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September 15th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Supporting whomever you wish is one’s choice, but when he uses your party affiliation to promote himself he does you no favor in return. It doesn’t matter for has-beens like Ray Flynn, but to become a traitor to your party when you are still active is not a good idea. Of course, you can always change affiliation.
September 15th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Lupoli will run for the hills when he sees Meehan in the blocks.
September 15th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
There is a constituency in this city for whom Rita Mercier’s endorsement means a great deal - a fairly large constituency, too. But Scott Brown was already going to win the old, white people of Lowell, and their turnout was already going to be very high. I don’t see him gaining any significant number of votes from this endorsement.
As opposed to the West End Gym ad. Working class white voters who don’t remember hearing President Roosevelt on the radio, but who did see the Fighter, are the people who will decide the senate election.
September 16th, 2012 at 8:14 am
I get a kick out of those that slam Elizabeth Warren for accepting a part-time, well-paying no-show job and then think it’s OK to have Rita as their hero.
September 16th, 2012 at 7:13 pm
This is actually a really funny post…I was canvassing Saturday, and ran into a woman, older, who was very, very angry at Rita, said “she’s a friend of mine but…what was she thinking?” I think she also said Rita lost her vote!
September 17th, 2012 at 6:24 am
Love your post, Lynne! I’m also an “older” woman and I’m white (see Joe’s comment above)and I have NO intention of voting for Brown. For some reason, he’s been able to snooker some of our so-called “prominent” Democrats to jump the fence simply by SAYING that he’s bipartisan. Can’t convince me that these Prom. Demos actually researched his voting record! They don’t even seem to be aware that they’re being used. Have there been any prominent Republicans falling all over the Senator? I have many retiree friends who are as angry as the woman you met while canvassing. Don’t sell us old people short, Joe … we’re old but we’re not stupid! I’m sure some of Rita’s constituents will vote for her endorsement, that’s just the way it is. I may not be a PROMINENT Democrat but I can say for certainty that I’m a REAL Democrat! By the way … kudos to Art Ramalho for his awesome ad!
September 17th, 2012 at 6:46 am
Credit where credit is due - although certainly a post Lynne would probably love to take credit for, this one was Jack’s.
September 17th, 2012 at 10:42 am
Scott Brown’s heart may be with the common people (so he claims), but his allegiance is to the Republican Party:
“Pressed on whether he would vote to extend tax cuts for people earning less than $250,000 if that meant allowing taxes to increase on the highest earners, Brown said he would not.”
September 17th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Maybe, like Micky Ward, these supposedly somewhat Dem-y Dems would benefit from the judicious use of Google to find out his real history, MD, no?
And like getting Rep, Nangle to endorse you is any feather in your cap…I am not a big fan of hunting DINOs, as I do not want to be like the Republicans kicking out moderates and centrists and the like, but Nangle is NO Democrat.
The post was Jacks, hon, but she might have been responding to my comment anecdote.