tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post1907738247428763760..comments2024-03-18T06:10:07.480-05:00Comments on Public Policy Polling: Toss up in MassachusettsTom Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06545052616714485196noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-11708728033739880732010-02-04T03:01:24.755-05:002010-02-04T03:01:24.755-05:00Considering how stupid the republican comments are...Considering how stupid the republican comments are, it makes sense companies have to use H1B visas to get intelligent workers in Massachusetts. People reflecting the worst in themselves in how they perceive others: in Acorn you see all the christian churches busing the senile to vote! <br /> If the current medical system works then why do we pay $200 per 10 minute office visit and 5 minutes with the doctor. And you do pay it, whether through current taxes or insurance. <br /> Yes, Martha was a lousy candidate with a less than mediocre record and was a capricious AG. Republicans always win on "personality" (consider JFK vs Nixon), run a good loking guy with no record (Scott Brown) or third rate actor (like Reagan)or sports star.<br /> How about a poll to see if the public wants to see the republcans actually carry out their threat to filibuster? Make them stay up day and night until they go hoarse!Stephen Jackshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17714141830250117354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-88210192033780204022010-01-23T22:29:24.113-05:002010-01-23T22:29:24.113-05:00This surge by the Republicans will not last.
Presi...This surge by the Republicans will not last.<br />President Obama has been in office for one year.<br />The economy has been in a mess since 2007 with signs of the trouble long before that.<br />This mess all started with greed and the Republican way of self interest.<br />We are in such a hole that it may take years to get to full recovery.<br />It will not happen in one or two years.<br />Stop blaming the Dems for the economic mess.<br />Yes, things are bad.<br />Yes, people are still losing their homes and jobs.<br />Yes, there is fear.<br />What people need to do is to stop voting out of fear.<br />Vote with your heads.<br />Remember what political party put us in this mess.<br />It was the Republican Party.<br />Scott Brown will not change things.<br />He may help to get in the way of Health Care Reform and a few other things because the Democrats now have less than 60 seats in the Senate.<br />Health Care Reform is a great thing as it would give the people the power of choice.<br />If there is no Health Care Reform, then health care continues to be the crime it has been for years.<br />With Republicans, it will be the same old greed you saw before Obama.<br />This will take time.<br />Hang in there.<br />Remember what this country was like after George Bush, Sr. left office.<br />Reminds me of now.<br />It took a Democrat to fix it all and it took time.<br />Under Bill Clinton, we had economic BOOM. <br />Yes, the Republicans were in control of Congress during most of Clinton's years, but they made things hard for him and did not go along with what it took to get America back on track. <br />So the credit for that goes to President Clinton and the Democrats. <br />Don't let the Republican Party get in the way again.<br /><br />George Vreeland HillGeorge Vreeland Hillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-48340683190306239542010-01-19T21:02:57.571-05:002010-01-19T21:02:57.571-05:00"If not, then just wanted to confirm that tho..."If not, then just wanted to confirm that those against reform either do not want the government to do anything about this (a valid argument I disagree with) or do not care?"<br /><br />False dichotomy. There's a third option that many proponents of Obamacare seem unwilling to discuss (or even admit that it exists). Few are arguing that we should keep the status quo. The conflict isn't whether we should reform the healthcare system, but how we should go about doing it. <br /><br />Looks like Brown is ahead so far. Hopefully he'll pull it off and we'll have some semblance of bipartisanship in DC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-89290594132458812452010-01-19T16:07:12.992-05:002010-01-19T16:07:12.992-05:00I sure am proud of our Americans in Massachusetts....I sure am proud of our Americans in Massachusetts. We all need to band together and stop the one-sided power grab that has happened. You all who have voted to help our country and your State from being taken over by a Socialist agenda have made me very proud of you and reinforced that God is in control. From now own, if we can put what is just first, we can accomplish anything good. WOW! GO PEOPLE. You are right, it is the people's seat not just a given that the seat belongs to certain people or certain partys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-37840536965392057112010-01-19T16:01:00.556-05:002010-01-19T16:01:00.556-05:00Our current health care system bankrupts a huge nu...Our current health care system bankrupts a huge number of people and/or causes premature death for thousands each year. Does anyone dispute this? If not, then just wanted to confirm that those against reform either do not want the government to do anything about this (a valid argument I disagree with) or do not care? <br /><br />"A study reported in The American Journal of Medicine this month found that 62 percent of American bankruptcies are linked to medical bills. These medical bankruptcies had increased nearly 50 percent in just six years..."<br />and <br />"A 2004 study by the Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences, found that lack of health insurance causes 18,000 unnecessary deaths a year. That’s one person slipping through the cracks and dying every half an hour."<br /> - Kristof, NYtimes, Aug 29, 2009Becca Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291081737816685774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-65306833000092972972010-01-18T16:26:00.150-05:002010-01-18T16:26:00.150-05:00We hope the educated voters of Massachusetts get t...We hope the educated voters of Massachusetts get to the polls and defeat these phony teabaggers(Obama haters). The GOP has become obstructionists and the party of NO. We need to see an end to the reactionary political ideology of yesteryear.The party has been hijacked by far right nuts and religious fanatics. Please don't let Massachusetts fall under the skulldruggery of the fanatical religious right from the bible belt. We know you can turn out the vote Dem's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-50972755538204004902010-01-16T22:07:42.066-05:002010-01-16T22:07:42.066-05:00If yo uwant your money back from big banks vot for...If yo uwant your money back from big banks vot for martha coakley. She supports obama's bank tax.matsuiny2004https://www.blogger.com/profile/04688064183460465979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-82136229169598964942010-01-13T17:04:47.745-05:002010-01-13T17:04:47.745-05:00Let vote an other Queen to the Hill, they will nev...Let vote an other Queen to the Hill, they will never listen your voice, how many young person will vote if they knew, if they do not buy insurance they will pay fine or go to jail, no more party time kids. Let Pelosi see how the astro tuff does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-12585353466050211862010-01-12T23:21:53.076-05:002010-01-12T23:21:53.076-05:00Scott Brown wants to limit the rights of RAPE VICT...Scott Brown wants to limit the rights of RAPE VICTIMS to have an emergency abortion.<br /><br />Nice Guy !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-7070812610689196882010-01-12T23:20:17.869-05:002010-01-12T23:20:17.869-05:00HE'S THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WHO...HE'S THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WHO HASN'T GONE TO IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN.<br /> <br />He is "Yellow" and uses his position to avoid serving overseas !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-6886902555135082282010-01-12T13:18:33.500-05:002010-01-12T13:18:33.500-05:00"When u arrest a guy for kissing his girl fri..."When u arrest a guy for kissing his girl friend "<br />wasn't that ridiculous yet you lawyer up a guy that brings explosives onto a plane.We're watching in other states very closely.This guy is the only one standing between us and Obamacare.He's not only getting support in Mass the rest of us are donating and rooting for him.The problem is the Dems supporting the Health Care bill will pull out all the stops for Coakley. They'll throw everything and the kitchen sink in there. Talking BIG money.Hopefully the rest of the folks donating to Brown will offset the big money flying Coakley's way.<br />A race to watch.A win for Brown there would set off an earthquake in Washington. Right now that's what we need. The craziness and corruption must stop. I'm an independent. I vote person,not party. I have never seen an admin like this since the days of Nixon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-78142721631877229622010-01-12T11:23:51.108-05:002010-01-12T11:23:51.108-05:00Amen to that last commenter from 9 AM today... Yes...Amen to that last commenter from 9 AM today... Yes, this is in fact like organized crime......... this is the way DEMS are, plain and simple. Sure, the idiot Reid makes his statement and now a year later Obama hears about it.... IF THIS WERE A REPUBLICAN saying that, they would have him RESIGN, like they did to Lott way back....<br /><br />And Clinton, did you all hear what HE said about Obama? But sure, again, no problem.... IMAGINE IF George W had said that!!!!!!!!!!! They would have had him TARRED & FEATHERED!<br /><br />The Democratic MORONS are mostly ALL the same.... and their DOUBLE standard garbage is like them--- garbage!<br /><br />The VOTERS of MASS need to WAKE UP. Pure and simple. <br /><br />Martha Coakley is just another circus clown like MOST of the Democrats, but everyone have faith. Behind all this, EVEN SOME OF THESE DEMOCRATS NOW SEE THE REAL OBAMA and the real Pelosi and the rest of them...<br /><br />Which is presisely WHY Dodd backed out, and a couple other DEMS. In time, I predict you will see MORE because some of them KNOW THE DAMAGE OBAMA and his circus clown puppets have ALREADY DONE and how much MORE they will do. If any of them have BRIANS and really care about OUR COUNTRY, they too will step down. Let the Republicans take our country back and begin to REPAIR the damage and bring us back to old fashioned values!<br /><br />Another Reagan anyone?<br /><br />VOTE SCOTT BROWN<br /><br />VOTE SCOTT BROWN<br /><br />VOTE SCOTT BROWN<br /><br />and thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-32298868083432638272010-01-12T09:00:36.262-05:002010-01-12T09:00:36.262-05:00OK, Ted Died and one thing most people do not know...OK, Ted Died and one thing most people do not know is that back when Romney was Gov. there was a circumstance where an intrim govt official was needed and the Dems changed the law to NOT allow the acting Gov. to fill the seat. That was so Romney would not appoint a temp Republican to the seat. Go ahead to TED. Ted died and left an open seat. Duval Patrick and the corrupt MA government immediately changed the law they put on the books without any delay and he appointed a Dem to the seat. If they had followed their own rule and left the seat empty untill this election this whole health care scandal would not even made it this far. They will hold off appointing brown untill their vote even though when the tables were turned they immediately appointed a Dem. PLEASE vote every incumbent out, they are seriousely worse than organized crime!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-63792174733764581542010-01-11T23:08:12.707-05:002010-01-11T23:08:12.707-05:00Everyone In mass should be asking themselves can I...Everyone In mass should be asking themselves can I afford more taxes, loss of my job because my employment can not pay for mandatory health care. Do we want to be safe when we fly or just going out shopping. Im not in to politics but I know that I do not want the Goverment to control my health care, I do not want them to raise my taxes. VOTE BROWN FOR SENATOR PLEASE HELP ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO STOP WHATS GOING ON IN WASHINGTON!!! AGAIN VOTE BROWNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-24768781420598473672010-01-11T22:17:34.856-05:002010-01-11T22:17:34.856-05:00We let a good man go in Florida
when our Governor ...We let a good man go in Florida<br />when our Governor backed McCain<br />instead of Mitt Romney. Ma. don't<br />let Scott Brown down, he sounds<br />like a guy with a head on his shoulders. We need him, we need<br />his vote as we all on going to<br />pay. It gets worse every day and<br />we need some common sense in the<br />senate and need help now to save<br />us from this insanity. Vote<br />for Brown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-34763454873217973992010-01-11T20:20:27.741-05:002010-01-11T20:20:27.741-05:00I'm an Independent and I support Scott Brown. ...I'm an Independent and I support Scott Brown. <br /><br />Go, Scott! We need you in Congress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-8735919222220863152010-01-11T19:19:15.096-05:002010-01-11T19:19:15.096-05:00Obama and company might turn out to be the BEST th...Obama and company might turn out to be the BEST thing that ever happened to this country! Meaning that they have pissed off so many people that an awakening might not have happened with McCain in orifice...Tacolofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06273159073217933465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-30847319859029930812010-01-11T11:50:32.940-05:002010-01-11T11:50:32.940-05:00I am a lifelong Massachusetts democrat...formerly....I am a lifelong Massachusetts democrat...formerly. That changed recently. I have always voted my conscience anyway, but more true now than ever.<br /><br />I am voting for Scott Brown to send a message. Voting against Coakley to send a message. The Massachusetts house and senate need to pay very close attention to the numbers in this special election. We have been watching your filthy double dealings. We have seen the depths to which you have sunk. We do not need your special interest kinds at all. We have long memories and all of you will come up for reelection eventually. Watch and learn you bunch of democrat, full of yourself, back room deal making crooks. Your elections will come soon enough.<br /><br />Hope from MassachusettsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-45451723072669487972010-01-11T10:46:33.550-05:002010-01-11T10:46:33.550-05:00Scott Brown is a great Canaanite. My faith in the...Scott Brown is a great Canaanite. My faith in the MA voter will be restored if it happens. Either way he has my vote!Rob Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868003452790431172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-66413867145624672842010-01-11T10:45:34.578-05:002010-01-11T10:45:34.578-05:00I'm a native Rhode Islander currently residing...I'm a native Rhode Islander currently residing in Texas, and my sister and her family lived in Massachusetts for over 10 years. The health insurance policy that was foisted on Massachusetts citizens is disastrous and those who are informed are fed up with the fiscally irresponsible DNC. There is a reason they call it Taxachusetts. Vote Scott Brown!KrlyQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565048723406465296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-25686426826571216882010-01-11T08:00:28.165-05:002010-01-11T08:00:28.165-05:00Glad you have no qualms about being biased in your...Glad you have no qualms about being biased in your article. lol How unbelievably liberal of you and your organization.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-42874878894613510272010-01-11T06:16:35.334-05:002010-01-11T06:16:35.334-05:00As the story (PPP) says... " For instance yo...As the story (PPP) says... " For instance young voters were a crucial part of the Obama coalition...." so they are telling Coakley advise on how to win, ok that's fine, most of us know PPP is partisan to the left, they always have been. BUT! your basically saying lets get the Young ignorant voters to go and vote like we did for obama, as we all know with growth / age the wiser one becomes. So thanks PPP for making the point the ignorant (lacking knowledge) voted for obama.<br /><br />But this time the Indy's have had enough of the left and millions of the so-called mis-informed inspired young voters have also aquired knowledge (been informed)and are voting the dems out of office as they too now see the clown behind the mask.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-64933093758651928552010-01-10T23:31:36.464-05:002010-01-10T23:31:36.464-05:00You misunderstood the words. Might have been the d...You misunderstood the words. Might have been the dialect? T'was actually "Rope And Chains"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-67063786586031517322010-01-10T22:57:49.850-05:002010-01-10T22:57:49.850-05:00Reverse psychology.
What better way to get Democr...Reverse psychology.<br /><br />What better way to get Democrat voters all over Massachusetts to run to the polls, than to make them think they have a chance at losing if they don't turn out in huge numbers?PNCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-80636155826392826562010-01-10T21:37:01.206-05:002010-01-10T21:37:01.206-05:00The future of the republican party lies in the ron...The future of the republican party lies in the ron paul wing. Fiscal conservatism, limited government, and most importantly, personal liberty and non-interventionist foreign policy (In other words the polar opposite of the bush/cheney wing). <br /><br />We have an historic opportunity to hang the "war-monger" label back on Obama and the democrats. The anti-war thing was the chief thing that attracted young people to Obama in 2008, and most of those people have deserted him. <br /><br />Reading Dr. Paul's work has opened my eyes to the genesis and future of the whole terrorist conflict.<br />Our military prescence in saudi arabia is what started the whole thing. The Mullahs in Iran tried for years to foment Jihad among the people against the west, and no one cared at all until the gulf war. We armed and trained the Taliban we are now fighting to fight the soviets in the late 70's, which devastated the country and turned it into what it is now. these people are not going away, for every one that we kill 3 more will be attracted to the cause. We are going have to leave for any kind of peace, and it still may take decades for the anti-west sentiment to fade. Killing thousands more people and wasting another trillion in taxpayer money is not making us any safer, just poorer. This was bin-laden's STATED intention with 9/11, to get the west bogged down in an incredibly expensive guerilla war in the middle east. Why are we still playing along? It can only get progressively worse for us.<br /><br />We have the technology to detect nuclear radiation anywhere in the world. We know where the nukes are. we can wipe them out in a second with a missile if we need to. We can have a limited foreign presence and still protect against terrorism with effective airline security.<br /><br />We have troops in 130 countries, yet we're devastating communities with base closings here. Bring those bases and troops back here and put them on the border.<br /><br />We also have the opportunity to hang the big-business label back on the democrats after all of the bailouts and federal reserve, fannie/freddie shenanigans. With 3 words we can reclaim the traditional republican brand: end the fed. <br /><br />Central banking (The federal reserve) is the single biggest cause of financial disaster in the history of the world. It caused the great depression, this recession, and the future depression which will come with the total destruction of the dollar in the next few years, which has been building since the gold standard ended in 1971. 1 dollar in 1913 (birth of fed) is worth 4 cents today. We haven't had a free market economy in 96 years, it's all been manipulated by the fed for the benefit of a few. <br /><br />The greatest tax on americans is not the income tax or a sales tax, but the invisible tax caused by the destruction of the purchasing power of your money when the federal reserve creates money out of thin air by purchasing government debt with absolutely nothing to back it. You all have taken a 16% pay cut this year, and you don't even know it. But you complain about gas and food going up. Everything is more expensive. Is it worth more? No, it is not, YOUR MONEY is worth less, and it is all because of the federal reserve. <br /><br />The very first thing someone should research who is new to politics is the federal reserve. <br />You will be appalled beyond belief. <br /><br />The Dems will NEVER get rid of the fed, because it was created specifically to fund the welfare state through the keynesian economics of inflation. <br />Heard of Bernie Madoff, this is a ponzi scheme on a global scale.Mattnoreply@blogger.com