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Massachusetts Senate: When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Vote Brown

Posted on | January 16, 2010 | 23 Comments

FITCHBURG, Mass. — Red Mass Group, Gateway Pundit and Legal Insurrection now pick up on the SEIU “Purple for Brown” phenomenon I spotted last night in Worcester. Weasel Zippers has MSNBC’s Ed Schultz boasting he’d cheat to elect Martha Coakley. Meanwhile, I’m updating for The American Spectator:

Seeing the Senate campaign from ground level is weird, in that you see and hear things — TV ads, mailers, local news coverage, the comments of voters — that aren’t visible from outside the election battle zone. So you’re watching selected microcosms of the campaign that don’t necessarily match the Big Picture the national pundits are commenting on.
Example: The phone just rang here at my friend’s house where I’m staying. It was a pre-recorded “robocall” from Republican Scott Brown’s daughter, Ayla, saying that Democrat Martha Coakley has “crossed the line” with her latest “disgusting and malicious” attacks. This state’s phones are being flooded with robocalls, and you have to wonder what the effect will be. . . .

Read the whole thing. Right now, Da Tech Guy is at confession (he’s a hard-core Catholic), and when he gets back, we’re heading out to Middleboro, Mass., for a Scott Brown bus tour event.

Thanks to all the readers who are contributing to the Shoe Leather Fund to help pay for this trip. Every $5 or $10 helps.

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  • Joe

    Martha Coakley is a dishonest nasty person.

    Coakley is apparently just contemptable as a prosecutor in trampling civil liberties to the point that conservatives, libertarians, and lefties hate her.

    She hates the Rex Sox Nation and mocks its heroes.

    Coakley’s stock is falling.

    She is a disaster for the Country and a disaster for Massachusetts. I hope and pray she loses. Scott Brown is a better person and better candidate, regardless of party.

  • Joe

    Martha Coakley is a dishonest nasty person.

    Coakley is apparently just contemptable as a prosecutor in trampling civil liberties to the point that conservatives, libertarians, and lefties hate her.

    She hates the Rex Sox Nation and mocks its heroes.

    Coakley’s stock is falling.

    She is a disaster for the Country and a disaster for Massachusetts. I hope and pray she loses. Scott Brown is a better person and better candidate, regardless of party.

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  • USMC

    Either union members are finally waking up or it’s a tactic from SEIU to cast doubt on Brown. Earlier this week they were saying he’s just as liberal as Dede Scozafoza (sic) in NY-23.

    Or like what’s posted above. These people see the destruction of America and have had it.

    If this is legit then look for a rebellion in the union ranks.

  • USMC

    Either union members are finally waking up or it’s a tactic from SEIU to cast doubt on Brown. Earlier this week they were saying he’s just as liberal as Dede Scozafoza (sic) in NY-23.

    Or like what’s posted above. These people see the destruction of America and have had it.

    If this is legit then look for a rebellion in the union ranks.

  • http://thecampofthesaints.wordpress.com Bob Belvedere

    Supreme Blogwhore Belvedere Goes Tabloid!

    Mass Dem Party Breaks Law / A.G. Coakley Does Nothing

  • http://thecampofthesaints.wordpress.com Bob Belvedere

    Supreme Blogwhore Belvedere Goes Tabloid!

    Mass Dem Party Breaks Law / A.G. Coakley Does Nothing

  • http://www.leftcoastrebel.com left coast rebel
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  • http://knappster.blogspot.com Thomas L. Knapp

    “Seeing the Senate campaign from ground level is weird”

    How can it not be weird for you, given your change of approach?

    2008: Following third party candidate Bob Barr.

    Fall 2009: Following third party candidate Doug Thompson.

    January 2010: Following Dede Scoz … er, Scott Brown.

    When you change your ground game from following the wild cards to following the establishment hacks, of course there’s going to be some cognitive dissonance.

  • http://knappster.blogspot.com Thomas L. Knapp

    “Seeing the Senate campaign from ground level is weird”

    How can it not be weird for you, given your change of approach?

    2008: Following third party candidate Bob Barr.

    Fall 2009: Following third party candidate Doug Thompson.

    January 2010: Following Dede Scoz … er, Scott Brown.

    When you change your ground game from following the wild cards to following the establishment hacks, of course there’s going to be some cognitive dissonance.

  • Joe

    Glad you are back. I was not sure if someone in Pennsylvania or Massachusett[e]s sold their souls to the Devil and cursed the site. Of course it would go a long way to explaining Murtha and Teddy.

  • Joe

    Glad you are back. I was not sure if someone in Pennsylvania or Massachusett[e]s sold their souls to the Devil and cursed the site. Of course it would go a long way to explaining Murtha and Teddy.

  • http://www.nosheepleshere.blogspot.com No Sheeples Here

    Stacy,

    Those f’ing bastards.

    We are all watching with great interest your reports from the Bay State. I need not tell you that your readers are proud of your coverage. I know it’s not much, but a C Note is headed for your tip jar right now.

    Go get ‘em Gonzo!

  • http://www.nosheepleshere.blogspot.com No Sheeples Here

    Stacy,

    Those f’ing bastards.

    We are all watching with great interest your reports from the Bay State. I need not tell you that your readers are proud of your coverage. I know it’s not much, but a C Note is headed for your tip jar right now.

    Go get ‘em Gonzo!

  • Barbara Espinosa

    Praying for a lot of weirdo’s in Massachusetts.
    Go Weirdo’s Go!!!

  • http://www/barbaraespinosa.com Barbara Espinosa

    Praying for a lot of weirdo’s in Massachusetts.
    Go Weirdo’s Go!!!

  • Joe
  • Joe
  • http://thecampofthesaints.wordpress.com Bob Belvedere

    Quoted from and Linked to at:
    Stacy McCain In Bosstown VI

  • http://thecampofthesaints.wordpress.com Bob Belvedere

    Quoted from and Linked to at:
    Stacy McCain In Bosstown VI

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