What On Earth Is Happening Here?
Michael C. Moynihan reports from his former Massachusetts stomping grounds on the utterly strange happenings in that state. It seems that a real uprising is underway.
Those who say that the foot soldiers coming out in the bitter cold, in a wet and soggy snow, to hoot and holler for Scott Brown are hirelings, out-of-staters, both teabaggers and carpetbaggers, are talking nonsense. I came across a man from Michigan selling “second American revolution” flags, an Atlanta native who, veins popping on his neck, told me that the government was run by “thieves,” a woman from Pittsburgh who “blogs on Facebook” (whatever that means), and a handful of people from New Hampshire who would rather die than not live free. Or so their license plates informed me.
But most were like Nick Redmond, a native of Dorchester—the neighborhood famous outside Massachusetts for bequeathing New Kids on the Block and Donna Summer to American culture—who was voting for Scott Brown because, under the current administration, “the middle class is getting screwed.” Or John Camuso, a gay man from Boston who said he was “proud to give [Brown] my vote,” despite thinking that Coakley, whom he knew from his neighborhood, was a “nice lady.”
Perhaps this explains Coakley’s appearance last night at the Eire Bar in Dorchester, a redoubt of working class, union-affiliated Irish Catholics. The crowd was surprisingly small and unsurprisingly sedate. The candidate gave no speech, was surrounded by union heavies and representatives of local media, and quietly sipped a pint of Guinness. Across the bar, a boisterous Belfast native called Larry was holding a Brown sign and telling the Coakley people who surrounded him, hoisting their own signs, to “f*** off.” (Edit due to BCB policy)
There really does appear to be something happening here. As I have mentioned before, I work with a lot of union members. They are all – every one of them – very vocal about not supporting what is going on under the Obama administration. (The opposition they voice could not be published on this site due to my rules.) They are genuinely angry that their union officials continue to back the Democrat’s schemes.
There really does appear to be something happening here. The Democrats ignore this at their own peril.
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By Peter, January 19, 2010 @ 10:47 pm
The Donks bit off more than they could chew. With the help of the mainstream media they convinced enough of the great American middle to reach that 52%. Then, from the word “go” they tacked hard to the left of Ioseph Stalin. The elections in New Jersey, Virginia and, now, Mass are what they get for it.
The American people will accept a few, little lies, big ones like this Administration and Congress have put out, though, more than we will put up with.