January 15, 2010
— Gabriel Malor I know it's been all Brown-Coakley all the time today and pretty much all week, but the hits keep coming. I'm mentioning this for a few reasons.
If he'd had his druthers he could have stayed out of the whole thing, but Coakley is such a hippopotamic failure at campaigning that the President had no choice but to save her ass so she can save ObamaCare. Obama knows that if he half-asses it, he's going to get blamed if Coakley loses. So he's gotta go all in and that means telling people the stakes.
In Washington, IÂ’m fighting to curb the abuses of a health insurance industry that routinely denies care. IÂ’m fighting for financial reforms to stop Wall Street from playing havoc with our economy. IÂ’m fighting to create a new clean energy economy and itÂ’s clear now that the outcome of these and other fights will probably rest on one vote in the United States Senate.
The reason everyone on our side thinks this is such a great thing is because all of the things he mentions, and presumably the things he will be campaigning for with Coakley—including ObamaCare, Cap & Tax, and Stimulus 2.0—are disfavored by at least a plurality of voters. Even in Massachusetts.
So it's an exercise in turnout. The President isn't going to convince anyone new to support progressive governance. People gave that a chance until about February of last year when it became clear that Obama doesn't have a clue what he's doing. His anti-prosperity ideas have been trending down ever since. Rather, he's got to somehow get Democrats—Democrats that still like him, I mean—to go to the polls and make Republicans and independents stay home.
That's not going to happen. By announcing that this election is a referendum on his policies, he's made it possible for thousands of frustrated people in Massachusetts to absolve themselves of their mistake in November 2008. There are two groups of energized people in this race. Republicans are one, for obvious reasons. The second group are people who feel like they were misled by Candidate Obama in 2008. Obama just gave that group of people a do-over.
On the other side, Democrats just aren't that excited about this election. Martha Coakley is a certified idiot. And as much as Obama wants something—ANYTHING—with the words "Health" and "America" to pass Congress, not even the Democrats are excited about the Senate or House versions of healthcare reform. Second only to the Christmas Day attack, the dominant news story since Christmas has been how much the Senate hates the House version; how much the House hates the Senate version; and how much Democratic constituents hate both. Game over, man.
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Show of hands: How many of you saw this shit coming like 20 months ago!?
Posted by: tangonine at January 15, 2010 04:52 PM (C8Pcc)
Well its not working out to well for him, Scott up 11 points.
Mr Gabe, axe Ace to light my bad selfs up!
Posted by: The Flaming Skull at January 15, 2010 04:53 PM (2+9Yx)
Mass likely voters oppose Obamacare by 15% margin. That says it all.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 04:53 PM (UJIeT)
You're fucked.
Brown by 11 as of now.
One tells me that the most recent internal poll of the Scott Brown campaign shows the Republican winning byÂ… 11 percentage points. IÂ’m getting the sense that the folks hearing this are almost a little incredulous, but it seems every demographic and key group is breaking to Brown in the past day or two. For weeks, Brown and everyone around him has said they will campaign and work as if theyÂ’re 30 percentage points down. But it seems like the campaign has been one Coakley stumble after another, and you figure that would eventually start effecting the numbers. According to that measure, itÂ’s starting to break heavily in BrownÂ’s directionÂ… but weÂ’ll have to see what the final few days bringÂ…
One problem passed on by one of my sources is the sense that Coakley is increasingly seen as a de facto incumbent, what with Democrats controlling the White House, both Houses of Congress, and for that matter, the entire state government in Massachusetts. A frustrated voter fed up with the status quo canÂ’t easily communicate their impatience and anger by giving the nod to the party that is currently running the show.
If he wins by 10, it means Â… what? Five Senate Blue Dogs flip on ObamaCare? 20 new Democratic retirements? The return of Cthulhu? What?
Posted by: Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter at January 15, 2010 04:53 PM (5r0Tz)
Posted by: ParisParamus at January 15, 2010 04:54 PM (Hv1Cx)
Posted by: Honest Abe at January 15, 2010 04:54 PM (NWVPe)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 04:55 PM (MCHyX)
This is, uh, a no brainer, right?
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 15, 2010 04:55 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: mad saint jack at January 15, 2010 04:55 PM (zVgnK)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 08:55 PM (MCHyX)
You have my word.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 04:56 PM (UJIeT)
Posted by: Sam at January 15, 2010 04:58 PM (Cxsey)
the guy from CNN was great after Copenhagen
Chicago out.
Chicago out?
Hopefully Tuesday night he'll be just as shocked when he reads Coakley Out.
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 04:59 PM (GRgk4)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 15, 2010 04:59 PM (P33XN)
I live in Seattle and Boston seems kind of like Seattle politically and the honest truth is, I have seen this movie time and time again where the R seems to have a fighting chance, a shot of winning, and ends up losing by 15 points. After all of the ballots are "found".
Not trying to throw cold water or anything, its just a Pavlovian response to these kinds of elections. I am just not putting this seat in the R column until Brown is sworn in.
Posted by: AndrewsDad at January 15, 2010 04:59 PM (C2//T)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 04:59 PM (MCHyX)
Martha assured me all I need to do is show up. She's got this in the bag.
Posted by: Barry Obama at January 15, 2010 05:00 PM (kJLH9)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 15, 2010 05:01 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: arhooley at January 15, 2010 05:01 PM (TBqdv)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:01 PM (MCHyX)
Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2010 05:01 PM (F9LAD)
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 15, 2010 08:59 PM (P33XN)
Word. He's a Jew, right?
Posted by: The Right Righteous Reverand Jeremiah Wright at January 15, 2010 05:01 PM (I30wK)
I have a feeling Brown is going to need a win with a wide margin to overcome the voting shenanigans that will be taking place
haha, i think I've read this comment as many times as I've seen Coakley ads in the past few days...like every 5 minutes.
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 05:01 PM (GRgk4)
Did you all see this? ...Awesome.
Massachusetts Miracle
Posted by: paranoid polly at January 15, 2010 07:53 PM
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 15, 2010 05:01 PM (QXKjZ)
You all will be dipping your balls in tapioca, guac, or Skittles apparently.
For the ladies I recommend the Magic Shell® for the ta-tas. We get to have our fun AND it can pass for a bra!
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 15, 2010 05:02 PM (ySP+M)
Posted by: Sam at January 15, 2010 08:58 PM (Cxsey)
The Dems always cheat on the margins, but I have trouble seeing them pulling a full Franken here. MA has been too reliably Democrat for too long, I think, to pull it off. Add to that the stakes.
If Coakley wins we get Obamacare and perhaps the full serf slate Obama wants. If they win by apparent enough fraud, they might see a far more significant response then a few lawsuits...
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 15, 2010 05:02 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2010 05:03 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Radio Free America at January 15, 2010 05:03 PM (knNJg)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:03 PM (MCHyX)
You all will be dipping your balls in tapioca, guac, or Skittles apparently.
For the ladies I recommend the Magic Shell® for the ta-tas. We get to have our fun AND it can pass for a bra!
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 15, 2010 09:02 PM (ySP+M)
You have my undivided attention.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 15, 2010 05:03 PM (I30wK)
Screw that... I demand to see it.
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 09:01 PM (MCHyX)
If Martha loses, I won't cry...on the outside.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at January 15, 2010 05:04 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 15, 2010 05:04 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 15, 2010 05:04 PM (JadiP)
Only way for Dems to win this one is CHEAT. Now they wouldn't do that, would they?
Posted by: GarandFan at January 15, 2010 05:05 PM (ZQBnQ)
Wouldn't the fact that the area is reliably democrat make a Franken like scenarios easier to pull it off?
Posted by: Sam at January 15, 2010 05:05 PM (Cxsey)
I might orgasm.
Don't use the cam. Seriously.
Posted by: Scott Ritter at January 15, 2010 05:05 PM (I30wK)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:05 PM (MCHyX)
36 Right now I've got a few words for some of our brothers and sisters in the occupied zone: "the chair is against the wall, the chair is against the wall", "john has a long mustache, john has a long mustache". It's twelve o'clock, American, another day closer to victory. And for all of you out there, on, or behind the line, this is your song.
WOLVERINES
Posted by: Scott Brown at January 15, 2010 05:05 PM (QXKjZ)
Obama has only one last try here. Boooosh caused doc's to cut off the keeeds feet , cuz the ins company won't pay them to save their foots, and btw he's a Republican Like.....
Brown!
so vote for feet/cloakey
Posted by: willow at January 15, 2010 05:05 PM (7FgWm)
Word. He's a Jew, right?
It's worse than that. He's an Irish Jew convert to Catholicism. And I'm going to see to it that those people never work in a hospital again. Count on it.
Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 15, 2010 05:05 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Techie at January 15, 2010 05:06 PM (zbH+i)
GET THEE HENCE TO HAITI AND SHOW YOU REALLY 'CARE,' OBAMA.
Back up those words.
Posted by: Good Lt. at January 15, 2010 05:07 PM (3Wto9)
Posted by: Sam at January 15, 2010 09:05 PM (Cxsey)
In any other instance, I would say yes. But the entire national media spotlight is going to be on Massachusetts on Tuesday. And not just the MSM.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:07 PM (UJIeT)
Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner At Large at January 15, 2010 05:07 PM (erIg9)
Instead he doubles down on stupid and goes all in on the imbecile.
The Obama team either lives in a bubble of epic freaking proportion, or they know there is massive fraud planned to guarantee a Coakley victory no matter what.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 15, 2010 05:08 PM (+6kNj)
Posted by: Truman North at January 15, 2010 05:08 PM (FjC5u)
Obama Declares MA Senate Race a Referendum on His Presidency
Maybe he should have read Hamilton, Rand or Paine instead of Marx, Alinsky and Mao Tse Tung.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at January 15, 2010 05:08 PM (r1h5M)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 15, 2010 05:08 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: Just Another Poster at January 15, 2010 05:08 PM (HAdov)
I think that's what he means. The spotlight will be too bright for subtle fraud.
Posted by: Techie at January 15, 2010 05:09 PM (zbH+i)
Posted by: Beto at January 15, 2010 05:09 PM (+CLh/)
Posted by: mystry at January 15, 2010 05:09 PM (kmgIE)
Lets imagine the really impossible. Brown by over 10. How does the political landscape look after that? Is that what Obama is trying to avoid at this point?
Posted by: Just Another Poster at January 15, 2010 09:08 PM (HAdov)
He's trying to avoid being one of the hookers during the Night Of The Sodomizing Man Cougar...
Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner At Large at January 15, 2010 05:09 PM (erIg9)
Posted by: Techie at January 15, 2010 09:06 PM (zbH+i)
I heard a moonbat caller try that crap this morning on the radio. Whining that Brown had no African Americans in his ads (wrong) and none associated with his campaign (wrong again - I saw it with my own eyes last night) and that he hasn't spent any time in ethnic neighborhoods. Wrong.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:10 PM (UJIeT)
In my opinion, and I will let time determine the accuracy, so far it is my impression the Obama administration appears to be completely unaware of how much trouble Haiti can bring upon his Presidency. I'll bet a Heineken keg that if the President attends a Martin Luther King event Monday instead of focus on what is going to be a political public relations nightmare unfolding in Haiti on television, it will cost the President 5 points in his approval ratings and he will be dogged by claims from his own political party that he is as distracted with Haiti as Bush was during Katrina."
Link to full article. http://2aao.sl.pt
Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2010 05:10 PM (F9LAD)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:10 PM (MCHyX)
Posted by: Holger at January 15, 2010 05:11 PM (8NGHm)
Martha assured me all I need to do is show up. She's got this in the bag.
FIFY
No Barry you idiot, she said she had a bag for you, good shit, taken from the evidence room.
Light that pipe up baby!
Posted by: Kemp at January 15, 2010 05:11 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: RAT Machine at January 15, 2010 05:11 PM (QOE7k)
Si.
Posted by: Barbarian at January 15, 2010 05:11 PM (EL+OC)
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:11 PM (UJIeT)
Posted by: sMartha Coakley at January 15, 2010 05:12 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: Just Another Poster at January 15, 2010 05:12 PM (HAdov)
Posted by: Sam at January 15, 2010 09:05 PM (Cxsey)
Not when it is the whole state. Cheating on the margins is for all intents and purposes impossible to detect, true. But large scale cheating is a different story. Since MA is so solidly Democrat there has been little reason to cheat before now - does it matter if you get 60, 65, or 70% of the vote? And even if a Rep sneaks through he will probably lose the next election.
So my belief is that if they tried not only would they be out of practice but there would be a much greater chance of some 'good government' true believer refusing to play along - they haven't been purging/corrupting these types for the last 50 years as they have been in Philly or Chicago.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2010 05:13 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: mystry at January 15, 2010 05:13 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at January 15, 2010 05:13 PM (Mi2wf)
what's he saying, anyone watching?
haha, one of his callers gave him a shirt and tie to wear, is he wearing it
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 05:13 PM (GRgk4)
Isn't the more likely reason because he KNOWS the fix is in? Otherwise, why gamble the only remaining political capital he has left?
Posted by: fuzzywuzzy at January 15, 2010 05:14 PM (c44UT)
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 09:13 PM (GRgk4)
--He was. Not sure if he'll be back on, but now they're talking about the Winfield case.
Posted by: logprof at January 15, 2010 05:14 PM (gJL6J)
Anyone else surprised they didn't send the First Wookiee up here for Martha?
Remember when the administration floated the idea of making Worf the "Face of Healthcare" last summer? After she disappeared for 3 months?
Good times, good good times.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 15, 2010 05:14 PM (JV1RD)
Instead he doubles down on stupid and goes all in on the imbecile.
The Obama team either lives in a bubble of epic freaking proportion, or they know there is massive fraud planned to guarantee a Coakley victory no matter what.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 15, 2010 09:08 PM (+6kNj)
I see it a different way.
This election on Tuesday is Obama's Presidency.
The only thing he can do is try to use his teleprompter skills.....its the only asset he has and even Coakley's internals say she's down 3-4 points.
If Brown wins, Obama morphs into Clinton, and all he has is "triangulation" from Nov 2010 until the election....and he'll probably win reelection - but, no lefty polcies.
Posted by: Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter at January 15, 2010 05:14 PM (5r0Tz)
Obama Declares MA Senate Race a Referendum on His Presidency
Are you sure you want to do that? Well, okay then.
Posted by: Scott Brown Voters at January 15, 2010 05:14 PM (LKkE8)
Let them. They'll do it either way. Who cares?
Posted by: whatever at January 15, 2010 05:15 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2010 05:16 PM (F9LAD)
Gabriel, one of the remarkable things about Scott Brown is he is as cool as a cucumber. I shit you not, the man does not fuck up.
Howie Carr was mentioning this during the week and remarked how Scott was actually getting cooler and calmer as the campaign went.
Like I said earlier, if Scott Brown wins, we need to clone him. The man is a perfect candidate.
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 05:17 PM (GRgk4)
In any other instance, I would say yes. But the entire national media spotlight is going to be on Massachusetts on Tuesday. And not just the MSM.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 09:07 PM (UJIeT)
That's another good point. In a normal election there are 10 or 20 high profile races that get attention. If this race is close after the ballots are close it will get similar attention to 2000 in Florida. And I would like to think conservatives aren't going to let another Slosberg situation slide...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2010 05:17 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:17 PM (MCHyX)
Posted by: Just Another Poster at January 15, 2010 05:17 PM (HAdov)
Posted by: ParisParamus at January 15, 2010 05:18 PM (Hv1Cx)
Film everything... catch these bastards at their games.
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 09:17 PM (MCHyX)
I don't have video and can't afford the iphone after my Brown donations. But I can probably borrow a rig.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:18 PM (UJIeT)
Remember when the administration floated the idea of making Worf the "Face of Healthcare" last summer?
My compliments to your hippocampus, Mr Straights. I forgot about that.
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 05:19 PM (GRgk4)
Posted by: 29Victor at January 15, 2010 05:19 PM (HaMuw)
Isn't the more likely reason because he KNOWS the fix is in? Otherwise, why gamble the only remaining political capital he has left?
Posted by: fuzzywuzzy at January 15, 2010 09:14 PM (c44UT)
Because he is terrible at analyzing anything other then his own reflection? I guarantee you Obama believes a little Bam Talk Talk will win the seat for MC...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2010 05:19 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Chas at January 15, 2010 05:20 PM (yjDfo)
Here's to hoping that 18-1 & loppyd are correct.
FYI: In the event Brown does, win I will be dipping my balls in the warm, salty sweetness that are democrat tears.
Posted by: Sam at January 15, 2010 05:21 PM (Cxsey)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:21 PM (MCHyX)
I don't have video and can't afford the iphone after my Brown donations. But I can probably borrow a rig.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 09:18 PM (UJIeT)
--I'm glad my digital still camera does good video. It records audio and can zoom while recordning. Wish I could lend it. 
Posted by: logprof at January 15, 2010 05:21 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: vivi at January 15, 2010 05:21 PM (knNJg)
Scott Brown's likability is such a huge asset to his campaign why would you want to put him away now?
Being out-and-about and talking to folks is what gave Scott all this momentum. He needs to keep doing it until Monday night.
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 05:22 PM (GRgk4)
Posted by: augie at January 15, 2010 05:22 PM (Dq5qC)
Yesterday I checked Sealift Command's public web site and the newest news article there was from around Dec 15th. Zero mention of Haiti.
AMC was all over it with several pieces on their Haiti efforts.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 15, 2010 05:22 PM (+6kNj)
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:22 PM (UJIeT)
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 09:22 PM (GRgk4)
Bus tour all day tomorrow.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:23 PM (UJIeT)
Being out-and-about and talking to folks is what gave Scott all this momentum. He needs to keep doing it until Monday night.
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 09:22 PM (GRgk4)
Charisma is the single most important characteristic in winning elections...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2010 05:23 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: huerfano at January 15, 2010 05:24 PM (kJLH9)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2010 05:24 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:24 PM (UJIeT)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:24 PM (MCHyX)
Indeed, Scott needs to be out there to counter all of the negative ads blanketing the airways. Coakley is spending a lot more on ads than Brown and he needs to be out there to set the record straight.
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 05:24 PM (GRgk4)
There is a tendency to make our enemies 10' tall. We did it with the Japanese, the Germans, the Russians, the Japanese again, and now the Chinese. Fear is a useful motivator. But is there anything these clowns have done since the election that indicates they are anything other than feckless halfwits? I don't see it.
Posted by: pep at January 15, 2010 05:24 PM (0K3p3)
Posted by: Sam at January 15, 2010 09:21 PM (Cxsey)
It'll be a date. You dirty tea bagger you!
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at January 15, 2010 05:25 PM (bgcml)
I hope Brown has a rapid response team for Monday; you just know the Dems' opposition research people are combing through his past for dirt and they'll release it then.
Posted by: vivi at January 15, 2010 05:25 PM (knNJg)
huerfano
I caught the end. Did they talk about the rapist's dad being union guy who donated to Coakley?
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:25 PM (UJIeT)
ah, loppys, Scott said he'll be attending his daughter's b-ball game, no matter what.
So he'll miss a few hours of the tour. He did say 'unless the bus tour wants to go the game with him...'
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 05:26 PM (GRgk4)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:27 PM (MCHyX)
Game over, man.
I hope you are right Gabe. I really do. But I expect to be sweating this thing out until Tuesday night and beyond.
Posted by: maddogg at January 15, 2010 05:27 PM (ZKz62)
Nope, that won't happen. Obama's narcissism won't allow him to do something like that. With a narcissist, failure ALWAYS has to be someone else's fault. Their positions are by definition the correct ones.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 15, 2010 05:27 PM (+6kNj)
Posted by: Barbarian at January 15, 2010 09:25 PM (EL+OC)
Yikes. I'm 5'2". Let them try to push me around. That will go over well on video.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:27 PM (UJIeT)
Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2010 05:27 PM (F9LAD)
Posted by: logprof at January 15, 2010 05:28 PM (gJL6J)
you just know the Dems' opposition research people are combing through his past for dirt and they'll release it then.
Posted by: vivi at January 15, 2010 09:25 PM (knNJg)
The "opposition research people's" biggest day to release things is Sunday.
It's not like Obama know's the big secret the Globe will release, right?
He doesn't collaborate with the media, only Newsweek.
Posted by: blackrockmarauder at January 15, 2010 05:28 PM (o4SzL)
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 09:26 PM (GRgk4)
what time is the game?
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:28 PM (UJIeT)
Posted by: huerfano at January 15, 2010 05:28 PM (kJLH9)
Posted by: John Adams at January 15, 2010 05:29 PM (bgcml)
Coakley : 51%
Brown : 48%
I'm sticking with that because Frum told me via Twitter that America is still so enthralled with Obama's awesomeness that they'll come out en masse to vote for Coakley on his say-so
We're DOOOOMMMED...
Posted by: Allahpunter at January 15, 2010 05:29 PM (sYxEE)
Charisma is the single most important characteristic in winning elections...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2010 09:23 PM (bgcml)
Well, yeth, dats waut I auwayth thay.
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at January 15, 2010 05:29 PM (LKkE8)
huerfano
Nice. Did you see Howie Carr before Frisoli? I'm assuming he talked about Gerald Amirault.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:29 PM (UJIeT)
Posted by: blackrockmarauder at January 15, 2010 05:30 PM (o4SzL)
Posted by: logprof at January 15, 2010 05:31 PM (gJL6J)
118 Bend over, Jugears.
Remember us voters? The people you jeered at all last year? The people that YOU FRIGGING WORK FOR ???
End of the Marxist Dream, beyotch... and that goes for your mentor, too, Bill Ayers.
!!!Eleventy!!!, Vet! Eleventy!!!
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at January 15, 2010 05:31 PM (LKkE8)
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:31 PM (UJIeT)
Which goes to show that even the lowest functioning retards among us can have "No shit" moments.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 15, 2010 05:32 PM (I30wK)
Posted by: huerfano at January 15, 2010 05:32 PM (kJLH9)
"Isn't the more likely reason because he KNOWS the fix is in?"
Barry had to promise to start actively supporting not only ObamaCare, but Dim candidates. Had to. The Dims were going all woobly.
Posted by: Czar Jennings I at January 15, 2010 05:32 PM (ucq49)
Posted by: Just Another Poster at January 15, 2010 05:34 PM (HAdov)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:36 PM (MCHyX)
THIS IS THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR COAKLEY -
SHE HATED ON CURT SCHILLING...IT IS TRULY OVER AS BEN SMITH, MEGA LIBERAL ON POLITICO, DECLARES SHE'S AN IDIOT FOR ALL TO SEE.
FIRST, she says that there are no terrorists in Afghanistan this week when the CIA got 8 guys killed last week in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber...SECOND, she says that actually shaking hands with voters at Fenway is a bad idea....THIRD, she cant spell her OWN STATE on her ads....FOURTH, she condemns all Catholics as unfit for ER jobs...and now,
THE COUP DE GRACE, SHE HATES ON CURT SCHILLING, THE MAN WHO IGNITED BOSTON AND ENDED THE CURSE?
In the intensifying Democratic precriminations game over who to blame if Coakley loses, here's one for the blame Coakley camp: On another talk radio show, "Nightside With Dan Rea," Coakley jabs Rudy Giuliani as a Yankee fan, then goes on to describe Brown supporter Curt Schilling, the great former Red Sox pitcher, as a Yankee fan as well.
The host sounds incredulous -- "Curt Schilling? The Red Sox great pitcher of the bloody sock?" -- and Coakley initially sounds unfamiliar with him. She eventually reverses herself, but it's an odd moment in a state that was transfixed by Schilling's performance in the 2004 World Series, where he helped the Red Sox win for the first time since 1918.
Posted by Ben Smith 09:13 PMPosted by: Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter at January 15, 2010 05:36 PM (5r0Tz)
Nope, that won't happen. Obama's narcissism won't allow him to do something like that. With a narcissist, failure ALWAYS has to be someone else's fault. Their positions are by definition the correct ones.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 15, 2010 09:27 PM (+6kNj)
I think Beck nailed it on Odopey's state of mind when events go south for Odumbell. He'll be at his most dangerous, like a cornered rat. I'm wondering if this is the final straw that leads Rahmbo out of the WH and running for his own seat in Chicago. Jeebus, can't imagine voting for a dirtbag such as that.
Posted by: RushBabe at January 15, 2010 05:36 PM (LKkE8)
Perhaps the SEIU/ACORN gang does not have a plan on how to steal the election.
Well, here's hoping the people in charge of getting out the zombie/imaginary friend vote are some of those Democrats who are less than enthusiastic about Ms. Coakley. But yeh, incompetence would be good, too.
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 15, 2010 05:37 PM (Be4xl)
She's a bot.
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 09:36 PM (MCHyX)
--Kim ain't too bad though.
Posted by: logprof at January 15, 2010 05:37 PM (gJL6J)
If Brown wins, all the stuff Obama is saying will happen is almost certainly going to happen. So he might as well double down.
And if you're going to double down, double down in your stronghold--MA, which he won 62 to 36.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at January 15, 2010 05:38 PM (GGulh)
Posted by: Fresh Air at January 15, 2010 05:39 PM (c/qlU)
Kim's apparently stupid too. "This [bribery of Senators] has gone on all the time . . . but I can;t name any examples."
Even if there were, they sure as shit weren't on this scale.
Posted by: logprof at January 15, 2010 05:39 PM (gJL6J)
Coakley is a walking gaffe machine.
Posted by: cinyc at January 15, 2010 09:38 PM (lAoxr)
--Holy crap, it's like she's channeling our multiple sockpuppets --except she's worse!
Posted by: logprof at January 15, 2010 05:40 PM (gJL6J)
Posted by: nyc redneck at January 15, 2010 05:41 PM (EtrGh)
I don't get my hopes up easily, but I'm hoping his big appearance in MA will go over like his Olympics bid or his nice manners with Ahmadinejad.
Posted by: St. Agnostica at January 15, 2010 05:42 PM (gbCNS)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:42 PM (MCHyX)
Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter
I just listened to the clip. WTF? How can you live in MA and not know that Curt Schilling pitched for the Red Sox?
Clip here. Her voice makes me want to rip my hair out. And that laugh? Forced and constipated.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:42 PM (UJIeT)
Posted by: LiveFreeOrDie at January 15, 2010 05:42 PM (/KvVk)
Kim's apparently stupid too. "This [bribery of Senators] has gone on all the time . . . but I can;t name any examples."
Even if there were, they sure as shit weren't on this scale.
Posted by: logprof at January 15, 2010 09:39 PM (gJL6J)
--Woops, meant Kristen.
Bimbo.
Posted by: logprof at January 15, 2010 05:42 PM (gJL6J)
Coakley is a walking gaffe machine.
Posted by: cinyc at January 15, 2010 09:38 PM (lAoxr)
The stupid is strong with this one. Bright, she is not.
Posted by: Yoda at January 15, 2010 05:42 PM (bgcml)
Why would anyone in MA give 2 shits about Obamacare? Yeah, that'll make 'em come out in droves for Coakley...make 'em feel all hopeychangey.
Um...dumbass...er...Romneycare.
Jeez, the man is a total putz.
Posted by: Steph at January 15, 2010 05:43 PM (rnLQq)
Coakley dismisses Shilling: 'Another Yankee fan'
Maybe her staff knows it's over and is just handing her increasingly inane things to say, to see how far she can fall?
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 15, 2010 05:43 PM (JV1RD)
ITS OVER FOLKS.
haha, it would be funny if it was Curt Schilling who sealed the deal for Scott Brown because it was Curt who sealed the deal for George Bush in Ohio in 2004.
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 05:44 PM (GRgk4)
This Is Kissel
I remember him saying that about the game....maybe the bus tour is both days? Or maybe I could check his site.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:44 PM (UJIeT)
Posted by: cinyc at January 15, 2010 09:38 PM (lAoxr)
Odds that Barry is trying to find a way of weaseling out of going to Mass on Sunday? And not only because he's gonna look like a complete asshole out there while Haiti deteriorates into the eighth circle of hell.
Posted by: Peaches at January 15, 2010 05:44 PM (9Wv2j)
"but Coakley is such a hippopotamic failure at campaigning that the President had no choice but to save her ass so she can save ObamaCare."
Hyp Potomac - heh
Also, I find it, umm, desperate that all they have to push her with is saving the super majority. I mean how pathetic is that?
She won't do shit for you Massachusetts, but we need her for the super majority. So take one for the team, won't you? There's a good dear.
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at January 15, 2010 05:44 PM (x7MwC)
STFU Nina Easton. If there was a decent woman to vote for, we would.
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:45 PM (UJIeT)
Posted by: Fresh Air at January 15, 2010 05:45 PM (c/qlU)
How braindead is this woman? Who are her handlers? Egads....
Posted by: Intrepid at January 15, 2010 05:45 PM (92zkk)
Film everything... catch these bastards at their games.
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 09:17 PM (MCHyX)
We have video evidence of Black Panther's voter intimidation, didn't work out so well.
Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner At Large at January 15, 2010 05:45 PM (erIg9)
I'm voting bubble. Remember when we were all certain Obama couldn't possibly stupid enough to run to Denmark unless the Olympic bid was in the bag and he was doing a victory lap?
Case closed. They have no clue.
Agreed. He's coming to make a victory lap when the other guy is closing fast.
Posted by: Truman North at January 15, 2010 05:45 PM (FjC5u)
Some of you locals will know what I'm talking about when I say Martha Coakley has had a few 'Shannon O'Brien moments' in this campaign.
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 05:46 PM (GRgk4)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:47 PM (MCHyX)
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 09:46 PM (GRgk4)
Want to see my tatoo?
Posted by: loppyd at January 15, 2010 05:47 PM (UJIeT)
Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2010 05:47 PM (F9LAD)
Posted by: mystry at January 15, 2010 05:48 PM (kmgIE)
haha, remember when John Kerry in 2004 said "Manny Ortez?"
To this day we don't know if he was talking about Manny Ramirez or David Ortiz.
Posted by: This Is Kissel at January 15, 2010 05:48 PM (GRgk4)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:49 PM (MCHyX)
Posted by: Tami at January 15, 2010 05:49 PM (VuLos)
Truly the most idiotic thing a politician in Mass could ever say.
Posted by: augie at January 15, 2010 05:50 PM (Dq5qC)
Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2010 05:50 PM (F9LAD)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 05:51 PM (MCHyX)
Nope. But Haiti has a lot of nice open beachfront you can drop stuff onto.
If Obama were to say...tell people who operate small civilian cargo planes that are certified to operate with no cargo doors in place (or have tailgates) that we're willing to fuel them for free and pay a modest amount for wear and tear...planes that might be say...found at skydiving dropzones all over the south east...planes like Otters/Caravans/Porters/Casa's/SkyVan's...
A small armada of such planes could pretty easily fly low/slow over the worst areas and pitch millions of MRE's out the cargo doors a day. Pilots would volunteer since it would let them log hours, drop zone staff would volunteer to fling shit out the doors because its always exciting flinging shit out of airplanes at low altitude.
We need to get creative here and start approaching this with a multitude of small transport efforts until the airport and seaports can be put back in operation and large volume systems made operational.
So far I've seen no such creativity or "how can we make this work?" thinking out of this administration.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 15, 2010 05:52 PM (+6kNj)
I believe that could well be true, mystry. HA has a post up about how the 3 Republicans are right now polling within 6 points of Boxer. In California. Holy sheet, I had a facepalm moment!
Posted by: Peaches at January 15, 2010 05:52 PM (9Wv2j)
So far I've seen no such creativity or "how can we make this work?" thinking out of this administration.
Like the man said, dying democrats are more important than dying Haitians.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 15, 2010 05:54 PM (JV1RD)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 09:51 PM (MCHyX)
Not their fault. They have inferior equipment. ';-)
Don't ask me how I know.
Posted by: Peaches at January 15, 2010 05:55 PM (9Wv2j)
WOW! She not only disses Curt Schilling by calling him a Yamkees fan, but when she's called on it she says, with as much snark as she could muster..."Well, he's not there anymore."
Damn, I truly did not realize there was that much dumbassedness possible.
ok, I know that's not a real word...
Posted by: Steph at January 15, 2010 05:55 PM (rnLQq)
Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2010 05:55 PM (F9LAD)
Posted by: mystry at January 15, 2010 05:56 PM (kmgIE)
Would someone explain to me why it would matter to anyone that Giuliani's a Yankees fan? Of COURSE he is. Geez, why did she even bring that up? She set herself up with the Schilling comment after that.
That really was dumb.
Posted by: barbelle at January 15, 2010 05:57 PM (qF8q3)
Posted by: Zimriel, captain of the god damned obvious at January 15, 2010 05:57 PM (WHpnp)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 15, 2010 06:01 PM (n6iqK)
••dumbassedness is now a real word
Posted by: augie at January 15, 2010 06:02 PM (Dq5qC)
Plus, I've been in Ed Kennedy's seat before. IYKWIM.
Posted by: A case of herpes at January 15, 2010 06:02 PM (WHpnp)
I was assuming we already know how to put a paras on a beach pretty quickly. A couple of 130 loads should do that.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 15, 2010 06:03 PM (+6kNj)
Posted by: Vet Missing Parts at January 15, 2010 06:03 PM (MCHyX)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 15, 2010 10:01 PM (n6iqK)
That would be soooooo awesome, since his wife wrote a check for 1.5 million to the Red Cross yesterday. (Srsly, how cool is that?)
Posted by: Peaches at January 15, 2010 06:04 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 15, 2010 10:01 PM (n6iqK)
After his performance against the Ravens?
Posted by: blackrockmarauder at January 15, 2010 06:09 PM (o4SzL)
#22 AndrewsDad live in Seattle and Boston seems kind of like Seattle politically and the honest truth is, I have seen this movie time and time again where the R seems to have a fighting chance, a shot of winning, and ends up losing by 15 points. After all of the ballots are "found".
I posted on this yesterday, with text from Malkin and the WSJ, but I'm not smart enough to know how to find it now. Regardless, I agree, and I offer Sheriff Joe's infamous line from the fund raiser here in town:
Gird Your Loins
Posted by: Pike Place Pete at January 15, 2010 06:16 PM (qD3QA)
Obama: "Look, I know you clingers cannot help but love me, so just to prove it I'm gonna stick my great big schlong right in this here blender, knowing that you folks won't push the 'Puree' button. Right?"
"Why yes, Karl Rove DID graciously suggest this as a dramatic demonstration of my faith in the US electorate, why do you ask?"
Posted by: sherlock at January 15, 2010 06:18 PM (ktKOD)
Posted by: Berserker at January 15, 2010 06:30 PM (gWHrG)
Kerry's 2004 reference to "Lambert Field" was pretty dumb too.
Posted by: PA Cat at January 15, 2010 06:37 PM (CNieD)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2010 06:38 PM (9Lm5R)
To whatever extent the election is valid and properly counted, I don't think turnout actually helps the Democrats that much. The state is hugely Democratic Party membership; for Brown to have this much polling means that an awful lot of Democrats are for him - if you trust the polls.
Posted by: Ward Churchill at January 15, 2010 06:45 PM (PQY7w)
Posted by: Rodney at January 15, 2010 06:49 PM (c6mrx)
I swear, I'm not making this up.
Tonight on Bill Moyer's Journal, that slimy creep said that Obama's declining popularity and unemployment and the economy are all Bush's fault and Raegan's fault. Raega's fault??? Oh yeah, I forget, he was Bush's VP, right?
No, that was Cheney. Is Raegan still alive? I'm confused. Is Moyer's freaking nuts?
Posted by: Massachusetts Voter at January 15, 2010 06:50 PM (ITzbJ)
Posted by: Massachusetts Voter at January 15, 2010 07:11 PM (ITzbJ)
Yep. Small can and has worked in the past. The only thing the Obama administration understands about "small" though has to do with shrinking people's wallets.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 15, 2010 07:12 PM (+6kNj)
Bill Moyers is apparently a closet commie and thoroughly unpleasant human being. I knew a woman who worked on his staff as a production manager of some sort and she didn't think much of him and said his soft spoken on screen persona was completely phony. Off camera, he's an abusive arrogant asshole. Cronkite was the same way off camera.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 15, 2010 07:16 PM (+6kNj)
I haven't been following every comment thread lately, but I've been wondering... where are the trolls? A year ago this place was infested with triumphant, sh-t-talking lefties, who would not stop urinating on everyone's heads. Now- silence. And not just here, but all over the right-leaning blogs. At best, a feeble, "But Booooosh did it", but that's all.
I would not have predicted a year ago that morale on the opposing bench would crater this quickly. Needless to say, it makes the Boone's Farm go down ever so smoothly.
Posted by: Delicious Lead Paint at January 15, 2010 07:49 PM (5Ykni)
Posted by: jeff at January 15, 2010 08:47 PM (eTz/n)
Obama Declares MA Senate Race a Referendum on His Presidency
So if Coakley loses, will Obama resign? I mean, Obama himself said ...
( ... oh, right.)
Posted by: FireHorse at January 16, 2010 07:30 AM (Vl5GH)
@110
Purple Avenger:
You're correct that Teh One doesn't seem to be moving heaven and earth for Haiti. I heard on the radio news yesterday afternoon, that "Task Force Ohio" was sitting around at Wright-Patt Airforce Base with their collective thumbs up their butts because there was no aircraft available for them.
When I heard that, I thought WTF? Maybe it's just me (I never made it higher than E-5 in the Army), but transferring some air-lift assets where needed would be relatively simple, no? Hopefully, it is just bureaucratic inertia: an even scarier thought would be that the U.S. military is spread that thin.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at January 16, 2010 08:01 AM (bCQG3)
@227
DLP:
I've been thinking the same thing. Where are the trolls singing in praise of Teh One?
However, I must deplore your choice in alcoholic beverages. I prefer a nice single-malt Sotch whiskey, myself.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at January 16, 2010 08:12 AM (bCQG3)
"I live in Seattle and Boston seems kind of like Seattle politically and the honest truth is, I have seen this movie time and time again where the R seems to have a fighting chance, a shot of winning, and ends up losing by 15 points. After all of the ballots are "found".
I would suggest that Seattle got its training in Boston. Maybe Obama is going because he has been assured the fix is in.
Posted by: davod at January 16, 2010 09:10 AM (GUZAT)
PS:
The big question is will Obama go to a service in a Catholic church. Even conversion may not be out of the question.
Posted by: davod at January 16, 2010 09:12 AM (GUZAT)
# 58 Instead he doubles down on stupid and goes all in on the imbecile.
What can I say... it is what I do best
Posted by: Barack The Magnificient at January 16, 2010 12:08 PM (0IuLB)
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Oh, if historical trends hold and Coakley wins on Tuesday....then..........wow.......a Democrat won election in MA. Unprecedented And Historical! How did Obama use all that charisma to accomplish it?
If Brown wins, then it's catastrophic. The Democratic committee rooms will get jammed with the rush for the doors.
Posted by: Techie at January 15, 2010 04:52 PM (zbH+i)