I talked to Mary Connaughton who attended Monday’s Charlie Baker event
When she told me that there had never been an auditor in the office of auditor I was thunderstruck.
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Voices from the Campaign Mary Connaughton Candidate for Auditor
Posted: August 26, 2010 by datechguy in elections, short films/interviewsTags: 2010 elections, auditor, election 2010, mary connaughton, massachusetts, republican primaries
Morning Joe on the car attack
Posted: August 26, 2010 by datechguy in media, politicsTags: 2010 elections, cab attack, election 2010, honorable left, morning joe, republican primaries, sarah palin
They report his background, (not specifically mentioning his support to park 51) but since they can’t directly attach him to opposition to the mosque they still play the Gingrich card. You can see them trying to hold back, unable to make the direct connection so it is all a question of “climate”.
I would think the irony of his attachments would be the big story, but I think it is disgraceful that they attempt to link Gingrich here or opposition to the mosque here when the facts are exactly the opposite. Since the guy supports the mosque how does the “climate of hate” connect to the attack? The only climate that mattered was the climate of alcohol in his system.
I haven’t been making it up early enough today to catch the first hour so I don’t know if they hit the Carnahan story but it would be nice.
Then again they have been very balanced looking at the president and noting that he is again being treated differently that Bush would have, noting the double standards.
That’s the thing about this show, compared to every other show on MSNBC they are not afraid to look at reality. They even pointed to Sarah Palin’s success today and acknowledged it.
I wonder if MSNBC tolerates them because a morning show by nature attracts people outside the clique?
Cripes they just played the Rubio Ad. It’s awesome!
Hey Union members: That’s 88 Million that won’t be in your pension fund
Posted: August 25, 2010 by datechguy in electionsTags: 2010 elections, economy, election 2010, just deserts, pension funds, unions
But don’t worry the SEIU et/al care about their members money. Honest!
The two labor organizations say they have a combined $88 million or more to deploy in this year’s election cycle. It’s not clear how much of that money they will pool together.
So while your pension funds are rickety your leaders are dropping 88 million in an election cycle to try to save the Obama majority in the house and senate. Michelle Malkin nails it big time.
As I’ve noted over the last two years, it’s going to take a bottom-up revolt by disgusted rank-and-file members to stop the political raid on worker dues.
In the words of Thomas Jefferson: “To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”
Of course if the union steward decides who works, in a bad economy maybe they don’t dare raise their voices, but until you clean up your own house, expect more of the same.
Accentuate the positive (Alaska) vs the negative (AZ)
Posted: August 25, 2010 by datechguy in congress, elections, internet/free speech, media, opinion/news, tea partiesTags: 2010 elections, ben quayle, election 2010, joe miller, john mccain, media bigotry, reality, republican primaries, robert stacy mccain, sarah palin, tea parties
Well Arizona voters decided that John McCain deserves another terms in the senate and took Quayle the younger over the superior Vernon Parker.
Like Barbara Espinosa (Have you caught her blog talk radio show BTW) I preferred both Hayworth and Parker but the voters have spoken and it’s up to us to keep both of those seats in the R column.
In once sense it is not a surprise as if the Senate could flip the state might have wanted to keep the seniority that McCain brings, but if you see an amnesty bill next year, be assured that John McCain will be on board bigtime.
Meanwhile in Alaska Stacy McCain reports the MSM is still in full denial mode concerning Joe Miller:
Traditional media, however, continued to hold out hope for Murkowski, a pro-choice Republican who voted for the unpopular TARP bailout and had been labeled one of the ”Top 10 Senate RINOs” (Republican In Name Only) by Human Events.
In its headline, Roll Call described Murkowski as merely “imperiled,” and an Anchorage Daily News reporter named “Sean” said the incumbent was “battling for her political life.” The New York Times said she was “in a surprisingly tight race.” But Republican sources in Anchorage were more blunt, declaring Murkowski “toast” and employing obscene terms to describe just how completely she had been defeated.
Even funnier is this bit from MSNBC’s first read:
If 2008 was about “hope,” then 2010 might be about “fear” — with Republicans running on fear of Obama/Dems, while Dems will be running on fear of returning to Bush/GOP policies.
*** Why McCain won and Murkowski is in trouble: In fact, this explains why someone like John McCain cruised to victory last night in Arizona and Murkowski didn’t. McCain
Oh conservatives won because of fear. No media bigotry there. Gee what else could they have in common? I’ll give you a clue, it’s someone who sells books, is hated and ridiculed by the media and has odd shaped hips.
Robert Stacy also credits WooHooYoo and people like her for getting him involved and the hard work that made things happen.
Miss Sharon — her Twitter name is WooHooYoo – isn’t famous or influential. She’s just someone who has stopped asking, “What can I do?” and started doing what she can. (Good advice.)
I am looking forward to being able to say the same in November when talking about Bill Gunn here in MA-01.
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