Posted on 01/15/2010 8:55:52 AM PST by goldstategop
A blogger for the liberal Blue Mass Group — which, we are assured, provides "reality-based commentary on politics and policy in Massachusetts" — appears to have internalized just how bad things are getting for Democrats in the Bay State. So in an attempt to rally the vote and save Ted Kennedy's seat, he is here with this rousing message (some adult language):
Let's get this out of the way. You might not want to vote for Martha Coakley. You might think she deserves what's she's getting after an absentee, self-satisfied campaign (why should I bail her out?). You likely want to send a message to everyone from the attorney general all the way to every Democratic official in Washington, DC. Odds are you didn't vote for her in the primary. And, you might be wondering if it'll make a difference who wins this Tuesday.
You got every reason to be pissed, but it needs to be clear: not voting for Coakley is the same as voting for Brown. And voting for Brown is a very, very bad thing.
Yes it sucks. Yes you have to vote Coakley. Pissed? Me, too. Not just because I supported Mike Capuano. I'm frankly pissed about Washington, DC. Things are going very wrong — President Obama was absent from the process as the public option was killed, and would rather tax public servants in the middle class with so-called "Cadillac health insurance" then ask the wealthy to pay their fair share. Health care reform is heading toward a route where more money comes from the middle class, with about half going to people who need health care, and half going to the insurance companies. Oh, and Guantanamo is still open while American soldiers walk the streets in Baghdad and Kabul. Remember Employee Free Choice? Meanwhile, Harry Reid races to catch Ben Nelson's and Joe Lieberman's farts on Capitol Hill.
(That laundry list of policy grumbles — from health-care opposition to the continuation of the war in Afghanistan — is otherwise known as "the prevailing public opinion" according to the latest Quinnipiac poll, but I digress.) Our liberal friend then warns of the wicked consequences of a Brown victory (essentially, a "smirking Jim DeMint") and an assures us progressives can find more constructive ways to express their dissatisfaction with Democrats in Washington (such as mounting a primary challenge against Barack Obama):
So suck it up and vote Coakley on Tuesday. If you stay home on Tuesday, and a smirking Jim DeMint puts his arm around Senator Brown next month, will you feel good about yourself? Will you take pride in your "message" when Tom Coburn assigns Scott Brown the task of maintaining the filibuster on any health care reform? When you see Scott Brown publicly wetting his pants over terrorists getting American justice, or the latest moron who fails in an inept plan to hurt our country, will you think "Yep, I'm the reason he's there to embarrass Massachusetts on the Senate floor."
I think some folks are already getting a message. The mortal scare the DC Dems are feeling this week about the voters of Massachusetts — Massachusetts! — considering walking away. They can read polls, and they realize what they've wrought. Maybe Reid, Nelson, heck even Obama needs a primary next time around, I don't know.
But nowhere on the ballot will be an option to send a message to DC. Your and my only choice is to send a Senator. And that Senator should be Martha Coakley.
With this kind of support for Coakely, who needs negative ads?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
This writer is a pig. And a smug, smarmy one at that.
Another whack-job attacking Hussein because he is not enough of a radical, America hating fascist and traitor.
The blogger, that is.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
Contrary to what Pat Robertson and Danny Glover think, I’m pretty sure the Haitian quake was caused by Teddy spinning in his grave.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
Their pain is only just beginning.
Gee, I have no idea how that feels.
Brown's big advantage in this campaign is in running against an arrogant idiot. Fortunately for us, the other 59 Dems in the senate fit that description perfectly.
Her enemies are those Dems who want that seat in 2012.
HCR is horrible. Everything is wrong. The Party has abandoned them.... but we got to vote for them anyway.
Its called:
Operation SHEEPLE
Thanks for the laugh GSG! I needed the uplift.
Thanks for the laugh GSG! I needed the uplift.
Thanks for the laugh GSG! I needed the uplift.
Damn dim dem.
Massachusetts, please save us from this ObamaNation and the Minnesota Mistake.
Do liberal Democrats ever feel “happy.” The most miserable people on earth.
Intrade has Coakely winning 54/44.7 today.
WAS 70.1/30 YESTERDAY
Yup - Dems should be worried.
Let me see if I got this right....The state that sent Ted Kennedy and John Kerry could be embarrassed by anybody else. Nobody would be worse than these two dopes.
That looks an awful lot like the pleas we were sending out as rationale to vote for McCain. Let’s hope it works as well for Coakley as it did for McCain.
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