2013 Massachusetts Special Election

[CTF]

Alcohol is a truth serum like sodium thiopental.

Why scantrons are still implemented as "take homes" is the own professor's stupidity.

It's true!

My Best Girlfriend here in Dallas sometimes slings drinks at any number of Gay Friendly Dallas bars.

She calls this:



Truth Serum.

Her straight girlfriends will bring their "metro-sexual" boyfriends out to whichever bar that she's slinging drinks, and she'll serve them Patron Tequila...on the house.

Then she'll reach under the bar and crank up Madonna, Britney Spears, or Lady Gaga, and the first boy who's hands shoot above his shoulders and starts shaking his ass, is not "straight marriage material."

[maxpowr9]

You see, I would care more but I am overwhelmed with apathy.

[CTF]

You see, I would care more but I am overwhelmed with apathy.

[maxpowr9]

So as a little update on my own thoughts on this election despite the SC house special election getting more national attention but a Senate seat is far more valuable.

I drove home yesterday to drop something off and I started to see political signs popping up in suburbia. All those signs were for Stephen Lynch [mind you, my hometown and many towns around that went for Scott brown in 2012]. At least in the last debate that occurred between Markey and Lynch, Markey got trounced on. Party shills tend not to do well in MA on the state level. The polling numbers are biased at best. There is a lot of vitriol in MA towards the Democratic establishment for backing Markey before Kerry's seat became vacant. I know many republican-leaning people plan on voting for Lynch in the primary as he at least is a blue-dog Democrat and not a "neo-liberal".

[maxpowr9]

Tomorrow is the primary for the Senate election and the Democratic primary is really gonna be a tossup since it is "open", meaning Republicans can vote for Democrats and vice versa. I know a lot of Republicans plan on polling for Lynch because he is better than Markey and a Republican has pretty much no chance of winning.

Normally special elections, especially for senate get more media coverage but they still want to fawn over terrorism.

[Ninja108]

If Gabriel Gomez wins the Republican primary,there is a very good chance he could win the Senate Race. He says he's for gay marriage so that's a plus but who knows if he would be the same if elected?

[maxpowr9]

If Gabriel Gomez wins the Republican primary,there is a very good chance he could win the Senate Race. He says he's for gay marriage so that's a plus but who knows if he would be the same if elected?

There is a lot of animosity towards Markey that is very palpable in MA. Take for example the campaign blunder the Markey campaign said that: "they had no need for campaign signs".

I plan on voting for Lynch tomorrow but if it comes down to Markey vs a republican in the main election, I simply cannot support Markey. He is the male Martha Coakley.

[Ninja108]

There is a lot of animosity towards Markey that is very palpable in MA. Take for example the campaign blunder the Markey campaign said that: "they had no need for campaign signs".

I plan on voting for Lynch tomorrow but if it comes down to Markey vs a republican in the main election, I simply cannot support Markey. He is the male Martha Coakley.

Indeed,that is true from what I've heard. Gomez appears to be a moderate so I could live with him getting elected,of course that could change once he's in there but like Martha Coakley,I have a feeling Dems will learn you can't just throw any Democrat in there and expect they will vote for them,just like Republicans learned with Angle,Buck,O'Donnell,Akin and Mourdock.

[maxpowr9]

Looks like I'll end up voting republican again in June.

[Nick4444]

Looks like I'll end up voting republican again in June.

entirely too cool!

[White Eagle]

I got this in an email just now. From Council for a Livable World. No link available.

Ed Markey wins!

In the Massachusetts Senate primary yesterday, to select a successor to former Senator and now Secretary of State John Kerry, Rep. Ed Markey easily triumphed over Rep. Stephen Lynch 57%-43%.

In the Republican primary, former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez won the nomination.

While Markey is the favorite in the special general election to be held June 25, over-confidence should be avoided lest we repeat Massachusetts’ special election disaster of 2010 that sent Republican Scott Brown to the Senate.

This victory is yours as much as it’s Ed’s -- Council supporters have contributed over $50,000 toward this special election effort.

[maxpowr9]

^ An old, white guy with no recognizable accomplishments in his 20+ years of political service VERSUS a bilingual immigrant who is a former US Navy Seal and an entrepreneur and isn't afraid to work across party lines. Guess who belongs to each party?

[altlover85]

I'll research them both, but Gomez better be really moderate, if I'm going to vote for him.

[Ninja108]

Indeed..that's my fear. I'm not a fan of our current representative in Congress but the Tea Party nutjob that beat him in 2010 had to go. I'm afraid if Gomez wins,he'll do nothing but be a hinderence on gay rights.

[maxpowr9]

I'll research them both, but Gomez better be really moderate, if I'm going to vote for him.

He is probably more liberal than Lynch which says a lot. As I have said, I cannot stomach Markey as a do-nothing politician. He is the poster child for term limits. I think the best joke I have heard so far is: "if Markey gets elected, he will be the third senator from Maryland". I think the more MA residents learn about Markey, especially independents, the more they will loathe him. Considering Markey atm only has a 4-point lead with a 2.5+/-, it's not looking good for him.

However, there is a strong media spin right now pushing for Markey so who knows what will happen.

[JayQueer]

Let's play...........guess which one is the Republican, and which one is the Democrat??



Gabriel Gomez is a Latino and he's a HOTTIE!

I miss GiancarloC. I would have had so much fun with him over this today.

[JayQueer]

By the way, Gabriel Gomez, a Republican, mentions his support for same-sex marriage on his official campaign website.

Under "Marriage":

"I oppose discrimination of any kind. Same sex couples should be free to marry."

http://www.gomezforma.com/issues/