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Just Bought My Ticket to Boston

Posted on | January 13, 2010 | 52 Comments

An eight-hour train ride on two hours sleep? Yeah, I can do that, for a “far-right teabagger”:

Martha Coakley is running to fill the rest of Ted Kennedy’s term, and her opponent is a far-right tea-bagger Republican. . . .
The special election is coming up on Tuesday, and it’s going to be close. Read Vicki’s message below, then make a contribution of $25 or more to Martha Coakley’s campaign today.
Thank you,
Chuck Schumer

(Hat-tip: Hot Air.) See? All Chuck asks is for Democrats to give him $25 or more to stop that “far-right teabagger” — and all I ask is for you to give me $25 or more so I can cover that “far-right teabagger” while he stomps Martha Coakley into whiny little liberal smithereens. We’re all teabaggers now! Some quick reads while I’m riding the rails:

Today’s contributors to the Shoe Leather Fund include Dudley in Richmond, Fredric in New Jersey, William in Falls Church and Nathan in Missouri. Here’s hoping you’ll chip in — every $5 or $10 helps pay the medical expenses if I get beat up by Coakley’s staff.

For the next six days, I’ll be crashing on the Massachusetts sofa of Da Tech Guy in between our road excursions to cover Scott Brown’s final push to victory Jan. 19.

Some guys are too sexy to lose. I can relate.

Category: Election, Massachusetts, Neutral Objective Journalism, Politics, Senate, Shoe Leather Fund

Comments

52 Responses to “Just Bought My Ticket to Boston”

  1. uberVU - social comments
    January 13th, 2010 @ 10:00 pm

    Social comments and analytics for this post…

    This post was mentioned on Twitter by rsmccain: @NorsU Just Bought My Ticket to Boston http://bit.ly/55pRa0 Train Leaves at 3 a.m. #MASen #TeaParty [] PLZ Re-Tweet…

  2. Nathan Cossey
    January 14th, 2010 @ 3:07 am

    No problem though won’t likely be able to do more for a bit.

  3. Nathan Cossey
    January 13th, 2010 @ 10:07 pm

    No problem though won’t likely be able to do more for a bit.

  4. dr kill
    January 14th, 2010 @ 3:12 am

    Dude if you’re riding the train- any train- I already pitched in more than a double sawbuck. Ain’t none of e3m running a profit.

    Just say thanks, you’re welcome. At least I like somebody who is taking advantage of me.

  5. dr kill
    January 13th, 2010 @ 10:12 pm

    Dude if you’re riding the train- any train- I already pitched in more than a double sawbuck. Ain’t none of e3m running a profit.

    Just say thanks, you’re welcome. At least I like somebody who is taking advantage of me.

  6. Recon
    January 14th, 2010 @ 3:13 am

    You rock, McCain 🙂

  7. Recon
    January 13th, 2010 @ 10:13 pm

    You rock, McCain 🙂

  8. T.O.M. Headed to Boston
    January 13th, 2010 @ 10:27 pm

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  10. Bucky Dent
    January 14th, 2010 @ 3:30 am

    What would make me happy is if Martha Coakley wins the Senate for Massachusettes. She is a true blue Yankee fan and a big supporter of me. I love her. She will do to Massachusettes what I did to the Boston Red Sox. Go Martha!

  11. Bucky Dent
    January 13th, 2010 @ 10:30 pm

    What would make me happy is if Martha Coakley wins the Senate for Massachusettes. She is a true blue Yankee fan and a big supporter of me. I love her. She will do to Massachusettes what I did to the Boston Red Sox. Go Martha!

  12. Bucky Dent
    January 14th, 2010 @ 3:32 am

    Did I spell Massachusettes wrong? Oh wait, I checked the spelling from Martha Coakley’s site so it should be okay.

  13. Bucky Dent
    January 13th, 2010 @ 10:32 pm

    Did I spell Massachusettes wrong? Oh wait, I checked the spelling from Martha Coakley’s site so it should be okay.

  14. Joan in GA
    January 14th, 2010 @ 3:33 am

    I’m fairly new to your blog but check in every day now. Wish I could be in Boston, too, but I’ll be phone-banking this weekend for Scott Brown. In the mean time I chipped in to help defray the cost of your patriotism. Best of luck and I can’t wait for our updates from the trenches.

  15. Joan in GA
    January 13th, 2010 @ 10:33 pm

    I’m fairly new to your blog but check in every day now. Wish I could be in Boston, too, but I’ll be phone-banking this weekend for Scott Brown. In the mean time I chipped in to help defray the cost of your patriotism. Best of luck and I can’t wait for our updates from the trenches.

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  17. Joe
    January 14th, 2010 @ 5:15 am

    Top Tier?

    Now that is funny. I got a word for you–Scozzafava.

  18. Joe
    January 14th, 2010 @ 12:15 am

    Top Tier?

    Now that is funny. I got a word for you–Scozzafava.

  19. Robert
    January 14th, 2010 @ 5:35 am

    While your up there you should take an informal poll. I’m curious how many of the Mass voters will admit that they voted for Obama. Just a thought. And give Scott my best regards and Cokley my contempt.

  20. Robert
    January 14th, 2010 @ 12:35 am

    While your up there you should take an informal poll. I’m curious how many of the Mass voters will admit that they voted for Obama. Just a thought. And give Scott my best regards and Cokley my contempt.

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    January 14th, 2010 @ 6:25 am

    It’s http://www.FATBOY.cc to you!

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    January 14th, 2010 @ 1:25 am

    It’s http://www.FATBOY.cc to you!

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  24. young4eyes
    January 14th, 2010 @ 7:16 am

    The real question, as Allah puts it, is would a TeaBagger really support Romney care? Brown did…
    We’re all TeaBaggers now,eh?
    This pretty-boy is a man of the people who owns 5 homes
    and was a former nudy model, or as Sarah Palin would put it,
    participating in pornography. There goes the Palin endorsement. Can you say Senator Ricky Hollywood?
    Better yet, how about calling the whole thing Hoffmania Part Deux?

  25. young4eyes
    January 14th, 2010 @ 2:16 am

    The real question, as Allah puts it, is would a TeaBagger really support Romney care? Brown did…
    We’re all TeaBaggers now,eh?
    This pretty-boy is a man of the people who owns 5 homes
    and was a former nudy model, or as Sarah Palin would put it,
    participating in pornography. There goes the Palin endorsement. Can you say Senator Ricky Hollywood?
    Better yet, how about calling the whole thing Hoffmania Part Deux?

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  27. Cakeman
    January 14th, 2010 @ 11:46 am

    My inbox is full of reports this AM of ACORN-MoveOn troops on the move up there. TIP MCCAIN, THIS IS HISTORY!

    This from my friends in the DCCC:

    Chris —

    This is it. It’s just six days until
    Election Day in the closely-watched race to fill the late Ted
    Kennedy’s Senate seat in Massachusetts.
    The race is neck-and-neck — the latest polls show Democrat Martha
    Coakley in the lead, but her Republican opponent is right on her heels.

    This seat represents the critical 60th
    vote for health insurance reform and the rest of President Obama’s
    agenda. That’s why we are asking all Democratic supporters to
    help Martha even for just a few hours of your time to make calls or to
    knock on some doors.

    Please sign up to
    volunteer – we must preserve Ted Kennedy’s legacy.

    Meaningful health insurance reform hangs in the balance of this special
    election. We are counting on our
    dedicated grassroots supporters like you to make the difference.

    Thank you,

    Jon Vogel
    DCCC Executive Director

    yechhh (…mouthwash….gargle…..)

  28. Cakeman
    January 14th, 2010 @ 6:46 am

    My inbox is full of reports this AM of ACORN-MoveOn troops on the move up there. TIP MCCAIN, THIS IS HISTORY!

    This from my friends in the DCCC:

    Chris —

    This is it. It’s just six days until
    Election Day in the closely-watched race to fill the late Ted
    Kennedy’s Senate seat in Massachusetts.
    The race is neck-and-neck — the latest polls show Democrat Martha
    Coakley in the lead, but her Republican opponent is right on her heels.

    This seat represents the critical 60th
    vote for health insurance reform and the rest of President Obama’s
    agenda. That’s why we are asking all Democratic supporters to
    help Martha even for just a few hours of your time to make calls or to
    knock on some doors.

    Please sign up to
    volunteer – we must preserve Ted Kennedy’s legacy.

    Meaningful health insurance reform hangs in the balance of this special
    election. We are counting on our
    dedicated grassroots supporters like you to make the difference.

    Thank you,

    Jon Vogel
    DCCC Executive Director

    yechhh (…mouthwash….gargle…..)

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  30. bill hedrick
    January 14th, 2010 @ 3:02 pm

    OK I knew this but I finally boiled it down so it can be used: If you call someone a tea-bagger, you are a homophobe.

    1) You are using the term with contempt, using it as a condemnation

    2) Tea-bagging is a homosexual love making techniques

    3) By using the term as a condemnation you are saying the practice (and de facto the practitioners) is despicable.

    ergo you are indulging in homophobia.

    Note: this should only be used in rooms where the exploding brains of liberals will not stain the carpets.

  31. Joe
    January 14th, 2010 @ 3:02 pm

    Martha Coakley is the Marie Antoinette of Massachusettes

    Coakley bristles at the suggestion that, with so little time left, in an election with such high stakes, she is being too passive.

    “As opposed to standing outside Fenway Park? In the cold? Shaking hands?’’ she fires back, in an apparent reference to a Brown online video of him doing just that.

  32. bill hedrick
    January 14th, 2010 @ 10:02 am

    OK I knew this but I finally boiled it down so it can be used: If you call someone a tea-bagger, you are a homophobe.

    1) You are using the term with contempt, using it as a condemnation

    2) Tea-bagging is a homosexual love making techniques

    3) By using the term as a condemnation you are saying the practice (and de facto the practitioners) is despicable.

    ergo you are indulging in homophobia.

    Note: this should only be used in rooms where the exploding brains of liberals will not stain the carpets.

  33. Joe
    January 14th, 2010 @ 10:02 am

    Martha Coakley is the Marie Antoinette of Massachusettes

    Coakley bristles at the suggestion that, with so little time left, in an election with such high stakes, she is being too passive.

    “As opposed to standing outside Fenway Park? In the cold? Shaking hands?’’ she fires back, in an apparent reference to a Brown online video of him doing just that.

  34. bill hedrick
    January 14th, 2010 @ 3:04 pm

    young4eyes, you are a homophobic prude.

  35. bill hedrick
    January 14th, 2010 @ 10:04 am

    young4eyes, you are a homophobic prude.

  36. Ted Kennedy
    January 14th, 2010 @ 3:34 pm

    Posing posing partially clothed is no big deal.

  37. Ted Kennedy
    January 14th, 2010 @ 10:34 am

    Posing posing partially clothed is no big deal.

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  39. Joe
    January 14th, 2010 @ 4:13 pm

    Police unions in Massachusetts support Scott Brown, reject Martha Coakley.

  40. Joe
    January 14th, 2010 @ 11:13 am

    Police unions in Massachusetts support Scott Brown, reject Martha Coakley.

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  44. Bob Belvedere
    January 14th, 2010 @ 7:04 pm

    Bill Hedrick: your logic and reasoning are impeccable.

  45. Bob Belvedere
    January 14th, 2010 @ 2:04 pm

    Bill Hedrick: your logic and reasoning are impeccable.

  46. Bob Belvedere
    January 14th, 2010 @ 7:42 pm

    Quoted from and Linked to at:
    Stacy McCain Is In Bosstown [Welcome To My World]

    [Quoted from Comment #19 by Bill Hedrick]

  47. Bob Belvedere
    January 14th, 2010 @ 2:42 pm

    Quoted from and Linked to at:
    Stacy McCain Is In Bosstown [Welcome To My World]

    [Quoted from Comment #19 by Bill Hedrick]

  48. Bob Belvedere
    January 14th, 2010 @ 9:50 pm

    In my two previous comments, I forgot to thank you for linking my post on the race in the Bay State that contains a Picture of Scott Brown NUDE!!!.

    I apologize Master.

  49. Bob Belvedere
    January 14th, 2010 @ 4:50 pm

    In my two previous comments, I forgot to thank you for linking my post on the race in the Bay State that contains a Picture of Scott Brown NUDE!!!.

    I apologize Master.

  50. Red
    January 14th, 2010 @ 10:08 pm

    *Clink* I sent you enough for a pack of smokes and a coffee. Good luck!