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For underdog Scott Brown, all’s Weld that ends Weld
The Boston Herald ^ | 1/8/2010 | By Margery Eagan

Posted on 01/08/2010 11:41:07 AM PST by Bluestateredman

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To: Bluestateredman
The question is...

If liberals move right to get elected and then move left once in office...

Why can't someone like Brown move left to get elected and then move right once in office?

-PJ

41 posted on 01/08/2010 12:31:39 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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To: liberlog

When do we take “NO MORE RINOS” seriously? Another abortion backing, Big Government RINO statist in the US Senate does us no good whatsoever. These guys are the enemy within and are exactly why we’re in the predicament we’re in today.

Sorry, no sale.

Now, on the other hand, he could be lying to us just to get elected. Just like Romney, lying to his constituency. Lie to them, lie to me, lie to you. What’s the difference?


42 posted on 01/08/2010 12:32:48 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Join the TEA Party Rebellion!! May God and TEA save the Republic!!)
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To: raccoonradio

Any Massachusetts conservative who sits this one out on the 19th, put a ‘C’ on the voter list next to their name.

No, not ‘C’ for Conservative. ‘C’ for “Complicit”.


43 posted on 01/08/2010 12:35:26 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: Jim Robinson

Well he could pull a reverse Arlen Specter and move conservative after in office


44 posted on 01/08/2010 12:36:30 PM PST by ksm1
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To: Siena Dreaming

Look, the election is only days away. There is no “conservative” in the race that might win.

I look at it this way. If I had been sleep deprived for several days and were going to be locked up in a cell with my choice between a serial killer and a pick pocket, I would choose the pick pocket. But maybe that is just me.

People who cannot make rational choices between the only available options make me tired. If your fantasy choice is not available, their decision is to not choose. Not choosing is a choice to accept the worst possible choice without a fight. That behavior is just crazy in my opinion.


45 posted on 01/08/2010 12:40:24 PM PST by Truth is a Weapon (Truth, it hurts soooo good!)
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To: Jim Robinson
I don't think Ted Kennedy would take that position. Its pretty much where Americans stand on abortion. Americans think women should be able to do what they want with two caveats: the taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for abortions and no late term abortions. Plus parental consent and notification requirements for teens. The Left wants abortion on demand. The American people are opposed to it. Seems to me that's fairly radical for Massachusetts. Elsewhere its just common sense.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

46 posted on 01/08/2010 12:42:00 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: FastCoyote
What's the difference between Brown and Romney? Or either of them and Benedict Arnold Specter? RINOs, statist liars and backstabbing political whores all.

I would hope Brown strikes all of that liberal mush from his website and stand up strong for Life, Liberty, God, Family and Country or shut the hell up and sit back down.

"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. --RR"

47 posted on 01/08/2010 12:42:40 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Join the TEA Party Rebellion!! May God and TEA save the Republic!!)
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To: mwl8787
Martha Coakley will push the abomination called Obamacare into law. Scott Brown will help to kill it. And we do need to kill it. Its not something that can be undone later.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

48 posted on 01/08/2010 12:44:58 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Bluestateredman

MoveOn.Org Comes To Coakley’s Rescue

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2424104/posts


49 posted on 01/08/2010 12:45:42 PM PST by massmike (...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
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To: Truth is a Weapon

“That behavior is just crazy in my opinion....”

Its just another manifestation of narcissism. Just as malignant with respect to their fellow American as the more familiar liberal manifestation.


50 posted on 01/08/2010 12:45:51 PM PST by mo
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To: raccoonradio

“I know not everyone will like this but I feel Brown is a big improvement over the alternative”

spot on


51 posted on 01/08/2010 12:46:46 PM PST by bilhosty (Don' t tax people tax newsprint)
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To: Jim Robinson
If these were normal times, I would agree with you. Coakley is a Big Government, anti-life, cradle to the grave socialist. She has to be stopped. If we keep arguing whether Brown is sufficiently "pure" we will get a leftist zealot and live to regret it. Right now, we have to send the message we don't want Obamacare and we don't want Washington to raise our taxes, limit our freedoms and run our lives.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

52 posted on 01/08/2010 12:48:17 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Jedidah

Go for it, Brown — say whatever it takes to win. OK with me. Every vote counts. Don’t play nice.

Go for it, Brown — say whatever it takes to win. OK with me. Every vote counts. Don’t play nice.

Go for it, Brown — say whatever it takes to win. OK with me. Every vote counts. Don’t play nice.

Yeah!!!


53 posted on 01/08/2010 12:50:27 PM PST by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: Jim Robinson

In our efforts to build a permanent 51-vote majority to stop all future Sotomayor’s, I’m convinced that Indiana, Arkansas, and Montana are more promising places to elect such senators. It sure isn’t in the cards in looneyTunesAchusetts.


54 posted on 01/08/2010 12:50:36 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: Bluestateredman

As a rule, I will always support the most conservative candidate in any race. In this race the constrast is sufficiently sharp and the stakes are high enough that there can be absolutely no doubt.


55 posted on 01/08/2010 12:50:42 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (The CRU needs adult supervision.)
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To: Jim Robinson

“Someone tell me again the difference between RomneyCare and ObamaCare? “

I’ll be happy to educate you. First, note that I am not for any government health-care. I think that people should take care of themselves, and pay for their own G-D healthcare (using private insurance, which is a good idea, if they wish) — unless they want to declare themselves paupers, and wards of the state.

But now the BIG differences. 1) The Romney plan was rather clear: the MA legislature knew what they were voting on. The Reid-Pelosi plan is still up-in-the air. We really won’t know what it will be like until it happens to us. It has been undemocratically decided.

2) This is REALLY, REALLY big: the Massachusetts plan is for Massachusetts. It is not for the whole country. It does not violate the U.S. Constitution. States can pretty much do whatever they want. The Constitution says that they must have a republican form of government (no hereditary monarchy, but an elected chief executive). There are a few fundamental civil-liberties requirements. Other than that, they can experiment — and one advantage of the Federal system is that states can try different policies, and the others can watch and see how things work out. The population can also easily flee. Only a few large, eastern, liberal states (think New York!) will try to pursue escaped citizens.

These are big differences. When you think about it, it shows how fundamentally radical and disastrous is the 0 administration. They have totalitarian impulses — and maybe more than just impulses: policies.


56 posted on 01/08/2010 12:53:22 PM PST by docbnj
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
The contrast is clear. Conservatives can search for the ideal candidate but there won't be one. And there are slim pickings in the Bay State.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

57 posted on 01/08/2010 12:53:47 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: docbnj
States can decide if they want to regulate health care. The federal government has no such authority. Fundamental difference right there.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

58 posted on 01/08/2010 12:55:31 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: mo; Truth is a Weapon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudence
“Prudence is the exercise of sound judgment in practical affairs. It is classically considered to be a virtue ...

The word comes from ... Latin prudentia (foresight, sagacity), a contraction of providentia, foresight. It is often associated with wisdom, insight, and knowledge. In this case, the virtue is the ability to judge between virtuous and vicious actions, not only in a general sense, but with regard to appropriate actions at a given time and place. ... Distinguishing when acts are courageous, as opposed to reckless or cowardly, for instance, is an act of prudence ...

Although prudence would be applied to any such judgment, the more difficult tasks, which distinguish a person as prudent, are those in which various goods have to be weighed against
each other ...”


59 posted on 01/08/2010 12:58:53 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: goldstategop

Pure? Fifty million purely innocent Americans have been put to death without even so much as a trial due to this kind of thinking. When do we begin to fight back?

Why doesn’t Brown stand up like a man and loudly say NO to abortion? And NO to ObamaCare AND NO to RomneyCare?

You stand for Life and Liberty and freedom and free markets and family or you don’t.

Is he a man or a coward?

Or a liar?


60 posted on 01/08/2010 12:59:24 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Join the TEA Party Rebellion!! May God and TEA save the Republic!!)
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