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Republicans are rare in Mass., despite having a GOP governor and Lt. Gov. Both senators and all 10 reps are Dims

Talk hosts like Howie Carr and John DePetro of WRKO helped this effort.

>>Sandwich, the only Cape town that voted for President Bush in 2004

>>By 7 p.m. the bill failed, 96 to 57.

This kind of activism via talk radio has worked in the past. The late Jerry Williams crusaded against a mandatory seat belt law, the placement of a prison in a town that didn't want it, Congressional pay hikes, etc. "Call your legislators" (this was before email) "and pressure them". He would frequently play the "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" clip from "Network" and he helped spread the word about Mike Dukakis in 1988.

1 posted on 01/14/2006 7:46:31 AM PST by raccoonradio
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Woo hoo! Cheers! Whistles! Fireworks!


2 posted on 01/14/2006 7:48:53 AM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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Libs can be such hypocrites. It's just fine and dandy when it's someone else's money they're giving away. But when it comes to shelling out their own money, all those high fallutin' principles go right out the door.
3 posted on 01/14/2006 7:50:55 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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Precedent!

Now if Kaleephornya will get its head out of its butt.....

4 posted on 01/14/2006 7:51:04 AM PST by stboz
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The RNC would do well to take note that these whack job laws supporting illegals cannot be passed, even in a socialist state. During the vote, the balconey and lobby had a horde of illegals demanding their "rights" to low tuition.


6 posted on 01/14/2006 7:55:22 AM PST by putupjob
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And the WRKO website (via Depetro and Carr pages) has the roll call vote so people can see how their reps voted. "Remember in Novemeber." (My rep, Mary Grant--a Dem., I believe, helped
to vote this unfair proposal down. yay!)


7 posted on 01/14/2006 7:58:03 AM PST by raccoonradio
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I don't even see why the taxpayer should be paying tuition for LEGAL aliens.


12 posted on 01/14/2006 8:11:49 AM PST by Brilliant
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Well God Bless him! I'll bet if you look closely enough at that picture of the Gipper in Perry's office, you will see the smile is just a little bit brighter.

Imagine if we got that kind of action out of the US House and Senate MAJORITIES we hold!

15 posted on 01/14/2006 8:27:05 AM PST by NonValueAdded (What ever happened to "Politics stops at the water's edge?")
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How can you be an in-State resident when you're in the State illegally? Massachusetts was able to figure this one out.


19 posted on 01/14/2006 9:34:55 AM PST by popdonnelly
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