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September 15th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
A political candidate pandering?!!!! WOW! This is a first. Sorry, it’s a second. Andrea Silbert waffled on Cape Wind until a definitive poll came out in July…then she stuck her index finger to the political winds and said, “I’m for it!” prior to that in every LG forum she danced with the best of them!
September 16th, 2006 at 8:05 am
Deval is also the ONLY candidate who has said that he absoultely would not use state troopers to round up undocumented workers. It would be amazing to have someone in office who actually has compassion for all people and who really understands the complex issues around immigration.
September 16th, 2006 at 7:02 pm
Everybody loses when the wrong people get power:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/09/16/immigration_raid_devastates_ga_town/
September 17th, 2006 at 2:30 pm
Not only can Deval Patrick win but IMHO he is the ONLY Democrat who can beat Healey. Why?
Democrats never seem to learn that you don’t beat Republicans by being Republican Lite. Healey already has the diehards on the tax cut issue sewn up. The Reilly/Gabrieli metooism only seems cloying and opportunistic. Voters see through that in a minute. It will be a breath of fresh air to have a Democrat from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party in the race.
Given a choice between Republican and Republican Lite, who would you choose? Given a choice between a Republican frantically trying to distance herself from her predecessor’s record and a True Blue Democrat Patrick wins, if for no other reason than that he is the real thing.
September 18th, 2006 at 7:02 pm
Deval is no Democrat. He is nothing more than a Socialist Carpetbagger from outside Mass. hoping to hoodwink the ultra-liberal, socialist branch of the Democratic Party. The more the party nominates these socialists, the more elections for the corner office will be won by Republicans. It is time to smarten up folks. Gabrieli can carry the Independent voters. This is where elections are won and lost. And NO, this is not Republican Lite, this is the AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS!!!
September 18th, 2006 at 9:27 pm
Uhhh…OK “The Real Democrat.” Sanity isn’t your forte I see.
So, according to some people, Deval is: A) a conservative corporate shill or B) too liberal to win. Come on, make up my mind here. And how are you a carpet bagger when you came to high school here and stayed? Huh? And riddle me this…since when have we actually elected real “liberal” Democrats and WON the corner office? Seems to me we keep going with the “safe” choice and wind up with Republicans.
Dude, you do your candidate no good with your comment…people here are a little more intelligent than that. And I hope that if you lose tomorrow, you’ll be still helping the Democrats win in November. Me, I’ll be at the upcoming LDCC meeting no matter what, slings and arrows aside (I know I’ll probably be attacked just for showing up).
September 19th, 2006 at 10:14 pm
It looks as though you can savor a victory. Alas, there is no doubt that it will be short lived. The socialist, utopian seeking, new world order elements of the Democratic party will never cease to amaze me. Those who subscribe to the Ralph Nader political ideology have decimated the hope of the working class.
When you can no longer appeal to the modertae independent voters, you cannot win a general election. Harshbarger and O’Brien were not “safe” choices. They were pathetic choices. Each were candidates out of step with the main stream. Might I also remind you that Gabrieli was the party choice only four years ago.
It is not my vote that you need to worry about. I am a life long Democrat. I am merely pointing out that this is no longer the party of Jack Kennedy.
You cannot continue to line up candidates that are out of sync with the public on taxes (”The property tax is the tax to cut”- my ass!, since when does a governor set property taxes), illegal immigration, and gay marraige (which incidnetly submarined any chance John Kerry had at the presidency, or perhaps he was another “safe” choice).
Sometimes reality hurts. Savor the victory. It will not last long.
September 20th, 2006 at 12:26 pm
Please explain how Patrick is like Nader?
Please explain how Patrick is a socialist?
Please explain where Patrick has stated that he is “pro NWO”?
Seriously… where do you get this stuff? You obviously haven’t been paying attention.
Although I hardly think the ticket will ignore the center, it should be noted that the GOP has made a national strategy of ignoring the center.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780300108705&itm=2
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:09 pm
OK…”the real democrat”…uhuuuuu