Started the evening in Townsend Mass. Where Bill Gunn was holding a town hall after his return from Washington
Standing out for Bill Gunn (r) Ma-01 in Townsend
His fans were already out in force holding signs large and small:
The big sign at the Corner
Some of the younger guys not only took signs but as the event started went back to parade them for motorists returning home via Route 119
All the cool kids are supporting the guy who rides a motercycle
And Bill took the time to meet with some of the voters before things got started:
I once cast a ballot this big
Bill gave me a few minutes telling me a bit about the Beck Rally (he attended), approving of any pro-business moves the administration makes (while stating bluntly they are trying to buy votes at the last minute), He told me his plans for September 11th (Event at Fitchburg State University) and broke some news telling me that John Olver has challenged him to three debates and he has accepted. (I was under the impression that 20 year incumbents generally don’t see the need to have multiple debates with new challengers. Better get Olver off the triage list STAT!)
From there my next stop was the Reading Tea Party where 4 other candidates for Congress spoke:
Keith Lepor ma-09
Keith Lepor never told me he was a combat reporter in Afghanistan who is only alive to challenge Stephen Lynch because his body armor stopped a short that hit him square in the heart:
The difference between a dead combat reporter and a live republican candidate
When I asked him why he never mentioned it during my interview with him last week he answered “You never asked.”
I met two candidates for the republican nomination to face John Tierney in the Mass 6th District first Rob McCarthy
Rob McCarthy (r) 6th district
And secondly Bill Hudak who I first met and Scott Brown’s victory party and who gets a lot of credit for announcing early way before the republican tide started to sweep the land:
Bill Hudak republican candidate ma-06
Either would be a better alternative that Tierney we also met Gerry Dembrowski one of two republicans seeking to retire Ed Markey in the 7th district:
Gerry Dembrowski (r) for ma-7
He emphasized that the current economic woes can be traced to longtime congressmen like Markey who let things get this far. We also had state rep candidate for the 9th Essex district airline pilot Ray Igou:
Ray Igou (r) 9th Essex District
I found him very impressive, we need more like him on the state level.
The Axis of Fedora strikes again!
Of course the big news of the night was the expansion of the axis of fedora.
I’ll get the video up later, big day ahead tomorrow.
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