January 14, 2010
— Gabriel Malor
I repeat: what the HELL is going on in this woman's head?
This was on WBSM 1420AM in New Bedford. Audio is here. This part is at 9:30ish:
Ken Pittman: Right, if you are a Catholic, and believe what the Pope teaches that any form of birth control is a sin. ah you don't want to do that.Martha Coakley: No we have a seperation of church and state Ken, lets be clear.
Ken Pittman: In the emergency room you still have your religious freedom.
Martha Coakley: (...stammering) The law says that people are allowed to have that. You can have religious freedom but you probably shouldn't work in the emergency room.
She knows that there are Catholics in Massachusetts, right? And other religious folks? And folks who may not be religious, but respect those that are? Eeesh.
Massachusetts is the second-most Catholic state. As of 2007 (latest year I could find data (DOC)) Massachusetts had eight Catholic hospitals, sixteen Catholic nursing facilities, and nineteen Catholic-sponsored organizations including hospice, home health, assisted living, and senior housing.
Coakley is an idiot.
Wait, Wait, Wait a Minute [ace]: In Catholic Massachusetts, a woman running for office just said that Catholics shouldn't work in emergency rooms?
Theory: The Democrats realize health care is an almost no-win proposition. They only way to escape damage is to lose their supermajority in the Senate so they can say "We can't pass it."
Has Martha Coakley done anything to undermine that theory?
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Also, between this and that story on Big Journalism about her role in Fr. Geoghan's parole back in 1995, if Coakley loses, she may reach Creigh Deeds' level of FAIL (though maybe not the gap in poll results).
Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at January 14, 2010 04:58 PM (cDS2t)
Posted by: The Danbury Baptists at January 14, 2010 04:58 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2010 05:01 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Filly at January 14, 2010 05:01 PM (IcZ0b)
Posted by: OokOok at January 14, 2010 08:58 PM (dQdrY)
A 4-letter word that'll get you banninated?
Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at January 14, 2010 05:01 PM (cDS2t)
Posted by: alexthechick at January 14, 2010 05:02 PM (zDOQT)
Posted by: Frank G at January 14, 2010 05:02 PM (I+To0)
Posted by: nyc redneck at January 14, 2010 05:04 PM (EtrGh)
Posted by: tachyonshuggy at January 14, 2010 05:04 PM (YRjsF)
Posted by: TEE866 at January 14, 2010 05:04 PM (penrP)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 14, 2010 05:04 PM (n0EP6)
Posted by: GarandFan at January 14, 2010 05:04 PM (ZQBnQ)
Posted by: Athur at January 14, 2010 05:05 PM (w41GQ)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 14, 2010 05:05 PM (n0EP6)
Why does this woman hate minorities and want them to die rather than receive medical care from someone who is Catholic?
/like that twisted leap of logic? Almost... liberal, wasn't it?
Posted by: shibumi at January 14, 2010 05:05 PM (OKZrE)
At least, I don't know any, so there can't be more than a dozen or so.
Posted by: Martha F'n COAKLEY!! at January 14, 2010 05:05 PM (92zkk)
Posted by: RightWingProf at January 14, 2010 05:06 PM (UOcNk)
Posted by: Martha C at January 14, 2010 05:06 PM (9Wv2j)
So Catholics have un-protected sex in the emergency room???
I am going!
fixed- and please show some respect!
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2010 05:06 PM (q2FA3)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 14, 2010 05:06 PM (n0EP6)
Posted by: Dell at January 14, 2010 05:07 PM (zlXS5)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2010 05:07 PM (9Lm5R)
This broad pulls about 30 inches of vacuum between her ears. If you're walking in the same ruin with her, you better keep your zipper tight, or she's likely to suck your cock up like an Airport Sized Hoover.
Can you say "Industrial Strength Airhead?"
Posted by: Corncob Supporter at January 14, 2010 05:07 PM (ktYjH)
Martha Coakley: (...stammering) The law says that people are allowed to have that.
That's an odd way of saying that freedom of religion is a right. We are "allowed" to have that right? Gee, thanks.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 14, 2010 05:07 PM (A46hP)
Posted by: TEE866 at January 14, 2010 05:07 PM (penrP)
Posted by: nyc redneck at January 14, 2010 09:04 PM (EtrGh)
And yet she was AG and won the primary. Think on that.
Posted by: OokOok at January 14, 2010 05:07 PM (dQdrY)
She's quickly approaching "bitter clingers" territory.
Posted by: Techie at January 14, 2010 05:07 PM (zbH+i)
Posted by: OregonMuse at January 14, 2010 05:07 PM (I3PoI)
WTF?
This is the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts?
Where did she get her law degree? Boston Communtiy College?
If these people elect her, they desire to drive as bad as they do and have the worst weather in the nation.
Posted by: Kemp at January 14, 2010 05:07 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: madamex at January 14, 2010 05:08 PM (PYfqs)
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2010 05:08 PM (q2FA3)
um, is this Coakley woman even from Mass.?? Who is she going to insult next? Red Sox fans?
Kennedys? (hee hee, that I would love to see!)
Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-democrat at January 14, 2010 05:08 PM (ACkhT)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 14, 2010 05:08 PM (MCHyX)
Posted by: logprof at January 14, 2010 09:04 PM (gJL6J)
Speaking of the 'Cuda: Cheech and Chong want to get high with her
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b+/tard at January 14, 2010 05:08 PM (IoUF1)
Posted by: huerfano at January 14, 2010 05:08 PM (kJLH9)
So Catholics have un-protected sex in the emergency room???
I am going!
fixed- and please show some respect!
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2010 09:06 PM (q2FA3)
I think it is time for Big Billy to go on the campaign trail...right little Billy?
Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 14, 2010 05:09 PM (bgcml)
You know, not really all that Catholic at all.
Posted by: Kensington at January 14, 2010 05:09 PM (LIH4p)
Posted by: Patty at January 14, 2010 05:09 PM (ugkFY)
24 What's the big deal? The good people of Massachusettes sent a murderer back to Washington for 40 years. This is nothing.
Point well taken
Posted by: Mary Jo at January 14, 2010 05:09 PM (2+9Yx)
Remember when I said in the other thread that I really was praying that Coakley would make another embarrassing gaffe? That that's what Brown really needed to get him over the top, some more missteps to play on?
THANK YOU EVER SO FUCKING MUCH MS. COAKLEY YOU TRULY ARE THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 14, 2010 05:10 PM (GhUHn)
You can have women's lib, but you probably don't want them working near my cock.
Posted by: John Edwards at January 14, 2010 05:10 PM (ej0Vm)
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2010 09:08 PM (q2FA3)
--He's not; I usually just like his panel. But if Sarah's on . . .
Posted by: logprof at January 14, 2010 05:10 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: CDR M at January 14, 2010 05:10 PM (F9LAD)
That's an odd way of saying that freedom of religion is a right. We are "allowed" to have that right? Gee, thanks.
Posted by: progressoverpeaceNot for those on the Left who think the Constitution was merely the wrapping paper for the Big Box of Government Goodies™
Posted by: Iskandar at January 14, 2010 05:11 PM (doEqS)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2010 05:11 PM (9Lm5R)
Quick: Somebody get this woman another microphone!
It is a rare skill to make Biden look smart by comparison. Stand up, Chuck Graham Coakley.
Posted by: In Exile at January 14, 2010 05:11 PM (Dw6L6)
Posted by: nyc redneck at January 14, 2010 05:12 PM (EtrGh)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2010 09:07 PM (9Lm5R)
Did anyone else have any questions?
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:12 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner At Large at January 14, 2010 05:12 PM (erIg9)
Posted by: Intrepid at January 14, 2010 05:12 PM (92zkk)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at January 14, 2010 05:12 PM (qkob/)
Posted by: Techie at January 14, 2010 05:12 PM (zbH+i)
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 14, 2010 05:12 PM (EOwjr)
Sean VHannity is the only person around who says "I" as much as Barry Obama.
Posted by: huerfano at January 14, 2010 05:13 PM (kJLH9)
Even ACORN has to be having second thoughts about cheating for this bint. Right? Right?
I can't be that hopeful.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at January 14, 2010 05:14 PM (qkob/)
Posted by: Concerned Conservative Catholic from Massachussettess at January 14, 2010 05:15 PM (ugkFY)
Insulted Red Sox fans - check
Insult the Catholics - check
What's next?
Did you hear the joke about two oversexed Micks in bar?
Posted by: Mr. Peabody at January 14, 2010 05:15 PM (gxVc6)
Posted by: Wayne Brady at January 14, 2010 05:16 PM (n0EP6)
You can keep your Catholics in the neighborhood, you are just not allowed to feed them.
Posted by: Lenin at January 14, 2010 05:16 PM (ej0Vm)
HEY!
Watch that mouth! Don't make me come over there!
Posted by: Refrigerator Bulb at January 14, 2010 05:17 PM (GF+6V)
Funny how history changes on a single sentence. The great state of Texas had good 'ole boy Clayton Williams make that now infamous statement. Overnight, his insurmountable lead over Democrat Ann Richards evaporated and she won in a landslide. You wouldn't know it from listening to the Dems but was NOT the "popular" governor from Texas. She was a one-term governor who was spanked by GW in the next election. Without Clayton Williams, Al Gore may have become our insane president since W would not have been Texas governor in time to be the 2000 RNC nomination.
So... rock on Coakley. You know you have one more really batshit insane remark in you.
Posted by: slug at January 14, 2010 05:17 PM (XhdPh)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:17 PM (n6iqK)
Posted by: steevy at January 14, 2010 05:17 PM (LkjK/)
Posted by: turfmann at January 14, 2010 05:17 PM (SgGTT)
Okay, now back to the regularly scheduled Martha-bashing.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 14, 2010 05:18 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Smartha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:19 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: Tipsy McStagger, somewhere down in Texas at January 14, 2010 05:19 PM (HuUB9)
60 Where did she get her law degree?
I think I found it....
http://tinyurl.com/495lhh
***********
Who's the guy on the right? John Wayne Gacy???
Posted by: effinayright at January 14, 2010 05:19 PM (lQRmV)
Posted by: Martha F'n Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:19 PM (92zkk)
Posted by: evil midnight bomber what bombs at midnight at January 14, 2010 05:20 PM (hCQG5)
Posted by: Helene McCready at January 14, 2010 05:20 PM (WHpnp)
Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner At Large
Berkelium, perhaps? And hopefully with the same half-life.
Posted by: Iskandar at January 14, 2010 05:21 PM (doEqS)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:21 PM (EOwjr)
Posted by: Smartha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:21 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:22 PM (ugkFY)
The rank-and-file Catholic Democrat voters in Boston aren't constituents, or even people, to Coakley. They're obedient vote-drones and their opinions aren't important to her.
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 14, 2010 05:22 PM (hcLgF)
Hey, you know what a dirty mick calls a seven course meal?
A six pack of beer and a potato!
HEY-O!
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:22 PM (dHnpT)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:23 PM (ugkFY)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:23 PM (WHpnp)
I also think that the Papists running the hospitals employ other papists who happen to be drunken micks.
I just wanted to get that out there.
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:23 PM (P33XN)
Funny/Sad thing is that the run of the mill Democrat voters think they are being governed by their betters.
Posted by: Dave C at January 14, 2010 09:21 PM (qmecx)
The truth is that men are tired of liberty
Posted by: Benito Mussolini at January 14, 2010 05:24 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:25 PM (zbH+i)
Too much popery going on in Bawston.
I love the BankNorth Garden. I was praying for the Garden to get tawn down.
Posted by: Smartha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:26 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:26 PM (WHpnp)
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 14, 2010 05:26 PM (qwK3S)
Posted by: Knaws at January 14, 2010 05:26 PM (ej0Vm)
107 Isn't it duck season yet?!!?!!!
Until the end of January in NC!
Chickens have no season, we just keep fucking them!
Posted by: Kemp at January 14, 2010 05:26 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:26 PM (9Wv2j)
Okay. What Martha Coakley said was of course incredibly stupid. But I'm going to risk the wrath of Moron Nation here and say that she does have a point. If you believe abortion is immoral, then you should not work at a place where you might be called upon to perform abortions. It is still not justified to coerce Catholic (or any) hospitals to perform abortions, of course. But if your particular hospital is one in which management has decided abortions may be provided, then a conscientious objector should find another hospital at which to practice.
I like to think that the difference between this moronblog here and other outposts of pure partisan hackishness (whether left or right) is that most of us can actually acknowledge the merits of a logical argument like yours. I actually think you're right. But the sweet thing is that this is not the argument that Coakley made, so I don't feel too conflicted in hammering her. People don't show up to the emergency room for abortions, they go to the abortion clinic. Taken literally, Coakley sounds like a complete utter fucking moron: strong religious believers need not apply for jobs in lifesaving medicine!
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 14, 2010 05:27 PM (GhUHn)
Posted by: Marie at January 14, 2010 05:27 PM (GuTKr)
Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner At Large at January 14, 2010 05:27 PM (erIg9)
I used to have a girlfriend from MassachusettEs, and I keep reading these and hearing her voice. She had that strong Boston accent.
Cracking my ass up.
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:28 PM (EOwjr)
Posted by: moonbatkiller at January 14, 2010 05:28 PM (DY83Y)
Posted by: maddogg at January 14, 2010 05:28 PM (ZKz62)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 14, 2010 05:28 PM (DIYmd)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:29 PM (n6iqK)
Posted by: dead wino at January 14, 2010 05:29 PM (WHpnp)
Posted by: Martha Coakly at January 14, 2010 05:29 PM (XIXhw)
O/T: Starting to think there might be a downside for Palin at Fox. Overexposure. Hope she dosen't get annoying.
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:29 PM (EOwjr)
Who the fuck thought it a bright idea to make the film Good Will Hunting and set the whole mess in fawking Boston? Who would think that?
Wait...what? Is this mic on?
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:29 PM (P33XN)
Now, if Coakley intends for emergency rooms to become drop-in abortion centers, it's not just Catholics who are going to have trouble with it . . .
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 14, 2010 05:30 PM (hcLgF)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 14, 2010 05:30 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: moonbatkiller at January 14, 2010 09:28 PM (DY83Y)
Well, if that tyrant Bush hadn't gotten in the way...
Posted by: Osama Bin Laden at January 14, 2010 05:30 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:31 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: Reactionary at January 14, 2010 05:31 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: Chris Dodd at January 14, 2010 05:31 PM (ugkFY)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:31 PM (zbH+i)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:32 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Boston (circa 1978-79) at January 14, 2010 05:32 PM (92zkk)
The Articulate Boss Man has no time to visit Massawhozits --he is lobbying to get the Retarded Olympics in Chicago-- so he is sending me on a mission to Boston to rally the faithful.
This calls to mind my super-secret mission to Dorchester Heights during the Battle of Faith Hill during the Teaneck Rebellion.
Stick to it, Martha!
How many legions does the Pope have? Give me liberty or give me debt!
God love you!
Posted by: Sheriff Joe Biden at January 14, 2010 05:32 PM (gJL6J)
She's basically saying that we're allowed to practice our religions, but not really, you know.
Posted by: soulpile at January 14, 2010 05:32 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:32 PM (n6iqK)
Posted by: Martha Coakly at January 14, 2010 05:32 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:33 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:33 PM (zbH+i)
Posted by: Reactionary at January 14, 2010 09:31 PM (4nbyM)
You know if the average American knew what liberals have in mind we'd never elect a Democrat president again, but most people aren't interested in expending the effort.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2010 05:33 PM (bgcml)
Doug Flutie was a putzhead
Martha is petitioning all football leagues that a Hail Mary pass is illegal, will now be called a Hail Martha.
Posted by: madamex at January 14, 2010 05:34 PM (PYfqs)
Posted by: Smartha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:34 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson, Coakley's new campaign manager at January 14, 2010 05:34 PM (MNxpu)
Posted by: John F Kerry at January 14, 2010 05:35 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: Martha Coakly at January 14, 2010 05:35 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:35 PM (zbH+i)
So let me see if I understand. Freedom of choice is great when it comes to a mother choosing to kill her child, but not so great if it comes in the form of a doctor refusing to kill said child?
Is that about right?
Posted by: lauren at January 14, 2010 05:35 PM (vvWLT)
Massachusetts voters have to ask themselves if they want this buffoon representing them ALONGSIDE JOHN KERRY for the next six years. I can't see any decent legislation emanating from either of them. I think it more likely they'll mechanically vote "yes" on anything Republican and "no" on anything Democrat, like Patty Murray in WA. Massachusetts will have negligible influence in the Senate.
Posted by: Zimriel at January 14, 2010 05:36 PM (WHpnp)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:36 PM (bvDV5)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:36 PM (EOwjr)
Martha: Isn't that every Irishman in Boston? Is this mic on?
Posted by: MPFS, 2010 Fish Stick at January 14, 2010 05:36 PM (u6GDa)
Never seen somebody shoot themselves in the foot, empty the mag, and do a reload before. I mean, this is an Alan Keyes-class meltdown, and within days of the election. Makes you wonder if she lost a bet, or had a three-martini meal before going on-air.
I anticipate a Special Olympics joke before the weekend.
Posted by: Darren at January 14, 2010 05:37 PM (PntkJ)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at January 14, 2010 05:37 PM (nxUYP)
Oh, right.
Posted by: DelD at January 14, 2010 05:37 PM (mNsXT)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 14, 2010 05:38 PM (QECjC)
Cause, if they were smart, they'd have gone to Brown.
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:38 PM (zbH+i)
Posted by: Martha Coakly at January 14, 2010 05:38 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: Robert_Paulson at January 14, 2010 05:38 PM (+deq6)
Well, I just hope this crap is getting to the people of Mass. It's an improvement that we're hearing about it, but for those people who don't read blogs, what do they know about her? Do they still think she's just your average Democrat or are they realizing how awful she is?
How many people voted for Dede after she was actually out of the race??
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 14, 2010 05:39 PM (Be4xl)
I think it's stoopid the way we spell "Wooster."
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:40 PM (EOwjr)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:40 PM (zbH+i)
Posted by: Martha Coakley
That fucker from The Weekly Standard sprawled out on the ground right there next to us? Never heard of him.
Posted by: Charlie Gibson, Coakley's new campaign manager at January 14, 2010 05:40 PM (MNxpu)
Posted by: John at January 14, 2010 05:40 PM (6FYZ6)
Did you know this dumb bitch went to Catholic high school, St Josephs, and is married to a dumb mick?
Mr. O'Connell?
Must be gay a Irishman to let his ho use her maiden name, or maybe he's embarrassed about her too.
Posted by: Kemp at January 14, 2010 05:40 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Peaches at January 14, 2010 05:40 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: OokOok at January 14, 2010 05:41 PM (dQdrY)
Never underestimate the MA electorate. If they vote as well as Teddy drives, then we are screwed.
FIFY
Posted by: Tipsy McStagger, somewhere down in Texas at January 14, 2010 05:41 PM (HuUB9)
Posted by: Barney Frank at January 14, 2010 05:41 PM (iDOIJ)
Never heard of 'em.
Posted by: Soon to be Senator Coakley? at January 14, 2010 05:41 PM (nxUYP)
Posted by: Purple Sweater Guy at January 14, 2010 05:41 PM (Be4xl)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:42 PM (zbH+i)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:43 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:43 PM (QOE7k)
Posted by: Soon to be Senator Coakley? at January 14, 2010 05:43 PM (nxUYP)
New Tweet from Major Garrett:
Top House & Senate Ds at WH NOW for another round of HC talks. Push intensifies, led by POTUS. http://bit.ly/7xlLNw
That might be a good indication of just how nervous they are about this election.
Posted by: Countrysquire at January 14, 2010 05:43 PM (MNxpu)
#191
It's O'Conner, not Connell. Mick.
No wonder shes so stupid, she sleeps with a Mick.
Hell, he doesn't remember, so it's not his fault.
Posted by: Kemp at January 14, 2010 05:43 PM (2+9Yx)
Look at them, bloody Catholics filling up the bloody world full of bloody people they can't afford to bloody feed.
Posted by: Martha's Husband at January 14, 2010 05:43 PM (JafRC)
The Catholics in Scranton (*drink*) still love Bob Casey Jr. after all of his abortion flip-flops.
Irish-Catholics have a very high threshold for recognizing cognitive dissonance.
Posted by: Tinian at January 14, 2010 05:44 PM (7+pP9)
Stop me if you've heard this one.
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:44 PM (PtIpn)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:44 PM (n6iqK)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:44 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:44 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:45 PM (zbH+i)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:45 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: rdb at January 14, 2010 05:45 PM (EOwjr)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:45 PM (H7xm7)
Posted by: Soon to be Senator Coakley? at January 14, 2010 05:45 PM (nxUYP)
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 14, 2010 05:46 PM (hcLgF)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:46 PM (P33XN)
Yes indeed, and I would do it again. Why, just last week I had the State Police come into my home and arrest my husband, because he was setting up some sort of device with an LED and wires in the back. He said it was something called a "Wii", but we can never be too careful.
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:46 PM (92zkk)
Posted by: AndrewsDad at January 14, 2010 05:46 PM (C2//T)
Irish-Catholics have a very high threshold for recognizing cognitive dissonance.
Wow, that was an extremely polite insult. Nice.
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 14, 2010 05:46 PM (Be4xl)
Posted by: Brown supporter at January 14, 2010 05:46 PM (AWzp0)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:46 PM (zbH+i)
Hey!! Get your own campaign slogans!
Posted by: John Murtha at January 14, 2010 05:47 PM (Vd245)
I think it requires just a floor vote before both houses. I don't think it has to go back to committee.
Posted by: Robert_Paulson at January 14, 2010 05:47 PM (+deq6)
Posted by: rdb at January 14, 2010 05:47 PM (EOwjr)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:48 PM (ugkFY)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:48 PM (H7xm7)
The Catholics in Scranton (*drink*) still love Bob Casey Jr. after all of his abortion flip-flops.
They all still love his dad and so they'll forgive his Little Boy anything.
Posted by: alexthechick at January 14, 2010 05:48 PM (zDOQT)
I'm looking forward to being the senior Senator.
John who?
Teddy was senior, so I'm senior. And I've raised lots of money. I'm sure this Kerry fellow doesn't have as much money as I do.
Posted by: Martha C. at January 14, 2010 05:49 PM (Be4xl)
Posted by: Smartha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:49 PM (gJL6J)
216 I mean, it's not like the Irish are human.
I know I used to fuck my husband, er 1992-93?
I am thinking, I am thinking.
Posted by: Martha at January 14, 2010 05:49 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: willow at January 14, 2010 05:49 PM (7FgWm)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:49 PM (wNaqm)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:49 PM (zbH+i)
You sound like my kinda girl!
Posted by: Robert KKK Byrd at January 14, 2010 05:50 PM (n6iqK)
Posted by: Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:50 PM (QOE7k)
Posted by: noislamocommie at January 14, 2010 05:50 PM (Jpn2p)
Exactly what goes on in the average libtards head. She just let it slip out. This is similar to Bambi's "it's not surprising then that they get bitter, and they cling to guns or religion" statement. The only difference is he made the statement to a friendly crowd, he didn't broadcast it.
Posted by: rockhead at January 14, 2010 05:51 PM (RykTt)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:52 PM (MMC8r)
I had finally figured out an even larger gaffe involving chickens and watermelons and was going to post it under a Martha Coakley sockpuppet but I figured it would be in bad taste and get me banned. So in light of one of Ace's posts about not scaring the women and horses I will forbear.
(keep fucking that chicken, though, Martha...)
Posted by: Warthog at January 14, 2010 05:52 PM (cBGqX)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:52 PM (zbH+i)
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 14, 2010 05:52 PM (hcLgF)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:53 PM (EOwjr)
My question is how many abortions actually happen in an emergency room? Is this now a common procedure? And, if there happens to be a circumstance that one will need to be done, isn't there normally more than one doctor in said emergency room?
Also... from what I can tell, it is not abortions per se that they are dealing with in emergency rooms, it is contraception after a rape. And honestly, I suspect only the most rigid Catholic would be against giving emergency contraception to a rape vision.
Posted by: shibumi at January 14, 2010 05:53 PM (OKZrE)
I have very good evidence that he took children into a "magic room" dressed as a clown and did dirty things to them. The children we questioned are Irish, but hell, we all make mistakes, right?
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:53 PM (PtIpn)
Posted by: Smartha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:53 PM (gJL6J)
That's a revealing little window into how lefties think; that is, our rights exist because some government or another gives them to us. The founders, however, held that our rights are inalienable and that governments may not abridge them. The difference between those two views is the yawning abyss between liberals and conservatives.
Posted by: OregonMuse at January 14, 2010 05:53 PM (I3PoI)
Posted by: Soon to be Senator Coakley? at January 14, 2010 05:53 PM (nxUYP)
Posted by: Barbarian at January 14, 2010 05:54 PM (EL+OC)
Posted by: 29Victor at January 14, 2010 05:54 PM (HaMuw)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:54 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:54 PM (EOwjr)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:55 PM (zbH+i)
Chemjeff: the issue has always been the decision by the Supremes that abortion is a right under the federal Constitution. You think abortion would be allowed in Catholic-heavy Massachusetts, if not for Roe v. Wade?
Fact is, that decision---considered one of the worst in Supreme Court history for its incoherence and lack of underlying legal reasoning---was forced upon the states. Harry Blackmun just basically riffed his way to an outcome he favored.
It's not a "separation of church and state" issue, it's a moral issue that properly rests with states, not the federal government.
Posted by: effinayright at January 14, 2010 05:55 PM (lQRmV)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:55 PM (P33XN)
How do you think this crazy woman got the nomination?
Only the Feds have prosecuted political corruption crimes in MassachusettEs for a very, very, long time despite our last 3 - count 'em 3 - speakers of the House have been convicted of felonies.
It all blew up right in their corrupt faces and the American People are the big winners.
God is good man. God is good.
Posted by: TheBigOldDog at January 14, 2010 05:56 PM (LPaj6)
Posted by: Lesbie McDykerson at January 14, 2010 05:56 PM (xqhoO)
Posted by: Martha Coakely at January 14, 2010 05:56 PM (0K3p3)
Vote for me to save free health care!
All you fagz in Southie and borwn people in Eastie can go for that, right?
Oh, and go Jets!
Posted by: Smartha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:56 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at January 14, 2010 05:56 PM (554T5)
Looking at those comments, I don't think there is any way around the conclusion that Coakley's conception of "religious freedom" is akin to those that existed before the American Revolution--"you can actually *believe* in that sect, if you want to--we no longer burn at the stake around here for deviant beliefs--but don't think for one second we are going to tolerate your funny business in any meaningful way."
In short, it is a promise not to prosecute for heresy, and not much else. This is not to mean that Christians themselves have not often done the same thing--they have. It's that neither is right.
Coakley has given us a valuable window into the creed of the true high-toned Democratic liberal--a belief system that intends to brook no interference with its Earthly plans from other religions...in which case, it is sadly "same as it ever was, same as it ever was"...we must reach the point where we can have certain things happen in a public institution (if the people so will it) and still have "conscientious objectors" work there and not be forced to participate. If we can't have that, then we are forcing a religion upon people, even if it be not called that in name.
And so that is my question and concern. Is this really about providing access to birth control, or about the destruction of the Catholic faith via the bank shot of social ostracism?
Posted by: Horatius at January 14, 2010 05:56 PM (1WTyC)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:57 PM (zbH+i)
She has no children?
I would be surprised if she were not Catholic.
Posted by: curious at January 14, 2010 05:57 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Tipsy McStagger, somewhere down in Texas at January 14, 2010 05:57 PM (HuUB9)
There's no way the real Martha Coakley would say anything that informed.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 14, 2010 05:58 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 14, 2010 05:58 PM (hcLgF)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:59 PM (92zkk)
Posted by: Smartha Coakley at January 14, 2010 05:59 PM (gJL6J)
There's her fucking problem right there.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at January 14, 2010 05:59 PM (nxUYP)
Posted by: docweasel at January 14, 2010 06:00 PM (kgwdA)
You are right Ms. Radish; my sockpuppet-fu is weak this evening.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 14, 2010 06:00 PM (n6iqK)
I have very good evidence that he took children into a "magic room" dressed as a clown and did dirty things to them. The children we questioned are Irish, but hell, we all make mistakes, right?
I heard he owns a house! Imagine that? It's 3,000 square feet! And that truck of his actually had 180K miles on it when he started so how much traveling around has he really done?
Posted by: TheBigOldDog at January 14, 2010 06:00 PM (LPaj6)
Are they mutually exclusive?
Don't forget the third possibility--closing down Catholic hospitals leaves so many people, especially low-income people, without health care (actual medical treatment...I hate when people confuse "insurance" with "health care") and gives the Dems "justification" to authorize state-built and state-run clinics.
Look how they closed down Catholic adoption services in MA.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 14, 2010 06:01 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Who Knows at January 14, 2010 06:01 PM (0aQsc)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 14, 2010 06:01 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Smartha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:01 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:02 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at January 14, 2010 06:02 PM (nxUYP)
Catholic?
What? I am married to a mick. You think all micks are Catholic? I went to a Catholic HS, why, yeah why?
So just because I don't mention my religion on my wiki page doesn't mean that I don't know Catholic peoples.
Some of my best friends are Catholic, hell, my dogs go to Mass. Me, I don't remember.
But, I could be, yeah that's it, I could be.
Posted by: Martha at January 14, 2010 06:02 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:04 PM (QOE7k)
Williams College??
Hmm, the same place Miiiiika earned her degree. The *highly prestegious college* that accepted her after failing algebra twice and when asked who was her favorite Founding Father answered "Lincoln"??
Yeah, sounds like a greaaaaaat school.
tiny.cc/PGVKM
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 14, 2010 06:04 PM (y/+Ng)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:04 PM (WHpnp)
Posted by: Smartha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:05 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: TEE866 at January 14, 2010 09:07 PM (penrP)
I don't know - either work might work there.
Posted by: Vashta.Nerada at January 14, 2010 06:05 PM (emMe8)
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 14, 2010 06:06 PM (hcLgF)
Posted by: Gollum at January 14, 2010 06:06 PM (RykTt)
Clearly, this woman is a Republican who worked for years, undercover, to convince democrats to trust her with a major election, which she promptly sabotaged. I've seen nothing to indicate she wants to win this election.
Posted by: ADS at January 14, 2010 06:06 PM (dUOK+)
Posted by: Kanye West at January 14, 2010 06:07 PM (HuUB9)
People don't show up to the emergency room for abortions, they go to the abortion clinic.
But they do show up at the emergency room if they're illegal immigrants.
Posted by: Never Mind at January 14, 2010 06:07 PM (cBzdl)
Because the Democrats support their fellow enemies of western civilization.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 14, 2010 06:07 PM (n6iqK)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 14, 2010 06:07 PM (y/+Ng)
Posted by: loppyd at January 14, 2010 06:08 PM (UJIeT)
#311
Tough on crime! Your damn right those f king garden clubs better pay up or it jail for those bastards.
Posted by: Martha at January 14, 2010 06:08 PM (2+9Yx)
But they do show up at the emergency room if they're illegal immigrants
yes, but the vast majority of Mexican illegal immegrants are Catholic
Posted by: mrfixit at January 14, 2010 06:09 PM (Bsm1s)
Posted by: Tipsy McStagger, somewhere down in Texas at January 14, 2010 06:10 PM (HuUB9)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:10 PM (qLLai)
(Who can pick just one? I'm partial to Luther Martin, but Samuel Adams was a brewer...and Thomas Jefferson was a ginger...)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 14, 2010 06:10 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:11 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Mighty Dog at January 14, 2010 06:11 PM (bvDV5)
Who would abort an anchor baby?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 14, 2010 06:11 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Patty at January 14, 2010 06:11 PM (ugkFY)
Posted by: nyc redneck at January 14, 2010 06:11 PM (EtrGh)
Posted by: Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) at January 14, 2010 06:11 PM (2joUy)
Holy crap, that's awesome!! And it's from Suffolk, who had her 9 points ahead, what, a week ago?
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:12 PM (9Wv2j)
When MA legalized gay marriage, Catholic Charities stopped arranging adoptions of children in MA. Stopped cold, just like that. Catholic Charities felt it was not in the best interest of the children to be placed in homes UNLESS there was a mother AND a father, and the state was forcing them to do otherwise.
So they have a history of sticking to their beliefs in the face of coercion from the state. If they are forced to provide abortions in their hospitals, they will close them down. Maybe that's one of the goals of ObamaCare, take over not just the insurance companies but the hospitals too.
Posted by: Boots at January 14, 2010 06:12 PM (06JTY)
BREAKING: BROWN 50 COAKLEY 46
The poll was taken beginning Monday ...before the debate...and finished up yesterday...with a lot of shit having come out since then..
...you can bet that a newer poll would have even better numbers
B+
Posted by: beedubya at January 14, 2010 06:12 PM (AnTyA)
BREAKING: BROWN 50 COAKLEY 46
The poll was taken beginning Monday ...before the debate...and finished up yesterday...with a lot of shit having come out since then..
...you can bet that a newer poll would have even better numbers
B+
Posted by: beedubya at January 14, 2010 06:12 PM (AnTyA)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 14, 2010 06:12 PM (y/+Ng)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 14, 2010 06:12 PM (n6iqK)
Well, my favorite founding father is Millard Fillmore, because he brought the first bathtub into the Whitehouse. And yeesh, it's always good to wash the stink of those dirty Boston whelps off ya at the end of a day.
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:12 PM (92zkk)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:12 PM (P33XN)
Like: "Wonderland: Not just a stop on the T, it's where Obama lives!"
Posted by: Techie at January 14, 2010 06:13 PM (zbH+i)
Posted by: Truman North at January 14, 2010 06:14 PM (FjC5u)
Posted by: dorkafork at January 14, 2010 06:14 PM (WbRO8)
Posted by: Countrysquire at January 14, 2010 06:15 PM (MNxpu)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:15 PM (kJLH9)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:15 PM (WHpnp)
Posted by: Blindgoose at January 14, 2010 06:16 PM (hZOQ8)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 14, 2010 06:16 PM (n6iqK)
My balls. Are being dipped. IN 15 YEAR OLD WARRE'S RUBY PORT AS WE SPEAK.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNZAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIII!!!!!
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 14, 2010 06:17 PM (GhUHn)
This "conscientious objector" thing is about the power of the state to enslave. Right now, if you have a medical degree and you don't want to perform abortions, you're free to make that choice. If Coakley et al had their way, the state would command doctors to do the procedures or be punished (fines, unemployment, loss of license, probably prison). The state will own them.
(I don't understand why all the women whining about how there aren't enough abortionists in America don't go to medical school and become one...oh, wait, you have to be reasonably good at science to be admitted. And it's hard work. Unlike sitting on your butt ordering people around.)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 14, 2010 06:17 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:17 PM (WHpnp)
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 14, 2010 06:18 PM (EOwjr)
I know, because my girlfriend just had to witness it.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 14, 2010 06:18 PM (GhUHn)
Who cares what's going on, as long as she continues to blow her own foot off (and the foot of every elected Democrat )with a bazooka everytime she opens her mouth, i'm happy with it. And what a pretty penny they have to waste in order to prop up this incompetant boob 
That much less for the other Dimocratic politburro to bribe their way into keeping their office
That being said, we are seeing corruption and leftism run amok. Martha has no disconect to the absurd babblings that pop in her head and letting them come out her mouth immediately. She is chanelling both Eva Braun and Zippy the pinhead at the same time
Posted by: Ex Dem at January 14, 2010 06:18 PM (0cUgO)
Posted by: curious at January 14, 2010 06:18 PM (p302b)
Abortions are not performed in the emergency room. I'd need to check to see what the procedures are for rape patients (and I really could stand to go my whole career without having one come through my doors), but we have a fully-staffed 24-hour OB/GYN wing that I would imagine gets dibs on those patients.
Posted by: tmi3rd at January 14, 2010 06:18 PM (ZNj7+)
Posted by: Techie at January 14, 2010 06:18 PM (zbH+i)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:18 PM (FjC5u)
FOR TONIGHT ONLY I AM THE WORLD'S BIGGEST RED SOX FAN.
BAAAAAHHHHSTAAAHHHNN!!!
(It helps that I'm both drunk and a huge fan of Curt Schilling.)
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 14, 2010 06:19 PM (GhUHn)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 14, 2010 06:21 PM (OkT2m)
Go Scott Brown! You can do it! And Massachusetts folk - the country is counting on you to do what you did 236 years ago when your forefathers tossed that tea in the harbor: Standing up against tyranny and standing up for liberty!
Posted by: Intrepid at January 14, 2010 06:21 PM (92zkk)
Posted by: tmi3rd at January 14, 2010 06:21 PM (ZNj7+)
Posted by: nyc redneck at January 14, 2010 06:21 PM (EtrGh)
Posted by: Trish at January 14, 2010 06:22 PM (yqhkv)
The poll surveyed a carefully partitioned electorate meant to match voter turnout: 39 percent Democrat, 15 percent Republican and 45 percent unenrolled.
Posted by: Peaches at January 14, 2010 06:22 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: nyc redneck at January 14, 2010 06:22 PM (EtrGh)
Coakley, a Catholic, said church and her parish were a big part of family life. She attended the St. Joseph's School in North Adams, and she transferred to Drury High School in North Adams for her senior year. She said that she graduated No. 10 in her class in 1971.
She was on the debate team at St. Joseph's, and competed nationally in Chicago and Miami. Two older sisters went to private colleges in Washington and near Boston.
"Even though I was in North Adams, and I loved it, I knew there was a world beyond it," said Coakley, who lives in Medford with her husband, Thomas F. O'Connor Jr., a retired deputy police superintendent.
She hasn't lived in Western Massachusetts in many years, but she stressed that her upbringing shaped a lot of her values."
Posted by: curious at January 14, 2010 06:23 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Smartha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:24 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: curious at January 14, 2010 06:24 PM (p302b)
Oh gee, another self-hating Catholic. What are they doing, trying to catch up with the American Joooos.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at January 14, 2010 06:25 PM (nxUYP)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:28 PM (P33XN)
This poll claims that there are only 1% undecided. 99% polled have already made up their minds.
Posted by: Peaches at January 14, 2010 06:28 PM (9Wv2j)
George W. Bush was a wonderful president who got a very bad rap from a biased newsmedia; history will proclaim him one of America's Greatest Presidents.
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 06:29 PM (GXLjK)
Posted by: Mindy at January 14, 2010 06:29 PM (UnVsw)
Martha, if you lose this I'm going to make you eat my vegetables.
Posted by: Michelle at January 14, 2010 10:28 PM (qD3QA)
Or a reasonable facsimile.
Posted by: Peaches at January 14, 2010 06:30 PM (9Wv2j)
just read something somewhere about the clinton's using effluence sludge to fertilize their garden that happened to be in the same spot.
Posted by: curious at January 14, 2010 06:31 PM (p302b)
Posted by: eman at January 14, 2010 06:31 PM (bcTXf)
Posted by: Mindy at January 14, 2010 06:32 PM (UnVsw)
Isn't that one of the things she is accusing Brown of doing in her attack ads. Isn't she saying he is against giving contraception to rape victims?
Posted by: curious at January 14, 2010 06:32 PM (p302b)
Oh, that's gonna get those racist redneck teabaggers out in western MA to vote for you.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 14, 2010 06:33 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: curious at January 14, 2010 06:34 PM (p302b)
Yes. He's not, of course; he's against the state forcing workers who have religious or moral objections to do it. In the minds of the left, that's the same thing.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 14, 2010 06:35 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2010 06:35 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: curious at January 14, 2010 06:35 PM (p302b)
It was a joke.
And those were egregious errors (not talking about the garden BS). In one, it's patently obvious she went against justice, too. But I can forgive a certain level of error in a prosecutor. Even when those errors ruin lives, it's a job that's really hard to do, with a judge and jury who are supposed to check the DA's case out. We're only human.
Coakley went beyond the level I'll forgive, and I was just kidding when I said she was an undercover republican, but don't be surprised when some democrats make that accusation. She really has done nothing right in this election. Shit, she basically vacations for most of it, and this is by far the most crucial and prestigious application in her career.
Posted by: ADS at January 14, 2010 06:36 PM (dUOK+)
I went to a Catholic high school and during self-defense seminars, the girls were always told to 1) call the cops 2) get our asses to an emergency room before ANYTHING else in the event of rape. The immediate application of a D&C wasn't specified, but implied.
Posted by: Filly at January 14, 2010 06:38 PM (IcZ0b)
The State Police Association of Massachusetts today (1/11/10) endorsed Scott BrownÂ’s bid for U.S. Senate, citing his determination to keep America safe by treating terrorists as enemy combatants and not as ordinary criminals.
Brown also received the support of the Commissioned Officers Association of the Massachusetts State Police, a body that represents state troopers at the rank of lieutenant and above.
Posted by: Peaches at January 14, 2010 06:38 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: nyc redneck at January 14, 2010 06:38 PM (EtrGh)
Posted by: ADS at January 14, 2010 06:39 PM (dUOK+)
What if you were already pregnant by someone you liked?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 14, 2010 06:40 PM (OkT2m)
peaches, she is married to a former police superintendent and the former DA and the cops turned their back on her. Wow, she is uber popular isn't she. That is just bizarre cops are very loyal to other cops and they support former DA...they must be mad at her
Posted by: curious at January 14, 2010 06:40 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Peaches at January 14, 2010 06:42 PM (9Wv2j)
>>402 if o had any balls he'd get his anointed ass up there. Posted by: nyc redneck
President Barack Obama today offered Republican Scott Brown a vote of confidence. How? He issued a video in support of Martha Coakley. The political equivalent of a handshake instead of a kiss, the president is resisting requests from Coakley to schedule a campaign stop here. Indicating that his information points to a Scott Brown win.
“It’s not on our schedule to go to next week,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said matter-of-factly.
Obama doesn’t need to be connected to any more losing Democrats – especially in a state like Massachusetts, where Ted Kennedy is supposed reach from the grave to lift his party’s nominee into office. Conversely, if Coakley was leading, Obama would be pulling into town with guns blazing so that he could take credit for the kill on Wednesday.
If trends change – we’ll know – when the White House announces an Obama visit. In the meantime, there have been no internal numbers leaked by the Coakley campaign since Monday, when they released bogus numbers indicating a 14 point lead. Why bogus?
Mellman surveyed 800 likely voters on Jan. 8-10. His sample included 49 percent self-identified Democrats, 25 percent independents and 24 percent Republicans.
Notice the 25% independent voters surveyed? Massachusetts is more than 50% independents, and they are leaning strongly toward Scott Brown by most measures. As you would expect.
National Republicans tracking the race declined to reveal their own internal poll numbers. But a GOP strategist involved in the contest asked “If the Democrats honestly believe their lead is as strong as this poll suggests then why are they rushing staff, money and other resources up to Massachusetts?”
More importantly, the Coakley poll was completed before Monday nightÂ’s prime time, multi-station debate, in which Coakley was flatter and less appealing than normal while Scott was very effective in getting his message out.
Posted by: sickinmass at January 14, 2010 06:45 PM (Dxfei)
I love Pedro so much I had Mike Meehan do a Pedro tribute in D.C.
That song Tessie is retaahded.
And Caroline? Not really all that sweet.
Go Sox!
Posted by: Mwffa Cwwwwkkwy at January 14, 2010 06:45 PM (xqhoO)
Posted by: Mindy at January 14, 2010 06:46 PM (UnVsw)
Posted by: mystry at January 14, 2010 06:47 PM (kmgIE)
The panic at the White House must be as palpable as the rage in Congress, where Democrats are privately blaming a terribly mismanaged first year by the president for putting their careers in danger.
Obama says in the video that “opponents of change” are “pouring money” into Massachusetts to “tie up the Senate” and prevent a vote on health insurance reform, financial reform, and other issues important to the nation.
What Obama doesnÂ’t say, however, is that the pro-Coakley outside forces have actually outspent the anti-Coakley forces by an almost two-to-one margin, as Chris Cillizza reported earlier today at The Fix blog at WashingtonPost.com.
While the Obama presidency has blown all of its political capital on the public option and has little steam left, a Scott Brown win would mark a clear line of demarcation for even the politically disengaged to understand – the official end of Hope & Change.
Posted by: sickinmass at January 14, 2010 06:50 PM (Dxfei)
Mastercard commercial. Have something like.
Spell Massachusetts wrong in a tv campaign ad. $200K ?? from
Slam Nuns, free
Slam sox fans, free
Watch a campaign aide push down a reporter, free.
Say the war in Afghanistan is over, free.
Blow a 20 pt lead in the polls... free or whatever she's spent
Spit in someone's bowl of clam chowder, $3.10
Lose the Senate seat vacated by the Big Head driving off bridge Ted Kennedy to a Republican that owns a time share. Priceless.
Stop Obamacare, well if we don't are you willing to pay that price?
Posted by: Blindgoose at January 14, 2010 06:53 PM (hZOQ8)
Posted by: nyc redneck at January 14, 2010 06:54 PM (EtrGh)
Posted by: Who Knows at January 14, 2010 06:55 PM (0aQsc)
Posted by: HappyGoLucky at January 14, 2010 06:59 PM (46/DE)
Posted by: Mindy at January 14, 2010 07:01 PM (UnVsw)
>>414 i am loving it. he's already won in my book even if he loses.
which won't happen...Posted by: nyc redneck
The trouble in Massachusetts is not that people would vote Republican – it’s that the liberal base is so depressed that they’re choosing not to vote. In the poll that showed Brown winning by one point, 66% of Republican voters said they were “very excited” about turning out – whereas only 48% of Democrats said the same. And independents, who voted with Democrats in 2006 and 2008, support Brown by a two-to-one margin.
Which independents will show up to vote? Not casual ones, the sort who will be swayed by a Kennedy Klan endorsement or even a Bill Clinton appearance. The IÂ’s who will vote are motivated, and thereÂ’s nothing about Martha Coakley thatÂ’s motivational.
A Research 2000 poll from late November asked if respondents were “definitely going to vote” in 2010. Only 56% of Democrats said “yes,” compared with 81% of Republicans – a wider gap than what we see in Massachusetts. If this holds up, said Markos Moulitsas, “we’re gonna get killed.”
It gets worse. Look at the problem the left leaning Research 2000 has had calling some recent races.
In 2009 there were two statewide races for governor. In New Jersey, R200 showed Republican Christ Christie winning by only 1%, but on election day Christie won by 4.3%. R2000 was off by 3.3%, favoring the Democrat, but within their 4% margin of error.
In Viringia, R2000 showed Republican Bob McDonnell with a 10% lead, but on election day McDonnell won by 17.5%. R2000 was off by 7.5%, favoring the Democrat, and well outside their 4% margin of error.
Most every poll that’s been released on this race indicates that the lower the turnout, the better Scott Brown’s chances are of beating Coakley. In other words, he has the largest number of motivated voters – if only motivated voters show up, Coakley’s croaked.
The new Rasmussen Reports poll shows that Brown is ahead by two percentage points among those who are absolutely certain they will vote. A week ago, he trailed by two among those certain to vote.
Which brings me around to why I think the Coakley people feel this race is all but over. Coakley went on the air with her first TV commercial in the middle of last week, just after the first Rasmussen poll showed her with just a 9 point lead. After a day or two of a puffy commercial, theyÂ’ve gone all negative. Smarmy, evil sounding ads, one after another, in heavy rotation, are pummeling voters with Brown Hate.
We know two things about attack ads. First, they take a toll on the attacker. The attacker has to have enough credibility with voters to be able to undermine her opponentÂ’s credibility and survive the boomerang effect. Second, they depress turnout.
Scott Brown was on the air before Coakley, running ads that built a positive image of him as a fiscally responsible candidate in the image of Jack Kennedy, and a family man who stood outside the machinery of power politics. Coakley was coasting, taking her election for granted, so Scott got to establish rapport with voters. She lacks the credibility to dismantle the positive image heÂ’s created, something her camp knows, but is ignoring. Why? They have no choice.
We already know that Scott benefits from a lower turnout, yet Coakley is depressing turnout by running a negative campaign. Women, in particular, who favor Coakley, are turned off by attack ads. Yet, she attacks relentlessly. Why? She has nothing left but to hope that she can destroy Brown. Not likely, but what else can she do?
If she thought she still had a chance, the attack ads would not be so relentless. TheyÂ’d be mixed up with more positive ads of Coakley, and theyÂ’d be mixed with more issue ads to show her seriousness. Apparently, in the eyes of her campaign brain trust, itÂ’s too late for that.
ThatÂ’s my take.
Posted by: sickinmass at January 14, 2010 07:07 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: SuperCool at January 14, 2010 07:21 PM (chNlj)
Posted by: nyc redneck at January 14, 2010 07:25 PM (EtrGh)
nyc redneck,
In her mind it's in the bag.
..well, maybe not. Dems I have spoken with say they are voting Brown.
Posted by: sickinmass at January 14, 2010 07:29 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: w3bgrrl at January 14, 2010 07:34 PM (IsqLi)
I wonder if she's ever heard of Ted Kennedy.
Posted by: Christoph at January 14, 2010 07:37 PM (0fq7b)
Posted by: Coakley Bar and Grill at January 14, 2010 07:43 PM (rRlh2)
Theory: The Democrats realize health care is an almost no-win proposition. They only way to escape damage is to lose their supermajority in the Senate so they can say "We can't pass it."
Has Martha Coakley done anything to undermine that theory?"
Well, Coakley does appear to be really, really crazy and unvetted, or deliberately throwing the match.
But what's the point of this scheme Ace brings up? To win elections? Lose elections to win elections?
They can't just admit to the people that these bills are just not working out, and it's better not to destroy the economy and health care and wait? Wouldn't they look more responsible? Sadly, I guess they wouldn't look responsible if they admitted the truth.
Posted by: vigglesvorth at January 14, 2010 07:50 PM (dUOK+)
Posted by: Marty Cokehead at January 14, 2010 08:01 PM (fnND9)
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Posted by: rockhead at January 14, 2010 08:02 PM (RykTt)
Red Sox Pitcher Curt Shilling Blasts Martha Coakley:
Posted by: newser at January 14, 2010 08:17 PM (D2axM)
Catholics went for Obama big time on Hope and Change. They got burned big time. The backlash for him has begun. Coakley apparently has been sleeping for the last 12 months.
Posted by: WTFCI at January 14, 2010 09:14 PM (EbpbH)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 14, 2010 09:46 PM (N1P27)
Yup, she's throwing the race. Has to be.
"The law says that people are allowed to have that. " Ooooh, we're allowed that are we? Not that the government is NOT ALLOWED to tell us what we're ALLOWED? What a teabaggee.
Posted by: Starboardhelm at January 14, 2010 09:52 PM (SgSfB)
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Posted by: moi at January 14, 2010 11:57 PM (7FgWm)
Posted by: "opponents of change" at January 15, 2010 01:27 AM (Ki7fm)
I thought Boston a dreary little town.
And Manhattan was alive.
So NY it was. I'm no longer in the city at night, but will be working there again soon. It will be good to be back.
Also, can't the Dem find a reliable vote without scraping the bottom of the intelligence barrel like this?
Posted by: meep at January 15, 2010 01:58 AM (Jw4eT)
Yet all the politicians are pro-choice Catholics because apparently Catholics will not vote pro-life candidates.
Add to Mass Catholic's the bizarre behavior, the Catholic Church is also the single largest denomination in America yet 50% of weekly Catholic goers voted for the President whose position against the sanctity of life is more extreme than NARAL.
Oh what a tangle web Catholics weave.
The easiest step to unravel the deception is for Catholics to end their practice of empowering The Party of Death.
Unfortunately too many Catholics like the government's do-gooder silver entitlement coins for them to stop sleeping with the abortion movement.
Perhaps Catholics could stop fooling with snakes and they won't get bitten time and again, year after year, decade after decade.
Posted by: syn at January 15, 2010 03:03 AM (IlCz1)
Aren't we missing the FUNDAMENTAL flaw in Coakley's views of "rights"?
Referring the 'religious freedom', she stated:
"The law says that people are allowed to have that. "
Totally false. US law states that people are not 'allowed' rights by the law, they possess those rights by natural right, and that governments are not allowed to infringe on them. US law is not the source of human rights, it is a constraint (or was intended to be) on governmental restrictions on those pre-existing rights.
And she was the state's top lawyer? Hideous.
Posted by: JimO at January 15, 2010 04:15 AM (GbFPe)
Posted by: J at January 15, 2010 04:31 AM (T3/qP)
I would say the same thing to a Muslim supermarket cashier who refuses to handle pork or alcohol. Or a Muslim cab driver who refuses to take assistance dogs. Or a Muslim teacher who....
You Christians just don't get it. You will someday. When you're the one in the emergency room who gets a Muslim doctor.
Posted by: Jaynie59 at January 15, 2010 05:03 AM (YjQWV)
Martha Coakley: (...stammering) The law says that people are allowed to have that. You can have religious freedom but you probably shouldn't work in the emergency room.
This is your brain on liberalism.
Posted by: Tantor at January 15, 2010 05:11 AM (Ek/Oc)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at January 15, 2010 05:36 AM (bCQG3)
What the HELL is going on in this woman's head?
I'm guessing this
over and over and over.
(Once or twice a day is kinda cool, but hearing this continually will make one act in Coakleyesque ways. Eventually, a person will go psychotic.)
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