This is more of a question that’s been put to us repeatedly in the last few days — mainly by concern trolls, we think — asking us “Why are you so angry at Martha Coakley all of a sudden?”, “How can you not support Coakley when she supported Hillary Clinton?”, and “Why are you breaking your own rule that you wouldn’t say anything bad about Coakley?”.
That last one is the easiest to answer, and we hope most of you get this, because it’s a primal, basic human nature thing to us.
The gloves came off, for us, against Martha Coakley when she revealed who she really is, at heart, the day her goon Michael Meaghan pushed a reporter to the ground who was trying to ask Coakley questions she didn’t want to answer.
Coakley, imperious, elitist, and entitled, stormed ahead, saying dismissively, “We’re done here…no more questions” while the reporter was doing his job asking this imperial, royal, presumptive “Senator” why she believes — insanely so — there are no terrorists in Afghanistan. Her goon shoved this man to the ground because he thought Coakley “already won” what Democrats call “The Kennedy Seat”, insisting it belongs to them, proclaiming Coakley can behave any way she pleases, and abuse anyone who crosses her path, because she’s the Democrat blessed by the Kennedys and favored by the naive, socialist, madman in the White House — our illustrious “first black president”, Dr. Utopia, “The Lightbringer”, “The One”, presider over The Golden Age of Hope and Change.
This is exactly why we came out swinging against HRH Princess Caroline of Kennedy in December 2008 when she rolled out of Bergdorfs on Fith Avenue and into her idling Rolls Royce Phantom presumptively on her way to be coronated Senator herself.
THIS SORT OF ARISTOCRATIC BEHAVIOR ON THE PART OF DEMOCRATS BOILS OUR BLOOD.
Let us tell you something about Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, in case you didn’t see this yourself in 2008: that woman is the hardest working, kindest, most caring, and most REAL politician we’ve ever known. In Dubuque, Iowa, back in 2007, when we were campaigning for her in the freezing cold, we ran into a campaign office in a strip mall to get more sheets to head back out into a blizzard to knock on doors for her. “Where do you think you’re going without a hat,” is what Clinton said to us. “Someone get him a hat before he freezes his ears off”. We told her we had hats in the car, and she looked at us and told us we better start wearing them.
At EVERY EVENT we ever saw her at, this is how she treated people. We’ve seen old people stumble on their way to shake her hand, and Clinton instinctively steps forward, to catch them. Her aides always get there first, or the Secret Service maneuvers between them, but Clinton’s instincts are to help people. She cares about people. She’s the REAL DEAL.
Martha Coakley may have backed Clinton in 2008, and we applaud her for that, but she is not cut from the same cloth as Hillary Clinton.
She can’t hold a candle to Hillary Clinton.
So, we started this race not intending to back anyone in Massachusetts. We planned on being more involved in the Illinois Senate race, to be honest. We wanted Martha Coakley to win the Dem primary, because she was a Clinton supporter, and we assumed Coakley would then coast to victory over whomever the Republican nominee ended up being — someone fat, boring, delusional, and born of the milquetoast, generic, mayonnaise on white bread Mitt Romney/Tim Pawlenty/John Thune Republican mold of doomed candidate most likely.
And then, a little while before Christmas, everything changed for us.
Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, under direct orders from Rahm Emanuel at the White House, no doubt, decided to ram their Healthcare Rationing bill through the Senate in the dead of night, using procedural tricks and their 60 vote super majority to break every rule of good governance we hold dear. They not only broke their own repeated promises to hold open hearings on healthcare and televise all debate, but they broke over 200 years of precedent by handling something this important and nation-changing the way things are done here in Chicago: in secret, with maximum corruption, bribes a plenty, and complete disregard for the will or well-being of the people.
We got mad.
When Ben Nelson, the Whore of the Senate, abandoned every principle he claimed he had and jammed the Cornhusker Kickback into that unconstituional and vile bill practically on Christmas Eve, we got ANGRY.
When Martha Coakley admitted she’d vote however Harry Reid told her to, and would go back on her campaign promise to shoot down this bill because of how poorly it’s written and the way it was handled, we realized we needed to back whomever the Republican was in this race.
We looked at Scott Brown.
We found his Cosmo centerfold.
We looked at Scott Brown A LOT.
We kind of sort of crushed on Scott Brown.
We proclaimed him Hottie McAwesome.
But, we refused to say anything negative about Martha Coakley because we felt we owed her that for the courage she showed in standing by Hillary Clinton during the 2008 primaries when Deval Patrick, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, and other villains put enormous pressure on her to back Dr. Utopia instead. So, Coakley got a pass from us, and we decided to instead just focus our efforts on helping Scott Brown any way we could.
Being gay dudes in Boystown, familiar with stunts Democrats pull, we decided the best — and only way, really — we could help Brown was to:
(1) Eliminate his Cosmo spread as a source of ammunition for Democrats by getting in front of it and making it something cool instead of something scandalous and
(2) Ask all of you to donate to him and start phone banking at home for his campaign, even though both of these things are hard for many people to do
“Hottie McAwesome” was our strategy to cripple any attack Liberals could make on him for posing nude. The greatest weapon Democrats have — and we keep telling you people this in hopes some day you will finally listen — is that Republicans love finding any excuse they can to sit their fat, lazy butts at home on election day. “He’s not Republican enough”, “He’s not a real conservative”, “He posed nude and I am a Christian woman and I find that scandalous”, “My cat told me to stay home and fart a lot all day instead of voting, and my cat is boss of me”. Are we really exaggerating with any of these? It’s what Republicans do, because in addition to the concern trolls (people who go online specifically to demoralize Republicans from voting) and the Eeyores (Republicans who unwittingly demoralize other Republicans by consistently posting negative, pessimistic remarks online or in emails to friends), we believe there’s a third set of operatives out there, probably on the DNC payroll somehow, called “purists” who demoralize Republicans and inhibit election day turnout by claiming everyone is “not Republican enough” or “not good enough to vote for”.
We think we had some success in taking away the Cosmo pics as an issue Coakley could use against Brown, because we made it funny enough for even some of you super-conservative people to laugh at, and honestly appreciate the man as the HOT and AWESOME specimen of manhood he was at 22 while in law school when he posed for those. Would any of us here ever pose nude for Cosmo or Playgirl? Hells yah. In a Boystown minute. But, we’re not conservative Republicans. We’re gay moderate Democrats. And we understood that we all need to speak out when we see potential Liberal attacks against a candidate and mitigate them before they can affect a race (which is why, despite those of you who don’t like this, keep insisting both Mark Kirk and Aaron Schock need to come out of the closet before Democrats can out them in general elections and win seats they would probably lose otherwise).
If we see a Liberal trick on the horizon, we will tell you about it, and give you a way to stop it. Like when we played hockey and soccer — know what positions we played? Defense. We saw what was barreling down on us, and when we weren’t too distracted by the hotness of our teammates, we stopped more goals than just about anyone. Why? Because sometimes we’re pretty awesome, and we tell it the f*** like it really is. Whether you listen or not is up to you, but we will continue to do this until Dr. Utopia and his merry band of socialists is defeated once and for all.
After that, you will be on your own, but take our help now while we are giving it, because we’re not really doing this for you, so much as we’re doing this for America.
You ever want us to get up all in your grill, you ever want to see the firepower and testosterone-charged He-Man take-no-prisoners macho resolve a bunch of gay dudes in Boystown can muster, then just f*** with the country we love more than anything else in this world.
And that is EXACTLY what we think the Liberal-Socialist Democrats are doing right now. All 60 Democrat Senators in Washington are on our s*** list because of their support for that unconstitutional, written in the dead of night, Healthcare Rationing Bill. You know damn well the Socialist in Chief in the White House is enemy number one around here, and has been since he employed sexism, misogyny, ACORN, the SEIU, the MSM, and voter fraud and intimidation to game the Iowa Caucus and succeeding primaries back in 2008. Truth be told, he and his wife have actually been on that list since 2004, when we first encountered Michelle in Chicago, and saw how rude she is to people, how she shoves them around, pushes her way through crowds, and always shouted, ‘I’m the Senator’s wife!” to get what she wanted.
When we see a Democrat like Coakley standing there, oblivious and uncaring, as her goons push reporters to the ground, walking around with the notion that “It’s the Kennedy Seat” and she’s “Already Won”, it’s that same feeling we had watching Michelle “the Senator’s wife” behave the way she did in Chicago before becoming proud of her country for the first time and moving to Washington as “our national fashion icon” (that nobody would be caught dead dressing like).
We’ve been telling you since 2008 that we believe the Democrat Party would destroy itself.
It was taken over by lunatics sometime after Kerry lost in 2004.
Dr. Utopia’s candidacy, and his win in 2008, was engineered by these radicals. They did a brilliant and effective job, with complete media complicity.
BUT, they miscalculated when they believed people like us — lifelong Democrats — would just go along with all of this, and blindly keep voting Democrat.
They’ve tried every threat, every nasty trick in the book to make us toe the line and shut our mouths, especially in regards to Martha Coakley.
We’ve said before that when Scott Brown wins on January 19th, it will be like that first Death Star being obliterated in Star Wars. It’s going to be a critical and fatal blow to the DNC. They will limp along, but the first major victory for what will be seen as The American Resistance will in retrospect be recorded as Scott Brown’s win of “the Kennedy Seat”, where he took it back for the people.
The second Death Star explosion will happen in 2012, when Republicans win back the White House and Sarah Palin becomes president. We wanted Hillary Clinton to be our first female president, but the DNC prevented that. For this, they have our permanent scorn and perpetual promise: we will endeavor always to defeat you, until the Liberals are driven from Washington like the snakes from Ireland.
America is too important for us to just sit back and watch these dangerous idiots destroy it.
We’ll be damned if we hold our tongue against Martha Coakley when she’s abusing reporters the way she is, degrading the voters of Massachusetts, and behaving like Michelle Obama in public.
THAT’S why we are so angry at this woman, and why we are so revved up to help Scott Brown.
We have had enough of this garbage and are just NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY MORE.

January 15, 2010 at 4:26 am
two new polls out folks, keep positive as we are going to win this, i believe.
http://www.suffolk.edu/images/content/FINAL.MA.Statewide.Marginals.Jan.14.2010.pdf
Q13. On January 19th the General election for U.S. Senate will be held. The
candidates listed on your ballot are Scott Brown – REPUBLICAN, Martha Coakley
- DEMOCRAT, and Joseph L. Kennedy – LIBERTY. For whom will you vote or toward
whom do you lean at this time – Brown, Coakley, or Kennedy?
brown 50
coakley 45
so he finally crossed the 50 threshold
dynamics of the poll
S2. Are you currently registered as a Democrat, Republican, or Unenrolled/
Independent?
dem 38%
repub 15%
in 45%
which means hes taken a ton of dem votes
poll #2
outlier poll but one that would be great
http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/01/14/massachusetts-shocker-brown-up-15-in-pajamas-mediacrosstarget-poll/
and finally the biggest obama hack and socialist douche nate silver of 538 is officially calling this a tossup
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/01/ok-its-toss-up.html#comments
January 15, 2010 at 4:26 am
anyone here tonight?
January 15, 2010 at 4:27 am
two new polls out folks, keep positive as we are going to win this, i believe.
http://www.suffolk.edu/images/content/FINAL.MA.Statewide.Marginals.Jan.14.2010.pdf
poll #2
outlier poll but one that would be great
http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/01/14/massachusetts-shocker-brown-up-15-in-pajamas-mediacrosstarget-poll/
and finally the biggest obama hack and socialist douche nate silver of 538 is officially calling this a tossup
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/01/ok-its-toss-up.html#comments
January 15, 2010 at 4:31 am
the interesting thing is look at the dynamics of the suffolk poll.
First:
brown is at 50% which is the usual magic threshold needed to cross the finish line. Coakley is at 45% and i believe that will be her high water mark in the end.
Second:
the dynamis of those polled
two new polls out folks, keep positive as we are going to win this, i believe.
dem 39
repub 15
ind 45
which means brown is getting a ton of support from democrats and this most likely wont change. We have to feel positive but must continue the hard work to ensure the boot stays on obamas neck.
Lastly
Kind facist nate silver is calling this a toss-up which means he knows its bad but cant say anything that will hurt his pal obama.
January 15, 2010 at 4:33 am
the interesting thing is look at the dynamics of the suffolk poll.
First:
brown is at 50% which is the usual magic threshold needed to cross the finish line. Coakley is at 45% and i believe that will be her high water mark in the end.
Second:
the dynamis of those polled
two new polls out folks, keep positive as we are going to win this, i believe.
dem 39
repub 15
ind 45
which means brown is getting a ton of support from democrats and this most likely wont change. We have to feel positive but must continue the hard work to ensure the boot stays on obamas neck.
Lastly
Kind facist nate silver is calling this a toss-up which means he knows its bad but cant say anything that will hurt his pal obama.
:)
January 15, 2010 at 10:00 am
This is a trend that is very uplifting. The poll numbers with Coakley below 50% are important. If I read this right, the poll was of “registered likely voters” which is more accurate than the “adult” polls. Also, the number of D’s polled compared to Independents and R’s is something to factor in. It would seem, based on the demographics, that they might have over sampled the D’s. And most importantly, there are few “undecideds” and those that were there last week are breaking for Scott Brown. All good info.
Keep thinking those good thoughts, keep making those phone calls, send in what ever you can, and if you happen to find yourself down on your knees, picking up a dustball or a thumb tack, it wouldn’t hurt to say a prayer or two for Scott, his family, and of course US!! If he wins, we win also. We’ll have a voice that speaks in plain English – not Euro-spin – and has common sense as the foundation of what he is saying.
Go Scott Go! Massachusetts Miracle indeed!
January 15, 2010 at 10:03 am
This is a trend that is very uplifting. The poll numbers with Coakley below 50% are important. If I read this right, the poll was of “registered likely voters” which is more accurate than the “adult” polls. Also, the number of D’s polled compared to Independents and R’s is something to factor in. It would seem, based on the demographics, that they might have over sampled the D’s. And most importantly, there are very few “undecideds” and those that were there last week are breaking for Scott Brown. All good info.
Keep thinking those good thoughts, keep making those phone calls, send in what ever you can, and if you happen to find yourself down on your knees, picking up a dustball or a thumb tack, it wouldn’t hurt to say a prayer or two for Scott, his family, and of course US!! If he wins, we win also. We’ll have a voice that speaks in plain English – not Euro-spin – and has common sense as the foundation of what he is saying.
Go Scott Go! Massachusetts Miracle indeed!
January 15, 2010 at 11:48 am
Whoops! Sorry for double post. Too much caffine this morning!
January 15, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Apparently there is no end to Martha’s self-serving vileness. Why is all of this coming out NOW, and not a year ago? Dems playing CYA?
http://www.theheart.org/article/277603.do
January 15, 2010 at 10:23 am
Great points! We just have to keep the pressure up. I hope she brings in utopia. It would be the worst thing she can do for herself. Then all of those who have been laid off can really react to the DC elitism.
January 15, 2010 at 10:30 am
Utopia won’t come in for two reasons:
1)His approval ratings are lower than hers
2)If she loses after he campaigns for her, it would be a large blow to his ego.
January 15, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Your wish has been granted :). It has been announced that he will go to Boston.
Now for the reverse Midas touch!!
January 15, 2010 at 11:08 am
Hi, airforcehusker.
Wow, you’ve been busy! Hope you’re keeping warm, up there in Wasilla.
Don’t know if you’re aware of something (since you mentioned that you’re ‘new’), but sometimes it takes a while for posts to ‘show up’. It doesn’t mean you did anything wrong.
It’s just how things work.
January 15, 2010 at 4:44 am
Just keep your head down, work hard to get Brown over the threshold, make sure he has enough votes that it is blatantly obvious that he is the winner! Contribute, phone bank, pray!
January 15, 2010 at 11:17 am
amen. In the immortal word if hillary clinton : if you want a taste of freedom, KEEP GOING!
January 15, 2010 at 5:10 am
If you are losing any steam, think about the new backroom dealing with the unions for exemptions from the Cadillac tax until 2018 when Dr Utopia is safely installed in the land of unicorns. That is outrageous and will be madeup for by increase taxes on you.
January 15, 2010 at 5:33 am
Not only that, but some of the union folks who were pissed off about the tax might feel a little better now. That’s a down for SB, but on the upside is the fact that more voters are genuinely worried about national security, and SB is the best candidate by far on that issue as well as healthcare. Plus, it sounds like entitlement behavior isn’t appreciated by the voting workers of MA.
The polling is good, but the actual win will be much, much better. Pray.
January 15, 2010 at 10:32 am
A lot of union members don’t trust this “tentative” agreement on the cadillac tax. Another false promise from the One.
It hasn’t been looked at by the CBO, and it hasn’t been passed by any committe in the house or senat.
January 15, 2010 at 11:55 am
And it only raises the “high” end by $1000 – $24,000 insurance plan for families. Anyone who thinks that extra amount won’t get eaten up as soon as this monstrosity takes effect is dreaming….
January 15, 2010 at 4:38 pm
I understand that the surtax will not be indexed for inflation. How long do you think it’ll take today’s “average” $13K plan to top $24K? I’m guessing 3-5 years, the way things have been going and the way obamacare will increase premiums. It’s like the alternative minimum tax part2.
January 16, 2010 at 1:42 am
keep an eye on the sunset clause. It is something that is easily removed when it is convenient.
January 15, 2010 at 11:24 am
yup. It’s 60billion dollars that they are going to find somewhere else.
January 15, 2010 at 1:27 pm
I imagine lots of union members would not approve of the special treatment they get while others are paying more. Of course, we all like getting a break. But many of us, were we in the shoes of the union members, would not approve of screwing others just because they don’t belong to unions. It goes against our sense of fairness and decency.
January 15, 2010 at 5:28 am
I appreciate your honesty, Boyz. The only thing that matters right now is taking our country back. I admire both your love of country, and your courage. You are all in my prayers.
January 15, 2010 at 5:38 am
HillBuzz.
You guys have outdone yourself!!!
I wanted to post the same logic you displayed here today at another PUMA site, texasdarlin (yep, she is up and running her blog again just for the sole purpose of getting Scott Brown elected )
you hear that repubs and conservatives?? YOU HAVE CENTERIST DEMS AND PUMAs( look up wewillnotbesilenced2008.com to understand why/what PUMAs are. We love this country over our disgusting marxist party, and we FIGHT to win, not whine!(like so many eeyores we see!))
(someone asked TexasDarlin why won’t support Coakley, since she supported Hillary in the primaries)
==========================================
A blogger at TexasDarlin states:
I’m trying to understand why you are so against Martha Coakley when Hillary Clinton supports her.
on January 14, 2010 at 4:26 pm | Reply texasdarlin replies:
What a stupid question, as if just because you support a particular person for one office, you forever after only support those candidates endorsed by that particular person, rather than thinking independently.
January 15, 2010 at 5:43 am
Love TexasDarlin.
LOVE HER.
January 15, 2010 at 6:18 am
Hey ssmith. Nice to see another bitterpoliticz person on here.
January 15, 2010 at 8:54 am
Yeah, I’ll second that. I know that, I myself, have a great deal in common with centrist dems and welcome the “coming together”, if you will, of the two after such a long period of acrimony. It is good to see that there are a LOT of dems left who, espouse dem ideals before the leftist takeover. Gather up and roll this thing home. The fight doesn’t end until Blue Dogs and right thinking Repubs regain control of this fiasco. I will vote dem, nationally, if that is what it takes.
January 15, 2010 at 5:48 am
Hey guys,
Quick errata here, the reporter wasn’t shoved for asking about the supposed lack of terrorists in Afghanistan. He did that inside the building. He got shoved for asking about Coakley’s fundraiser sponsored by Big Pharma lobbyists.
Transparency, yeah?
January 15, 2010 at 5:51 am
Let us pray for victory, and for Massachusetts to start our lead back to the promise land. The land of freedom and pride.
My fellow Americans in MA., it’s time to throw the tea in the habor.
Your forefathers lead us out of oppression
in 1776… lets show the Socialists that we can do it again.
January 15, 2010 at 6:17 am
Just want to say that you guys are great. Politics make strange bedfellows indeed. We are all in this together, and with the same goal. Saving (rescuing) America. You are great guys to have found myself in a foxhole with, and all I can say is “I have your back covered. Do what you have to.”
Thank you for all that you do. You may have things you would rather be doing, but there will be time enough for that later. The direction that you have given us and showing us where to focus our energy, has been so helpful and needed.
January 15, 2010 at 6:21 am
Good post. I am in line with your thinking.
Coakley has a record that is not necessarily good. She needs to stand on it. Hillary Clinton has nothing to do with Martha Coakley’s record or capabilities. Martha Coakley is definitely not another Hillary Clinton, even though she had the sense to support Hillary in the Democratic nomination race. But then again, Obama lost big in Massachusetts, so it wasn’t like she was the only Democrat to vote against Obama in that very liberal state.
January 15, 2010 at 6:51 am
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281204575003433828439728.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_BelowLEFTSecond
Mr. Brown’s whole story right now is not about disconnect but connect.”It’s 100% percent about policies—health care, taxes, what’s the plan on the economy?” Mr. Brown charges that Ms. Coakley’s support for cap and trade and health care will amount to $2 trillion in taxes in the next five years.
Ms. Coakley has the advantage—Massachusetts is the heart of blue-state America—but in a way her advantage is her curse. Because she is the candidate of a party that for 40 years has been used to winning, reigning and winning again, she looks like the same old same old, a standard old-line liberal, the frontwoman for a machine, a yes woman for the Obama-Pelosi era.
It is interesting that Ms. Coakley, too, has been told by pundits the past week that her problem is that she’s not emotional enough. She should show passion and fire! She should be more like Hillary!
The most obnoxious intrusion must have been the fund-raising letter this week from New York’s Sen. Charles Schumer, who tried to rouse the troops by calling Mr. Brown a “far-right teabagger.” Does that kind of thing even work anymore? Doesn’t name calling put off anyone not already predisposed to agree with it?
In a time when the people of Massachusetts have real concerns about their ability to make a living, stuff like the Schumer letter is just more evidence of a party’s disconnect.
Politics is about policy. It’s not about who’s emotional and who cries or makes you cry. It’s not about big political parties and the victories they need in order to rule. It’s not about going on some ideological toot, which is what the health-care bill is, hoping the people will someday see and appreciate your higher wisdom.
In a way, Mr. Obama’s disconnection is a sign of the times. We are living in the age of breakup, with so many of the ties that held us together loosening and fraying. If the president wants to lead toward something better, he should try listening. If you can’t connect through the words you speak, at least you can do it through your ability to hear.
January 15, 2010 at 7:12 am
Brown will win by 2.
January 15, 2010 at 7:26 am
Let’s work to increase that prediction by 4+
January 15, 2010 at 8:58 am
by 2, by 4, the operative words are: BROWN WINS
sweet music, folks, sweet music, and i’m ready to sing it!
January 15, 2010 at 10:14 am
Let’s think big… let’s think blowout. I fear that is the ONLY thing (if there IS anything) that will wake up the dems in Washington is if SB wins big. Not just wins- but big. In other words, too big for them to pull a “Franken” on the election. BTW, let’s also hope that the union members in MA don’t pull away from SB because of this latest “concession”; but that they see it what it is: another big “buyout”, and stay angry with the con artists in DC now!
January 15, 2010 at 11:08 am
i WANT scott brown to win, no mistake about that! i do think that no matter what the spread is, the fact that he ran against a kennedy endorsed candidate in a kennedy favoring state will speak volumes.
after all is said and done, i believe scott brown’s victory will be the ‘wake up’ call to politicians that people are no longer voting for celebrities or for party lines. to paraphrase mr. brown:
with all due respect, it’s not the kennedy’s seat or the democrat’s seat, it’s the PEOPLE’S seat. GO HOTTIE MCAWESOME!!!!!
’nuff said.
January 15, 2010 at 11:58 am
The larger the margin, the less chance there will be for the Dems to game the election.
If there is an overwhelming number of votes for Brown, there will be virtually no way that votes can be magically “found” -
January 15, 2010 at 10:23 am
….and the Pelosi Mob will deign that no Republican will ever wear the Holy Royal Scarf of Chappaquiddick and order recounts for three months………
to which I say,…. “So f**kin’ what?”
January 15, 2010 at 10:26 am
No, I’m sensing a Brown blowout.
We’re on NJ’s doorstep, the conventional wisdom was that if Christie pulled it out of the hat, it would be by one or two points. He won by four.
In a solid blue state, that is a blowout.
January 15, 2010 at 11:44 am
is PA close enough to MA to go and volunteer? My geography sucks. Lol
January 15, 2010 at 7:53 am
‘Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, under direct orders from Rahm Emanuel at the White House” Since you know these characters so well, is Obama just a front for Emanuel, Pelosi, Reid and the union Bosses? Are we being governed by Committee?
January 15, 2010 at 8:05 am
Hillbuzz = Patriots! I don’t often comment on your threads but I just wanted to take the time this morning to thank you for all that you do… I started reading your blog back in 2008 when Rush Limbaugh mentioned it on his program. Since then, it has been a daily piece of sanity for me. Your hard work and dedication to our country has not gone unnoticed. Thanks again! Love you!!
January 15, 2010 at 8:10 am
http://biggovernment.com/2010/01/14/game-changermartha-coakley-devout-catholics-probably-shouldnt-work-in-the-emergency-room-video/#more-60066
I am so fired up today, Martha is going to lose without a doubt after she made these comments! Massachusetts is 44% Catholic, what a moroon,toast,finished, over!
January 15, 2010 at 9:33 am
I couldn’t believe she said that! Was Mother Theresa not an appropriate person to render aid to Calcutta? Under ObamaCare, will all health care workers have to pledge an oath of non-belief?
I really think the whole group has become so “open minded” that their brains leaked out and can not see the obvious unintended consequences. Not good in a politician who is supposed to be the voice of the people.
January 15, 2010 at 11:45 am
I have a little sign above my computer that reads: “The problem with having an open mind is not knowing what might crawl in when you’re not looking”
Open minds are great, so long as they have bouncers in place to kick out the crappy ideas. . .
January 15, 2010 at 10:30 am
What a completely and utterly moronic thing to say. The things that come out of the mouth of these politicians is laughable if not dangerous. Thanks for sharing and I hope that it goes viral.
January 15, 2010 at 10:41 am
Never mind that most hospitals are affiliated with religion…Baptist Hospitals, Methodist Hospitals, Catholic Hospitals, Jewish Hospitals…Yeah we should have separation of church and state…the government needs to get its greedy hands out of the hospitals. Not the other way around.
January 15, 2010 at 11:49 am
I remember at one point the Catholic bishops promised that if this Health Care thing made hospitals perform abortions, that they’d shut the doors on every single hospital before forcing their people to do that. As you said, there goes a huge chuck of currently existing healthcare
January 15, 2010 at 8:21 am
Puleeez,
I can hardly think of a politician that I am not angry with outside of the obvious SB, SP, HC…
I left the Dems because they were all corrupt and Coakley is another one of their good little soldiers. Why should this even be explained, now or in the future. The days of us blindly accepting that because these people have a D or a R next to their name, that they will represent us are gone.
Hillbuzz,
As far as I’m concerned, this was the right thing , at the right time, for the right candidate.
January 15, 2010 at 2:31 pm
I agree. A die-hard Republican here. But I am moving more and more toward your statement: “The days of us blindly accepting . . .” etc.
I want people who can have open, honest debate. Vigorous debate. Some you win. Some you lose. But it is all above board.
Obamacare? No open, honest debate. Deals done behind closed doors. Name-calling. Complaining that Republicans didn’t offer alternatives when they had on the outside, but never on the inside because Republicans weren’t allowed to be in the discussion.
That POS we call POTUS right now has turned the USA into Chicago, Illinois. It is thuggery. Hell is too good for the likes of Dr. Utopia.
January 15, 2010 at 8:25 am
I don’t think you should count Hillary out. There are things going on right now between “The One” and the Clintons…too many hits on Hillary have happened this past week or so. I think there’s internal strife building up in a big way. Especially if Scott Brown wins…it will be the death of this healthcare bill. Democrats will jump ship. The things in life you can count on include that Democrats will spend more time fighting amongst themselves than anybody else. It’s true. The quest for power is too great. Obama knows as his popularity falls Hillary’s popularity goes up. The media have already been pointing that out. I have the feeling the Clintons are keenly aware of how quickly this situation can change. They more than anybody know the weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of Obama’s position when clearly more than half the population is unhappy with the direction he is taking us.
Did you guys see Oprah’s special on Denmark? Did you see her trying to convince people how “WONDERFUL” a socialist country is? I have never in my life seen a more blatant propaganda piece in my life. If it is not obvious to people in this country that Obama and the Goon of Democrats are determined to change our entire country into a socialist government with the Democrats as the majority…FOREVER…I don’t know what more proof they need. Do tanks have to roll down the street?
This is either going in one of two directions. Americans are going to wake up and smell the coffee and realize their country as they know and love it is being transformed into a dependent, corrupt, not-so-American place….or they are going to give up and live in denial and say to hell with it. I for one do not want to give up our freedoms and opportunity. I think the people have realized what is going on and we will reverse what is happening. The leaders who truly love our country will step up …We are spoiled and we’re not giving up our way of life.
The only concern I have about Hillary is her past associations with the progressives. This is all about the progressive movement and she has openly supported and stated she is a progressive. I need to know more about her stand on those positions. Does she agree with making this country and its people dependent on the government with total control of the government on the people? I need to know more.
January 15, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Oprah conveniently forgot to mention the exorbitant tax rate in Denmark that is in place to PAY for that “free” health care…..
January 15, 2010 at 8:31 am
Found this in the comments section over at Hot Air (no link):
A new poll by CrossTarget – an Alexandria VA survey research firm – shows Scott Brown, a Republican, leading Martha Coakley, a Democrat, by 15.4% in Tuesday’s special election for the open Massachusetts US Senate seat. The poll of 946 likely voters was conducted by telephone using interactive voice technology (IVR) and has a margin of error of +/- 3.19%.
This is the first poll to show Brown surging to such an extent. A poll from the Suffolk University Political Research Center, published Thursday by the Boston Herald, had Brown moving ahead by 4%.
The special election is to fill the seat held by the recently deceased Edward Kennedy. Kennedy, a Democrat, served in the US Senate for 46 years. A Brown victory could stall legislation supported by the Obama administration, including health care.
What follows are the questions asked in the poll with the responses:
1. Thinking about next Tuesday’s special election for US Senate. The candidates are Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley. If the election were today, who would you vote for? If Scott Brown press 1, if Martha Coakley press 2. If you are undecided press 3.
1. Scott Brown 53.9%
2. Martha Coakley 38.5%
3. Undecided 7.6%
2. And do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Scott Brown? If favorable press 1. If unfavorable press 2. If you are undecided press 3.
1. Favorable 60.5%
2. Unfavorable 27.5%
3. Unsure 12.1%
3. And what about Martha Coakley. Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Martha Coakley? If favorable press 1. If unfavorable press 2. If your undecided press 3.
1. Favorable 38.5%
2. Unfavorable 50.5%
3. Undecided 11%
4. Thank you. Only a small percentage of all voters will cast a ballot in this Tuesdays special election for US Senate. How likely is it that you will actually vote in this election on January 19th? If you will definitely vote press 1. If you might or might not vote press 2. If you probably wont vote press 3.
1. Definitely will vote 71.9%
2. Might or might not vote 21.4%
3. Probably won’t vote 6.8%
5. Now, let me ask are you a male or female? If you are male press 1, if you are female press 2.
1. Male 43.3%
2. Female 56.7%
6. Thank you. Now for the last question. Do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat or something else. If a Republican press 1. If a Democrat press 2. If something else press 3.
1. Republican 20.3%
2. Democrat 36.6%
3. Something else 43.1%
Apologies, if this has already been posted.
January 15, 2010 at 10:33 am
Wow! Her unfavorables are going to do her in. Most of those polled are women! I’m praying that the Ted Kennedy spell on MA voters is finally broken.
January 15, 2010 at 8:35 am
Great Brown endorsement from the Salem News (which supported Obama). Link to opinion piece follows. Also, read the comments that follow; they’re interesting.
http://www.salemnews.com/puopinion/local_story_014233831.html?keyword=topstory
January 15, 2010 at 11:03 am
I like the last paragraph:
‘In this special election, residents of Massachusetts can send a clear message that the scatterbrained, deficit-fueled approach to problem-solving seen in Washington to date is not the kind of change people voted for in 2008.’
‘Change’…oh, he ‘changed’ it all right. Into a 3rd world country!
January 15, 2010 at 8:42 am
What follows are the questions asked in the poll with the responses:
1. Thinking about next Tuesday’s special election for US Senate. The candidates are Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley. If the election were today, who would you vote for? If Scott Brown press 1, if Martha Coakley press 2. If you are undecided press 3.
1. Scott Brown 53.9%
2. Martha Coakley 38.5%
3. Undecided 7.6%
2. And do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Scott Brown? If favorable press 1. If unfavorable press 2. If you are undecided press 3.
1. Favorable 60.5%
2. Unfavorable 27.5%
3. Unsure 12.1%
3. And what about Martha Coakley. Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Martha Coakley? If favorable press 1. If unfavorable press 2. If your undecided press 3.
1. Favorable 38.5%
2. Unfavorable 50.5%
3. Undecided 11%
4. Thank you. Only a small percentage of all voters will cast a ballot in this Tuesdays special election for US Senate. How likely is it that you will actually vote in this election on January 19th? If you will definitely vote press 1. If you might or might not vote press 2. If you probably wont vote press 3.
1. Definitely will vote 71.9%
2. Might or might not vote 21.4%
3. Probably won’t vote 6.8%
5. Now, let me ask are you a male or female? If you are male press 1, if you are female press 2.
1. Male 43.3%
2. Female 56.7%
6. Thank you. Now for the last question. Do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat or something else. If a Republican press 1. If a Democrat press 2. If something else press 3.
1. Republican 20.3%
2. Democrat 36.6%
3. Something else 43.1%
January 15, 2010 at 10:48 am
Sorry for the dupe post!!!
January 15, 2010 at 8:43 am
Great poll over at Pajamas Media:
http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/01/14/massachusetts-shocker-brown-up-15-in-pajamas-mediacrosstarget-poll/
January 15, 2010 at 8:58 am
CCW* here. And your column today, boys, is what this American appreciates DEEPLY about you Americans. (*ConsChrWoman) Since the unAmerican libs have been so busy painting people into corners and setting group against group, I would imagine it never occurred to them to wonder how they might have to respond to AMERICANS joining forces against them: the Catholics, the Boystown gang, AMERICAN democrats, AMERICANS for Hillary, Christian women from Texas and Minnesota….I don’t suppose it EVER occurred to them. Because they thought they could keep on playing their games. The success of AMERICANS in sending these yahoos packing this year will be due to the efforts of people like you and me who just said, “We love our country and we are NOT going to sit and take this anymore.” Thank you. Thank you.
January 15, 2010 at 10:41 am
A serious post with a serious message.
They have vastly underestimated the American people with this. Thinking that they can marginalize people with name calling and pitting group against group, when the reality is, we have far more in common than not in common.
Our differences are our strength in this. We can offer up opinion specific to our group that the entire nation can use to put the brakes on the idiots in the Beltway.
Think about it…using the melting pot to maintain our country as a free nation is about as ‘American’ as it gets. And what they’re failing to realize is that there really are more of us than there are of them.
When that one hits, it’s going to be brutal. American likes it’s balance. It’s the nature of the beast. We have never been uber far left and despite the last election, are not going to willingly go there.
They keep push and all that is going to do is to make the moderate people shove back harder.
January 15, 2010 at 8:59 am
in short, you are speaking out against martha coakley b/c you are patriots who love your country, which is why you will have MY loyalty and prayers.
January 15, 2010 at 9:04 am
Just want to say thanks for the work you guys do. It’s always a great way to start my day.
January 15, 2010 at 9:08 am
Does anyone know where I can find a breakdown by state of how much people are donating to Scott Brown’s campaign?
I’d love to be able to share that information with my senator, Feingold. As in, Look how much Wisconsinites are sending to Scott Brown. Can you imagine how much we’ll send to your opponent?
Of course, that assumes that the republican boys in my state will even run anyone against him. Grrrrrr. I’ve been trying to find out who’s running against Feingold, and so far nothing. I don’t suppose anyone here has heard anything?
Thanks!
January 15, 2010 at 10:42 am
Check out David Westlake. http://www.davewestlake.org/ He’s not officially supported by the GOP but I think he would be a super senator. Just a talented person wanting to make a difference in this country.
Someone else is running too, but I’ve mostly heard of David Westlake.
I sooooo want Feingold out! I hope the populist wave seen in Mass spreads to Wisconsin to support a good guy like Westlake over the arrogant, entitlted, sellout Feingold.
January 15, 2010 at 11:15 am
Dave Westlake!
I’m on board!
January 15, 2010 at 11:01 am
“Senator” Paul Ryan has a nice ring to it!
January 15, 2010 at 1:31 pm
nat – Thanks for the heads up on Westlake. I’ll definitely look into him further.
jcg – Yes – I love the sound of Senator Paul Ryan. This would be a great year for him to go for it. Maybe he’s holding out for Kohl’s seat.
January 15, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Ryan would be great and he would most certainly win. But I think he and Feingold are buddies. They are both from Janesville and their dad’s worked in the same law firm growing up. Maybe he’ll go after Kohl in 2012.
January 15, 2010 at 9:11 am
With all the overreaching in DC, more and more Americans are realizing what they are “for” and “against”:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/eureka_i_am_a_conservative.html
January 15, 2010 at 9:16 am
One of the best blog posts ever. Thanks, guys.
January 15, 2010 at 9:17 am
I’m angry at Coakley because she is a Big PHRMA-schmoozing, SEIU-thug-loving Machine Democrat. She represents everything that is wrong about America right now.
January 15, 2010 at 9:20 am
MA state police endorse Scott Brown:
January 15, 2010 at 9:28 am
Dems are now admitting to cheating SB in his race for the state senate. That may be why I heard something yesterday about him being “prepared” for them cheating.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2010/jan/15/boston-paper-dem-operative-admits-cheating-brown-0/
January 15, 2010 at 9:35 am
“Bottom fallen out”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Massachusetts-Bottom-has-fallen-out-of-Coakleys-poll-numbers-Dems-prepare-to-explain-defeat-protect-Obama-81681862.html
January 15, 2010 at 10:01 am
Yeah, I just saw this article too, and wanted to see if anyone had posted a link.
The Dem machine is starting to spin: “Democrats say, that [her] defeat could be solely attributed to [her] own shortcomings, and should not be seen as a referendum on President Obama’s policies or those of the national Democratic party.”
Denial is apparently a river in Washington?
So I guess the memo has gone out from the DNC/WH to portray this in the same way as Creigh Deeds’ loss in VA; and that Dr. Utopia is still beloved and to be obeyed? Look for this spin on MSNBCommunist et al.
January 15, 2010 at 10:31 am
“Fenwaygate”
January 15, 2010 at 9:35 am
Coakley doesn’t get the Kennedy seat. She’s getting the one next to Kennedy, the Kopechne seat.
January 15, 2010 at 9:39 am
And it looks like she drove herself off the bridge!
January 15, 2010 at 10:12 am
Good one. I’m going to add that, thanks!
January 15, 2010 at 10:36 am
You are very welcome.
January 15, 2010 at 9:37 am
Check this out!
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTc0NGM5YmNmMGM0M2VmODdhNmU2MTAyMjMyZjVlNDk=
January 15, 2010 at 9:38 am
Check this out!
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTc0NGM5YmNmMGM0M2VmODdhNmU2MTAyMjMyZjVlNDk=
Do your part Massachussetts!
January 15, 2010 at 9:41 am
Yeah!
Wipe the grime (Martha) away and vote Scott Brown!
January 15, 2010 at 9:43 am
For the first time in my adult life (*snerk), I contributed money to a political campaign outside my state (excluding national elections, of course). And yes, I was proud to do it.
He’s going to win. It’s coming. The day of reckoning is not far away. As a nation, this is our chance to stand up collectively and say, “No more!!”
January 15, 2010 at 9:52 am
You are so right. The nation is chomping at the bit to “do something!” to throw these corrupt bums out!
January 15, 2010 at 9:58 am
Hobbitolopy, so did I.
January 15, 2010 at 9:44 am
Great post. Couldn’t agree more. Found your site in 08 (disgruntled Hillary voter).
I live in MA – can’t wait for Tuesday. I’ll be at the mall looking for all brown outfit for everyone in the family to wear Tuesday!!
January 15, 2010 at 11:33 am
are you able to volunteer? You probably already are, just checking in. :D
January 15, 2010 at 9:52 am
What worries me is that Coakley and her team are now basically cornered wild animals. They’ve already shown their lack of character and morals. They’re going to be pulling out all the smear stops this weekend. It’s been done in the past and I think of it as Chicago-style politics. Gore did it with the drunk driving story on Bush. The trick is that they release some sort of large smear story the weekend before the election when 2nd and 3rd tier news teams are on and it’s hard to get response stories released. The issue of whether it’s true or not does not matter. This last week I heard stories about Brown’s “vacation home” in Aruba. What it is is a $20,000 time share his family has. They were trying to make him sound like a wealthy, elitist Republican. (Forgetting that they have Sen Kerry – the wealthiest man in the senate.)
I hope we continue to see McAwesome’s poll numbers climb solidly into the mid 50′s this weekend. I’m hoping that this sweet deal the unions arrived at for health care tax makes a lot of people mad and gets them out to the polls on Tuesday to vote for a dismantling of power in the Senate.
January 15, 2010 at 1:10 pm
“The wealthiest man in the senate” my arse … it’s wifey’s money. Rather it’s wifey’s money because she married into it. She’s the widow of REPUBLICAN Senator John Heinz who died in an aircraft incident in Pennsylvania. If there is Life After Death, then Senator Heinz is livid for Tee-Ray-Suha’s betrayal: Marrying John Pierre, turning Democrat and funding all kinds of anti-American groups like The Tides Foundation.
January 15, 2010 at 9:53 am
Good post! I wish Bill would stay home and not campaign today, but he has to look like he still is backing the Democrat or he’d be crucified by the dimwits of the party. Hillary and Bill have always stated that private companies are the backbone of America. I’m convinced both of them are just doing the minimum on Obama’s agenda and waiting for the ship to sink. Go Scott Brown! He can be supported fully without the sexist comments about Martha. She may not be the person for the job, but negative comments are less effective than positive support for the better candidate.
January 15, 2010 at 11:36 am
Haiti gives him an excuse to stay away.
January 15, 2010 at 10:01 am
More people are waking up to the wrongness of DC.
The other day I received an email from a relative who has never sent me anything political.
In the email was a plea to get involved in stopping Obamacare and to watch this video:
January 15, 2010 at 10:50 am
Yep. Break the part that works that the entire thing can be broken!
Way to go, Washington! Woot! We want that CHANGE!
January 15, 2010 at 10:03 am
Good post. I wish Bill would not campaign for Martha today, but if he doesn’t, the Dimwits in the party would crucify him. The Clinton’s have always said private business was the backbone of this country. They are doing what they have to to survive and are sitting back and waiting for the party to implode and hopefully get back to some common sense. I’m not as familiar with the candidates as a lot of readers here, but I think Scott can be supported more effectively without sexist comments about Ms. Coakley. He sounds like he will make a great senator!
January 15, 2010 at 10:09 am
Sexist comments?
Examples please.
January 15, 2010 at 10:04 am
Guys, I don’t like Hillary Clinton’s ideas and policies and I don’t expect I ever will, but I want to thank you for that nice sketch of her and I’ll remember it when I hear all the personal attacks the next time around. I don’t like her politics, but “behavior is truth” and that was lovely behavior you described.
I gave my money to Hottie McAwesome, and I will be working the phones this weekend from Seattle. I don’t know if I first found out about Mr. Brown here or at BloodThirstyLiberal.com (a MA-based blog), but thanks! (I know you beat BTL with the Cosmo pictures.)
January 15, 2010 at 10:13 am
Widow Kennedy’s endorsement may have actually hurt Coakley.
The wonderful line “This is not the Kennedy’s seat…” will hopefully go down in history as one of the best responses to a debate question ever.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1225721
January 15, 2010 at 10:27 am
That line is so great, by the way, that Vicki Kennedy uses it in an ad she cut for Coakley now:
http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2010/01/15/about-that-peoples-seat/
ROFLMAO!!!!
January 15, 2010 at 10:44 am
Sounds like desperation.
Feels like desperation.
Tastes like desperation.
Looks like desperation.
Speaks like desperation.
January 15, 2010 at 10:29 am
Also Rcp has an article and video of an ad Vicki Kennedy made for Cloakley, in which she uses the line, it is not the Kennedy seat it’s the peoples seat. Gee where have I heard that before.
January 15, 2010 at 10:32 am
…that’s the link just above your post. To that ad that uses that line! The D’s are trying everything they can- even plagiarism!
January 15, 2010 at 11:23 am
Wow. How disingenuous can you get?
(Rhetorical question…we know there IS no limit.)
It must have been incredibly hard for her to say that, because they all believe to the bottoms of their black hearts, that it IS and will always BE, ‘Uncle Teddy’s’ seat, as Princess Caroline of Kennedy would say.
January 15, 2010 at 10:18 am
You all have done a great job! If Hottie wins,
you get some of the credit.
January 15, 2010 at 10:19 am
A lot of people in here have said that if SB wins (sorry- WHEN he wins) it will be the death of the hcb. I have a question: do you think that the D’s want this bill SO BAD that they will grit their teeth and “Rahm” the senate bill “as is” thru the house so that it wouldn’t need to be revoted on in the senate, and go right from the house to the wh desk?
January 15, 2010 at 10:33 am
They’ve already made changes to it so they still have to get a revote in the senate.
January 15, 2010 at 10:42 am
Will it come before the Senate in the dead of night this weekend? Before Mass has had the opportunity to go to the polls? P.J. O’ Rourke was on the money when he titled one of his fascinating books “Parliament of Whores.”
January 15, 2010 at 10:44 am
Meant “will it come to a vote” in the dead of night … TGIF!
January 15, 2010 at 10:55 am
Thanks Bev! That makes me feel better. When SB wins I can’t see HOW they can put off swearing him in… the tsunami is too strong. Once in, the only chance they have of getting it through the senate is to bribe the one or both Main R’s to go along with them. I wonder if even they would have the nerve to go along with it after the MA election. I doubt it. Krauthammer just might be right here- tuesday may just be the last nail in the hcb’s coffin.
January 15, 2010 at 11:51 am
It really is our modern day Boston Tea Party.
January 15, 2010 at 11:19 am
No lawyer and not a poly/sci major but it’s my understanding that there are two ways that this bill could pass without 60 votes.
One, is that the Senate sends the Senate version to the House without any changes whatsoever and it passes with a simple majority. However, the House is where there will be the most major problems with consensus on bill language.
Two, using the nuclear option where they ram it through with 51 votes, invoking “reconciliation” which would have serious reverberations across the nation. That clause is only meant to break a budget impasse, not to pass major legislation.
The only way to do that is to piggyback the bill on some sort of budget measure.
The backlash of doing that would be like dropping a bomb if you’re talking about the healthcare bill. That is why people can refer to it as the ‘nuclear option’. The political ramifications of basically subverting federal law to pass partisan legislation would be…unquantifiable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)
However, I think that this is why the healthcare bill was created to be ‘deficit neutral’ and things dont’ kick in for years and yaddayadda. So that Obama can use the nuclear option, claim that it’s neutral, follow the law, and then the damn thing can balloon out of control at year 11 and it’s all legal.
But again, if they do that…The backlash will be enormous this time around. It’s not about like tax cuts like with Bush.
Scary times.
January 15, 2010 at 11:28 am
Except they HAVE changed it… significantly. Letting the unions collective bargaining opt out and then charging taxes on capital gains to pay for the thing is a BIG change. So it will have to come up for a vote.
January 15, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Only if they keep the changes.
Hold that thought just for a second. They could come back to those same people and say sorry we had to pass SOMETHING because we’re desperate adn don’t have the votes. They wouldn’t be the first people under Obama’s bus.
I’m just talking HOW it’s possible, not whether or not its probable.
That’s the only danger that I see. When I look at things I look at what is ‘best’, what is probable (something in the middle usually) and what is the worst that could happen.
IF they go to the land of if we pass something we can go back and change it later and only need simple majorities to do that AND if the idiots that they made promises to buy that, they could pass a really lame piece of shit that satisfies no one in the hopes of fixing it.
But I have to say, I’m hoping that some political sanity prevails because that would be political suicide on so many levels, I cannot count them. Because then who wouldn’t they have pissed off? They would be hitting darn near almost 100%.
It would have to be one of those ‘you’d better be right. You’d better be so right that God is on your side and all of the planets line up and that Hail Mary pass from three states away goes through the goal posts sort of right’.
That would need a level of trust in each other in that Congress that my logical mind tells me is not there.
But I’m lighting a candle anyway because these folks are whacked.
I’m not being an Eeyore, I just know if you can imagine the worst case scenario, you can come up with some tacticalway of dealing with it before it even becomes a viable option.
I only mention it because these people have been doing crazy things and it’s not irrational to think that some might really go off the deep end because they’re all in already.
January 15, 2010 at 12:10 pm
The scarier thing is that the “Senate” bill that went back to the House for mark-up is actually a “House” bill that was sent to the Senate for approval. They eliminated EVERY WORD in that bill, then tacked on the Healthcare Reform Bill wording.
That may be how they plan on getting it to reconciliation instead of having to go through a cloture vote (it is a “budget” bill by virtue of the House’s designation).
If that happens, I shudder to think what this country will do – I, for one, will be in Washington with my big fat ass planted in some unfortunate congresscritter’s office…..
January 15, 2010 at 1:40 pm
You and a few million of your fellow fat assed Americans will also be there.
Make sure to wear a name tag and say hello to me because I’ll be the one with the big mouth screaming on the steps of the Capital building.
January 15, 2010 at 5:00 pm
My understanding is that reconciliation can only be used for spending bills. What that means is that every clause in the bill can be challenged as not directly related to spending (the relationship has to be direct, not incidental). The parliamentarian has to rule on each challenge, and although he’s a D, I understand he has a reputation for strictness on rule interpretation.
Back in April, Keith Hennessey had a really good discussion of reconciliation here: http://keithhennessey.com/2009/04/14/little-twig/. Thank goodness I saved it to delicious!
January 15, 2010 at 10:23 am
Nobody hates Martha Coakley, politics is just good clean fun so to speak.
Most Americans at the heart are Independent, open minded and reasonable… NO party should have complete control in Washington… EVER.. It is not good for any of us. Martha ran at a bad time. We want some kind of balance and right now Scott offers it.
January 15, 2010 at 10:26 am
Thank you Hillbuzz, for again putting into words what we (I) feel about the democratic party and how I can no longer blindly support this group of thugs and insensitive mobster type politicians, calling themselves the democratic party. I listen to Republicans and think “When did republicans get so smart”? There is a lot of common sense, moderate, intelligent, fiscally responsible ideas coming from the right. Where were these ideas during Bush’s term? No where to be found. Hopefully they will be able to translate that into decent candidates that some of us can vote for. I am most disappointed by the “blue dog” type democrats, those moderate, fiscally responsible democrats I put my faith in who I thought would oppose Obama and his leftist marxist idealogues, like Mark Warner and Evan Bayh, who caved in (what in the H___ went on behind closed doors to get them to follow the Obama pied piper this time around?) And even Joe Lieberman who could have stood up to them but caved also. We need to break the 60 vote strangehold they have. It’s always bad news when one party controls the WH, Senate and House of Representatives, whether Democrat or Republican. The democrats have proven they are no better than republicans, and I am sorry to say, in manay ways, they are worse.
January 15, 2010 at 11:33 am
Those smart Republican ideas you speak of were there (though many Repubs were drunk and spent like out of control shopaholics thus why many of us didn’t vote in ’06 and even ’08–trying to get them to listen to us!). But if you’ve noticed the media tend to spin things the direction they want you to believe. So when Bush was in office, unemployment (at 5%) was horrible and we had out of control deficits that were sinking the country.
Now that Obama’s in, each drop in employment is “unexpected,” and no one mentions that he’s tripled Bush’s deficits and is on track to quadruple them this year.
The difference is now we have sites like Hillbuzz to let us know what’s really going on. If we didn’t, none of us would know there was this guy Brown running in Massachusetts and doing quite well. We would be told there was no way he could win and nothing we could do about it.
It’s all about perspective which I learned well from watching the PUMA’s in ’08.
January 15, 2010 at 10:30 am
Do It For The Children: Vote for Scott Brown
For years, Democrats have hurled a megaton emotion bomb into any logical discussion of their radical policies: Do it for the children. Delivered in a hushed, simpering tone, this oh-so-predictable line explodes into the conversation and effectively ends it by trumping logic with the speaker’s visionary compassion.
It’s time that Americans who stand for freedom, decency and common sense take that line back.
Here are 5 reasons to do it for the children and vote for Scott Brown.
1. Children need the love and wisdom of their grandparents. If ObamaCare passes, medical care will be rationed and the eldest will be the hardest hit. Grandmothers and grandfathers will be condemned to earlier deaths and wrenched away from the children whose lives they could have lovingly guided.
From StellaPundit.blogspot.com
http://stellapundit.blogspot.com/2010/01/do-it-for-children-vote-for-scott-brown.html
January 15, 2010 at 10:34 am
Am I angry AT Martha Coakley? No, what I AM angry about is “politics as usual”. And when did we, the american public ever decide that “politics as usual” was the right way to go?
I AM angry at the assumption the MA seat BELONGS to both the Kennedys and the Dems. I AM angry that our representatives (both parties btw) have decided that “their” seat in whichever house, is a family business to be inherited by their spouse/offspring/whomever they decide. I AM angry that once elected, representatives decide not to represent me, or respond to simple inquiries. I AM angry that politics has become such a blood sport, that time is spent on ripping the other side to shreds instead of telling me where you stand on issues. I AM angry at a media which no longer reports news but instead writes opinion under the guise of news. I AM ready to take MY country back.
I have sent money to the Brown campaign and discussed his campaign and the ramifications with everyone I meet on an almost daily basis.
And I WILL NOT let Trolls, Eyeores, whatever you want to call them hijack my country or my opinions any longer.
January 15, 2010 at 10:37 am
How nice Martha has a soft spot for terrorists … a soft spot in her head. This woman has to go DOWN!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281204575003341640657862.html
January 15, 2010 at 10:38 am
Hey HillBuzz Boys:
Check it: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Kennedy-card-is-ace-for-Massachusetts-Republican-8764201-81570202.html
January 15, 2010 at 10:40 am
read this and post it everywhere! The voters MUST know this about the Coakley, the villioness.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281204575003341640657862.html
January 15, 2010 at 10:41 am
http://www.youtube.com/user/mnmajoritydotorg
Massachusetts Miracle: Another great video. By the America Arise folks(?)
Watch out, Martha – you’re up.
January 15, 2010 at 11:02 am
Great video, and I loved the comments on the YouTube page.
January 15, 2010 at 10:42 am
Hillbuzz dudes: Logical, truthful and shrewd cookies, plus terrific spontanious writers. You are right in that conservative *purists* are the bane of conservatism, because they have no sense of humor.
And your own great sense of humor and strategy to get Hottie McAwsome’s college-age foolishness out there and hoot about it… Sheer genius. And it worked. It cut ‘em off at the knees. Nary a mention. As Rush says…talent on loan from God-duh.
January 15, 2010 at 10:44 am
I have to share this— My commune living baby brother has come down for a visit. We avoid politics because usually he’s in the far 20% of the left.
Well slap me silly and call me Suzy! He’s pissed off with Obama, calling him a smarmy liar, thinks the bailouts/Tarp was a stupid idea and GASP! DOESN’T LIKE THE HC BILL EITHER!
Omigod…going to look for cats and dogs living together.
January 15, 2010 at 11:02 am
Hell hath no fury like a true believer, scorned. My father was a Carter political appointee. Lifelong Dem. So pissed off as to what happened to Hillary that he switched parties and voted McCain.
It’s like falling down a rabbit hole…
January 15, 2010 at 10:47 am
a poll with a 15 point lead. I would understand more people wanting to vote for Scott over Martha, but we are talking about Massachusetts.
What would the Democrats be like if in Teds old seat went to a Republican by 15%. it would be crazy it would really teach the Democrats a lesson.
It is not in the bag by far, the Democrats are resorting to low smears and attacks using their unions. some unions are supporting Brown.
January 15, 2010 at 11:30 am
If Massachusetts goes Brown by anything more than 10 points, it may very well be a titanic political upheaval that changes the political landscape.
January 15, 2010 at 10:51 am
As usual hillbuzz guys, another great article. I believe that your coming in early for Scott and that cute nickname Hottie McAwesome was a big help getting Scott on the scene. He really nailed it with his “It’s the peoples seat”. Loved it. I am a registered Democrat who believes just as you do. Obama’s Dems do not represent me-they will always be sick South Side thugs with “airs”. Boy is the DNC smart-lets find the lowest common denominator candidate from the cesspool of corruption South Side of Chicago to represent our party, and really smarter let’s throw a highly educated, kind classy experienced person like Hillary under the bus. Nice work mobsters. Entitlement Dems are really disgusting, respect has to be earned not beaten into people-this is why most of us Dems are in open rebellion and due to crimes against WE THE PEOPLE too numerous to mention we will not go back-tea party movement more our cup of tea. Let’s throw off these sickos in DC permanently. The saddest thing of all: once upon a time the Democratic party looked and acted like Scott. Look at pictures of Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Coakley together they look old,tired, worn out, no new ideas-Scott looks and acts young and vibrant with new and my favorite part fiscally responsible ideas. Go Scott.
January 15, 2010 at 10:58 am
“Where do you think you’re going without a hat,” OMFG! You just quoted my mom.
January 15, 2010 at 11:03 am
Once a mom, always a mom. LOL
Btw, where is your hat?
January 15, 2010 at 10:59 am
Salem Newspaper backs Brown.
http://www.salemnews.com/puopinion/local_story_014233831.html#disqus_thread
January 15, 2010 at 11:03 am
Tuesday can’t come fast enough for me.
“House Democrat says healthcare deal “very close”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats are “very close” to reaching final agreement on healthcare reform legislation and could have a deal in days, House of Representatives Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer said on Friday.
“I would certainly hope that within the next 24, 48, 72 hours, that we have a general agreement between the Senate and the House,” Hoyer said in an interview with U.S. cable network CNBC.
..more at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100115/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare_hoyer
January 15, 2010 at 11:47 am
I don’t think they can pass a bill in the house and senate by Tuesday. They are bluffing. Just like when Pelosi comes out and says everything is great…no problems…everyone is excited and happy. That’s crap.
If they push and rush this through for the sake of rushing it through the American people will revolt in huge numbers and they have to know that it would destroy the Democratic party if they do that. If they don’t know that…they’re stupid.
If I were a moderate Democrat I would be very, very cautious about putting my name next to this bill. Why would you side with the losing side? If you vote yes and get voted out of office what have you accomplished?
January 15, 2010 at 12:32 pm
If Brown wins, I don’t think the House could get 218 votes.
I wouldn’t put it past these sleazebags to keep the senate bill and attach it to an aid bill for Haiti which only requires a simple majority.
January 15, 2010 at 2:09 pm
I am on “pins and needles” for tuesday. I think that WHEN Brown wins, if the defeat of Coakley is anywhere near double digits (which is what I’m hoping against hope for) the so-called blue dogs will be looking for a place to hide. There will either be a mass exodus to retirement calls so that they can vote whatever way they want, or else they’ll find a spine and stand up to their party and vote “no” when it comes back up. Not just the senate here with only 59 votes then; but the D house members who are up for reelection might re-think what their party leaders are telling them about how passing this bill is what they need so they can win. If Brown wins big we’ll see how many suddenly decide to retire. If they don’t retire, we need to HAMMER them to remind them of Jan 19.
January 15, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Neither the House nor Senate is in session right now. They’re having committee meetings and negotiations, but they can’t do anything official, like having a vote, without calling everyone into session. The House recessed on 12/22, I think, and the Senate on 12/24, and neither of them goes back into session until after MLK day.
The only way they could pass something on Tuesday is for the House to throw away all of their negotiations and accept the Senate Bill word for word. After working out a deal with the unions to gut part of the Senate bill, that would be political suicide.
IF anything in the bill has changed, then it has to be “re-introduced” in both chambers, which means it has to be reopened for debate, and could be filibustered again. And if any Senator demands it, the whole bill has to be read on the floor again.
If the Rs are smart, they would demand a quorum constantly. Most members don’t stick around for all of the debate and discussion. But according to Senate rules, if anyone ever insists on a quorum, they have to drop everything until they can get 51 members back into the chamber. If all the Rs except one make themselves scarce, it would force 50 Ds to spend all day sitting on those uncomfortable chairs. Imagine demanding a quorum while the bill is read word for word. THAT would slow things down a lot :-)
January 15, 2010 at 11:08 am
Tuesday can’t come soon enough for me.
“WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats are “very close” to reaching final agreement on healthcare reform legislation and could have a deal in days, House of Representatives Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer said on Friday.
“I would certainly hope that within the next 24, 48, 72 hours, that we have a general agreement between the Senate and the House,” Hoyer said in an interview with U.S. cable network CNBC.
..more at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100115/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare_hoyer
COME ON TUESDAY! Then we need to get Brown sworn in already this week… as soon as we possibly can get it. Think we can get him sworn in the day after the election?
January 15, 2010 at 11:19 am
They say this crap all the time. Pelosi comes out and says “Oh…there’s total agreement on the bill, everything is dreamy…total transparency..the American people are so excited Blah Blah Blah Blah.” They do that to discourage us. Same way they call Tea Party people racist mobs. They have to say these things to keep the Dems in line…to keep the Dems from jumping ship. I guarantee you if Brown wins Dems will jump ship. Nelson for one would LOVE to get out of his deal with Reid.
If Brown wins it is a referendum on Obama and anyone standing with Obama will go down with the ship…and he knows it. Obama has destroyed the Democratic party because he was GREEDY and wanted ALL or NOTHING. Think of how easy it would have been to pass smaller bills that dealt with healthcare reform that would have been bipartisan and immediate in helping the American people. Instead…he wanted the whole enchilada…and he’s about to end up with nothing.
January 15, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Did everyone see where Barney Frank said if Brown wins the hcb is toast? (Dancing for joy)…
Frank: GOP Win in Massachusetts Senate Race Will ‘Kill the Health Bill’
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/15/frank-gop-win-massachusetts-senate-race-kill-health/
By the way… HillBuzz guyzo’s… THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for this site!
January 15, 2010 at 11:37 am
Didn’t they say this back right before August too? Right before Nazi Pelosi said, “It’s just August, just another month.”
Remind me again what month we’re in?
January 15, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Sorry for the double post. I didn’t see the first one show up so I re-sent it. Sorry again.
January 15, 2010 at 11:11 am
Damn, you guys rock. Love your site. Keep up the great work.
January 15, 2010 at 11:36 am
Red State Witch? You wouldn’t happen to be a Conservative or Republican Pagan would you?
January 15, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Yes, I am conservative. Apparently I didn’t get the memo that says witches have to be so far to the left of the political spectrum that they come around the back side. I have many friends in the pagan/Wiccan community who are politically conservative small business owners and professionals. I frequently post under this name on sites like AceOfSpadesHQ and doubleplusundead.
January 15, 2010 at 11:15 am
I’ll tell you why she’s angry!!!
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Massachusetts-Bottom-has-fallen-out-of-Coakleys-poll-numbers-Dems-prepare-to-explain-defeat-protect-Obama-81681862.html
January 15, 2010 at 11:21 am
things are getting really badfor those who support the lord messiah barrack….
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31488.html
Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson and his wife were leaving dinner at a new pizza joint near their home in Omaha one night last week when a patron began complaining about Nelson’s decisive vote in favor of the Senate’s health care bill.
Other customers started booing. A woman yelled, “Get him the hell out of here!” And the Nelsons and their dining companions beat a hasty retreat.
“It was definitely a scene in there,” said Tom Lewis, a 41-year-old dentist and registered Republican who witnessed the incident. A second witness confirmed the incident to POLITICO.
It’s a new experience for Nelson.
He used to be a popular figure back home, a Democrat who served eight years in the governor’s office and was elected twice to the Senate by a state that’s as red as the “N” on the University of Nebraska’s football helmets.
But Nelson has seen his approval ratings tumble in the wake of his wavering over the historic health care bill, his deal-cutting with other Senate Democrats and, ultimately, his support to break a GOP filibuster and send the bill to a House-Senate conference committee
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31488.html#ixzz0chNmuXVi
January 15, 2010 at 11:35 am
Off topic but want to get some feedback.
Anyone who has Geico Insurance had their policy amount drastically raised? And hinting that if don’t pay higher premiums ($1000 more per six months)?
The conversation I just had with the rep was weird, like they were gloating and excited that they had us by the balls. I am too frustrated to outline the sequence of things but it was weird. And my first paranoia is this is just the beginning of going against the machine, which Geico is apart of, and the result of my movements on the net….and my contrib to Hottie. My gut tells me there is more here by the way the woman behaved…..the outcome of having to pay more does not match their reasoning for it. Sad is this impacts six drivers in the house. I simply cannot put it into words but there was no negotiating. And this sounds like a threat but I don’t know yet why it rings as one,
“In the event you are unable to obtain the desired automobile liability insurance, we would like to explain that there is a “Plan” available for getting Liability Insurance you need. This “Plan” known as the “Auto Insurance Plan” or “Assigned Risk Plan”, operates in your state.”
Like I said the amount of accidents and tickets don’t add up to termination or higher premiums.
Weird. . .you would have had to hear the conversation to know why my instincts are kicked in on this.
And for the record I am always the first one to take full accountability for my actions and have always expected my MANY children to do the same. So, I feel I am being pretty objective about the punishment not fitting the crime.
Oh, I had written a nice letter, with no threats, to Geico awhile back over the rumors of their company pulling advertising from Glenn Beck’s show……………….
January 15, 2010 at 12:08 pm
I think that it’s time to go automobile insurance shopping.
January 15, 2010 at 2:16 pm
As an insurance person I’ll tell you “cheapest” isn’t always best. One of the biggest “hooks” in the trade is to have a brand new policy that has a lot cheaper rates than the competition. What people don’t know is that the premiums are based on the claims. If a plan is brand-new and has few (or no) claims they can offer something dirt-cheap. Then, when they get claims they raise the rates. This is one trick an old well-known health insurance company loves to do (no names mentioned on purpose). They say it’s “a xxx company” affiliating that with the well-known company brand. But it’s a new PLAN, so it’s cheap – for now.
January 15, 2010 at 11:40 am
I am worried that they are going to delay his seating until after the healthcare vote. If the margin is small enough they can do recounts and go to court to keep them going.
I am sure that Rahm is in utter disbelief that a republican is so close in MA.
Just to clear up something, Scott Brown is more of a moderate republican. His stands on social issues would make it hard for him to win over conservatives in other parts of the country.
I personally put much less weight on social issues, but there are conservative purists who would have a hard time voting for him. But being in MA, it is not a big deal.
Martha Coakley is scary. I have read some things on her record as a prosecutor and as attorney general and I find it hard to believe that this is the person that won a primary.
January 15, 2010 at 11:47 am
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January 15, 2010 at 11:48 am
I’m afraid they are going to pass the Health Care Bill before Tuesday. They seem to working on it non stop.
January 15, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Moe, they can’t. See my long reply to #62.
January 15, 2010 at 11:54 am
I just heard on the local radio news that Reid and Biden were supposed to have been at a fundraiser here in Texas this weekend. However, they have cancelled citing pressing matters elsewhere. Would that be in MA or in DC on how to corruptly force the healthcare through before the election???
January 15, 2010 at 11:58 am
Right-on HILBUZZ–” Not going to take-it anymore, these lib-holes are out of control and hell have no fury like a DEM scorned…”
The Gauntlet is coming and the left is scrambling’ and I pray that Scott Win’s this race…
More and more DEMS and Conservatives are waking-up and I’m so thankful we are coming together…
Hillbuzz, Thankyou for opening-up our eye’s and showing the on-line communities how to play this game… There is no doubt, that you guy’s have “help Brown thus far” in getting this good man elected as the next Senator of MASS:
I hope the good people of Mass will do the right thing, VOTE FOR SCOTT BROWN PLEASE..!
January 15, 2010 at 12:00 pm
HB, THANK YOU for taking the time to address this question. I have often been asked similar questions as a PUMA.
Hillary Clinton will ALWAYS have my support not because she’s a woman or a Democrat, but because she is Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, the person you describe.
Thank you again, and keep truckin’!
TD
January 15, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Hillary had my support until she put party over principle. I will not support her again, unless it was HRC vs. Huckabee.
January 15, 2010 at 12:06 pm
HELP! I want to create a PARODY/SPOOF advertisement against Martha using the Droid commercial “iDon’t”. I’m not familiar with all the bad things she’s done, though.
HELP– point me to links or a site that lists all her negatives. Or list them!! I’ll create the ad the same way I did this HIGH quality video spoof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwGqtHX6Pxs
My email: Vidsweetproject@gmail.com
Some things I already considered for Martha:
1) iDon’t know how to spell Masssachusetts, the state I am running for.
2) iDon’t help people when one of my thugs pushed them to the ground.
etc.
HELP HELP HELP, give me ideas, please! Thanks.
January 15, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Just read Obama might go to Mass:
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/15/breaking-obama-may-go-to-massachusetts-after-all/
I hope he does. He has the “reverse Midas touch”. All of us here in NJ know how much that helped Corzine!!!
January 15, 2010 at 12:11 pm
It’s not just desperation in the air, but blood in the water.
Brown is chumming and the sharks are a’coming…
Thing is, I think that Obama might be misunderestimating the citzenry there. This could fire up far more non far left people than the opposite.
January 15, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Kind of like Al Gore bringing the snow and ice with him every time he goes to a “Global Warming” shindig….
“Obama: Bringing the Loss”
January 15, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Obama is becoming political hemlock. Imagine the Buddhist during the Vietnam War who doused himself in gasoline and immolated himself and you get a good idea of what Obama is.
January 15, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Maria,
Did you read the comments? There’s a challange to citizens to show up at any rally Obama finds himself in Mass and chant C-SPAN! C-SPAN! C-SPAN! I think it’s a great idea to protest his appearance and his “reform transparency”. I hope they take the challange. I’m a 7 hr drive from Boston without traffic or I’d pop up there myself. Not to mention they probably won’t release any details of the rallies to the public early enough to know where and when he’ll be.
January 15, 2010 at 12:43 pm
omg! LOL! That is perfect. I eagerly await this. :D
January 15, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Oh man, I’d pay per view THAT! LOL
January 15, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Yes, I heard/read about that. I wonder if Obama’s “rally” for Coakley will be held in a private venue where only pre-screened people(ie. bona fide Dems) will be allowed in.
January 15, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Loved this comment:
“Hm, campaigning in the middle of the Haiti crisis?
Barack Obama doesn’t care about black people.
CP on January 15, 2010 at 12:16 PM”
Snort.
January 15, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Or this one:
“…at the rate Obama is going, he’s going to get triple dog dared to lick a metal pole and it’s going to take a stupid Cambridge cop to get him off of it….”
I’d forgotten about Gates-gate – I bet those Massachusetts cops would LOVE to show BHO how “stupidly” he acted….
January 15, 2010 at 2:19 pm
yeah, campaigning during the Haiti crisis. Which reminds me, DID Bill Clinton leave Haiti’s crisis to come to Coakley’s aid? I know he was supposed to be there today. Did he? If he did… well.. Haiti is HIS responsibility more than any other right now, and if he leaves that to go to MA… well…. what do you think?
January 15, 2010 at 12:17 pm
After Massachusetts, electoral waves may rise in even the most unlikely places. Check this out:
http://blogsforvictory.com/2010/01/15/nancy-pelosi-does-have-a-republican-challenger/
Some of his positions don’t jibe with mine, but regardless — the very thought that Queen Nancy (or her daughter to whom she reportedly wishes to hand the seat to) might have to campaign is sweet!
January 15, 2010 at 12:19 pm
http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/2010/01/ma-senate-moved-to-toss-up.html
“Thursday, January 14, 2010
MA Senate moved to Toss-Up
Democratic desperation and other compelling evidence strongly suggest that Democrats may well lose the late Senator Edward Kennedy’s Senate seat in Tuesday’s special election. Because of this, we are moving our rating of the race from Narrow Advantage for the Incumbent Party to Toss-Up.
Whatever the shortcomings of the Coakley campaign (and they certainly exist), this race has become about change, President Obama and Democratic control of all of the levers of power in Washington, D.C. Brown has “won” the “free media” over the past few days, and if he continues to do so, he will win the election.
Late Democratic efforts to demonize Republican Scott Brown, to make the race into a partisan battle and to use the Kennedy name to drive Democratic voters to the polls could still work. But the advertising clutter in the race works against them, and voters often tune out late messages, which can seem desperate.”
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In other words, Dems can run negative ads and waste their money in MA because it won’t do much good at this late date.
January 15, 2010 at 12:34 pm
How do you demonize someone as awesome as Brown?
http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20100114/751fe5_Splash_2_01152010.jpg
January 15, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Boyz, I’ve been a Republican all of my life, but I’ve always thought that HRC is a decent human being. That was brought home to us Texans when she was here campaigning during the 2008 primaries.
After a rally in Dallas, her motorcade was on its way to Fort Worth when a Dallas cop who was riding one of the lead motorcycles was involved in a freak wreck. She wanted to stop and render aid, but the Secret Service wouldn’t allow it (they didn’t know if something else might have been going on at the time).
She continued to ask for updates on the officer’s condition, and I am sure that she was devastated when she was told that he didn’t make it.
She continued on to Fort Worth (the 2 cities are about 50 miles apart), and asked them to cancel the rally in light of what had happened – she was visibly shaken. She then went back to Dallas to visit with the family, and also came back to attend his funeral. You could tell that the whole incident really troubled her.
That’s a class act – and I KNOW that Dr. U wouldn’t have done that had the situation been reversed. I may not always agree with HRC’s policy positions, but I have NEVER doubted that she is a caring person….
January 15, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Incidentally, HRC specifically asked that the press NOT be told that she was going back to Dallas to visit with the family, as she didn’t want to appear to be “taking advantage” of the family.
The only reason we knew about this was that one of the news organizations had a live mike in the vicinity when she asked her staff to contact the family – you could hear her saying that she didn’t want the media to know that she was doing this.
She wanted to protect the family’s privacy, and she knew there would be a media circus if they knew what she was planning to do.
January 15, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Those are my thoughts as well. I differ with her on some of her policy issues, but I trust her sincerity. I trust that her actions are out of concern for our country, not to push through a country-changing game plan in order to be as powerful as possible.
January 15, 2010 at 1:12 pm
also try asking around to people you know who dislike obama or the healthcare although they might not be politically active, and ask them to think of ANYONE they know in mass that might be against obama and to text that person that they must get out and vote scott brown. Did that make sense? I did it on friday and a coworker of mine is going to let a guy she knows from mass that he needs to vote on tues.
every vote counts, lets rack’em up.
January 15, 2010 at 1:18 pm
She had the audacity to intimate that SHE has a plan to stop corruption – and uses this heinous ad to illustrate her point???
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/15/dscc-uses-world-trade-center-image-in-anti-brown-ad/
January 15, 2010 at 1:31 pm
what great reads all these posts are..especially the ones who used to be liberals.
not pertinent, but someone alluded to O’Reilly actually being a liberal! i have suspected that for some time!
January 15, 2010 at 1:40 pm
I was not an HRC fan although I did vote for her as part of Operation Chaos. As more details on the One’s past came out (& my belief that McCain would certainly lose), HRC was clearly whom I hoped would be the Dem candidate. What a mess we have now.
Yours is truly one of the most rousing & inspirational posts I’ve read in a long time. I’m an indie since ’88 but most certainly right-leaning. What resonates in what you wrote is that one must stand up when their party derails and resist.
You tapped into something elemental. Those on opposite sides but who will not shut-up & tow their party line. We are truly in an us-against-them moment and, we’re legion. Thank you for helping move us together. Later we can go back to civil process & strengthen our country through honest debate. Right now we have to save it from the wolves.
January 16, 2010 at 1:20 am
Don’t insult wolves1 Say hyenas and jackals and wild dogs. It’s the Halfrican connection, if you must know.
January 15, 2010 at 1:41 pm
HillBuzz Boyz, you have outdone yourselves (again)!
““My cat told me to stay home and fart a lot all day instead of voting…’
Bwaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaa
Have I told you lately that I love all of you?
January 15, 2010 at 1:52 pm
This is it – Dr. U is going to Beantown:
http://minx.cc/?post=297069
January 15, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Just saw it:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9D8BG884&show_article=1
Great news. We here in NJ know how much those visits from Dr.Utopia “helped” Corzine!
January 15, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Hillbuzz…don’t know you guys, but I’m sooooo proud of you and what you’re trying to do. You have my admiration and my sincere thanks.
January 15, 2010 at 1:53 pm
I am disappointed but not surprised that Bill Clinton will be speaking on behalf of Martha today instead of going to Haiti as the UN Haiti envoy.
That said, he might have been more effective for the Dems if he had gone to Haiti.
January 15, 2010 at 2:05 pm
For entertainment purposes, our speaker, Nancy Pelosi:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/76381-pelosi-claims-about-gop-momentum-are-hype-and-hyperbole
“Republican claims about increased momentum for this year’s midterm elections are just “hype and hyperbole,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claimed Friday.
In a fundraising e-mail to Democratic supporters, Pelosi said that the Democratic agenda is moving the country forward and the Democrats toward victory this fall.
“Republicans are in full blown ‘spin mode’ attacking the President and claiming he has lost support,” she wrote. “But that is just hype and hyperbole. You and I know better — together we are moving America forward.”
BAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!
Yeah, that’s why Brown is ahead by four points in Mass…
She’s channeling Baghdad Bob again!
http://rlv.zcache.com/nancy_pelosi_aka_baghdad_bob_card-p137539518233192837q3wh_210.jpg
January 15, 2010 at 2:16 pm
HOLY GUACAMOLE, MEGA MONEY CARPET BOMB FOR BROWN!
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/14/jackpot-brown-raised-a-million-dollars-a-day-every-day-this-week/
Jackpot: Brown raised a million dollars a day every day this week
posted at 6:00 pm on January 14, 2010 by Allahpundit
Yeah. Not just on Monday when that million-dollar moneybomb detonated. Every damned day this week.
The first ever moneycarpetbomb?
Knowledgeable sources in Massachusetts tell The Daily Caller that Republican candidate for Senate, Scott Brown, has raised at least $1 million dollars every day this week, most of it online.
Although Brown’s campaign touted Monday’s money-bomb fundraiser that brought in $1.3 million dollars, the campaign declined to confirm totals for other days this week.
“I can’t comment on figures,” said spokesman Felix Browne.
January 15, 2010 at 2:29 pm
WASHINGTON — Democratic sources tell the Associated Press that President Barack Obama intends to travel to Massachusetts before Tuesday to campaign for the endangered Democratic candidate in a Senate special election.
looks like the ONE will go to mass..maybe he’ll do more harm than good!
this from todays huffington post:
The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to pre-empt a White House announcement. The timing of the visit is uncertain.
A poll is showing a shift in favor of the Republican Party in the race to fill a Senate seat that Democrats have held for more than half a century. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died of brain cancer last Augu
January 15, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Watch the new ad by Scott Brwon highlighting Coakley’s soiree with lobbyists last Tuesday:
January 15, 2010 at 3:33 pm
How much gall does Coakley have. Brow was so successful with “This is not the Kennedy seat” – they had to steal it. Does this make them look sincere, or does it, hopefully, look like it should – a desperate attempt to put a positive spin on their entitled feelings that Coakley gets the seat due to her party affiliation.
PS – I’m sorry if you’re eating your lunch or dinner while you view this.
January 15, 2010 at 3:34 pm
and please – don’t feel you have to view it past the “Kennedy seat” comment.
January 15, 2010 at 5:15 pm
KJA, That was my thought as well. Can’t they even be original? Or maybe she thinks nobody was watching the debate? Even if one didn’t watch the debate the youtube was posted everywhere!
January 15, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Coakley’s got nothing.
January 15, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Because it IS about what is right, and what is best for America, about what is decent and human.
I’m a Republican who voted for Clinton (Bill), but who couldn’t bring myself to vote for Gore. The aftermath of that election, when he tried to re-count only the heavily Democratic counties, and tried to deny the military votes caused me to become a Partisan. Because I see it now as a battle for what is right and fair. If it shifts back the other way, if the Republicans are able to turn the tide and become the majority, they will lose me if they abuse it. But right now, they are the ones standing against legislators who vote for bills they have not read, they are the ones standing up for fiscal responsibility – they lost their way, and it cost this nation big time, now they are our only hope to save it. They better live up to it.
I am glad to have you in the fight.
January 15, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Hi Boyz -
You sure get me fired up with your Patriotism & your way with words! Thanks for the inspiration!!
“After that, you will be on your own, but take our help now while we are giving it, because we’re not really doing this for you, so much as we’re doing this for America.”
After that, please start writing that book!
Praying really hard for Tuesday – Susan
January 15, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Here is another link on the real Martha Coakley
http://bigjournalism.com/ghewson/2010/01/14/marthas-greatest-hits-the-things-the-democrats-would-like-you-to-forget-about-candidate-coakley-2/
January 15, 2010 at 9:18 pm
This Christian conservative disagrees with you on many things, including Hillary. But we are in complete agreement on the current state of the Democrat Party, and on the nature of its leader and of Martha Coakley. MA has an historic opportunity to throw a gigantic monkey wrench into the mad dash to destroy America for selfishness and misguided ideology. I’m praying it does so – and with a fraud-proof, delay-proof margin of victory.
January 15, 2010 at 10:45 pm
WOW, I stumbled across you and started following you because I liked your postings, NEVER imagining you were former Dems, and having no clue you were gay – totally thought you were women oogling over him LOL. Now I’m even more into what you have to say. Hope you don’t mind that a heterosexual, female is a new fan? Rock on.
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