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8:31 pm, 1/18/10
Massachusetts Democrats, watching the Martha Coakley trainwreck from front row seats, figure out who's really to blame.
Even in light of the ad misspelling Massachusetts, Coakley's claim that there are no terrorists in Afghanistan, her staffer apparently shoving a reporter to the ground, her claim that devout Catholics don't belong in the emergency room, her bizarre attack on Curt Schilling, and that insane mailer accusing her opponent of wanting to deny care to all rape victims (a particularly unwise choice considering that Coakley is known as having once refused to charge a powerful union boss's son then set him free without bail despite his having been arrested for literally raping a baby with a curling iron)?
Ed Schultz extolling the virtues of election fraud certainly didn't help, nor did the union members getting caught taking payoffs to show up carrying Coakley signs.
How about this site, put together by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, purporting to document "Brown's Lies", but which essentially amounts to complaints about two murky votes on women's health (Greyhawk: "Did they really think emphasizing Brown's opposition to forcing Nuns to perform abortions was a vote-getter for their side?"), the apparent dark secret that he is actually a Republican, and, incredibly, that he has supported a couple of tax and fee increases.
What mini-Machiavelli at the DSCC thought that might be the smoking gun that would turn the election around for them? Democrats accuse Scott Brown of raising taxes? That's not just the pot calling the kettle black, that's the pot hurling reprehensible racial epithets.
I mean, I'm just throwing this out there, but Martha Coakley and the Democratic Party may very well have a hand, however small, in her political demise.
For any mixed feelings anyone anywhere on the political spectrum might have about Brown, they shouldn't be mixed at all about Coakley. Putting aside ideology, on principle alone, her campaign deserves to go down in screaming flames.
Update: Representative Chris Van Hollen, Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, tries to defend Coakley and ends up putting his foot in the Chappaquiddick:
Is Coakley's race some kind of practical joke?
As audience members streamed out of Pres. Obama's rally on behalf of AG Martha Coakley (D) here tonight, the consensus was that the fault for Coakley's now-floundering MA SEN bid lies with one person -- George W. Bush.Really?
Even in light of the ad misspelling Massachusetts, Coakley's claim that there are no terrorists in Afghanistan, her staffer apparently shoving a reporter to the ground, her claim that devout Catholics don't belong in the emergency room, her bizarre attack on Curt Schilling, and that insane mailer accusing her opponent of wanting to deny care to all rape victims (a particularly unwise choice considering that Coakley is known as having once refused to charge a powerful union boss's son then set him free without bail despite his having been arrested for literally raping a baby with a curling iron)?
Ed Schultz extolling the virtues of election fraud certainly didn't help, nor did the union members getting caught taking payoffs to show up carrying Coakley signs.
How about this site, put together by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, purporting to document "Brown's Lies", but which essentially amounts to complaints about two murky votes on women's health (Greyhawk: "Did they really think emphasizing Brown's opposition to forcing Nuns to perform abortions was a vote-getter for their side?"), the apparent dark secret that he is actually a Republican, and, incredibly, that he has supported a couple of tax and fee increases.
What mini-Machiavelli at the DSCC thought that might be the smoking gun that would turn the election around for them? Democrats accuse Scott Brown of raising taxes? That's not just the pot calling the kettle black, that's the pot hurling reprehensible racial epithets.
I mean, I'm just throwing this out there, but Martha Coakley and the Democratic Party may very well have a hand, however small, in her political demise.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), speaking with a gaggle of reporters after the event, said that while state Sen. Scott Brown (R) offers voters a quick fix, in reality, the problems created by "George Bush and his cronies" are not so easily solved.You might even vote for someone like Barack Obama. Maybe that's why former Obama voters are defecting!
"If you think there's magic out there and things can be turned around overnight, then you would vote for someone who could promise you that, like Scott Brown," Kennedy said.
For any mixed feelings anyone anywhere on the political spectrum might have about Brown, they shouldn't be mixed at all about Coakley. Putting aside ideology, on principle alone, her campaign deserves to go down in screaming flames.
Update: Representative Chris Van Hollen, Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, tries to defend Coakley and ends up putting his foot in the Chappaquiddick:
"Why would you hand the keys to the car back to the same guys whose policies drove the economy into the ditch and then walked away from the scene of the accident?" Van Hollen said.Wait, who are we talking about here?
Is Coakley's race some kind of practical joke?
Dairenn Lombard at 10:17 AM, 1/19/10
In a sane world, their poll numbers would increase the moment everyone in her campaign just goes off the air, and stops having any public appearances or speeches. They're doing more damage to themselves than anything Brown could say or do.
But I am growing particularly weary of the excuse that Republican policies are what's wrong with the economy when they've had control of Congress and, therefore, fiscal policy for over three years. And, during that time, natural gas has been filling the room prior to the late-2008 spark that triggered the foreclosure tsunamis.
They're hoping that sheer rhetoric alone will be enough to undermine the credibility of Yale, the Wall Street Journal and basically every non-Democrat economist that has clearly identified the sub-prime market, propped up by the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac GSEs along with the Community Redevelopment Act (signed by Carter and expanded under Clinton) as the primary impetus for the wide-spread economic implosion. They're hoping (with a sad degree of accuracy) that enough pictures of Bush being compared to a monkey and a hick cowboy that steered our fiscal stability off of a cliff will be enough to offset the complete lack of credibility Democrats have on this issue.
We keep being told, every time Waxman, Pelosi, Rangel, Reid or Obama screws up that, well, Republicans have had 12 years and Bush had 8 years and now we're in a mess. But even if that were true, how does putting a pillow over the patient in ICU help? The reality is, however, this is the arsonist claiming to have been responsible for saving lives because they called 9-1-1 later. Until you find out they're the one who set the blaze, they can feign heroism.
In a sane world, their poll numbers would increase the moment everyone in her campaign just goes off the air, and stops having any public appearances or speeches. They're doing more damage to themselves than anything Brown could say or do.
But I am growing particularly weary of the excuse that Republican policies are what's wrong with the economy when they've had control of Congress and, therefore, fiscal policy for over three years. And, during that time, natural gas has been filling the room prior to the late-2008 spark that triggered the foreclosure tsunamis.
They're hoping that sheer rhetoric alone will be enough to undermine the credibility of Yale, the Wall Street Journal and basically every non-Democrat economist that has clearly identified the sub-prime market, propped up by the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac GSEs along with the Community Redevelopment Act (signed by Carter and expanded under Clinton) as the primary impetus for the wide-spread economic implosion. They're hoping (with a sad degree of accuracy) that enough pictures of Bush being compared to a monkey and a hick cowboy that steered our fiscal stability off of a cliff will be enough to offset the complete lack of credibility Democrats have on this issue.
We keep being told, every time Waxman, Pelosi, Rangel, Reid or Obama screws up that, well, Republicans have had 12 years and Bush had 8 years and now we're in a mess. But even if that were true, how does putting a pillow over the patient in ICU help? The reality is, however, this is the arsonist claiming to have been responsible for saving lives because they called 9-1-1 later. Until you find out they're the one who set the blaze, they can feign heroism.
at 11:20 PM, 1/19/10
I laughed tonight when I read the news that Coakley lost. The best part is the blow this is to the Democrats. First, they lost a seat held by a Kennedy until his death, next they lost it in a heavily democratic stronghold which was almost a guaranteed seat that they could always count on. They lost their Filibuster proof majority, which is great (no one party should have complete and total power) and this is a clear sign to the party that the voters are not happy with the direction the Democratic Party is heading towards and if the less of two evils is voting Republican, they'll do it. However, no matter how clear a sign can be, no matter how large it can be, members of the Democratic Party will completely miss it, continue the march they started once they took control of Congress and will not understand it when more and more seats end up in the control of the Republicans.
I laughed tonight when I read the news that Coakley lost. The best part is the blow this is to the Democrats. First, they lost a seat held by a Kennedy until his death, next they lost it in a heavily democratic stronghold which was almost a guaranteed seat that they could always count on. They lost their Filibuster proof majority, which is great (no one party should have complete and total power) and this is a clear sign to the party that the voters are not happy with the direction the Democratic Party is heading towards and if the less of two evils is voting Republican, they'll do it. However, no matter how clear a sign can be, no matter how large it can be, members of the Democratic Party will completely miss it, continue the march they started once they took control of Congress and will not understand it when more and more seats end up in the control of the Republicans.
Dairenn Lombard at 07:27 PM, 1/25/10
You're pretty much right. If the Democrats lose Congress this year, it'll be for the same reason the Republicans lost it in 2006. Overwhelming arrogance.
You're pretty much right. If the Democrats lose Congress this year, it'll be for the same reason the Republicans lost it in 2006. Overwhelming arrogance.
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