1 Health Care Reform? Never heard of it...

2
ryhmes with jolly

3

Barney Frank?  Oh yeah, I've heard of him IYKWIMAITYD!

4 Who knew? I didn't think anyone other than D.C. pageboys would be interested in Barney Frank's seat.

5
If we could win just 3 more elections this year, I want them to be Reid's seat, Barney Frank's seat, and Chris Dodd's seat.

I would be very happy with that as consolation to not winning the big enchilada.

6 What did MA-4 look like during the recent election?

7 4 Who knew? I didn't think anyone other than D.C. pageboys would be interested in Barney Frank's seat.

Posted by: jakeman at January 21, 2010 11:20 AM (k/h/i)

I'm interested in Barney Frank's seat...

8 I'm pretty sure Scott Brown won Barney's district so watch out marble mouth.

9
THROW OUT THE CORRUPT-O-CRATS.

10 Dude looks like a turtle. Good thing Frank looks like a fat version of that Muppet, Beaker, because he ain't getting the engorged clitoral vote.

11
I think Brown won the district, but I'm not sure. I know Brown won Delahunt's district...big.

12 I can't wait to vote against that toad Reid this year.  If the local Repubs can get their act together, we could do away with him once and for all.

13 WSJ article by Henninger nails it today-people are sick of unions and giveaways and special interests. Mass has lots of them.

14 Crap. I never get in on the great Intrade deals.

15

I have seen Barney the Buttpirate (Not That There's Anything Wrong With That) Bolshevik's (there is something wrong with that) seat on a map. New Englanders: Could the Portagees (meant with affection) of New Bedford ever outvote the Commiecrats of Newton?

All I can say is that Bawney's elimination, along with Boxer's out where I live, would be like a Political Enema for both ends of the nation.

(I would dream of Nancy Pelosi's elimination, but it's San Fransicko, nothing sort of an atomic bomb would change that district)

16 Yesterday I heard Fox's Carl Cameron say that Brown won BF's congressional district.

17 My Congressman Delahunt was on Morning Joe yesterday looking scared shitless. Howie Carr said on WRKO that Brown won Barney's district.

18 Who knows, now that the "Kennedy seat" (gag) has gone Republican, anything can happen.
These Libs have spent years avoiding the big truth that nobody really likes Leftism when they see it in action. Now they've managed to put themselves in a position where they have to push losing ideas or risk losing their remaining base. I would not want to be them.
I wonder if after Tuesday night a few of them pissed their pants a little when they saw that the "machine" might not be up to the job anymore.

19 Is it possible that this could happen, that Barney Frank could lose his seat?   nah, he will gerrymander the district by fiat to make sure he gets his seat back.

20
Ed 'ice cream truck driver' Markey is my asshole congress critter.

Can you believe that shit? An asshole who was driving an ice cream truck before he was a representative is writing our energy/climate policy.

21

Will he go after Bwarney without mercy? Will he hit him on the prostitution scandal, on his boyfriend at fannie mae, on his stating " there's no problem"  when republicans tried to bring up fannie mae?

In the case of that POS, it MUST be done.

22 Heard this guy interviewed on Rick Roberts (San Diego radio) this morning....sounded more conservative than Scott Brown....

23 Barney Frank's seat.  If you though Ted Kennedy's seat was gross...

24

With the Supreme Court ruling in favor of corporate spending on campaign ads I expect to receive a lot of help with my seat from the makers of Anal-Eze. 

 

25 I had meant to blog on a few local races this morning but it's a complete pain in the ass because so few candidates put the district or seat they are running for on their home page.
Um, HELLO. Seriously, it's stupid-difficult to find specific information on other states' races without spending too much time researching and googling around for nuggets of basic frickin' knowledge.

Something should be done about that.

26 Barney Frank's seat.  If you though Ted Kennedy's seat was gross...

Posted by: Crusty at January 21, 2010 11:29 AM (GvSpB)

The double entendres keep on coming...

27 I have a feeling Barney Frank is a beloved mascot in those parts of MA. This seems like a gamble.

28 21

Mine was Jim "Castro is a personal hero" McGovern when I was in Worcester. Hard to say who's worse.

29 But the GOP can still take Chris Dodd's seat.

30 I believe Coakley won BF's district by 200 votes.

31

With the Supreme Court ruling in favor of corporate spending on campaign ads I expect to receive a lot of help with my seat from the makers of Anal-Eze. 

 Given the late heiress of Johnson and Johnson (makers of KY), sadly, this may not be such a joke.

32 Fun fact: Coakley carried Barney Frank's district Tuesday by only 200 votes.

33

Fun fact: Coakley carried Barney Frank's district Tuesday by only 200 votes.

See #16 and #17 above. Who is correct?

34 Now that would be real justice; Bwarney turned out on his ass.

35 I wonder if after Tuesday night a few of them pissed their pants a little when they saw that the "machine" might not be up to the job anymore.

There's nothing wrong with The Machine. This race snuck up on them so fast they didn't have time to mobilize it. Remember, Coakley was 30 points up the month before. The Machine costs money to run. You don't activate it if you think you're going to walk away with the prize all easy like.

That was part of the genius of the RNC keeping their money transfer to Brown quiet and unpublicized. Sneaky sneaky, don't wake the machine.

36

Fun fact: Coakley carried Barney Frank's district Tuesday by only 200 votes.

See #16 and #17 above. Who is correct?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 21, 2010 11:38 AM (ujg0T)

 

Instapundit interviewed Barone Wednesday, who stated Coakley won by 200, and I trust Barone's numbers over anyone's.  The point is, if she only won by 200, Frank can be taken down.

37

Instapundit interviewed Barone Wednesday, who stated Coakley won by 200, and I trust Barone's numbers over anyone's.  The point is, if she only won by 200, Frank can be taken down.

I hate to be a downer, but if the Commiecrat vote fraud machine described in #35 above was caught off guard this time around, it will be even more difficult in November.

38 I thought the "smartypants reporter was a "friendly". He asked whether or not Sholley would use that now famous YouTube moment where Barney Frank admits that the public option is the best way to get to single payer. That was a great question.

39 Quick!  We need to pass the Sufferin' Succotash bill before it's too late!

40

Maybe every republican candidate should provide a link on their website to this new "Change We Did Not Expect" video.

Americans have had enough.

America Rising.  http://tinyurl.com/ybk4qxx

41
Instapundit interviewed Barone Wednesday, who stated Coakley won by 200, and I trust Barone's numbers over anyone's.  The point is, if she only won by 200, Frank can be taken down.

I'll accept Barone's numbers as well.However I know for a fact that Coakley got smoked in Delahunt's district.

42 My first reaction was "No f'in way." After Tuesday, though, I've come to believe that anything is possible in the current political climate

43

Again, a great change to force the Dems into a rearguard action [rimshot].

I bet for every $100 the GOP and donors spend on challenging Frank on his turf, the libs spend $150 --at bare minimum.

44 I'd say in some ways the machine is anything but fine. Union members, teachers, cops, even SEIU folks simply refused to be the foot soldiers this time around. Without TK himself as a sort of Godhead, everyone's scrambling for themselves. MA actually has no real political leader. Kerry and Patrick are both barely tolerated, and Frank just gets by on his looks (I guess). They may regroup and come up with a credible comeback candidate in 2012, but that'll take a lot of fence-mending and compromise. These people don't do either very well.

45 O/T:  just got a call from a very insistent tele marketer.  In trying to get her off the phone I said "we've already heard from plenty of idiots like you and we have reeatedly said we don't want blah blah and we are on the do not call list"  and she replied "well I am not an idiot, I have a master's degree and we are allowed to call you because you have stayed with us"  And I said "do not call means jsut that "do not call" and now uless we say a nice goodbye we will end with a hang up" and you know what she did?   She cussed me out.   So no, we won't be staying at hilton anytime soon and you can thank your lovely master's degree telemarketer for that one.

46 "21
Ed 'ice cream truck driver' Markey is my asshole congress critter.

Can you believe that shit? An asshole who was driving an ice cream truck before he was a representative is writing our energy/climate policy.

Posted by: This is boner at January 21, 2010 11:29 AM (UUkhk)"

"Can you believe that shit? An asshole who was driving an ice cream truck before he was a representative is allowing the lobbyists and special interests to write our energy/climate policy."

ah, that sounds better

47

Again, a great change to force the Dems into a rearguard action [rimshot].

Speaking of great metaphors, I am reminded of Ace's post about the need to strengthen and reform the RNC and in opposition to the idea that the Tea Parties *themselves* can work without a Party apparatus.

Think of it this way: The Tea Party movement is like a gallon of Castile soapy warm water. A good GOP apparatus is like a well lubricated tube. Shove it up the body politic, and massage the colon of the body politic a bit, and all the turds like Barney Frank and Barbara Boxer will be annilhated or at lease loosened up enough to flush out of the body politic, leaving a healthier and less impacted government.

It is a Political High Colonic Irrigation.

48

Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 21, 2010 12:09 PM (ujg0T)

--Probably an apt metaphor, but not what I wanted to read heading off to class!

49 And the GOP itself is the bag, of course.

50

Regarding the rude telemarketer referenced above, I've been noticing that more of them (telemarketers) have been slightly more on the ball and articulate than in the past.  Used to be that whatever speech they had to deliver came out in one looong bored-sounding monotone  (HelloWouldYouBuyMyStuffCauseIhaveToMake600CallsToday)

I assumed it was because those higher up the job chain had taken the phone center jobs.  Maybe the Obama-Pelosi-Reid economy is starting to fray the nerves of the overqualified who are now making those calls, maybe they don't like hearing No! I can't afford it! Go Away! 600 times a day?

OT but I'm starting to get telemarketing calls on my cell phone which really ticks me off, I have to pay for those minutes!!

 

 

51

Curious, Boots

I would have pointed out to the telemarketer that that degree ain't workin out to well. As far as calls on my cell phone, if I don't know the number, I don't answer. They can leave a message. If I need to talk them I will call them back.

52 At least you can understand what Sholly is saying when he speaks. Where'd he get that flat, Midwestern sound? Not in Mass.

That friggin Frank sounds like he's got Obama's nutsack tucked in his damn mouth. That speech improvement has to be worth 5points at least.

53

Chuckle of the morning:

“Politicos are snickering at the plight of Sen. Charles Schumer, who holds more press conferences than any other lawmaker but can’t seem to connect with the public. His book, “Positively American,” released in 2007, sold 9,000 copies in hardcover and fewer than 1,000 in paperback..."

Palin has 1.2 mil Facebook fans, versus Chucky's 4,225 fans.  I'd guess a lot of them were told to sign up, versus Palin's fans who wanted to sign up.

According to Wiki, Palin had sold 2.7 mil copies of her book by December 1, or 15 days after it was released.

Some interesting sales comparisions, from texas4palin bog, December 1:

The print run for "Going Rogue" has been increased again, to 2.8 million copies.

From doing Google searches (reliability questionable):

Hillary Cinton's "Lving History" (2002) had a total print run of 1.7 million.

Bill Clinton's "My Life" (2004), total sales to date estimated at 2.25 million.

Mark Levin's great "Liberty and Tyranny" is now over 1.1 million sold.

However, the best selling "political" non fiction book was Rush Limbaugh's "See I Told You So" (1993) which sold over 2.5 million hard cover copies. Adjusting for US population growth since then, Sarah would have to sell over 3.1 million copies to beat Rush's record.

Limbaugh followed this up with "The Way Things Ought To Be" in 1994 which sold 2.0 million hard cover copies. It's doubtful if anyone will ever be able to match this success.

54
19 curious

Is it possible that this could happen, that Barney Frank could lose his seat? 

That's his second favorite organ!

55 6 What did MA-4 look like during the recent election?

Posted by: NYCcon

3/4s of it went for Brown by margins of ten points or better.

56 Hey Boots,

Regarding telemarketer calls, register at donotcall.gov.....

57 Barney Frank is probably the biggest asshole in the House, and that's a lot of competition.  He's immensely corrupt, the most obnoxious loudmouth I've ever heard and a bald-faced liar.  I don't care who replaces him and how liberal he is.

Charles Schumer is almost as bad.

58 57 AmishDude

Frank's a living contradiction-- always filibustering on and on about how no one ever lets him talk. I have to turn off the sound now everytime he shows up on TV...

59
If the R's want to win - they need to keep it simple.

-Lower taxes.

60

I was too focused on the current race.

The race to get a pudding shot with Hannah Giles, Ace?

61 A solid FACTS campaign would destroy Frank.

That liar is on several recordings explaining how awesome Freddie and Fannie were doing when Republicans warned him of this disaster.

The same thing with the pecker head, Dodd.


Folks, we can do this!  NPR's Bob Oaks (WBUR) in Boston here was asking Barney Frank if he was absolutely going to run and you could HEAR the fear in his voice after Browns Senate victory.

Several callers also claimed that they disliked Coakley venomous campaign.

 

62 Ok, so who's running against Granny Mcbotoxrictus

63 Last election, Sholley got started late. But, even with the late start he got almost 30% of the vote. Not to bad for a guy wit no campaign staff, doing it all on his own. We have to get Sholley in this time. Frank needs to go.

64

My Fox Boston has an informal poll and so far Barney is "leading" by a wide margin on a list of MA politicians who should be voted out of office next.

http://www.myfoxboston.com