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Massachusetts: Barack Obama

August 4, 2009 - 09:52 pm
NEWS FEED: Blue Mass Group

Teabag thuggery in Worcester

By Charley on the MTA

Reader billxi writes in approvingly of the story of US Reps Jim McGovern and Richard Neal getting shouted down by teabagging thugs in Worcester.

WORCESTER —  U.S. Reps. James P. McGovern and Richard E. Neal were heckled and booed after trying to rally support today for President Barack Obama's plan for a comprehensive national health insurance program.

The two Worcester-area Democratic lawmakers were shouted down several times by people attending a packed “town hall” meeting at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

UMass officials threatened several times to end the gathering because of the raucous behavior, which occurred despite a heavy police presence.

At one point, Mr.

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August 4, 2009 - 06:14 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Clinton pulls off a Richardson-like mission

Some of those closest to former President Bill Clinton have not forgiven Bill Richardson for turning his back on his wife and endorsing Barack Obama instead last year. But he tried -- and succeeded -- in mimicking his erstwhile buddy...

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April 30, 2009 - 07:10 am
NEWS FEED: Blue Mass Group

Massachusetts For Obama summer kickoff event OFAMA.(SATURDAY, MAY 16)

By bowes3

 

We campaigned.
 We won.
 Now what???

 

 

Join organizers, other volunteers, expert presenters and panelists, as well as national OFA leadership to discuss President Obama's agenda and community organizing here in MA.

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March 19, 2009 - 09:56 am
NEWS FEED: Boston Phoenix

Ezedi Running At-Large

By David S. Bernstein

I'm a couple of days late with this, but I think I'm still the first to report it: Egobudike "Ego" Ezedi, executive director of the Roxbury YMCA, sent an email letter out to his associates earlier this week, with this announcement:

I want to announce that I will be taking a nine-month leave of absence beginning Saturday, March 28, 2009 to begin campaigning full-time for one of four At-Large Boston City Council seats.

Ezedi's intention to run has been much-rumored for months. He ran in District 4, against Charles Yancey, six years ago, and put up a credible challenge that was ultimately defeated, as the "old guard" of the African-American community rallied around the incumbent.

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March 18, 2009 - 05:48 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Obama and Gates talk about gays in the military

By Bryan Bender Globe Staff WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates recently held their first -- if only brief -- one-on-one to plot strategy for how to permit gays to serve openly in the...

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March 18, 2009 - 12:34 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Phoenix

Obama Plays It Cautious; Panders To NC

By David S. Bernstein

The White House has released Barack Obama's handwritten grid of picks for the NCAA Men's Tournament. His predictions are incredibly conservative -- in the "wuss" meaning of the word, not the political meaning. Almost exclusively favorites throughout.

His Final Four: Louisville, Memphis, Pitt, and North Carolina. That's two states he lost (and has no chance in for 2012), and two states he won.

North Carolina was a big win for him in '08, but it was a squeaker, so guess what school he's got winning the championship?

He slightly dissed #1 seed UConn (a gimme state for him), and #2 seed Oklahoma -- the state that gave him the largest margin of defeat in the country. So there, Sooners!

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March 11, 2009 - 12:58 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

MoveOn turns to healthcare

MoveOn.org is moving on from the Iraq war to healthcare. The powerful grassroots group, which was a key early supporter of Barack Obama, got its start in vehement opposition to the Iraq war. But now that Obama is president...

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March 6, 2009 - 10:18 pm
NEWS FEED: Blue Mass Group

Weekly Joke Revue

By Bob

Daniel Kurtzman:
"Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was on 'Meet the Press' yesterday. And he said that Barack Obama is more analytical than President Bush. Well, there's a shock, huh? I think Tickle Me Elmo is more analytical than President Bush." --Jay Leno

"Actually, this past weekend, the Conservative Political Action Conference picked Mitt Romney over Sarah Palin in their straw poll to be the next presidential candidate. Yeah. Well, it's kind of interesting. I mean, one is just a pretty face, obsessed with makeup and hair. And the other, of course, is the governor of Alaska." --Jay Leno

"How many watched the Obama speech on Tuesday night? If you didn't see it, I'll give you the short version.

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March 3, 2009 - 01:32 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

The British are coming (with encouragement to reduce carbon emissions)

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama posed for pictures alongside Gordon Brown. John McCain met with Tony Blair. Ed Markey was briefed by Ed Milliband. In today’s British Invasion of Washington, Markey's guest -- Brown’s secretary of state for energy and climate...

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February 28, 2009 - 08:19 am
NEWS FEED: Boston Phoenix

Another Exciting CPAC Day

By David S. Bernstein

Big, exciting day at CPAC today: Schlafly, Bennett, Coulter, Horowitz, Limbaugh, Santorum, and oh so many more -- plus Romney's attempt to three-peat in the annual straw poll.

But for me the highlight is the presentation of the Conservative Blogger Award, which is going to Steven Gilchrest.

Now, there are good conservative bloggers and bad conservative bloggers, and there are insane conservative bloggers and there are WTF!?!?!? conservative bloggers... and then there's Steven Gilbert.

The first time I came across Gilbert was back in 2004, when he suggested that John Kerry should be court-marshalled and perhaps executed for his actions in Paris, 1970.

Gilbert spent most of that fall obsessed with Kerry's behavior around that time period -- including claims that he plotted to assassinate leaders of the US government.

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