DailyKos Short Bus Riders Want to Send Martha Coakley and Me to Jail


The not so very bright readers of Kos want to send Martha Coakley and me to jail.

Why us?

Well, I published the list of union organized phone banks for Coakley on Friday night.

Some genius who probably thinks Joe Stalin was just misunderstood now is convinced I must go to jail. WITH A POLL!!!!

I assume s/he (that covers everything including transgendered I hope) also wants to send Martha Coakley to jail. She did the same thing I did, but offered up even more details, including the phone numbers of the locations and email address of the contact person.

Idiots.

By the way, points off to the Koskidz for misspelling my name.


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They're becoming unhinged ALREADY.

scotteiland (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 9:09AM EST (link)

Am I the only one who CANNOT WAIT until the wheels REALLY fall off their bigwheels in November?

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
– John Adams

 

I voted NO :) -nt-

oblio Sunday, January 17th at 9:10AM EST (link)

The KOS kids would vote for you to go to jail for breathing.

Brian Hibbert (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 9:21AM EST (link)

They despise you. And we love you for it. It proves you’re been doing the right things.

The socialists want to get rid if dissent by the means they usually use. The power of the government to jail or kill anyone who expresses different points of view.

Thank God these people aren’t making all the rules (yet). Hopefully we’ll remove them from places where they make ANY of the rules.

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I voted pie.

Brian Hibbert (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 9:26AM EST (link)

I have no idea what that means to them, but to me it means the whole question is meaningless.

P.S. After posting the previous message, I realize I didn’t proof read it well.
you’re = you’ve
if = of
And forgive anything else I’ve still missed.

Candidate for Trustee of Illinois Central College
Socialism doesn’t work. It looks nice on paper, but it’s been tried and it’s failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
Proud member of the V.R.W.C.

Take back our party!
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To me, their whole site is meaningless

sharonmcp (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 9:34AM EST (link)

although it is amusing to watch them work themselves up into a frothing, foam-at-the-mouth, self-righteous frenzy.

“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.” ~ Ronald Reagan

They banned me for being a proponent of freedom.

Brian Hibbert (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 9:48AM EST (link)

It seems they have overlords who have the power to hide replies and give hits. If you get too many negative hits you get banned.

They couldn’t stomach someone who claimed to be a conservative Republican who is a RedState regular who said things like:
Conservatism doesn’t have anything to do with Fascism because we are lovers of liberty. Fascism is a statist ideology derived from socialism and required the power of the state to enforce. Statism is anathema to Conservatives.

It didn’t fit their narrative and rather than dispute it logically, they hid my posts and banned me. The good part was one of the non-overlord kids asked why I should be banned and have my posts hidden just for talking. There is hope for SOME of them.

Candidate for Trustee of Illinois Central College
Socialism doesn’t work. It looks nice on paper, but it’s been tried and it’s failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
Proud member of the V.R.W.C.

Take back our party!
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A Kos Kid using common sense, miracles do still happen

sharonmcp (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 9:59AM EST (link)

“I honestly think that some people here at dKos have jumped the shark about this. Some stupid comments were made. They were addressed. It is not as though that never happened here. Time for some proportionality — being exercised about this makes us look silly, given the facts and the time-line.”

Wurzelbacher/Prejean in 2012 — No wonder the Mayans were scared!

by Its the Supreme Court Stupid on Sun Jan 17, 2010 at 03:48:07 AM PST

“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.” ~ Ronald Reagan

kowalski

sharonmcp (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 1:45PM EST (link)

MinistryOfTruth, who is the head vampire demanding Erick’s blood, has left the following reply to the Dkos poster I quoted above.

You were just quoted on RedState (0+ / 0-)
as a voice of reason.

Take it as you like.

Moe Lane seems the most reasonable voice on that side, but it doesn’t look like he is being listened to or taken seriously.

But jumping the shark? I’d say interfering in GOTV efforts the weekend before a special election warrants scrutiny, especially with slimebags like Erickson and his sort at work. Better safe than sorry.

“Politics isn’t about big money or power games; it’s about the improvement of people’s lives” ~ The Late Sen. Paul Wellstone

by MinistryOfTruth on Sun Jan 17, 2010 at 10:20:08 AM PST

Hey MinistryOf *cough* Truth, why haven’t we seen anything about these pictures included in your little hissy fit about Erick?

“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.” ~ Ronald Reagan

 
 
 
 

Did somebody say "Vote pie"?

Erick Brockway (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 12:32PM EST (link)

via $

Oooo I’ll vote for that! Mmmm hmmm!”
Vote Pie

We should call the police on Hillary..

speciallist (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 1:00PM EST (link)

the Fashion police…

is that blue pantsuit permanently attached?

 
 
 
 

Kosnuts looking for excuses, anything.

johnt Sunday, January 17th at 9:38AM EST (link)

Actually they would prefer concentration camps but for now they’ll stick with jail, Scratch a liberal and you get a Nazi.
They’re boiling in their inveterate hate, both houses of Congress, huge majorities, an American hating, Democrat President, perfect.

Except it isn’t working out for them as expected, they can’t quite grab the American people by the throat, much as they would love to.
Frustrating, and they don’t have the cojones to take to the streets and try it themselves so as always they want government to do it for them.

“a man’s admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him”. Tocqueville

 

I'll pass on reading that Kos nonsense for now

RedBeard Sunday, January 17th at 9:43AM EST (link)

I’ve already taken a shower, and I don’t want to have to do it again right now.

Maybe later today, after I finish working with the cattle and need a shower anyway, I’ll give it a look.

But still, every time I do look in on the Kos Alternate Universe, I get the distinct feeling I’m watching bits from Marat-Sade.

Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.

 

Can't stand reading their bullhockey

cmdorsey Sunday, January 17th at 9:50AM EST (link)

Good job Erick. You know when they get this angry, you are doing something RIGHT. I love it when they get mad. They are worse than rabid animals when they find people who don’t agree with their smut and filth. I hope they all go to prison soon. It will be a very bright day in America when we watch them get handcuffed and hauled off to prison, and that’s why Gitmo should STAY OPEN. We could just send them all there.

 

dailykooks

batgirl Sunday, January 17th at 9:58AM EST (link)

Can we continue to push these kooks deeper into their derangement?
Yes we can!

I agree batgirl, it will help pass the time until Scott Brown is elected to

sharonmcp (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 10:09AM EST (link)

not the Kennedy’s seat, not the Democrat’s seat, but the People’s seat!

“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.” ~ Ronald Reagan

 

I'm thinking of trying to find a local socialist gathering.

Brian Hibbert (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 10:33AM EST (link)

And go TALK to them. I’ve been talking to the Campaign for Liberty groups and they’re good people with good intentions with just some bad information. I think maybe I’ll try the other side of the spectrum too.

Rather than fear or ridicule, many just need some reality checks.

I’m trying to fix this country 1 person at a time…..

Note I have no illusions that ALL of the people in socialist groups arewell intentioned. Some of them are personally evil and power hungry, others are just nuts. But most really believe that socialism will HELP people. That’s why it’s such and evil ideology, it seduces people into thinking they’re doing GOOD, when really they’re tearing apart society and spreading the misery equally.

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Socialism doesn’t work. It looks nice on paper, but it’s been tried and it’s failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
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You're doing God's work...

Vassar Bushmills (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 11:05AM EST (link)

…Bernie Chumm’s been trying to get people over to this kind of “missionary” work for years.

Or, think of yourself as a psychiatrist out doing field work. Both work.

 
 
 

The subtext to that post's comments is telling

Bill S (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 10:01AM EST (link)

They are in SHEER PANIC MODE over the thought that one of their iconic Senate seats is about to be lost. PANIC.

DOOOOOOOOM

“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins

Kos's problem is...

Erick Brockway (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 12:37PM EST (link)

How to make good people look bad, and bad people look good?
The eternal leftist struggle.

 
 

How could this be a surprise?

america1st (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 10:10AM EST (link)

The characters which populate the surreal landscape of DK and other such Kool-Aid dispensaries would not congregate there if they were not already bereft of reasoning capacity. Clearly common sense varies inversely to the degree of liberalism espoused by a given party, regardless of putative intellectual capacity. If potential voters were required to prove legal citizenship and a capacity for rational thought, there would *be* no liberals holding office, even in San Franfreakshow.

Logic in the mind of a liberal is like a snowflake in the desert: lost, alone and soon destroyed by a hostile environment.

 

The "article" was written by the "ministry of truth"

louisiana (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 10:17AM EST (link)

so it must be so. sarc/ Sounds like a position for another Czar.

 

KosKids say the darndest things

sharonmcp (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 10:42AM EST (link)

If you can stomach it, go over there, pick out your ‘favorite’ nonsensical piece of tripe posing as intelligent discourse and post it in this thread. Here’s mine…

yes, their spies over here have reported….. (25+ / 0-)

….to them, to let them know that we’re gearing up to do Neighborhood Watch on this and call the cops on ‘em.

HEY REPUBLICAN SPIES: WE have current and former members of law enforcement and three-letter agencies in our community, and they are watching you closely. WE have plenty of people who know how to monitor stuff and collect evidence, and they are watching you closely. Don’t even think of doing something illegal, because we will see it, we will record the evidence, and we will do whatever we can to get you prosecuted and convicted. You’ve been warned.

by G2geek on Sat Jan 16, 2010 at 04:46:54 PM PST

We have been warned!

Ooooh, I don’t know about the rest of you RedStaters, but I’m verwy, verwy skeeered.

“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.” ~ Ronald Reagan

Wait, so Red State is ACORN?

HokiePundit Sunday, January 17th at 10:58AM EST (link)

Doesn’t that work better when your target is trying to aid in bringing in illegal immigrants for child prostitution than when they’re simply encouraging, at most, picketing and calling people back who called you first?

 
 

The LEFT-WINGNUT Hypocrisy Astounds...

LaborUnionReport (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 10:58AM EST (link)

This is no different than what union thugs do on a regular basis whenever they want to protest something/anything/everything.

Call them out and watch them squeal.

“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.” Thomas Paine December 23, 1776

In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.-Ayn Rand

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The Most Comprehensive Source for
News & Views on Today’s Labor Unions.


 

Let's distinguish union LEADERSHIP from the members, Erick

Marcus_Traianus (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 11:00AM EST (link)

There is another front opening, we should keep in mind that union members do not wholeheartedly support Coakley. In fact, some of their members have come our publicly for Brown.

There is a growing (albeit minority) movement in some unions against the entire Democrat/Obama agenda. While union LEADERS have been at the table for some of the negotiations that is not necessarily translating into enthusiastic private support downstream.

Let’s not forget that dues are mandatory and most membership does not have a real say as to where political contributions are spent. Frankly, unless you are ultimately in the voting booth with individual members, who really knows what there vote is?

I certainly understand there is potentially a holistic upside to many unions with some of the Democrat agenda items. But many of these folks, outside die-hard acolytes, remember when there was a time union members received more respect. Now most folks think the are a bunch of left-wing, mindless partisans using clout gained from the devices of our democracy to destroy it. To think that does not bother some of the prouder members would be a grotesque mistake.

Unions are in fact a microcosm of our democracy in the sense they have divergent interests (especially inter union). There has accordingly been substantial turmoil, especially over the past ten years. That has both helped forged current relationships and created some very deep divisions.

So I say we continue an appeal to the forces inside unions who disagree with their leadership, rather than speak of them as one in the same. The private ballot is a wonderful, intentional device of our Republic.

“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object—the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers; the other, by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other, the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”.Thomas Jefferson

Absolutely right...

Vassar Bushmills (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 11:06AM EST (link)
 

The private ballot is a wonderful, intentional device of our Republic...

smagar (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 11:19AM EST (link)

which is why the union bosses want to destroy it with Card Check.

“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)

Exactly right smagar, because it threatens unions authoratarian rule

Marcus_Traianus (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 12:32PM EST (link)

Modern unions are largely vestiges of authoritarian, anti-democratic, almost feudal systems. In fact, the latter is probably the best example.

Unions hold jobs as the equivalent of an estate, threatening those who work the land by saying their continued existence depends on unmitigated support for the lord. For those peasants in adjacent lands, the lords would rather take it by force, rather than face a ballot about the despicable way they run their enterprises. They don’t want any peasants to have a say over their livelihood, voice their opinion on the lord or free themselves from an oppressive yoke.

That encapsulates the modern, once proud union. It the antithesis to our democratic republic, a cancer in its midst trying to invade our entire system. They will fail and in the process further destroy what is left of unions in this country.

“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object—the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers; the other, by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other, the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”.Thomas Jefferson

 
 

Outside the deepest blue places, at most 5% of union members

Achance (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 11:28AM EST (link)

will do anything just because the union wants it done. The skilled trades, especially those with apprenticeship programs, have a lot of member loyalty but there really aren’t a lot of them anymore. In the private sector unionization is limited to legacy industries like autos, regulated industries like utilities, airlines, and industries that rely heavily on government funding and permitting, aerospace, heavy construction, health care, etc. That is only about 8% of the US workforce.

The heavy union “membership” is in the public sector. The vast majority of those people are union members or fee payers only because somebody in HR told them during their new employee orientation that they had to join the union to keep their job. Some number of malcontents and wannabe supervisors become union stewards and activist members. The big wall-to-wall public employee union organize around malcontents, elevate them to hero status among the activist members. They use the grievances of the malcontents and incompetents as organizing tools and turn grievances into Saul Alinsky moments with polls and protests and mau-mauing supervisors. Arbitrations are turned into show trials worthy of Stalin if you let them. The way to deal with them is usually to ignore them unless you can whack somebody. You target the activist members; they make it easy for you since the unions organize around malcontents and incompetents. So, if one of their activists misbehaves, you whack him and force the union to defend him. If the union pulls out all the stops to defend him, you make sure the arbitration hearing is at the workplace so the other union members see that their dues are being spent on this person’s defense. The other members know who the screwups and loud mouths are and don’t like seeing their money wasted. They especially don’t like seeing somebody like that get their job back because the union won an arbitration. Sometimes as an employer you take on bad cases that you aren’t likely to win just so you can show that you tried to get rid of the employee but the union thwarted it.

A direct attack on the union will get a goodly number of the employees to rally around the union, so you get in the union’s knickers by going after their perks and privileges first and then you start to go after their dues. When you have them by the union security clause, their hearts and minds WILL follow, and the members won’t care because they don’t like to pay the dues anyway.

In Vino Veritas

Very few know more about this than you, Art

Marcus_Traianus (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 1:05PM EST (link)

The key to union proliferation or defeat is the public sector. The case needs to be made that eliminating unions in our public sector is crucial to a accessible, efficient and fiscally responsible government.

People don’t realize how much the current fiscal crisis, especially in the state’s has been negatively impacted by public sector unions and related obligations. Consequently, they also don’t realize how much more our financial situation would improve without them. If they did, eliminating them would be a ubiquitous priority.

“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object—the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers; the other, by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other, the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”.Thomas Jefferson

Bargaining rights AND unlimited political rights

Achance (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 1:59PM EST (link)

are the real issue. Until the auto takeover changed the paradigm, the big difference between private sector unions and public sector unions was the private sector unions couldn’t buy a new board of directors. There is a political side of private sector bargaining inasmuch as which party controls the NLRB has some impact, but really only the private or third sector companies that do a lot of business with the government really get pressured politically.

In the public sector, if the union doesn’t like the governor or mayor, they just go out and buy one that they do like. I’ve never been afraid of a union in the collective bargaining world and I’ve never really ever lost to one in the collective bargaining world. I am, however, very afraid of them in the political world, even here in a very Red state. I’ve seen my government’s policies literally bought by them. I’ve seen meritorious court cases tanked because a union wanted it. I’ve seen meritorious appeals dropped. You expect the unions to own any Democrat administration but they have altogether too much influence on Republicans as well. There remain stupid Republicans who think that they can get wall-to-wall public employee unions to like them if they just give them stuff. There is NOTHING a Republican can do to get a pure public employee union to like you. They’ll use you and maybe leave a little money on the dresser, but they WILL back your opponent in the next election. The only exceptions are, sometimes, cops, COs, and some old-time trade unions.

Most of the bad stuff unions do politically is illegal, but no Democrat wants to make them behave lawfully and no Republican has the political will. And, I’ll be honest, I didn’t when I had the power to because it would have been an existential battle that would have consumed an already troubled administration. I just wanted to keep them safely and quietly under contract and thus off the streets and largely out of politics, especially for the ’04 general in which Lisa Murkowski was up for re-election against Tony Knowles, the Democrat and AFSCME darling.

AFSCME came to Alaska in the late ’80s and spent some $20 Million to de-certify the independent association and represent the State’s general government unit, about 8000 members, and to get the first contract for them. The sole reason they did that was Alaska’s Senate seats looked cheap and they wanted at least one of them. They hadn’t figured out that the reason they were cheap is that nobody would even bother to bid against an oil company. They walked away from some pretty nice offers in Hickel because they wanted to be without a contract and raising Hell for the ’94 election in which they backed Knowles. Even though I was not a political appointee in those days, the very first assignment I got from the new Democrat administration was to figure out how to cycle all the contract negotiations over the next ten years so that they’d all be up in ’04. They’d planned out Knowles run for the Senate in ’04 ten years in advance.

They set it up so that all, then, 13 agreements would expire in the first six months of ’03 and they figured they would either get Ulmer, Knowles Lt. Gov., elected or if a Republican won, they could play guerilla theater for a year so they could all be out raising Hell for the ’04 election. We huffed and puffed and threatened to blow their house down and got them under one year no dollar rollovers; one was scared and the other glad of it. Then in ’04 put a little money up and where necessary put the dues gun to their head and had them all quiet as church mice by election time.

Anyway, in a Democrat state, the goverment and the unions just work together to raid the treasury. In the few Republican states that have full-tilt collective bargaining, this is the sort of game you’re always trying to play. Oh, and AFSCME did finally get their senator with a lot of help from the USDOJ, but it took them four years longer than they’d planned and it, by God, was not on my watch! Hopefully we can get it back in ’14.

In Vino Veritas

 
 

You do know just how much money you could make, right?

JoeG Sunday, January 17th at 3:54PM EST (link)

Many private companies will pay a whole lot of money to people who are effective at beating the stupidity of the unions.

Boeing is coming after the union hard right now. I expect Ford Motor to go after the union at some point here soon.

Generally, the private companies don't have any respect

Achance (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 4:10PM EST (link)

for public sector experience, unfortunately with some justification. Most people who run labor relations for a government do it for a Democrat administration that is simply a co-conspirator with the union to take other people’s money and hold on to power. I’m one of only a half dozen or so heads or former heads of a state government’s labor relations function that has actually been a part of a Republican administration or who has been involved in ANY adversarial or concessionary relationship with a union.

Back when I was in exile from the Democrats, I threw my resume out after some private sector L/R jobs, got a few phone calls, and it was clear these big companies simply didn’t believe what public sector L/R people do. One big company went so far as to ask me for some writing samples. I sent them some briefs and decision memoranda. Guy called me back and wanted to know who did the research for me and if I hired a private firm or used the AG’s office to do the briefing. I said my name was on them because I did the work, and frankly, it was inconceivable to him. They have a VP for employee relations who is important and makes strategic decisions, maybe, and then they have the General Counsel and bunches of consultants and hired negotiators, also usually Ivy League attornies.

Basically, public is public and private is private and never the twain shall meet unless card check passes. If card check passes I can get very rich and all I have to do is get the money and myself out to a country with no extradition treaty before the thugs come for me.

In Vino Veritas

Labor relations people

JoeG Monday, January 18th at 10:10PM EST (link)

“Most people who run labor relations for a government do it for a Democrat administration that is simply a co-conspirator with the union to take other people’s money and hold on to power.”

I’m a school board member. Oh how true that is! I’m a lone voice who is really willing to go head to head with the union. I’m here to represent the people and want their money spent properly. The other board members… not so much.

A couple of years ago we had furlough days. I was all for cutting days with a strike. We get the days without pay we needed, but we wouldn’t be the “bad guys” in this case.

 
 

Ford really doesn't dare.

Achance (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 8:20PM EST (link)

We can all buy “American” and buy Ford, but they’re doomed if Comrade Obama gets a second term; they might have the wherewithal to survive one term. The government buys a lot of cars; none of them will be Fords. The government rents a lot of cars; they won’t be renting from a rental car company that buys Fords. They’ll be able to extend those prohibitions to every Blue State government. Ford has some very sweet and very profitable performance cars; any insurance company that would like good relations with the government won’t be insuring those and any bank that wants good relations with the government won’t be loaning money for them without the insurance that can’t be bought.

The NLRB will rule against Ford on EVERYTHING a union complains about. Every Democrat judge in the federal districts and circuits will rule against Ford on EVERYTHING. This is the way it works when you get on the wrong side of a Democrat government. Ford can hold out and hope for the best, but if Comrade Obama is re-elected, they’ll declare bankrupcy and turn themselves over to the government and the UAW. Welcome to the great socialist workers’ paradise.

In Vino Veritas

 
 
 
 

Shocker?

1stRichard (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 11:06AM EST (link)

I wonder what they think of the number of turncoats on the Coakley phone banks. It seems the Coakley phone banks are being used to support Brown from the number of rumors I have been hearing for weeks now. Way before you posted your article. They have enemies within and there is not a darn thing they can do about it. I think they are simply in full panic, the useful idiots on the bottom don’t see the ones pushing their buttons panicking, knowing their ship is sinking. Clearly, they are barking up the wrong tree.

 

This is what Coakley's phone banks are up against

izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 11:09AM EST (link)

The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.

 

1stRichard, exactly, like these SEIU members for Brown

sharonmcp (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 11:24AM EST (link)

I bet you’ll see no mention of this on the Dkos site or in the Boston Globe.

SOURCE: Red Mass Group

“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.” ~ Ronald Reagan

 

Wonderland Kids

jimmuy8 (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 11:25AM EST (link)

“Laws mean precisely what I want them to mean, no more, no less.”

 

Thank you Sharonmcp

retail1 Sunday, January 17th at 12:09PM EST (link)

for the photos. It gives me hope down here in Florida. I really wanted to be there to help on the ground but I am doing my best with the phone and donations. I can’t wait until Tuesday evening. I have not been able to concentrate on anything else but this race and I work full time. I truly believe Wednesday morning will be like winning the lotto only better! It will be winning a start to get our country back! March On!!!

 

retail1, you're welcome

sharonmcp (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 12:27PM EST (link)

I’m as anxious as you are.

I live in Florida also, on the west coast, about 75 miles north of Tampa.

And yes, Rubio does rock! When we put him in the Senate it will be an indescribable moment for me, as well as for our country.

“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.” ~ Ronald Reagan

 

"Short bus riders?"

senator7 Sunday, January 17th at 1:09PM EST (link)

Erick, you’re better than that. What would Governor Palin think of your reference to developmentally-challenged citizens as “short-bus riders?” C’mon, guy. Not cool.

Out of all the things happening in our world, this is the thing that outrages you enought to comment after nearly 9 months? nt

Aaron Gardner (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 1:17PM EST (link)

conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!

“We’d be much better off if We The People had desired small government enough to keep it.” acat


 

Agree with senator7

momac Sunday, January 17th at 1:48PM EST (link)

And no I’m not, and I doubt he is, outraged. It’s just one of those things that provides and unnecessary distraction from the real point that can be made. My Mom drove a ‘short bus’ (a van really) and not one of those kids was willfully ignorant or an actual enemy of freedom.

So no, I doubt this means senator7 feels this is more important than Haiti or healthcare, but nobody else pointed it out above. I’m glad he did. I am guessing Erick can do better.

Special PS. By saying there are ‘real’ points to be made on this point, I am not implying Erick is ‘unreal’.

The short-bus riders I know, would be

speciallist (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 1:55PM EST (link)

outraged at being compared to liberals…..not the other way around

Chill, people

senator7 Sunday, January 17th at 2:32PM EST (link)

No, I’m not outraged; just disappointed. I save my outrage for moronic politicians who demonstrate the arrogance that’s consistently and persistently illustrated on Capitol Hill and 1600, such as when the current WH occupant appeared on the then-Leno-hosted Tonight Show and took an unfair shot at Special Olympians. It was stupid and arrogant of him, and I just prefer not to stoop to his subterranean level.

As momac said, it’s an unnecessary distraction from the principled right. Washington, Adams, Monroe, et al would not appreciate the “short bus” reference, nor should they. We’re better than that. Semper fi …

 
 
 
 

PPP is saying it's still about a one point race

gumbyandpokey Sunday, January 17th at 1:50PM EST (link)

I was hoping Brown could keep building the momentum and open a lead, so the inevitable vote fraud shenanigans wouldn’t matter. It’s hard not to be fearful of another Coleman/Franken result.

Just wanted to add the link

gumbyandpokey Sunday, January 17th at 1:54PM EST (link)

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/senate-republicans/final-mass-poll-will-show-race-too-close-to-call-pollster-says/

 

Let me answer that the way a Kossak would

sharonmcp (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 2:20PM EST (link)

STOP it, just stop it RIGHT NOW!!!!

I will not allow talk like that!

This site is only for those who want unicorn dust sprinkled about so if you insist on reverting to such a disgusting notion as reality, you can just leave right now and go join those disgusting, knuckle dragging, evil rethugs at RedState.

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as I said gumbyandpokey, that’s the way you would be answered on the tolerable and free-speech loving site, DailyKos. I know they’ve got people here trolling so I wanted to poke a stick in their eye. Uhoh, I better be sure I state that I mean figuratively not literally, before I’m accused of threatening bodily harm.

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FYI

wolfster38 (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 2:35PM EST (link)

The IBEW is the union of AT&T .

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And, practically every electric utility in the Country. nt

Achance (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 3:48PM EST (link)

In Vino Veritas

 
 

sharonmcp

retail1 Sunday, January 17th at 3:23PM EST (link)

I live in South Tampa. Went to the opening of Rubio’s Clearwater Campaign office Saturday morning. He is the real thing! I plan to be a regular in his Tampa campaign office. Going to the Live On Stage Meet & Great Fundraiser on the 27th in St Pete. Try to come and hopefully we can meet. My sister and I are being sworn in as PC’s in February. 2010 is my year of campaign devotion!

 

A threat of physical harm against Erick from a Kossak?

sharonmcp (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 3:37PM EST (link)

I found the following comment in this Kos thread, which is a bit more ‘rabid’ than the one Erick linked to in his post.

All you have to do… (7+ / 0-)

…is take Mr. Ericson for a leisurely drive to the center of some inner-city neighborhood. Then you should gently duck-tape the SOB to a lamp post, post a sign on him explaining what he has been up to and leave him there to have some pleant “chats” with the locals.

Sounds a bit excessive? Just remember, never go to a gun fight with just a knife. These scum will do anything to stop us and to stop the Obama administration from being sucessful. The questions are what are you willing to do to stop them and will your actions be enough to get the job done?

by Randall Sherman on Sat Jan 16, 2010 at 10:12:38 PM PST

They also posted a link to Erick’s address and phone number.

Hmm, I think we should contact law enforcement, Scott Brown’s campaign and the Boston Herald. I’m sure they would be interested in learning that Coakley’s supporters are advocating kidnapping and assault against a political rival.

Oh, and to the Kos trolls who are reading this, don’t bother trying to delete the comment, I’ve got it cached and have screenshots.

Hey MinistryOfTruth, now who’s “encouraging them to break a little Federal Law or two”?

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You see what a racist this guy is?

Tbone (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 4:01PM EST (link)

He assumes that Erick would be harmed by those “inner city” residents rather than set free and assisted.

Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.

 
 

All about organizing

wolfster38 (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 4:02PM EST (link)

The left hates when anybody but them organizes anything. And like always the Democratic terrorist vailed threats come out to help squelch any and hopefully all opposition.

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Obama just got booed

wolfster38 (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 4:11PM EST (link)

at cockey event

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Live on CNN right now

SteveLA (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 4:18PM EST (link)

If you can tear yourselves away from football that is.

Crowd does not seem all that much into Flavor Aid drinking.

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Competency over ideological purity and litmus tests

And of course CNN will broadcast the Scott Brown rally

mbecker908 (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 4:23PM EST (link)

too.

Heh.

Probably not

SteveLA (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 4:29PM EST (link)

mbecker

Well given that it’s CNN, and given that it’s President Obama, I’d guess that CNN won’t broadcast a Brown rally, but I’d guess that’s your point…. ;)

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The speech sorta ended on a high note

TNJim (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 4:33PM EST (link)

but all that proves is he’s really only good at campaigning. Even that seemed to be slipping in this speech, though. As Steve said, the crowd seems a little burned out on the Flavor-Aid. About time.

Activism: What to do after the TEA party rally. Unified Patriots

Kept looking for his friend

SteveLA (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 4:44PM EST (link)

Mr. Teleprompter seemed out of sorts today.

Too bad, so sad.

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Competency over ideological purity and litmus tests

 
 
 

what is a cockey event? nt

retail1 Sunday, January 17th at 4:18PM EST (link)

With his ego

sharonmcp (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 6:35PM EST (link)

any event Obama attends is a “cockey event”. Yes, I know, wrong spelling but the meaning is the same. lol

btw, I’m going to try to make it to the Meet & Great Fundraiser on the 27th.

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typo

wolfster38 (Diary) Sunday, January 17th at 5:23PM EST (link)

but I can spell Massachusetts

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Erick, for your own good

oldphart Sunday, January 17th at 6:18PM EST (link)

insist in separate prisons….

 

sharonmcp

retail1 Sunday, January 17th at 6:54PM EST (link)

I will have Retail1 on my name tag. Hope to meet you on the 27th and celebrate a Scott Brown for Senate and an upcoming Marco Rubio for Senate. March On!