mode, and good, I'm glad. They deserve it.
Hupster| 1.15.10 @ 6:29PM
Semper Fi and it's about time MA returned to its' honorable heritage and roots in independence!
Bill| 1.15.10 @ 7:20AM
Note to Schumer...the country is also coming after you and those like you.
We do intend to take back our country.
Anthony| 1.15.10 @ 10:28AM
Right on Bill! Like others here, I don't live in MA but I did contribute to Scott Brown's campaign.
I don't know the pejorative meaning of the word tea-bagger, but I understand it to be pretty bad.
What ever it means, I'd like to see Schumer experience it, and when that's over, have him waterboarded several times just for the hell of it.
Hey Chucky, pay back will be a bitch. Count on it.
mitch| 1.15.10 @ 2:24PM
As in "I got your tea bags right here, Smuck!" While at the same time making a Michael Jackson-like crotch grab.
John OB| 1.15.10 @ 2:47PM
Bill and Anthony, recall that Chucky won his seat in part because he made holy hay out of being called a Putz-head by Al Damato. Putz is yiddish for penis, although it has other meanings. Tea-bagger makes reference to placing the lower male genitalia --let's say, where lie-ing pols bloviate.
You see, Chucky has done to Scott Brown exactly what he cried foul over being done to him in 1998.
What can you expect from a weasel.
Patty| 1.16.10 @ 12:40PM
I first heard the term "tea-bagger" on MSNBC show Chris Mathews. I was a bit shocked as Chris's time slot is 5pm and 7pm but then he is usually slashing when any form of opposition to the Democrats or Obama is discussed. There is seldom a modicum of civility on his show which IMMHO had done more good than harm to independent minded voters. Good job Chris.
But back to "tea-baggers" .. it is a disgusting term when discribing the concerns of average American families. These politicians are just sooo out of touch. It is time to change the game here in Mass.
John| 1.15.10 @ 3:26PM
"far-right tea-bagger,"
Classy Chucky Schmucky Schumer...
It's amazing how the leftys get away with using that term.
Remember Mark Warner in Virginia with Macaca? Media killed him for that.
Chucky Schumer is nasty, arrogant jerk. This health care debacle will cost his home state billions that they don't have.
Yet - to satisfy his ego - he supports it.
What a disgusting man
GO SCOTT!!!!!
It is the PEOPLES SEAT!
The PEOPLE do not support Schumer, Obama, Pelosi, Reid in their endless power grab, cronyism and payoff's to key constituants (unions) and spending!
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 6:04PM
Chuck Schumer is almost literally owned by the same Wall Street oligarchs that helped destroy America's economy, and whom President Obama recently awarded with trillions of dollars of taxpayer money. And that's not to mention the cabinet positions he's granted to Wall Street royalty.
Or did they grant him *his* position?
That is more or less all you need to know about Obama - he is corrupt and owned by the corporate-financial elite. Much like all you need to know about Obamacare is that it was hammered out in sleazy backroom deals *with the private health insurers* whom the left so recently pretended to loathe (Michael Moore etc). These insurance giants helped craft Obamacare for their own benefit, and as a result it will soon be illegal for millions of Americans to *not* buy their product. It is a scam. Since the bill recently hit the ground the stocks of the biggest health insurers have *skyrocketed*.
Think about it, how slick Obama is: he compelled a massive multi-billion dollar corporate giveaway to private health insurers - a constituency universally loathed and vilified by the left - and got the left to get behind it (and got the right incensed as well) by pretending it was European-style socialized medicine. What it is is corporatized medicine.
Socialism isn't the real danger here, I don't think - corporatism is. Socialism implies at least some sort of reverence for "the worker" - does anyone here believe such a reverence characterizes the elite Left in America? No - our economic system is becoming increasingly more corporatist, due to the efforts of both the establishment left (Wall Street bailouts, Obamacare, increased government intervention in private business) and the establishment right (bailouts, corporate welfare/subsidies, subservience to Big Business lobbyists). Also, thanks again to both the establishment left and establishment right, we are also becoming increasingly more authoritarian. The left (as we recognize it) has waged battle for nearly a century to neuter the Constitution, arguing either that it is a "living document" that changes to suit the times, or that it is a relic no longer sufficient to define a government in the modern age. More recently, the right (or what now passes for it) has widely adopted this same view of our Constitution, in which the ideals of our Founders and of all good Americans are enshrined. They argue that it can - that it *should* - be ignored whenever our government deems it necessary. Self-professed "conservatives"! The suspension of habeas corpus, KGB-esue spying on American citizens in violation of the law, the establishment of secret torture chambers in violation of Article 6 etc. They demonize our Constitution as "a suicide pact", and ridicule those who question Big Government's violation of it (conservatives!). The militarist-left faction that is now dominant in the Republican Party (the neoconservatives) brought this un-American, anti-constitutional philosophy with them when their intellectual forefathers parted ways with the Soviet-friendly left. They were accepted in polite company due to their belligerent anti-communism (all anti-communism should be belligerent), but as they grew to dominance the core of their anti-constitutional ideology came to the surface and infected nearly the entire right. And so now we have both the establishment left ("a relic no longer sufficient to define a government in the modern age") and the establishment right ("the constitution is not a suicide pact") arguing that the government has a right - a *duty* - to abandon our Constitution, and with it the ancient Liberties bequeathed to us by the Founders that are enshrined therein.
Both the establishment left and establishment right are transforming our constitutional republic into a corporatist, authoritarian state. Do you know what you get when you combine corporatism and authoritarianism?
But don't worry - stick with the status quo. As long as we get the lesser of two evils in there, we can possible delay our transformation for an infinitesimal moment longer. Nothing to get alarmed about - stick with the team. They haven't done us wrong before, have they?
Roger| 1.15.10 @ 6:19PM
I wish people who have extensive things to say would post them on their own blogs instead of sticking them in the middle of comments, especially when they are not really responding to the blog.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 6:33PM
I wish people who only have snippy little comments to say would post them on twitter instead of sticking them in the middle of comments, especially when they are not really responding to the blog.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:11AM
Roger that, Roger. Turddard is a long-winded blowhard, that's for sure. Ignore the old loon--he's harmless.
Fat mouth Turddard is the reason the scroll button was invented. Thank the heavens for that!
FeralCat| 1.16.10 @ 11:14PM
To each his own. I find him rather compelling.
Jeremiah| 1.17.10 @ 11:49PM
Compelling? You mean like watching a train wreck unfold?
FeralCat| 1.16.10 @ 11:19PM
Do you know what you get when you combine corporatism and authoritarianism?
Mussolini.
The audacity of hope was for his campaign
Fear and demonetization are for his reign
His candidacy was rather like that of a Henry Houdini
His presidency is shaping up to be much more like that of a Benito Mussolini
Although he's trying to slip it all in under another guise
To all his fascist action most foul we must still be wise
In spite of all the Houdini lies
Dancing in Obama's Mussolini eyes!
JimH| 1.16.10 @ 10:16AM
In the unlikely event the Chuck the schmuck does not know the meaning of 'tea bagging' and why it is offensive I'm sure he can ask his buddy Barney.
Rmm| 1.15.10 @ 8:32PM
Chucky boy has been on my s list ever since he was a member of the House and proposed a ban on hunting on all federal land, in '86. Total liberal scum bag in my view.
Darin| 1.15.10 @ 7:22AM
I've already started hearing excuses that "Coakley is a bad canidate." That way, if Brown wins, it's her fault and not a reflection that the people of Massachusetts (spelled correctly, unlike Coakley's ad) do not approve of things happening in their government.
John Sacket| 1.15.10 @ 7:35AM
Go Scott, Go! Outstanding! God Bless America and Freedom of Choice.
Susan| 1.15.10 @ 7:48AM
The entire country needs Scott Brown to help stop the Socialist agenda of Pelosi, Obama, and Reid.
bill| 1.15.10 @ 5:18PM
If Brown wins, unfortunately he will not be able to stop health care. The radical democrats (not all democrats are radical) will vote on this before Brown is officially appointed. The Massachusetts secretary of state will prevent delay the certification for as long as possible. Coakley will challenge the results. Brown will have to win by more then 7% to win the election. If he does not, ACORN and the democrat radicals will take the election
Roger| 1.15.10 @ 6:22PM
Then get your butt out there and help make sure he gets 8% or 25%, instead of bringing his supporters down with negativity. Half of winning is believing, and the other half is hard work.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:14AM
Gloomy Gus Liberal Bill--all is lost. Waah, waah, wah!
Loser.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 7:58AM
Scott Brown is yet another status-quo perpetuating, establishment-friendly Big Government Republican. Did no one watch the debate the other night? I did. The candidate who came off the best - and by "the best" I mean the most honest and fiscally conservative - was Joe Kennedy, a Libertarian who's running as an independent. Scott Brown and Martha Coakley both seem ready for the Beltway Big Leagues – unfortunately, like everyone else in the Beltway both Brown and Coakley spoke entirely in meaningless generalizations and slick, substance-free soundbites. They were both playing the game the way it's supposed to be played - shoveling horse sh*t for the suckers, smiling and reading from the establishment script. Joe Kennedy though - he seemed out of place, to say the least. He got up, said what he believed, said if you agree with him you should vote for him. He said he'd cut spending. He pointed out that Scott Brown has *NO PLANS* to cut spending. He said he'd reject Obamacare. He pointed out that Coakley would not reject Obamacare. He spoke plainly and plainly honestly - the man was genuinely sincere. It was distinctly odd seeing that - a real human being behind one of those podiums. Martha Coakley wants to confiscate Americans' wealth to centralize money and power in Big Government to enact massive and massively expensive social programs. Scott Brown wants to confiscate Americans' wealth to centralize money and power in Big Government and waste it policing the globe and waging perpetual wars all over the planet.
Joe Kennedy (no relation to *The* Kennedys) advocates a non-interventionist foreign policy, and would disengage from our Big Government nation-building projects in the Middle East. He pledges to cut taxes and cut spending - really cut spending, I mean - by ending myriad federal projects both at home (Obamacare) and overseas (Iraq/Afghanistan). Unfortunately (for me) he more or less advocates amnesty for illegals and seems not to care too much for border control. But, since both Scott Brown and Martha Coakley plan to leave the border wide open anyway I have to endorse Joe Kennedy over the other two - and so should any fiscal conservative. I repeat: Scott Brown has NO PLANS to decrease spending. Scott Brown will GROW government.
Joe Kennedy is consistently small government, pro-Constitution and pro-Liberty. He is misguided on immigration (and I'm sure I disagree on more than that with him, being that he is a Libertarian and I am not), and that's as important an issue as any, but he is (practically speaking) no worse than the other two on that issue, as both Coakley and Brown are de facto open-borders supporters. On the rest of the issues Joe Kennedy is better and more fiscally conservative.
For people who are happy with the status quo, who are comfortable with phony politicians expanding the size and power of government, they can flip a coin and vote either Brown or Coakley. For anyone who is sincere about decreasing the size of the federal government there is only ONE candidate who considers that a goal - Joe Kennedy.
Stuart Koehl| 1.15.10 @ 8:40AM
Perfect is the enemy of the good. Those who insist on ideological purity in American politics, whether from the left or the right, simply do not comprehend the nature of our constitutional system, which is designed specifically to avoid extremes in either direction, and forces everyone to govern from the center. The majority of America is center-right, and Scott Brown fits that definition very nicely.
Those who choose to vote their convictions can take comfort in their own rectitude, but it is cold comfort indeed when the worse of two evils wins as a result. Not that Scott Brown seems evil by any means.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 9:28AM
"Perfect is the enemy of the good. Those who insist on ideological purity in American politics, whether from the left or the right, simply do not comprehend the nature of our constitutional system"
A feigned abhorrence of "Ideological purity" is the new justification on the Fox News Right for supporting Big Government candidates and policies. Why don't you just drop the pretense of being small government 'conservatives'? You support a pro-choice, pro-Big Government candidate. Be honest - you're a liberal.
Stuart Koehl| 1.15.10 @ 12:59PM
Mr. Toddard has no real knowledge of my political philosophy, since I have not enunciated it. Mr. Toddard, however, is one of those people incapable of understanding the difference between political philosophy on the one hand, and the art of politics on the other. For him, they are one and the same thing, which is why people like Mr. Toddard are congenitally incapable of either prioritizing their political goals or accomplishing any of them. They do, however, take great pleasure in moral preening.
For my part, I have prioritized, and I think strategically. I am quite willing to settle for half a loaf today, and the possibility of getting the rest of the loaf tomorrow, than insisting upon the whole loaf at once and getting nothing at all.
I certainly don't agree with Scott Brown's position on abortion, and I personally think the Massachusetts health care program is a disaster. On the other hand, I know that Coakley's positions on both are far worse, while I do agree with Brown on the current health care reform measure, on government spending and taxation, and on national security issues.
Mr. Toddard, for his part, is revealed as a doctrinaire isolationist by his remarks concerning "non-interventionist foreign policy" and "big government nation- building programs". His is merely the mirror image of doctrinaire liberalism: the latter thing the world is too good for America; he thinks America is too good for the world. Both think there is some way the United States can withdraw from the world and the world will leave us alone. History tells us otherwise.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 1:42PM
On the contrary, Mr. Koehl - I know exactly who you are: a bought-and-paid-for shill of the defense industry. It makes perfect sense that you advocate for military interventionism - without revealing the personal financial stakes you have in such policies as a war profiteer.
Pathetic.
Stuart Koehl| 1.15.10 @ 3:08PM
As a bought and paid for shill, you would think I could afford a better house and car, and wouldn't be sweating my kids' tuition payments, but the sad fact is I shill for nobody--just don't have it in my, I'm afraid. I have no financial stake in any defense company, unless it happens to be part of the portfolio of my IRA. I'm so sorry to disappoint you and to shatter your paranoid delusions.
When I write on defense matters--when I write on anything, for that matter--what you get is my considered opinion based on my own research and my own principles. I've said plenty of nasty stuff about DoD, the military services, our defense industry, European defense industry, the intelligence community--just about everybody, in fact, when I think they are wrong. Conversely, I give credit where credit is due, and when someone is doing something right, I say so.
I do not impugn motives, I do not cast aspersions, I merely let people speak for themselves. In your case, there isn't much I need to say or do--you dig a very nice hole for yourself, and then you jump in it.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 3:30PM
"In your case, there isn't much I need to say or do--you dig a very nice hole for yourself, and then you jump in it."
Now he sneers at manual labor. Can you believe this guy.
Stuart Koehl| 1.15.10 @ 6:30PM
I am not at all opposed to manual labor. I am quite willing to roll up my sleeves, pick up a shovel, and backfill that hole into which you have stepped.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 3:32PM
And sincerely, I apologize if I was incorrect about your being employed by defense contractors. And I take you on your word that I was.
Mea culpa. (I still think you are a neoconservative though)
suzie bud| 1.17.10 @ 7:47AM
you are a moron and ass - all rolled into one.
Jeremiah| 1.17.10 @ 11:51PM
Sounds about right to me!
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 6:10PM
Mr. Koehl, have you had the pleasure of conversing in these comments sections with "John II"?
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:17AM
Stuart, you will learn quickly if you wrestle with skunks you'll end up smelling like them.
Bet you need a good, hot shower.
Truth to Power| 1.15.10 @ 10:26AM
Well said. For some politics is about primping in front of a mirror. These people are damned to sitting on the outside of our system. They comfort themselves with their purity (always a mirage) and scream their insults as loud as they are able (I will soon be scrolling around Toddard). Our system treats this vanity harshly. Our system is always about picking the best candidate between two in a general election. I know that some consider this sad since they don't feel either party represents them well but when you consider the mischief of multiple parties within a parliamentary system I would rather make compromises within our two party system. There is really no comparison between Brown and Coakley. Brown is the best for conservatives and libertarians. Coakley is a nightmare. May the people of Massachusetts choose wisely. It is time to subtract from the kooky left's power not maintain the status quot.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 10:43AM
"Our system is always about picking the best candidate between two in a general election."
And that is why our government grows by leaps and bounds year in and year out - especially when Republicans are in office. You yourself are happy to be part of a system that perpetually increases the size of Big Government - and what's more you denigrate anyone who isn't.
You're a... "conservative"?
Bob Miller| 1.15.10 @ 10:55AM
Choosing between these two candidates should not be difficult for a real conservative. It has nothing to do with labels or the lack of same, but with people and substance. In tight elections, there is always some serious effort to split or reduce the conservative vote. Hint---this effort does not come from conservatives but from liberals and from the likes of "Toddard".
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 11:28AM
"Choosing between these two candidates should not be difficult for a real conservative."
I couldn't agree more, Bob. It's not difficult at all. You yourself support the pro-choice, pro-open borders, pro-Big Government candidate who refuses to cut spending or reduce the size of government. That's fine, but "real conservatives" are not generally supportive of pro-choice, pro-open borders, pro-Big Government candidates who refuses to cut spending or reduce the size of government. I think you are confused - and this is a confusion that is nearly universal on the Fox News Right - regarding the distinction between "real Republicans" and "real Conservatives". You are a die-hard party loyalist - and that's okay. But your support of pro-choice, pro-open borders, pro-Big Government candidates and policies is hardly "conservative" in any real sense.
Curtis Rasmussen| 1.15.10 @ 3:47PM
Many posts by leftist concern trolls follow the above pattern: 'I wholeheartedly agee with you, but...', only to end with the accusation that the post author or politician in question is not a true conservative. Only the enlightened mind of the Flaming Turd Toddlerd can set us straight.
As for me, I've got my hopes pinned on Scott. Scott will send a message to the far-left near-socialists to end their insanity or face the same at the voting booth.
Can't wait 'til Tuesday.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 3:59PM
Yeah. Man if we get Scott Brown elected we'll (hopefully - fingers crossed!) get back to the fiscally responsible, conservative, Constitutional government we enjoyed during the Bush years.
That worked out quite well, didn't it.
Basil Fawlty| 1.16.10 @ 1:26AM
So what is your solution with the election coming next week? Vote for Martha Coakley? Don't vote at all?
S.L. Toddard| 1.16.10 @ 8:44AM
Basil - my solution is to vote for the candidate who best represents your interests. Joe Kennedy wishes to cut spending, cut taxes, revoke countless Big Government projects and reduce the size of government - as a conservative that is exactly what I am looking for in a candidate.
I am *not* looking to be part of a "winning team" however - this is an election, not a softball tournament or an exercise in self-esteem boosting.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:22AM
Curtis, of course you're correct: Old Flaming Turd Turddard is a concern troll--a particularly nasty one at that.
Flaming turd in the punch bowl.
Flaming Turd--LOL! I shall remember that one.
Thank you, Curtis.
S.L. Toddard| 1.16.10 @ 8:47AM
Jeremiah, you seem to be rather obsessed with getting my attention. Here it is - I'm paying attention to you. Is that enough, or is there something you would like me to teach you?
GreyLion| 1.16.10 @ 2:05PM
Mr Toddard,
Suicide by example would be a good first lesson for you to teach.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 2:23PM
RLMAO!!
S.L. Toddard| 1.16.10 @ 2:56PM
ROFL!!! Oh man, "suicide by example". That's great. Haha - like, so I end up killing myself. LMAO!
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 7:40PM
Sadly, old Flaming Turd Turddard has NO sense of humor. Who woulda' thunk it? You coulda' knocked me over with a feather!!
AllenG| 1.15.10 @ 11:25AM
Is Mr. Kennedy more conservative than Scott Brown? Almost certainly.
Does he have a snowball's chance in a Texas August of winning? No. Heck no.
Therefore, let us not talk of "True Conservative" when the battle _right_now_ is Health Care, and Scott Brown has a chance to win and be that 41st Senator. If we don't like him, he'll be up for re-election in a few years, and he can be kicked out then.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 11:29AM
"Therefore, let us not talk of "True Conservative" when the battle _right_now_ is Health Care"
No - the battle right now is against Big Government Liberalism, of which both Scott Brown and Martha Coakley are proponents.
ChuckD| 1.15.10 @ 12:43PM
You're ridiculous, Toddard. We're talking about Massachusetts, for God's sakes. So Scott Brown won't pass the conservative litmus test, I don't care. He's not a Democrat and he's against Obamacare and voting for him is better than throwing it away on a guy who hasn't got a chance of winning. I think you work for the DNC anyway.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 1:36PM
Really. Well I think you guys lost it when Terminator X quit.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:24AM
Flaming Turd Turddard in the punch bowl.
Kettle| 1.15.10 @ 2:56PM
"...and what's more you denigrate anyone who isn't. "
"You're a... "conservative"?"
"Be honest - you're a liberal."
"- shoveling horse sh*t for the suckers, smiling and reading from the establishment script."
"...- I know exactly who you are: a bought-and-paid-for shill of the defense industry. "
Toddard is such a wimp. He dishes but whines about return fire.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 3:45PM
"Toddard is such a wimp. He dishes but whines about return fire."
Waah.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:25AM
Flaming Turd Turddard strikes again!
Simon Templar| 1.15.10 @ 9:05AM
Ah, the Toad is back and spitting his usual long winded poison gas...
Content below is from Brown's web site...make your own judgment...
Why I'm Running...
America is a great country but we also have some challenges that we need to solve if we're going to remain the world's superpower. The most important of our challenges is getting the U.S. economy moving again. People are hurting as they struggle to make ends meet. They're worried about their future, and that of their children and grandchildren. I want to ensure that we leave them an America that is financially stronger and independent: minus a national debt that we can never repay.
Health Care
I believe that all Americans deserve health care coverage, but I am opposed to the health care legislation that is under consideration in Congress and will vote against it. It will raise taxes, increase government spending and lower the quality of care, especially for elders on Medicare. I support strengthening the existing private market system with policies that will drive down costs and make it easier for people to purchase affordable insurance. In Massachusetts, I support the 2006 healthcare law that was successful in expanding coverage, but I also recognize that the state must now turn its attention to controlling costs.
Economy
I am a free enterprise advocate who believes that lower taxes can encourage economic growth. Raising taxes stifles growth, weakens the economy and puts more people out of work. Our economy works best when individuals have more of their income to spend, and businesses have money to invest and add jobs. I have been a fiscal watchdog in the state legislature fighting bigger government, higher taxes and wasteful spending.
Energy and Environment
I support common-sense environment policy that will help to reduce pollution and preserve our precious open spaces. I realize that without action now, future generations will be left to clean up the mess we leave. In order to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, I support reasonable and appropriate development of alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, nuclear, geothermal and improved hydroelectric facilities. I oppose a national cap and trade program because of the higher costs that families and businesses would incur.
Education
I am passionate about improving the quality of our public schools. Accountability and high standards are paramount. I support choice through charter schools, as well as the MCAS exam as a graduation requirement. I have worked to ensure that all children have access to a quality education. I am a strong advocate for the METCO program, which provides lower income students with broader educational opportunities.
Immigration
I recognize that our strength as a nation is built on the immigrant experience in America. I welcome legal immigration to this country. However, we are also a nation of laws and government should not adopt policies that encourage illegal immigration. Providing driver’s licenses and in-state tuition to illegal immigrant families will act as a magnet in drawing more people here in violation of the law and it will impose new costs on taxpayers. I oppose amnesty, and I believe we ought to strengthen our border enforcement and institute an employment verification system with penalties for companies that hire illegal immigrants.
Veterans
As a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army National Guard, I am uniquely aware of the importance and sacrifice of our men and women serving in the military. I have been a vigorous supporter of legislation providing benefits to returning service members, as well as, benefits for the families of those killed in action. I believe we need to recognize the sacrifice of all of our servicemembers by keeping better track of returning military personnel so they get the services they deserve. That includes providing them with first-class medical care and other benefits to which they are entitled. I am known as a leader on veterans' issues through my work on the Veterans and Federal Affairs Committee, the Hidden Wounds of War Commission, and the Governor's Task Force on Returning Veterans.
Gun issues
I support the Second Amendment and believe that citizens have the right to keep and bear arms as a basic constitutional liberty. I support safe and responsible gun ownership.
Death penalty
I believe there are some crimes that are so heinous that they deserve capital punishment. Our Government should have the ability to impose the death penalty in cases where it is justified.
Abortion
While this decision should ultimately be made by the woman in consultation with her doctor, I believe we need to reduce the number of abortions in America. I believe government has the responsibility to regulate in this area and I support parental consent and notification requirements and I oppose partial birth abortion. I also believe there are people of good will on both sides of the issue and we ought to work together to support and promote adoption as an alternative to abortion.
Marriage
I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. States should be free to make their own laws in this area, so long as they reflect the people's will as expressed through them directly, or as expressed through their elected representatives.
Israel
Israel has made enormous sacrifices in an attempt to secure peace – including unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. I support a two-state solution that reaffirms Israel’s right to exist and provides the Palestinians with a place of their own where both sides can live in peace and security. As our closest ally in the Middle East, Israel lives every day under the threat of terror yet shares with America a dedication to democratic ideals, a respect for faith, and a commitment to peace in the region. Until a lasting peace is achieved, I support the security barrier erected by Israel which has proven successful in protecting Israeli civilians from terrorist attacks.
Iran
I support the bi-partisan Iran sanctions bill and believe that until Ahmadinejad gives up his nuclear ambitions he should be isolated from the rest of the world. With its reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons, Iran represents the biggest threat to Israel. Ahmadinejad is a Holocaust denier who has threatened to wipe Israel off the map. Meeting with him confers legitimacy when the only correct response is to treat him as an outcast. A personal meeting with Ahmadinejad, as suggested by my opponent, would embolden him and be used as a propaganda tool to strengthen his position.
Howard| 1.15.10 @ 9:23AM
Good points
lynn| 1.15.10 @ 11:09AM
Thanks for posting this! I would vote for Brown if I lived in Massachusetts!
Stuart Koehl| 1.15.10 @ 1:01PM
I have been a Sox fan since 1965, and my wife went to Harvard. Do you think I could get an absentee ballot?
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:34AM
Flaming Turd Turddard is a concern troll who seeks to distract bloggers from this thread's main point.
Ignore the troll, it's irrelevant. ELECT SCOTT BROWN!!
S.L. Toddard| 1.16.10 @ 3:26PM
"Flaming Turd Turddard is a concern troll who seeks to distract bloggers from this thread's main point."
I am not trying to "distract bloggers from this thread's main point", I am rejecting this thread's main point (that conservatives should support Scott Brown), and arguing instead that *conservatives* should vote for the candidate who is going to cut taxes, slash spending, revoke massive government projects, decrease the size of the federal government, return power to the states (and people) and *enforce the Constitution*. Now, in general the Fox News Right does not sincerely want these things to happen (or else they would have ceased voting Republican), but there are still (even now) pockets of actual conservatives amongst the Fox News Right, who have yet to comprehend that they are voting against their own interests. Conservatives may either vote for the candidate who pledges to cut taxes, slash spending, revoke massive government projects, decrease the size of the federal government, return power to the states (and people) and *enforce the Constitution* - or they can vote for one of the two candidates who will do none of those things.
That is what it comes down to, I think.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 7:42PM
Thou doth protest too much, Flaming Turd Turddard.
Brenda Hart| 1.15.10 @ 10:50AM
Toddard ~ YOU should most definitely vote for Joe Kennedy.
Bruce| 1.15.10 @ 11:33PM
I'm sure I speak for a few people here besides myself when I say ...Stuff it, will you Toddard?
What a bloviator. I bet you love the sound of your voice, too.
S.L. Toddard| 1.16.10 @ 8:48AM
Well, it does have a certain appealing timbre.
J. Kelley| 1.15.10 @ 8:08AM
This sounds very good. But remember Scott Brown will have to win by a big margin. Close elections are always won by Democrats or should have said stolen by Democrats. This will be a game changer if Brpwn can pull this off.
Bostonian| 1.15.10 @ 11:45PM
SO in your view, if he wins by a small margin, it's a legitimate win, but if he loses, the Democrats have stolen the election?
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:35AM
Yes, because we DON'T cheat like you ACORN thugsters!
led miner light| 11.25.10 @ 1:42AM
In short, just as we still rely on nation-states for international security, we must still rely on national governments to protect individual rights. Your freedom still depends on where you live.
DR.KATHY REILLY| 1.15.10 @ 8:19AM
UNIVERSAL GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE IS A BAD IDEA!!! PISTONE IS RIGHT ON TARGET! www.pistoneforcongress.org
oneyetiger| 1.15.10 @ 8:25AM
A Massachusetts Republican activist recently observed as the Brown campaign picked up steam, "Democrats here are soft. They've never had to fight. When you're soft, you make mistakes." For 50 years the democrat machine has run Massachusetts like slave owners ran their plantations. They forgot the people along the way morphing into “look down their noses” elites as “massahs” did to their slaves. Everyone had their place and disobedience was severely punished or in today’s world ostracized or destroyed politically or financially. The plantation owners had their Nat Turner and likewise The Democrat Party of Massachusetts is about to get a valuable lesson from the people represented by Scott Brown.
The people are the masters, not the politicos. The politicos ignore us at their peril. As Jefferson reminded us, “A little rebellion now and then ... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government“. Let the lesson begin on Tuesday. Please vote for liberty and freedom, not continued serfdom and hand outs. Good luck, God bless, God speed and Kick A$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oneyetiger in NC
TeaDoff| 1.15.10 @ 10:56AM
Great quote by Jefferson. We should make more bumper stickers from the words of our fore fathers. Education made simple.
ds80| 1.15.10 @ 1:11PM
My favorite:
"2010: Time to refresh the tree of liberty"
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Scott Brown: Nice Guy : The Other McCain links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
MC| 1.15.10 @ 8:31AM
RALLY Sat. the 16th at Patriot Square in Dennis!! GO SCOTT GO!!!
Mattled| 1.15.10 @ 8:35AM
Martha Coakley;
"Yeaaarrrrrggghhhhh!!"
Howard Dean would be proud.
Tuesday Morning Headline I Hope and Pray for:
Martha "Choke"-ly Loses the People's Seat.
Mason| 1.15.10 @ 8:37AM
The people of Mass stood in the square at Concord and took this country once from an oppressive tyrannical government and and now have a chance to do it again at the polls.
Anonymous| 1.15.10 @ 8:46AM
New polling data from social media shows Brown ahead by a landslide: http://www.wordstream.com/blog.....ha-coakley
Tom Scheffelin| 1.15.10 @ 8:47AM
I donated to Scott Brown's campaign after reading this article. Even though I live in California, Scott Brown's election will break the democratic stranglehold in the Senate, which will have enormous positive national consequences.
Tom Scheffelin
TeaDoff| 1.15.10 @ 10:59AM
Thank you Tom !
Dennis | 1.15.10 @ 8:50AM
Rebellion "started" in Massachusetts; time for another revolution!! I would vote for Scott Brown if I lived in Mass. I live in Virginia where we elected Bob McDonnell. Obama and his liberal cronies are getting a wake-up call and it's time to replace the bureaucrats!! It's time to renew our country, follow the Constituti0n and return to out Judeo Christian values.
Sammythebull| 1.15.10 @ 8:56AM
Go Scott!!! Kick the Dems A$$. We are all behind you.
jd| 1.15.10 @ 9:30AM
Just the fact that Scott Brown is a viable contender in this race already shows he is a WINNER. With New Jersey and Virginia rebuking the Democrats, there is a momentum in this country that is gaining. People are awakening to what is happening. The only danger I see is IF Brown wins, the Democratic machine in Massachusetts will try to invalidate his election.
GO SCOTT!
AllenG| 1.15.10 @ 11:27AM
No it doesn't. Only winning will show he's a winner. It's the Liberals who speak of "moral victories" and "close being good enough." No. He needs to win. And everyone in this nation who cares about their health care should be trying to help push him over the finish line.
Chris| 1.15.10 @ 9:39AM
Here's a sign of desperation that I think is back firing. Watching TV I see three Anti-Brown lie fests in a row. The public is sick of this type of campaigning and other than one comercial slamming Choke-ly (sorry for stealing this, I liked it too much not to use it herre) Brown has pretty much stuck to stating his positions and qualifications for the job, which I think the masses are appreciating. I can't wait to cast my vote for Obama and help send a message to our Kool-aid-dispenser-in-chief for his one year anniversary. Think of how much juxtaposition exists in this one message, we are not only sending someone to fight against this healthcare bill, we are sending them in the seat whose ghost is being elicited to cram it down our throats.
Stuart Koehl| 1.15.10 @ 1:02PM
Really? And they worked so well for Creigh Deeds here in Virginia. . .oh, wait. Never mind.
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Mass. of trouble | Worth Reading links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
chris| 1.15.10 @ 9:43AM
I forgot to mention, what does it say for Coakley when the Cavalry (Slick Willie was supposed to come stump, Obama was supposed to come in for a campaingn lunch) says "ya know I think we need to wash our hair tonight"? She seems to be sinking and can't get out of her own way.
mitch| 1.15.10 @ 2:36PM
It's official - Obama is flying in Sun to rally both light and dark complected people to get out there and vote early, and often. for Coakley, or as I lke to call her, "Cloaca," another word for the body orifice on some animals used for defecation/urination, or in the case of dhimmicrat animals - SEX!
IF IT AIN'T CLOSE, THEY CAN'T CHEAT!
Jojo| 1.15.10 @ 10:14AM
I would vote for Brown if I lived there. Since I don't I did contribute to his campaign besides saying a prayer that he takes this race. It would be such a win for AMERICA.
Tony in Central PA| 1.15.10 @ 10:47AM
I'll be shocked if Brown actually wins, shocked, but happy. My perception of the voters in MA is that they would vote for a trained chimp as long as he was a Democrat.
Bob Belvedere| 1.15.10 @ 10:49AM
Quoted from and Linked to at:
Stacy McCain In Bosstown III
Sam Wilson| 1.15.10 @ 11:17AM
Scott Brown is great. Martha Coakley is a stinker! Go GOP!
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 11:23AM
"Choosing between these two candidates should not be difficult for a real conservative."
I couldn't agree more, Bob. It's not difficult at all. You yourself support the pro-choice, pro-open borders, pro-Big Government candidate who refuses to cut spending or reduce the size of government. That's fine, but "real conservatives" are not generally support pro-choice, pro-open borders, pro-Big Government candidates who refuses to cut spending or reduce the size of government. I think you are confused - and this is a confusion that is nearly universal on the Fox News Right - regarding the distinction between "real Republicans" and "real Conservatives". You are a die-hard party loyalist - and that's okay. But your support of pro-choice, pro-open borders, pro-Big Government candidates and policies is hardly "conservative" in any real sense.
bill hedrick| 1.15.10 @ 12:00PM
Toddard, just remember this, the bottom line is a vote for Kennedy in Mass is a vote for the Dems.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 12:31PM
And? A vote for Brown is a vote for the GOP, who have proven to be no more "conservative" than the Democrats. Really, a conservative would be better off voting for Coakley to send the GOP the message that when they run Big Government radical statists like Scott Brown they will lose.
Stuart Koehl| 1.15.10 @ 1:04PM
See what I mean about preening. He's pure, we're hopelessly compromised. He's impotent, but he's pure.
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 2:03PM
Note the condescending sneer Mr. Koehl has for anyone who values principle over power. It has always been thus with neoconservatives.
Stuart Koehl| 1.15.10 @ 3:12PM
IF I am a neo-conservative, then I am the Father of All Neo-Conservatives, since my political philosophy the positions I advocate have been mine since, oh, 1967 or so. I did not have to get mugged by reality, because I got in the first punch. Reality, on the other hand, doesn't seem to call at your house at all.
[Condescending sneer]
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 3:23PM
Well, that was a pretty good coup de grace (the reality house-call line).
Touche.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:40AM
Wow, Flaming Turd Turddard; you took that one up the a..!
Roscoe| 1.15.10 @ 12:15PM
I'm in Florida, and I've supported. Can I say, "first time in my life I've been proud of Massachussetts..."?
Tim| 1.15.10 @ 12:36PM
Why hasn't she had MacCain beaten up?
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Flotsam and Jetsam | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Delta George| 1.15.10 @ 12:46PM
I dont live in Mass. but I donated, this coakley is a horrible candidate, a sock puppet if there ever was one. A little rebellion is good now and then! Go Scott!
Justice| 1.15.10 @ 1:16PM
Today on his program, Glen Beck stated that there should be no talk about a 2 Party system because there is no difference between the 2.
Today on his show, Rush Limbaugh said that if there is no difference between the 2 Parties then why are we voting for Scott Brown?
-Excelence in Broadcasting, yet again by the great El Rushbo!
Oldefarte| 1.15.10 @ 1:17PM
Even though doubtful, I'm hoping he can win. This state has been in the testicle vice grips of those Irish thug Kennedys for too long, and its people are stupid folls for putting up with their two-faced, brainwashing bullexcrement-corruption. This election will tell much about this state, as to whether or not their citizens have the courage to break the Kennedy cycle of political hold upon them and to free themselves from same!!!!
Bostonian| 1.15.10 @ 11:42PM
MA voters will choose what they believe is best for MA regardless of what you feel about the outcome. I know many working class independents and Republicans who voted for Kennedy year in, year out - because they knew he would work tirelessly for the state. The question in this election is which candidate makes the case best that they will continue in this tradition.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:43AM
This country is dead if we keep electing political prostitutes like ole Ready Teddy.
We've got to stop feeding at the trough, people; such disgusting piggery is not sustainable.
Senator Scott Brown| 1.15.10 @ 1:26PM
Thanks for that clarification on the Globe story regarding Brown's statement of "unfamiliarity" of the Tea Party. I have been watching this race for weeks and voting with my pocketbook as I am out of state. Coakley is a horrible candidate. She lost the debate with major gaffes and her record as AG is atrocious. Last night her comments about Catholics not working in Emergency Rooms had me incensed as I am a Catholic RN who has worked in ERs married to an OBGYN who would leave his profession if forced to perform abortions. This woman is a loon, as I believe there are at least 700 Catholic hospitals in the country. She is also an elitist who saw no need to lower herself to get out and meet the voters. Her negative ads reflect her desperation. The incident with John McCormack, a reporter tossed to the ground and roughed up as she watched caught on tape is disturbing as is her behavior in the Fells Acre School prosecutions. I could go on and on about this woman but Scott Brown is the man, an excellent candidate to be the 41st vote against the Obama agenda.
Tammy| 1.16.10 @ 12:45AM
Thank God for pro-life medical professionals like you and your husband. You're wonderful.
You give me hope for our country.
Gill O’Teen ✝✡| 1.15.10 @ 1:39PM
I find it amusing that any member of the party which embraces the lifestyle of bunny fwank and his closest fwends, considers “tea bagger” a pejorative. Even though, strictly speaking, at least one person involved in this activity must be male, the gender of his partner can be whatever. Those who do not know the definition of this vile slang term, can look it up at http://www.urbandictionary.com.....teabagger. I confess that I did not know the definition until about a year ago when the Tea Party movement first caught the attention of the lame street media. So as I always try to do whenever I don’t know something, I looked it up. Google (www.google.com) has a wealth of information which is virtually instantly accessible.
On another note, I find myself in agreement with Mr. Toddard as to the choices in this election. However, right now there is nothing more important than that obummercare be stopped cold before beavisbud has his signing ceremony.
On a third note, Galt day is only 5 days off. Those still looking for ideas as to how they can celebrate have two good new choices right now:
1) Contribute to Scott Brown’s campaign against the kommie machine - I believe these are tax deductible, or
2) Contribute to any of the many trustworthy tax-deductible charities which are committed to helping the people of Haiti. Any contribution to the federal gum’mint for this purpose does not count towards the Galt Day celebration.
Gill O’Teen ✝✡
gill.Oteen07041776@gmail.com
Celebrate Galt Day 1/20/2 Yo (aka 2010 A.D.)
“God made our parents
Our lives and our liberties
We made our gum’mint”
NavyBrat| 1.15.10 @ 3:53PM
Gil. Speaking of the urban dictionary & a good use of slang found in it is to call Martha CokeHeadly what she truely is: a "haint."
Haint:
1. A hateful b*tch.
2. A truly heinous she-devil so brutal that anachronistic and unusual colloquial slang is called for.
This word also works well for Botox Pelosi, & Barbie Boxer.
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It’s not every day you get to ask Rudolph Giuliani… « DaTechguy's Blog links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
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How Do You Say “Creigh Deeds” With A Boston Accent? « Around The Sphere links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
phil| 1.15.10 @ 2:39PM
Coakley's behavior in the Ameriault's persecution's is reason enough to vote for Scott Brown, however sending the out of control Democrats a shot of pepper spray would make my day. Their "damn the torpedoes" secret health care bill will put them on the bottom .
Sam| 1.15.10 @ 3:05PM
I'm an independent who doesn't agree with many of Brown's stances. But the arrogance of Coakley is astonishing.
The Democrats need to be taught a lesson because they obviously forgot why we elected them the past couple of years. Scott, please do the honors.
Stuart Koehl| 1.15.10 @ 3:13PM
Why DID you elect them, Sam? Temporary insanity?
Tammy| 1.16.10 @ 12:47AM
That's what you get when moderates elect candidates.
Stuart Koehl| 1.16.10 @ 3:20PM
So, what's your solution? Shoot all the moderates? the electorate is roughly divided into thirds, with one third conservative, one third moderate and one third liberal. As the liberals and conservatives already have a base and a platform, all campaigns revolve around the middle, and who can win enough of the despised moderates to pull out a majority of the votes. That is what mitigates against radical forays in either direction.
S.L. Toddard| 1.16.10 @ 3:32PM
That is where federalism and the 10th amendment should come into play. There is no reason Massachusetts should not have its socialist paradise while the South maintains traditionalist republics and the mountain west libertarian ones.
Decentralism, the disempowerment of the federal government and a reassertion of state sovereignty are the answer. Who can govern Georgians better than Georgians?
Tammy| 1.16.10 @ 3:34PM
Sounds like Stuey's a moderate! Don't get your panties in a pinch, moderates are squishy and you know it.
Stuart Koehl| 1.17.10 @ 7:40AM
Stuart is above all a realist who understands that to accomplish anything in politics, first you have to win elections.
Tammy| 1.17.10 @ 11:59PM
Stuey the realist, how'd your 'realism' work out for you in November 2008? RINOs don't win national elections.
I'm disappointed--I thought you were sooo smart.
TomB| 1.15.10 @ 3:19PM
The tea leaves show a state where one political party is triple the size of the other, yet those claiming no party affiliation outnumber both major parties. This state is in a nation where a party that isn't really a party is more popular than either of the real parties. This non-party is named for an event that happened in the aforementioned state.
It's almost Zen isn't it?
Dead People Voting| 1.15.10 @ 3:31PM
I'm sure that the Dems are busy looking up names in graveyards, obituaries and homeless shelters to try and steal this one...
The Dem goon squad SEIU union hacks and the other vote manufacturers will be hard at work this weekend.
VOTE SCOTT BROWN!!!!
End the TYRANY!
Tim| 1.15.10 @ 3:40PM
"Brownie you're doing a heckuva job."
Mick| 1.15.10 @ 3:54PM
People of Massachussetts. You have the ironic chance to send a clear message to both parties that we the People are tired of BOTH parties and that the party of Common Sense that they have chosen to ignore or disdain must prevail here. In this case, it is clear that Scott Brown is the voice of reason. Please for the sake of the Country, you must see this through! Your vote for Scott Brown is a vote for me and your fellow Americans who share the same sense of trouble that the current and former administration has steered us.
Hopeful in Ohio...
Bostonian| 1.15.10 @ 11:55PM
Thanks for your thoughts, Mick. I'm still personally on the fence about voting for Brown but it's good to hear the opinions of people out of state. I think many voters are trying to decide who would get the most done for MA in the Senate.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:49AM
NO MORE POLITICAL PROSTITUTES!!
NavyBrat| 1.15.10 @ 4:10PM
On a serious note, I too contributed to Mr. Brown's campaign. Just as I will continue to do for ALL candidates who oppose this neo facist/Marxist regime. People like Toddard can wallow & flail about in their blissful ignorance while the rest of us go about the business of repairing our Republic.
"Rebellion against tyrants is obebience to G*d!"... Thomas Jefferson
Rock on, Mr. Brown! We're behind you!!!!
S.L. Toddard| 1.16.10 @ 3:57PM
"Just as I will continue to do for ALL candidates who oppose this neo facist/Marxist regime"
Really. Joe Kennedy, a libertarian running as an independent in the race against Coakley opposes "this neo facist/Marxist regime". Did you donate to the Kennedy campaign?
your mama| 1.16.10 @ 5:25PM
Well said Navy Brat
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Mr. Nice Guy - E.D. Kain - American Times - True/Slant links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Sam Vaughn| 1.15.10 @ 5:10PM
Does anybody else get the impression Toddard is a phony? Sounds like a Coakley stooge from the "Saul Alinsky" school of politics....
S.L. Toddard| 1.15.10 @ 5:22PM
Yep. You got me. I started posting here a couple years ago anticipating this race, just hoping to get Martha Coakley elected. I'm very afraid Scott Brown will get elected because, well you know - that will make a huge difference. The age of Big Government will END in its tracks. Surely Brown's election would usher in an era of conservative governance, fiscal responsibility, and responsible foreign policy. Like we had the last time the establishment GOP ran Washington. Those glory days of wide open borders, unprecedented reckless spending, doubling the deficit, disastrous wars to capture non-existent weapons, and let's not forget destroying the economy of planet Earth! Just remember - it's more important to get Republicans elected than conservatives. Who cares what they do once they get to Washington? Gotta stay loyal to the team!
Incidentally, where is it that you people learned about "Saul Alinsky"? Talk radio? I'm assuming talk radio. So many of you have the same slim grasp on politics, and the same limited set of buzzwords that you are not entirely familiar with (Saul Alinsky, "cultural marxism", "moral equivalence" etc). They had to come from either the same talk radio program, or the same talk show host's book.
Which is it?
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:52AM
A couple years ago? AmSpec Blog is only ONE year old--liar!!
Concern Troll Flaming Turd Turddard is a liar.
S.L. Toddard| 1.16.10 @ 8:50AM
Whatever it is. The point is my comments here predate Kennedy's death.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q="s.l.+toddard"+site:spectator.org&aq=f&aqi;=&oq;=&fp=df82d86320cf60e9
Although it does seem like more than a year - they've only had comments enabled for a year?
Sam Vaughn| 1.15.10 @ 5:14PM
I'll vote for Brown for one simple reason. To teach the Democrats a lesson about talking down their noses at people like me, they're inglorious snobs. And Healthcare. The government can't even lie well these days (e.g. unemployment numbers). What makes anybody think they won't lie about healthcare......
Soso| 1.15.10 @ 6:26PM
THOSE WHO CAST THEIR VOTES DECIDE NOTHING
THOSE WHO COUNT THE VOTES DECIDE EVERYTHING
Joseph Stalin
Hupster| 1.15.10 @ 6:29PM
A funny but sadly true tale on why Scott Brown will prevail:
A Chinese Proverb said, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” An Obama Administration revision to that proverb is, “If a Democrat gives a man a fish, the man is promised a fish for a lifetime in return for his vote and the Democrat gives the rod back to the capitalists, saying ‘You keep this. You must keep fishing.’ Of course, everyone else in the world is fishing, including the Chinese (who have taught all of their folks to fish), and the capitalists cannot catch enough to feed themselves; let alone the untaught democratic masses. As a result, we outsource our daily fish requirements to the Chinese, paying them interest well beyond scale, while the capitalists dwindle in number and are forced to eat the fish offered by the Administration. Needless to say, because the Administration itself never learned to actually fish and the demand for fish cannot be satisfied, the Administration announced through the FDA that the mercury level in fish is too high, and for the safety of the masses, fish is no longer available.
Now is there a moral to this story? Of course there is and it’s an even older proverb: Spare the rod and spoil the fishing for all.
Stuart Koehl| 1.15.10 @ 6:33PM
Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 6:53PM
Polls are 1 thing voters are another. The poor folk that are at home answering the phone won't even crawl down to the polls and cast their vote.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:56AM
That's why Scott Brown will win the election! "The poor folk won't crawl down to the polls and cast their vote."
Thanks, defeated.
defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 12:30PM
I didn't mean "poor" as in broke, I meant poor as in republican. I feel sorry for them cause they are the old dirtbags sitting at home doing nothing and can't walk.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 2:29PM
Sure, clown; we all know the real dirtbags sitting at home are loser liberals like you. Feel sorry for yourself, you're gonna get your big butts kicked!!
ELECT SCOTT BROWN!!
Quicky Pricky| 1.15.10 @ 6:54PM
Now obama can go home to kenya with his 50 communist czars and try to socialize their small village. Chances are he gets held in the traitors grass hut for a few days for trying to redistribute the farm animals.
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 6:57PM
The funny part is the only poll showing Brown leading is the Fox poll. I wouldn't worry just yet, Brown could still win.
Big Feat| 1.15.10 @ 7:01PM
hey piggy, ALL of the polls show Brown ahead. You might want to reboot. Or better yet just boot obama and his marxist buddies.
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 7:11PM
http://www.pollster.com/polls/.....e-bvco.php
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 7:15PM
NOw if you take into account Polls such as pajama media (republican fodder) and the off based Suffolk poll, you are up by 4%. So keep the faith. Obama and Clinton (Bill) are on their way to Mass as we speak. Wait until next week and get back to me.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 12:58AM
You said so yourself the poor folks won't come down to the polls and vote, pigs. That's why Scott Brown will win the election.
Sorry, bonehead.
John II| 1.16.10 @ 7:22PM
Obama and Clinton are Catholics? THAT can't be right. Don't start rumors, dp.
Anyhow, news is that the Cambridge Police Officers Association has endorsed Brown. Seems as if the closer folks are to Coakley, the less likely they are to support her.
Dan| 1.15.10 @ 7:05PM
I am a 25-year market research professional and I have very serious concerns about the validity of Suffolk poll based on the age distribution.
A similar Research 2000 Poll of likely voters, taken a day later, using the same methodology, respondent selection criteria and sample size, shows Coakley up by 8%. So I compared the two data sets and found there was a huge discrepancy in the age distribution. For example, the Suffolk poll has only 11% age 18 to 34. The Research 2000, with different age breaks, has 16% age 18 to 29, so if you add 30 to 34, the discrepancy would be even greater.
So I then did an analysis of the Suffolk Poll and the Research 2000 age distribution versus the Mass. Census data projections for 2010 to see which one came closer. Going in, there is an assumption that the poll data will skew to older people because fewer young people are registered to vote, and are likely to vote. So that is not a surprise.
But even accounting for this expected difference, the Suffolk Poll is way off, while the Research 2000 skew is much more reasonable.
Census-Suffolk-Diff.
18 to 24- 10%-4%-6%
25 to 34-17%-7%-10%
35 to 44-19%-20%-(1%)
45 to 54-21%-23%-(2%)
55 to 64-16%-23%-(7%)
65 to 74-9%-13%-(4%)
75 plus-8%-11%-(3%)
Census-Res2000-Diff.
18 to 29-19%-16%-3%
30 to 44-27%-25%-2%
45 to 59-29%-41%-(12%)
60 plus-24%-18%-6%
It appears the Suffolk poll under-represents younger voters compared to the Research 2000 poll. This is critical because in both polls, middle age voters (45-60) support Brown, while younger voters (mid thirties and younger) support Coakley.
Now remember, both polls screened respondents the same way, so for the two samples to be different by age means that one or the other is flawed, and benchmarking against the census data suggests the Suffolk poll is way off. As a result, this raises serious concerns about the validity of the Suffolk Poll.
Stuart Koehl| 1.16.10 @ 3:22PM
In special elections, older voters are far more likely to actually turn out and vote than are younger ones. Also, in this particular election, due to the potential impact of health care reform on Medicare, older voters are much more energized than younger ones. Look for a disproportionately large turnout of older voters this time around.
Smokin Hot| 1.15.10 @ 7:14PM
Scott will win or I will go to a tea party. If I was old enough to vote, I would vote for Scott, because he doesn't want to always tell me what to do. That's my parents job, not some polyticin
defeated pigs | 1.15.10 @ 7:20PM
Now wait till Guilliani gets involved in the Brown campaign. His numbers will dwindle.
Smokin Hot| 1.15.10 @ 7:25PM
Guilliani will help Scott. He did a great job in New York. Obama will hurt Coakly. Not because he's black, but because he's a socialite.
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 7:30PM
Guilliani married his cousin and didn't provide the firefighters with the necessary equipment during 9/11. He tried to prosper off of a disaster like Rush Limbaugh. Not to mention he is a yankee fan.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 1:15AM
Well, Clinton's dereliction of duty caused 9/11; so I guess we can forgive Giuliani for not having enough phones for the cops and fire fighters. Nimrod.
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 7:31PM
Dude you couldn't even come close to spelling politician and you can't even vote. What do you know? Your parents must be proud.
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 7:34PM
Socialite? I think you mean Marxist. Paris Hilton is a socialite.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 1:00AM
defeated, it's your name and describes Crokely's election results. Sorry.
defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 12:31PM
My name was in memory of Sarah Palin. RIP Sarah, politics never suited you.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 2:31PM
Yeah sure. Considering the fact you losers are retiring early, switching parties and getting beat where you shouldn't--I think politics never suited you liberal morons. Ha!
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 7:32PM
It's all about the turnout. Should be a good race.
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 7:39PM
Even if Brown miraculously wins, certifying Tuesday's results could take more than two weeks. That delay should give Senate Democrats time to push Obama's signature legislation through Congress. Sen. Paul G. Kirk Jr., the interim replacement for the seat, says he will vote for the bill.
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 7:43PM
Not to mention the suffolk sample consisted of only 500 registered voters. All old people who don't work. They didn't even poll cell phone numbers. Everyone knows that polls are more accurate when taking into account cell phone numbers.
ConcernedGOP| 1.15.10 @ 7:48PM
Guys, I'm afraid we are getting up for a big letdown! Brown will not win the race. Mass is a Demo stronghold 3 to 1. All of our hoopla will bring every demo in Mass out to vote! Maybe next time.
ConcernedGOP| 1.15.10 @ 7:51PM
Guilliani will hurt us. Clinton is still a rock star.
defeated pigs | 1.15.10 @ 7:57PM
I thought Coakley would blow Brown out of the water. You never know GOP. It is hard to imagine a Ted Kennedy state voting republican but you never know.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 1:17AM
Yeah, old pervert Willy Clinton is still a rock star in his own mind. Yuck!
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 8:13PM
I hear Brown is going to have Palin stump for him on Sunday. That should help.
Bostonian| 1.15.10 @ 11:49PM
Palin in MA is a gift to Coakley. If you knew MA, you would know that she is not widely popular among Independents.
Ken (Old Texican)| 1.15.10 @ 8:46PM
ENJOY Everyone!
http://blog.taragana.com/e/201.....ple-77968/
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 1.15.10 @ 9:08PM
Ken: I see, you were watching O'Reilly tonight huh?
Are you going to be around on Tuesday night, when Coakley wins by a landslide? I will, and I'm crying already, because Brown lost!! Damn it!!
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 9:15PM
"Ray Stevens is an American country music, pop singer-songwriter who has become known for his novelty songs"
Known where? I've never heard of this clown.
GreyLion| 1.18.10 @ 3:30PM
Mr pig,
He is known where you have never been, outside the slop chute.
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 1.15.10 @ 9:04PM
Come back on Tuesday night, and talk about your Liberal triumph!! I'll be here too, to wallow in (my) the Conservative/GOP defeat, as always.
Is that a deal?
The People of Massachusetts will never vote for Brown, so why even bother turning off the TV that day, why waste your time, to go out and vote? This race has been over, since the day Ted died, so don't believe the hype, or the polls, because, they couldn't possibly be true. It's all just a lie, being promoted by the "Evil" Republican Party. And you and I, and everybody here, all know this!!
"Keep moving, nothing to see here!!
See you Tuesday night!!
defeated pigs| 1.15.10 @ 9:17PM
LLL is throwing in the towel already. lol. Hey, I heard even a loss will help the party. Look at the bright side.
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 1.15.10 @ 9:45PM
Nope!! A defeat on Tuesday night, for the Kennedy's Senate seat, will be no victory for the GOP in any way, actually, it'll be the complete opposite. It will completely energized the President's base, and will push the Healthcare Legislation to its ultimate victory. And as time goes by, the "Tea Bagger's" across this Great Nation (myself included) will come to understand this, and love it too. Thank you Uncle Sam, for knowing better, than we know ourselves. Please take my money, and spend it, better than I could've ever dreamed of spending it myself (and just to prove my point here, I wasted $200 in the last two weeks, in support of Brown's pointless campaign).
To the "Tea Bagger's" in Massachusetts, why even bother voting on Tuesday, this seat belongs to the Democratic Party, and the Kennedy Clan, for all times to come. You know this, don't you, so why bother wasting the gas in your tank?
So I'll see you on Tuesday night, oh so wise, and knowing, Defeated Pigs, and I'll tell you how smart you've always been, and how stupid I've always been too. Deal?
Bruce| 1.15.10 @ 11:41PM
"To the "Tea Bagger's" in Massachusetts,"
What - you mean Barney "Chin Dimples" Frank and his "pole dancing" buddies?
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 1:02AM
LOL!! Teabaggers for sure. Do it the Barney Fwank way.
defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 12:23PM
I hope people show up and vote either way. Don't give up cause it looks hopeless. That's why they play the game of politics.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 2:33PM
Yes, people should vote--as long as they're not DEAD people, ACORN boy.
defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 5:28PM
You lost to ACORN and you are butt hurt. Politics baby. War without bloodshed. Hit me up when you win 1 this decade.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 5:45PM
We already beat you in Virginia and New Jersey; Mass. is just one more notch on our belt. Just wait until the political bloodbath in November. Sorry.
Go Scott!
suzie| 1.17.10 @ 7:50AM
man - you are doing more than smokin weed. drop another lude? you know that stuff really messes up your mind - permanently.
Rodger D Smith| 1.15.10 @ 9:51PM
Oboy's goal is Mussolin-style Facism, not socialism. Toatalitarian Regime+Corporatism=Big Bucks for Oboy and James Brown.
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Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 1:08AM
Boy, Crokely's a real piece of work. What a b!tch!!
She protected a Union Boss' deviant kid who raped a toddler with a burning curling iron. She's another liberal pervert to take old 'lady killer' Teddy's place!
Yikes! What an ugly cesspool of liberal garbage.
ELECT SCOTT BROWN! Clean up the liberal cesspool.
Yosemeti Sam| 1.16.10 @ 1:41AM
" ... "far-right tea-bagger," as Sen. Chuck Schumer called Brown in a fundraising e-mail earlier this week...."
This limelight seeking dirt bag should talk.
Did I say that?
Endless apologies.
LOL.
JoshInHb| 1.16.10 @ 3:03AM
Why do you people spend so much time and energy denouncing Toddard?
He is not a liberal, he is a paleo-con to lebertarian.
As Reagan said, ,"Someone that agrees with me 60% of the time is not a traitor, he is an ally."
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 2:38PM
Josh, he's a flaming, obnoxious jerk (I kept my language clean). He has no right to be so insulting--and I don't believe he's a Conservative; Conservatives aren't that unnecessarily nasty.
It's hard to get past his snide.
Stuart Koehl| 1.16.10 @ 3:26PM
Hmmm. A paleo-conservative libertarian. You do know that's an oxymoron, don't you? A paleoconservative is essentially a Tory, and among other things Tories believe in social stability maintained by religious sanction, and a market strongly regulated by the state. Libertarians, of course, believe in individual autonomy and unfettered economic freedom. Both Tories and libertarians tend towards isolationism in foreign policy, but that is about all they have in common.
S.L. Toddard| 1.16.10 @ 3:47PM
"A paleoconservative is essentially a Tory, and among other things Tories believe in social stability maintained by religious sanction, and a market strongly regulated by the state"
That is simply false. Burkeans are a minority in the paleo camp, and the sort of Tories you describe (who "advocate a market strongly regulated by the state") are nearly non-existent. To speak of "Tories" in present-day America is anachronistic. Many paleos favor a protectionist economic policy but beyond that they are generally more friendly to the free market than the establishment right.
"Both Tories and libertarians tend towards isolationism in foreign policy"
"Paleos" are not "tories". And paleos and libertarians generally advocate peace, friendship and trade with all nations, and advocate using our military only in defense or in the face of a clear and present danger of imminent attack.
How would that "isolate" the US?
"but that is about all they have in common"
That may be true for tories and libertarians, but not so for "paleos" and libertarians, who have their differences but also much in common - including a distaste for centralized political power, a distrust of Big Government, an abhorrence of jingoism, a loathing of imperialism, an moral objection to wars of aggression and a reverence for the rule of law, for the Constitution of the United States and for the liberties protected therein.
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michael f| 1.16.10 @ 3:27AM
Jeez, who opened the door to this smelly herd of windbags and trolls?!
Brown by 13 points, and the rest of you STFU.
Smitty| 1.16.10 @ 2:39PM
LOL!
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defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 12:24PM
You must be high. Conservatives smoking crack these days? Never thought I'd see the day.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 3:28PM
Crack head liberal dirtbag.
defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 5:29PM
Do you kiss your sister with that mouth?
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 5:42PM
That's the least of your sister's worries, I'm sure--she probably has a restraining order against you.
defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 12:27PM
Just when Brown looked like he was making lead way, he opens his big mouth and shoots himself in the foot:
Massachusetts GOP Senate hopeful Scott Brown is criticizing the White House plan to tax banks that received federal bailout money.
President Barack Obama says banks are paying out big bonuses now so they also can afford to pay the tax.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 2:44PM
Interesting that Fannie/Freddie, Chrysler and GM HAVEN'T repaid their loans and Obama has EXEMPTED them from the tax. Obama only wants to tax those banks that have not only repaid their loans in full, but have a lot of interest, too. Corruption and more democrat lies from Obama.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 3:27PM
have...paid a lot of interest, too.
defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 5:29PM
Chrysler isn't running for senator.
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 5:33PM
Neither are the banks who've paid back their loans, dumbazz.
Stuart Koehl| 1.16.10 @ 3:29PM
Aside from the wisdom of punishing financial companies for offering reasonable compensation for their key employees (and yes, it is reasonable), there is the inconvenient fact that no corporation actually pays taxes--it merely passes on the cost of taxes to its customers, in the form of increased prices and/or fees for service. Corporate taxation merely turns corporations into tax farmers for the state.
defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 12:32PM
Is Tea Bag code word for Larry Craig in an airport bathroom?
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 2:40PM
No, it's what your boy Bwarney does to his boyfriend.
defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 5:26PM
Who's Bwarney?
Jeremiah| 1.16.10 @ 5:40PM
Bwarney Fwank, the liberal Rock Star of the democrat party perverts!
Be loud, be proud!!
Bwarney's an expert at tea-bagging.
defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 8:05PM
Oh Barney Frank. That dude is notorious for beating republicans and getting re-elected. Now I know who you are talking about.
Jeremiah| 1.18.10 @ 12:07AM
That's not all the famous old pervert beats!!
See you Tuesday, clown. Don't be afraid to seek help for your debilitating depression the day after the election.
GO SCOTT!!
Jim O'Brien| 1.16.10 @ 5:43PM
A lot of MA voters are likely to automatically vote for "Kennedy", thinking he's related to Teddy & Clan. This is good, since it will help Brown win. LOL.
Tammy| 1.16.10 @ 5:49PM
Love it! People's stupidity is actually helping us for a change.
Lucy| 1.16.10 @ 5:51PM
Oregon's supporters of Scott are sending donations too! A good headline for the Mass. papers, and all the nat'l news for that matter, after election day c should be "Great Scott! Common Sense Wins".
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 1.16.10 @ 5:57PM
Curt Shilling has endorsed Scott Brown, and according to Martha Coakley, he's really a closet Yankee fan too.
I think she just lost a few more Red Sox fan votes, huh?
Cowboy up!! Ha, Ha!!
defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 8:08PM
Jeremiah endorses Brown and he is inbreed. That should be enough to put him over the edge.
Jeremiah| 1.18.10 @ 12:12AM
What's with you and incest? You're consumed with it.
Incest explains a lot about your crazy posts; and why you're a liberal. Is your father your brother?
I pity your sister.
defeated pigs| 1.16.10 @ 8:12PM
Brown's parents are divorced a few times and his mom was on welfare. That's what we need, another guy who is proud of his mom sucking on the teet of the government. That's how stupid you conservatives are. Voting for a spawn of welfare and adultery. He makes Sarah Palin look like god. You guys are closet liberals if you vote for Brown.
Elaine| 1.16.10 @ 11:39PM
Coakely, 'oh no....my campaign's all flat and stuff, let me get my cellular and call for help....oh never mind Bill and Barry, you both caused the earthquakes in Virginia and New Jersey......
Jeremiah| 1.18.10 @ 12:16AM
LMAO!!
defeated pigs| 1.17.10 @ 10:36AM
Browns in Worcester today. Drive safe man, a storm is brewing. Everyone is inside watching football anyway. Save your trucks gas cause you don't stand a chance.
Jeremiah| 1.18.10 @ 12:15AM
Go see your shrink tomorrow, pigs--you need to up the dosage of your meds.
swami| 1.17.10 @ 12:46PM
Go troll somewhere else, pigs.
Osamas Pajamas| 1.17.10 @ 1:34PM
My, my! The character assassins are in full throat against Scott Brown --- and some of these character assassins are even pretending to be "consveratives" and "libertarians." No candidate is perfect --- much to my own dismay --- but Brown is clearly the better deal for the average privately-employed taxpayer --- Democrat, independent, Republican, or libertarian. My best advice to the Coakley plants and pretended here is --- "Go suck an egg."
FeralCat| 1.17.10 @ 4:06PM
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Their flag to April's breeze unfurled
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard 'round the world
Jim O'Brien| 1.17.10 @ 5:41PM
As Joe Wilson (R-SC) stated so appropriately in Congress, Obama is a liar. So are all of his Democrat fellow travelers in Congress. All of their talking points are deliberate lies.
Des | 1.17.10 @ 8:42PM
OBAMA HECKLED AT OAKLEY RALLY
TELEPROMPTER CAN'T SAVE OBAMA
Obama’s appearance for Martha Coakley had drama today. The big news here isn’t so much that a heckler appeared at a Coakley rally — with passions this high, it would have been news if one hadn’t — but that a series of hecklers threw Obama so far off his stride. It didn’t matter to the people who attended this rally, of course, but it’s a bit strange to see an experienced politician allow a couple of loud voices to interrupt for as long as this goes … and then to ask “Where were we?”
How long before Democrats start painting this as “thug tactics?” Or have they already? At least no one tackled any reporters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gReFs5UOBuo
Osamas Pajamas| 1.18.10 @ 12:40AM
The hecklers at OhBummer's rally for Coakley today were Democrats posing as Republicans and trying to generate sympathy for OhBummer and Coakley.
Fionnagh| 1.18.10 @ 2:50PM
Washington State resident here, who happily contributed to Scott's campaign. As someone blogged on another site, "I can ill afford to contribute, but I can ill afford not to." Scott's election will impact us all. Please, go to his web site and donate!
Daniel| 1.18.10 @ 9:21PM
I don't live in MA, but I am an independent voter, and I'm pulling for Scott Brown! I'm sick of increasing government spending, proposed tax hikes, and Big Government. Mr. Brown may not be the perfect candidate, but he is more conservative than Martha Coakley.
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