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Holy Guacamole! the Sentinel & Enterprise endorses Bill Gunn in Ma-1!

Posted: October 25, 2010 by datechguy in congress, elections, local issues, local stuff, politics
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Three cheers for my hometown paper!

Gunn has already made good on his promise to listen to the people, holding several town hall-style forums across the far-flung district. (Here the incumbent, ever the earnest lecturer, could learn something from his challenger.) Gunn’s candidacy is truly a grass-roots effort born of the tea-party movement, and he acknowledges that his is an uphill battle. He said he is relying on the more conservative pockets of the districts, such as those right here in the North Central region, to deliver him victory.

Oh, lest we forget, there is an independent in the race, Michael Engel, who is a self-described Democratic socialist. Enough said there.

The race for the 1st Congressional District is a microcosm of the battle for control of Capitol Hill being waged across the country. It’s a race of big government vs. smaller government. More taxation vs. less taxation. Government telling you what’s best for you vs. you telling the government what’s best for government. That’s why we endorse Bill Gunn for Congress in the 1st District.

I beg I URGE my readers to consider kicking in to help Bill, if he had 1/10 of the money that is going to Sean Bielat he would have this race in a walk.

Help us make ma-1 part of the big red wave!

Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle comment about the show’s appeal to conservatives like me

Posted: October 22, 2010 by datechguy in culture, internet/free speech, local issues, politics, short films/interviews, special events
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I actually didn’t get my question on camera, I asked about the appeal of the show to a conservative audience and if it makes waves at MSNBC

I actually think the audience was a bit surprised at my “outing” myself as a conservative. The Jim DeMint thing was a running gag of the night.

Voices of the Candidates: Neal Heeren at the Karyn Polito event

Posted: October 19, 2010 by datechguy in elections, internet/free speech, local issues, politics
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Neal Heeren stopped by the Karyn Polito event once the Bill Gunn town hall was done on Wednesday:

Again I’m sorry about the poor lighting that was available.

“If you judge by signs ‘For Sale’ would be winning hands down”

Posted: October 9, 2010 by datechguy in elections, local issues, oddities, opinion/news, politics
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Ran into DaHospitality guy yesterday. Haven’t seen much of him as he’s been busy with running the old Dynasty Sable Face to Face baseball league (now in its 23rd year).

He was interested in my wandering Olver story and out of curiosity starting driving around town to check out signs. He said that in West Fitchburg (his stomping ground) you could see quite a few Olver signs. I haven’t been to west Fitchburg in a couple of weeks but I’ll take his word for it.

He then told me after driving the main drags once he hit side roads and left west Fitchburg the Bill Gunn signs: “Totally blew Olver away” (his pun not mine), but there was a more important indicator.

He could not get over how many “For Sale” signs there were everywhere. Beyond the normal buying and selling it seems that more people without jobs are preparing to flee to other parts less expensive parts of the country (Massachusetts will likely lose another district for 2012) or state, or just need to raise funds to survive. As he put it Gunn has much more signage that Olver but “For Sale” dwarfs them both.

It is that bad economy more than any number of Bill Gunn signs that spell trouble for John Olver and every other democrat in this state.

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