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Red army galvanizing in our bluest towns
www.bostonherald.com ^ | Sunday, February 14, 2010 | Jessica Fargen

Posted on 02/13/2010 9:56:28 PM PST by GOPsterinMA

The state’s loneliest Republicans - those who languish in the navy blue regions from Northampton to Nantucket - are shaking off their years-long malaise and rebuilding a political machine in the land of Birkenstocks and Priuses.

“People are coming out of the woodwork saying, ‘We’ve been Republicans in hiding and now we want to be out and help,’ ” said Jeffrey Hopkins, chairman of the City Republican Committee in the old Democratic union stronghold of Fall River.

In the wake of Scott Brown’s victory in his Senate campaign versus Martha Coakley, a surge in interest in the GOP has come from longtime Republicans, independents, Tea Party activists and even Democrats, dazzling many organizers.

“It was not a team that anybody wanted to join,” said Larry Giunta, 41, chairman of Newburyport Republican City Committee, which grew from zero members to 60 in one year, thanks to organization and Brown’s win. “The days of meeting in the basement of your local library and having two or three people show up are over.”

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TOPICS: Massachusetts; Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: grassroots; massachusetts; redstatebluestate; republican
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To: Clintonfatigued
Before the Soviets, the Redcoats were coming.

-PJ

21 posted on 02/14/2010 11:57:50 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Frankly, they ought to be told, because they need it drilled into them precisely what the left thinks of REAL patriotic Americans.


22 posted on 02/15/2010 12:10:00 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Urban Dictionary

http://www.urbandictionary.com/


23 posted on 02/15/2010 12:12:36 AM PST by deks
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To: Political Junkie Too

Stripes are one thing, but the color red as a solid background has been the trademark of the most evil leftist ideologies of the past century. The Red Soviet Flag, the Red Nazi Flag, Red China, and so on. As a political color, and to be associated with the evil it has been attached to, I find disgusting.


24 posted on 02/15/2010 12:13:41 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Mears
Northampton? Good Lord.

They say the Subaru Forrester sells well there.

25 posted on 02/15/2010 12:20:46 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: Clintonfatigued

Its the Boston Herald. Our side. The paper is having some fun. It knows the headline “Red Army Galvanizing” will tweak liberals but good.


26 posted on 02/15/2010 12:27:08 AM PST by Brugmansian
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To: GOPsterinMA

There are now 5 Republicans registered to run against our Congressman, Jim McGovern! I don’t know anything about any one of them, but I’m sure gonna learn. I would LOVE to see that smug McGovern defeated.


27 posted on 02/15/2010 9:57:47 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ
Nice!!! McGovern is a complete leftist and needs to be bounced.

It was disappointing that Worcester went big for Coakley against Scott Brown though. I volunteered at the Worcester office and felt Scott was going to win there. But, that was the only city/town that Coakley won in Worcester Country, IIRC, so that was good.

28 posted on 02/15/2010 10:04:25 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (Camelot sleeps with the fishes!)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Worcester is lousy with Union folks, so it’s not surprising Martha won there.


29 posted on 02/16/2010 10:02:10 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: GOPsterinMA; Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj

Missed this ping.

This is the most infuriating use of “red” for Republican yet.

ACORN should be the ones called the Red Army.


30 posted on 02/17/2010 1:19:38 AM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
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To: SuziQ

Right!


31 posted on 02/17/2010 5:35:31 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (Camelot sleeps with the fishes!)
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