Posted on 01/16/2010 11:18:05 AM PST by GQuagmire
Edited on 01/16/2010 12:39:34 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
I just witnessed a Coakley campaign stop.I was driving by and figured I'd see what her turnout would be. It was in Lynn, a blue collar city of 90,000 plus. It's a soon to be minority majority city. The event was at a popular diner in downtown. There were maybe 75+ people there, and 95% were, as I like to call them,"stagehands". Holding signs in the parking lot, and on the sidewalk. Most of the stagehands were kids 17-22 years old. And a few union types thrown in for good measure.
Before she arrived I was listening for car horns in support for her for about 10 min. Pretty quiet in my opinion. The teenage stagehands had to cajole a few times for a toot of the horn. Unless of course at the time they weren't texting which quite a few were doing instead of waving to the motorists which is what you're supposed to do.
When Coakley pulled up the stagehands did their duty and made some noise. She got out of the car which was directed where to go by some operatives and got out and did some gladhandling with the help. She met a couple of local hacks(one I know. He's a state rep. Nice guy but will tow the Dem line and will do whatever he's told).She proceeded in to the diner and I went on my way.
Other than the stagehands, no one else showed up.I'm not counting the half dozen union goons off to the side, looking bored and drinking coffee. People stopped to see what was going on, but after a minute or so, they went on their way.
On the way about a mile away I saw some Brown supporters at the Lynn/ Nahant rotary. More horns were heard including mine. The most encouraging thing that all 15 people were waving to the cars, and they all were the right age group. 30 to 50's. Taxpayers. None were being paid to be there. You can tell who is there because they want to be there and the ones who were told (or paid) to be there.
Thanks for the report. Was Coakley wearing a Yankees cap?
I bet she just dreaded going into that diner with the common people...she’s probably still washing her hands.
Good job, and not all that shameless ;-)
Hopefully no reporters were shoved to the ground in the making of this report.
Massa2shites / Neuvo Jersey whats a few miles between good dems? Little doubt they have recipical voter registration and are happy to help when called on.
“I live in Jersey and received a live phone call from a campaign worker in Massachusetts asking me to vote for Coakley.”
Ed Schultz did say Coakley needs to cheat.
“Reciprocal voter registration”, I love that.
Maybe she figures she has a better shot if she can deliver the Essex County vote?
ML/NJ
LOL, Chris, LOL
Doesn’t New York and Florida already have that? Am pretty sure they do.
Reciprocal voter registration, would be better than Acorn having to chase down Mickey Mouse and Goofy to sign Registration cards every four years.
It would not be a real democrat election stop without some union thugs thrown in the mix.
“Unless of course at the time they weren’t texting”
These young teens were propably texting their friends with something like this.
“Hey dude can u believe I’m getting $50 to hold this Coakley sign for an hour. PARTY TIME TONITE!!!!!
Find someone at the Massachusetts election board to report that to. Maybe make a joke about the reciprocal voter registration?
To tell you the truth I wouldn’t eat at Wendy’s either unless I wanted to end up on The Biggest Loser.
I live in PA and I received a phone call from Pat Boone asking me to vote for Coakley.
I just got up to Martha Coakley's campaign HQ to help her win Tuesday's crucial special election. I have to tell you -- this isn't like anything Massachusetts has ever seen.
It's happening right after the holidays, so a lot of people haven't even heard about it. Meanwhile, the same guys behind the Swift Boat ads are taking over the airwaves to distort Martha's record, and the same far-right tea-party crowd that's attacking President Obama is funding her opponent.
The stakes in this race are incredibly high. If we don't hold this seat, a right-wing Republican will hold Sen. Ted Kennedy's old seat until at least 2012 -- and we'll lose a crucial vote in the Senate for health reform and the agenda we fought so hard for last year.
That's why we're going all out in Massachusetts with a massive effort to lock up a Democratic victory. But we can only afford to keep this battle up against the far right through Election Day if folks like you chip in.
Please donate $5 or more to help us make Martha Coakley the next senator from Massachusetts.
Democratic ads are highlighting the key differences between Martha, a long-time public servant and one of the nation's best attorneys general, and her extreme Republican opponent who would walk in lockstep with Mitch McConnell and national GOP power brokers.
And our organizers are engaging volunteers by the thousands to make sure Obama voters make it back to the polls.
But we need your help to keep it going. Please donate $5 or more to the Democratic Party to support our work, including our efforts to elect Martha Coakley:
Let's win this,
Hari
Hari Sevugan
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Democratic National Committee
my unofficial Brown Vs Coakley sign count from my ride to work this morning 18 to 1
I counted 18 Brown signs and 1 Coakley sign,
and the ONLY COAKLEY SIGN was on the electricians union HQ in Boston
Hope that is a good sign and Brown wins by enough that they can’t cheat.
Hmm I wonder if the fact that I was driving to work on a saturday relates at all to my political ideology?
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