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January 19, 2010

Coakley Advisor's Memo on Likely Loss: Obama's Agenda Doomed Us
— Ace

Point fingers at us? Well, Mr. Fancypants, who saddled me with having to embrace a hard-left agenda?

Brown Capitalized on Concerns About National Democrats
Â— From the beginning, Brown labeled President Obama's health care and cap and trade plans as tax increases. Polling throughout the race showed this to be the most effective attack on Coakley.
Â— Coakley's lead dropped significantly after the Senate passed health care reform shortly before Christmas and after the Christmas Eve "bombing" incident. Polling showed significant concerns with the actions of Senator Nelson to hold out for a better deal. Senator Nelson's actions specifically hurt Coakley who was forced to backtrack on her opposition to the abortion restriction amendment.
Â— Democrats concerns with Obama's Afghanistan plan forced Coakley to oppose the Afghan war in the primary, which hurt her in the general.

And yet we'll be told all night this has nothing to do with Obama. (Except if she wins, in which case it has everything to do with Captain Wonderful.)

The White House shot back:

UPDATE: A White House official e-mails: "It's a little mind-boggling to see political consultants spin the election before the election is even over. There's only one reason to do that."

What dips, if you know what I mean, and I think you do.

Posted by: Ace at 12:10 PM | Comments (115)
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1 the knives are officially out at the WH

Posted by: s'moron at January 19, 2010 12:11 PM (p1s9n)

2 WH: "UPDATE: A White House official e-mails: "It's a little mind-boggling to see political consultants spin the election before the election is even over. There's only one reason to do that." Isn't that what the Axleturfers have been doing since Friday? Kettle, meet Pot. The gift that keeps on giving. This implosion is going to be epic.

Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 19, 2010 12:12 PM (qPu42)

3 This is "The Dip Heard Round' The World"!!!!

Posted by: FreakyBoy at January 19, 2010 12:12 PM (Q41Zh)

I think may actually have to give this dipping thing a shot. The pudding sounded smooth and this is getting exciting. Hot damn.

Posted by: California Red at January 19, 2010 12:13 PM (KYB3U)

Bus, wheels, Coakley.

Some small tools required for assembly.

Posted by: Vic at January 19, 2010 12:14 PM (QrA9E)

6 I see that today is schitzo day. 2 threads down is an Eeyore thread, yet all indications are that Coakley and the Dems know that they have lost.

Posted by: Luca Brasi at January 19, 2010 12:16 PM (YmPwQ)

7 If Brown wins tonight, I might even have to get in this dip action.

Posted by: enoxo at January 19, 2010 12:16 PM (eXWg4)

8 1 the knives are officially out at the WH

At least in the end, there will be only..

Damn, somebody didn't want me to break out the "c-word" today. I would have taken that somebody up on their offer to finance my '90s Skinemax pron addiction, but I won't.

Nobody has that kind of money. Not even me.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 19, 2010 12:16 PM (otlXg)

9 Hey 'rats, lay down for some dippin'. You'll get used to the salty taste.

Posted by: Teabagger at January 19, 2010 12:16 PM (vuNAy)

10 No premature ball dipping...none. The polls close at 8 pm, and then your sauce can get going. win...chocolate sauce. lose...tabasco. Face it, you'll want to cry like a little girl if Brown loses, so this will explain the tears to those you live with.

Posted by: ford at January 19, 2010 12:16 PM (Ki7fm)

11 Don't blame me, I was out getting coffee for Bill.

Posted by: Barry Obama at January 19, 2010 12:16 PM (Pq3ay)

12 dippity-do!!!!

Posted by: booter at January 19, 2010 12:17 PM (eimUK)

13 Everything President Feckless Disaster touches turns into a big steaming pile of shit.

Everything.

Posted by: s'moron at January 19, 2010 12:17 PM (p1s9n)

14 Don't knock teabagging unless you've tried it.

Posted by: Barney Frank at January 19, 2010 12:17 PM (Ki7fm)

I'm thinking a bottle of bubblebath and a bottle of chilled champagne.

I might even take a picture. (Not of the actual dipping process.)

Posted by: Zimriel at January 19, 2010 12:18 PM (9Sbz+)

16 Please, no. Just leave me out of this.

Posted by: Vat of Butterscotch at January 19, 2010 12:19 PM (cxGtL)

17 I have little question that the antics in congress in the last few weeks did her in. People are seriously pissed off at the arrogance and lack of respect for rules. They really are beginning to see these people as the tyrants that they are.

I seriously hope Obama does double down. The American people have neither the time nor the inclination to be mad all the time, and I worry they might lose the momentum that this righteous fury gives to the prospect of tossing some of these martinets out on their ass.

If Obama tones it down and goes more centrist, well that will be good for the country I suppose, but I don't want to see the jerk back in office.

Posted by: doug at January 19, 2010 12:19 PM (UpJts)

Hey, I tried the vodka, just for a warm-up. It doesn't burn at all. Or maybe I'm just tough that way. Only 80 proof though.

Gonna be quite a night.

Posted by: comatus at January 19, 2010 12:19 PM (/VEEI)

19 Barry's getting ready to go all Alinsky on us. It's the only thing he knows how to do.

Posted by: booter at January 19, 2010 12:19 PM (eimUK)

20 I am a litlle turned on by that whole story of hatchets and sex abuse Marsha was so fixated on a few years back... how big was the hatchet?

Posted by: Barney Frank at January 19, 2010 12:19 PM (Ki7fm)

21 This late in the day, hard to imagine the Coakley Camp doing the recriminations if the news from the field was good.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at January 19, 2010 12:20 PM (kEBiX)

22 People would rather eat a Gisele than a Martha:

"The Coakley burger used to be called the Gisele Bundchen burger, after Tom Brady's girlfriend," says Bartley. "It's strange: The Gisele used to actually sell but since the name change, no one seems to want a Martha."

Posted by: notropis at January 19, 2010 12:20 PM (lfQrB)

23 Dems are going all Donner Party.

Love it.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at January 19, 2010 12:21 PM (kEBiX)

24 Who the hell eats butterscotch?? Twisted individual there, how about homemade Texas beef jerky, the cowboys of yore lived on it.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 12:21 PM (YCvqc)

25
Coakley is full of shit. I first talked about this race back in early December. Here's what I said:

Up here in MA we have a senate race going on to fill Deady Kennedy's seat.

We have 4 (D)'s trying to out-moonbat each other in order to win the primary. One guy, Rep Capuano (D-Pelosi's Crotch), is running against Dick Cheney. I shit you not. Capuano has a tv ad saying he'll fight 'people like Dick Cheney' for you if you send him to the Senate.

But all 4 of them are running ads telling us how much they love abortions, taxes for the rich, ObamaCare, Cap & Trade, and more money to create 'green' jobs. I am living in the center of the Universe of Lies, as Rush calls it.

Posted by: a.k.a. at December 04, 2009 07:50 AM (z37MR)

Posted by: This is...it doesn't matter, just read it at January 19, 2010 12:21 PM (jVldi)

26 If these memos are real, then Coakley may be doomed. This kind of back-biting wouldn't be happening if there was still a chance in hell of Coakley pulling it out. If the Donks are already in CYA mode, it means that their internal polling is giving them some really gruesome news. Yeah, polls are still open for four more hours, lots can still happen, etc. It's still not a done deal, and maybe this stuff is all some deep maskirovka being played by the Democrats to suppress Republican turnout. But I don't think so -- the stench of desperation is on them.

Posted by: Monty at January 19, 2010 12:22 PM (4Pleu)

Jesus, if she didn't like the agenda she should have run against it!

Coakley just emailed the White House:

Why didn't you come to me like a fucking man and tell me not to believe in the things I believe in?

Posted by: Truman North at January 19, 2010 12:22 PM (e8YaH)

28 LOL...a martha burger!!!

Posted by: ford at January 19, 2010 12:22 PM (Ki7fm)

29 Thank goodness I get a night off.

Posted by: The Chicken at January 19, 2010 12:22 PM (i3AsK)

30 Why the globe thing? Is it meant to discorage the independents to stop and vote after work? If they think it is going to be ok, then they will just go home and maybe not vote.

Posted by: curious at January 19, 2010 12:23 PM (p302b)

31 Robert Gibbs asked if the White House is out of Touch

Posted by: newser at January 19, 2010 12:23 PM (OBUuM)

32 In Soviet Massachussetes, political liability throws you!

Posted by: Coakley Chokely at January 19, 2010 12:23 PM (qyKoF)

33 Spinning an election before it's over is mind-boggling? Remind me again who it was that claimed some gubernatorial race in a certain southern state was unwinnable for the (insufficiently kow-towing) Democrat candidate a few weeks ahead of the election.

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at January 19, 2010 12:23 PM (pZEar)

34 I am about to lose my cable so I'll sign off.

Posted by: Vic at January 19, 2010 12:24 PM (QrA9E)

Would there have even been an election if the Dems in Mass hadn't changed the Senate appointment rules back in 2004? I can't wait for a pundit to point out tonight that it was Teddy's meddling that setup the perfect storm. A sceond best case would be that there antics after Teddy's passing were somehow to blame. I just get the feeling they were gaming this seat so badly that they deserve to lose it. "It's the People's seat."

Posted by: California Red at January 19, 2010 12:24 PM (KYB3U)

36 OBAMA'S TRACK RECORD:

Stimulus - fail.
Unemployment - fail.
NJ - fail.
VA - fail.
Olympics - fail.
Copenhagen - fail.
MA - fail.

But it's NOT his fault.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at January 19, 2010 12:24 PM (kEBiX)

37 "The Coakley burger used to be called the Gisele Bundchen burger, after Tom Brady's girlfriend," says Bartley. "It's strange: The Gisele used to actually sell but since the name change, no one seems to want a Martha."

Just call it a Fur Burger, and I'll have a sack of 'em!

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at January 19, 2010 12:24 PM (wOGfT)

38
Coakley and all the (D)'s thought this would be a can o' corn, easy-peasy. They thought just by being Democrats and not Republicans was enough. They thought all they had to do was pander to the base and whoever comes out on top of the primary is automatically the new senator.

---------------------------------------

During one of the debates between the 4 (D)'s running for Senate in MA,one of them called Capuano 'the Sarah Palin of the Democrat party.'

This is where we are. We have (D) candidates thinking that just by invoking the name 'Sarah Palin' in some derogatory remark can score political points.
Posted by: a.k.a. at December 04, 2009 07:57 AM

Posted by: This is...it doesn't matter, just read it at January 19, 2010 12:25 PM (jVldi)

39 Why is everything with them a "show", all for "the show". There must be psychological reasons why the Globe did what they did and why these emails are coming out. It is trickery for some reason that we can't figure out.

Posted by: curious at January 19, 2010 12:25 PM (p302b)

40 It's me if you lose, jinxers.

Posted by: Habanero Sauce at January 19, 2010 12:26 PM (Xsi7M)

41 3 hours till polls close, but................

Those aren't the memos sent by an organization that thinks it's winning.

Posted by: Techie at January 19, 2010 12:26 PM (wVPwI)

Ahh...nice to see them blaming each other even before the voting is done.

Posted by: TheQuietman at January 19, 2010 12:26 PM (1Jaio)

43 I hope Coakley is better at laying the blame than she was a campaigning.

As good as Scott Brown is, I think we really must accept that he was lucky in his draw of an opponent here. What a total scrunt.

Posted by: The Chewbacca Defense at January 19, 2010 12:27 PM (YMZjg)

44 Posted by: This is...it doesn't matter, just read it at January 19, 2010 04:25 PM (jVldi)

I heard someone say somewhere that capuano warned coakley that she was in for a hell of a fight and she didn't believe him. (they said he had been all around the state and he said this to her when he lost)

Posted by: curious at January 19, 2010 12:27 PM (p302b)

45 Little bit of selling of Brwon on Intrade? Profit taking? Most likely since wasn't moving up much off 84%.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at January 19, 2010 12:27 PM (kEBiX)

26. Who the hell eats butterscotch

Eat?????!!!! Its for the ball dipping. Although, i would recommend Bosco, tastier for the wives and girlfriends to remove.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 19, 2010 12:28 PM (cniXs)

47 I think the health care vote did it. MA is already paying through the nose for its own mandatory health insurance. Why should they pay for ours and even extra shares for Nebraska and LA?

Dumb politics from their POV.

Posted by: PJ at January 19, 2010 12:28 PM (Qpxxz)

48 This is getting better and better.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at January 19, 2010 12:29 PM (ehLtp)

49
I think I caught a break this time. The democrats are fucking each other now.

Posted by: The Chicken at January 19, 2010 12:30 PM (2XJ8M)

50 Mr. loppyd is friends with a few cops in the next town over. Talked to one today. He predicts cops across the state will be voting Brown.

Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 12:30 PM (UJIeT)

51 I don't know whether to make popcorn or dip my balls in something.

If any ladies want to dip their analogous parts in caramel, I think I could solve this quandary.

Posted by: INCITEmarsh at January 19, 2010 12:30 PM (31oQh)

52 See, I told y'all to order dump trucks full of popcorn many months ago, and this is just the beginning.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 12:31 PM (YCvqc)

53 Speak for yourself. I feel like I'm being cooked alive out here!

Posted by: The Goose at January 19, 2010 12:31 PM (9Sbz+)

54 Posted by: INCITEmarsh at January 19, 2010 04:30 PM (31oQh)

Or you could go for a Gisele burger, once the name is changed back tomorrow.

Posted by: notropis at January 19, 2010 12:31 PM (lfQrB)

55 Most likely since wasn't moving up much off 84%.

I'd be selling Brown at 84 too. Why take a chance on fraud?

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 19, 2010 12:32 PM (2XJ8M)

This is "The Dip Heard Round' The World"!!!!

this is the Scott heard round the world!

Posted by: dananjcon at January 19, 2010 12:32 PM (pr+up)

57 Yes, I did say Obama was the last Kennedy brother. But I forgot to add that he's obviously adopted.

Posted by: Chrissy Mathews at January 19, 2010 12:34 PM (YCVBL)

58 I think this guy Brown could match up with Sarah as VP and win.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 12:35 PM (YCvqc)

59 Apres Coakley, le deluge!

Posted by: AmishDude at January 19, 2010 12:37 PM (T0NGe)

60 Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 04:35 PM (YCvqc)

Or vice-versa.

Posted by: notropis at January 19, 2010 12:37 PM (lfQrB)

this stuff is all some deep maskirovka -

Hi ya Monty. I'll bet with your education you knew that term long before I did. First time I saw it, Red Storm Rising. Great book if you go for Clancy's stuff.

Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 12:37 PM (QdUKm)

62 Kucinich on w/ Cavuto. Won't vote for Senate version of ObamaCare.

Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 12:37 PM (UJIeT)

63 I know all about how if Brown should lose by even 3 or 4 points, it is baaad news for the Dems, but if he doesn't win, I am going to be so damn disappointed. Mainly because three weeks ago, I would have laughed my ass off if someone had told me Brown would get within 15 points. But now, well, I want this guy to win so bad I even sent him money.

Posted by: mikeyslaw at January 19, 2010 12:38 PM (QMGr1)

64 62,

I'll buy that too.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 12:39 PM (YCvqc)

65 If any ladies want to dip their analogous parts in caramel, I think I could solve this quandary.

I'll volunteer to help clean them up.

Or you could go for a Gisele burger, once the name is changed back tomorrow.

Why not a Brown Burger? Oh, I see.

Posted by: CUS at January 19, 2010 12:39 PM (wOGfT)

66 Hey Bunny-hop, hope you are ok and tell M. hello for me.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 12:40 PM (YCvqc)

67 bebe, I like the way you think. But, what the sam hill is Bosco?

Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 12:40 PM (QdUKm)

68 Hey, Coakley:

Dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip
Mum mum mum mum mum mum
Get a job

Posted by: AmishDude at January 19, 2010 12:40 PM (T0NGe)

69 Kucinich on w/ Cavuto. Won't vote for Senate version of ObamaCare.

Posted by: loppyd

If this is true, then I doubt that there's any way that the House will ram the Senate version through.Why would they proceed if the Senate Dems won't support their own bill?

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 19, 2010 12:41 PM (R2fpr)

70 But, what the sam hill is Bosco?

Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 04:40 PM (QdUKm)

It's up 2 1/8 today.

Posted by: AmishDude at January 19, 2010 12:41 PM (T0NGe)

Is there really any way we should actually count this as a loss? I mean at the worst its a push. A seat held by a democrat is still held by a democrat. But even that should be considered a win. I think this a seat that the republican really has no business at all being in contention for, let alone winning. It really seems like this is a win no matter what as long as we take the proper lesson away from it. It tells us that no democrat is safe this year as long a we pick the right candidate to run. As long as they have a message that doesn't come off as democrat-lite. Brown doesn't come off as just a slightly less liberal version of Coakley.

Keep in mind that this year almost every seat should be in play and plan for that. Make that the gameplan and we'll likely have the upper hand since the DNC might not be planning on needing to spend money in every race since they probably have some thinking of there being safe havens.

Posted by: buzzion at January 19, 2010 12:41 PM (oVQFe)

Hey 'Nam.

I'm wound like a top. How's my favorite Texan?

Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 12:41 PM (UJIeT)

73 I'll bet with your education you knew that term long before I did. Actually, I first read the term in an old Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) paper of the Army War College way back in the late 1980's. That was when SDI was still big news, and some Air Force guys thought that the Russians would try to use electronic trickery to get the Americans to strike first, and then "retaliate". A year or two later I read Red Storm Rising and wondered if Larry Bond* had gotten his idea from that paper. Bond also incorporated some of the basic idea into the war-game Harpoon. *Larry Bond actually wrote most of Red Storm, not Clancy. But Clancy got cover credit because he was still coasting on the success of The Hunt for Red October.

Posted by: Monty at January 19, 2010 12:42 PM (4Pleu)

74 73,

Amen!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 12:42 PM (YCvqc)

75 Chrissy Matthews coming on soon. I hate Scott Brown. His actions have caused me to watch more MSNBC in this one day than I have in my whole life.

Posted by: Cheney's Power Mane at January 19, 2010 12:44 PM (qcgPU)

If this is true, then I doubt that there's any way that the House will ram the Senate version through.Why would they proceed if the Senate Dems won't support their own bill?

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 19, 2010 04:41 PM (R2fpr)

Could Queen Nancy be losing control of her kingdom?

Kucinich said he is against the mandate, the tax on cadillac plans, won't vote for a tax increase on his constituents.

Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 12:44 PM (UJIeT)

77 74,

Like a fine wine honey I get better everyday, very few libs to pick on here but when I find one I rail on them. Hahahaha

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 12:45 PM (YCvqc)

78 In Soviet Union, agenda is not doomed, agenda dooms you.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 19, 2010 12:46 PM (2XJ8M)

79 Well, when you've lost Dennis Kucinich, you've lost Janeane Garofalo.

Posted by: Chrissy Mathews at January 19, 2010 12:46 PM (YCVBL)

Happy to hear it 'Nam. I deal with the moonbats on a daily basis up here which makes this moment all the more enjoyable.

Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 12:47 PM (UJIeT)

81 82,

I'm jealous babydoll. Hahaha

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 12:48 PM (YCvqc)

82 I knew they had worked on it together. Any books of Larry's or other writers you'd reccommend? Need to find another author worth reading. Enjoy Clancy, Ludlum etc.

Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 12:49 PM (c459z)

83 Howie Carr talking about a guy from NY drove over 200 miles to work for Brown's campaign HQ in Holyoke. Bless his heart.

Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 12:50 PM (UJIeT)

84 20

Hey, I tried the vodka, just for a warm-up. It doesn't burn at all. Or maybe I'm just tough that way. Only 80 proof though.

Gonna be quite a night.

Posted by: comatus at January 19, 2010 04:19 PM (/VEEI)

Break out the Everclear and report back to us...

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent (M) at January 19, 2010 12:51 PM (Vu6sl)

85 Hey NG, did ya see my post #466 in the Brown edges Coakley thread?

Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 12:52 PM (c459z)

86 Damn. My laptop is dead on a day when I need it to make a living. But at least I'm consoled by borrowing a client's machine... and watching The Swimmer's legacy being dismantled, inch by watery, inebriated inch. I'm picturing a thousand teabags, stuffed down Keef's and Chrissy's throats.

Posted by: George Orwell at January 19, 2010 12:53 PM (LMfg6)

87 87,

You bet Bro', I hope he kicks that ass out of the state!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 12:53 PM (YCvqc)

88 teej, Bosco is the BEST chocolate syrup. bing it, buy it, put it on ice cream, dip your balls. mmmmmmm

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 19, 2010 12:54 PM (cniXs)

89 No, no. The one about you having a boat.

Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 12:54 PM (c459z)

90 teej: If you can find it (it's out of print), I highly recommend Eric L. Harry's Arc-Light. A very realistic and well-written account of a "limited" nuclear war between Russia and the United States. Stephen Hunter's Point of Impact is the ne plus ultra of sniper novels (ignore the shitty movie they made of it, though). (Pale Horse Coming is a wonderful (though rather silly) book as well.) Hunter lost some of his edge in later books, but Point of Impact is an absolute classic. Michael Shaara's novel The Killer Angels is probably the single best book about men and war that I've ever read. If you read no other "military fiction", read this. Vince Flynn's books are a fun read, too.

Posted by: Monty at January 19, 2010 12:54 PM (4Pleu)

The Farmer in the Dell new lyrics:

A dipping I will go

Fuck You, the Barry-O

A dipping I will go

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent (M) at January 19, 2010 12:55 PM (Vu6sl)

92 I see bebe. And lot's of you ladies do like the chocolate. I'm more of a strawberry jam and honey guy myself. Honey has the added advantage of taking longer to, umm, shall we say, get completely removed?

Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 12:56 PM (c459z)

93 91,

C'mon down I'll take you way out in the Gulf and cast for you bud.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 12:58 PM (YCvqc)

Just got off the phone w/ Brown HQ. Reports of voter fraud in Lawrence - the video posted by Ace earlier - photcopying absentee ballots. Also voters in Malden being told they can't run their ballot through the machine without stating who they voted for.

My assignment has been changed. Not to either of those towns, but my new destination is considered a high priority.

Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 12:58 PM (UJIeT)

95 " You see my fellow Nebraskans, all of your criticisms were unwarranted. My leadership helped kill this monstrosity. Feel free to acknowledge that I am totally smarter than your hick asses and re-elect me in 2012."

Posted by: Sen Ben Nelson (D-NE) at January 19, 2010 12:59 PM (qcgPU)

96 @92 - Wow. thanks for your work on that one Monty. I'll definitely check them out. I've said it before, I'll say it again. You. Are. The. Man. Well, you and NG.

Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 01:00 PM (c459z)

97 92,

Monty,

I'll look for The killer Angels, sounds interesting and right up my alley.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 01:01 PM (YCvqc)

98 voters in Malden being told they can't run their ballot through the machine without stating who they voted for.

Heads. Pikes. Some assembly required.

loppyd, thanks for keeping us informed.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 19, 2010 01:01 PM (mR7mk)

99 Also voters in Malden being told they can't run their ballot through the machine without stating who they voted for.

People didn't fall for that, did they?!

Posted by: Tami at January 19, 2010 01:01 PM (VuLos)

100 At 95 - You're on. But it's not so much the casting I won't be able to handle but the reeling them in. 'Course, if we don't bait the hooks we can just sit, have a beer and tell lies.

Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 01:02 PM (c459z)

101

voters in Malden being told they can't run their ballot through the machine without stating who they voted for.

Is the campaign getting people with video cameras out there? Are you tipping Andrew Breitbart in case all that speculation is true?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 19, 2010 01:04 PM (cniXs)

102 102,

I run a good boat my friend anything you want to do is fine, war stories are always good entertainment.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 01:05 PM (YCvqc)

103 104 Of that, I have no doubt.

Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 01:06 PM (c459z)

104 I wonder how many flaming skulls we will see tonight, tomorrow,....?

Posted by: always right at January 19, 2010 01:07 PM (7GfKM)

105 106,

DC won't have to light their street lights tonight from all the libtards heads blowing up!!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 01:09 PM (YCvqc)

106 I'll look for The killer Angels, sounds interesting and right up my alley. The movie "Gettysburg" was based on the book, and Jeff Shaara (Michael's son) has written several follow-up works. (Though none measure up to his dad's novel, in my eyes -- Jeff just doesn't have the lyrical ear for speech that his father did.) A sample, where Gen. Buford is waiting for the Rebels to come up Cashtown road: "Devin's eyes were wide. Buford turned. The modds were getting out of hand. He was no man for war councils, or teaching either, and no sense in brooding to junior officers -- but he saw it all with such mental brilliance: Meade will come in slowly, cautiously, new to command, wary of reputation. But they'll be on his back from Washington, wires hot with messages: attack, attack. So he will set up a ring around the hills and when Lee's all nicely dug in behind fat rocks Meade will finally attack, if he can coordinate the army, straight up the hillside, out in the open in that gorgeous field of fire, and we will attack valiantly and be butchered valiantly, and afterwards men will thump their chests and say what a brave charge it was. The vision was brutally clear: he had to wonder at the clarity of it. Few things in a soldier's life were so clear as this, so black-line etched that he could actually see the blue troops for one long bloody moment, going up the long slope to the stony top as if were already done and a memory already..." Seriously, read the book. It is purely beautiful.

Posted by: Monty at January 19, 2010 01:10 PM (4Pleu)

107 I guess that's kind of green, suck it eco assholes!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 01:10 PM (YCvqc)

108 teej, Larry Bond has a few Red Storm Rising type books out, also. Red Phoenix, which takes place in hypothetical Korea, Vortex, which takes place in South Africa (my favorite of his), and Cauldron, set in Europe. I liked all three of these. I haven't made it through Enemy Within, yet, it's about US domestic terrorism. The others I haven't read.

He's got good books, try them.

I also like the Stephen Coonts books. My dad, retired LTC Army, swears by all the WEB Griffin series. I haven't gotten into that, yet.

I'm still waiting for someone to make Clancy's Without Remorse into a movie. If they stuck by the book, that would kick ass.

Posted by: Jay in Ames at January 19, 2010 01:10 PM (UEEex)

109

Is the campaign getting people with video cameras out there? Are you tipping Andrew Breitbart in case all that speculation is true?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 19, 2010 05:04 PM (cniXs)

I don't know about video. I heard it on the radio then it was backed up by HQ.

Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 01:10 PM (UJIeT)

110 108,

TY so much Monty, I will.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 19, 2010 01:11 PM (YCvqc)

111

Michelle is on it:

6) Hearing from readers that voters in Malden were asked to identify who they were going to vote for before they were allowed to vote.

Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 01:13 PM (UJIeT)

112 FYI, Michael Shaara also wrote the book that one of my favorite baseball movies was based on, For Love of the Game.

Posted by: Jay in Ames at January 19, 2010 01:18 PM (UEEex)

113

Send it to Breitbart Loppyd. Just in case.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 19, 2010 01:19 PM (cniXs)

114

Thanks Jay, I'll check those out too. I think I have one of Coonts' books but it's been a long time. Mostly silver cover if I remember correctly. Hmmm, I'll have to pull that one out if I can find it.

Time to head out almost. Pick up girl scout cookies, and go floor coach a "neice" (good friend's daughter) in gymnastics.

Go get 'em Brown!!eleventy!!

And you morons be careful tonight. Get. Designated. Drivers. Don't want to lose any of you.

Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 01:19 PM (c459z)

115

Vince Flynn's books are a fun read, too.

Love me sum Mitch Rapp! Can't wait for the next one.

Posted by: Vic at January 19, 2010 01:54 PM (QrA9E)

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