In less than two weeks, when Massachusetts voters elect Martha Coakley to the US Senate — let’s not pretend that Republican state senator Scott Brown has any chance of pulling off the monumental upset — they will trigger a massive domino effect that has the state’s political class buzzing with anticipation.
— David S. Bernstein, Boston Phoenix, Jan. 8
How’s that Inevitable Triumph Of Coakley working out for you guys?
Riding the subway around the city Sunday, Da Tech Guy picked up the Phoenix, one of those predictable free “alternative” weekly papers that infests every big city.
Bored on the train, I thumbed through it and laughed out loud when I turned to Page 8 and saw Bernstein’s idiotic prediction. Unfortunately, I threw away the Phoenix before thinking to check their astrology column:
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) – You will soon be re-Tweeted by Alyssa Milano.
It’s destiny . . .
It’s the Triumph of the Swill.
It’s the Triumph of the Swill.
[…] As I’ve mentioned, Patrick also appealed to voters to hold on to “my father’s seat” after Teddy’s widow repeated the Scott Brown formula that it is “the People’s Seat,” in a TV ad for Coakley. Meanwhile, it appears that Coakley may have evaded the Inevitable Triumph. […]
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