SEIU-affiliated union endorses…Scott Brown
Mass. Democrat/state Attorney General Martha Coakley can’t keep the vote of a sheet metal worker/union member she paid to hold signs for her.
And despite her “law and order” platform, she can’t keep the votes of police unions, either. Not even one affiliated with her Purple Shirt patrons at the SEIU.
The Worcester Telegram reports:
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown yesterday accepted the endorsement of the Police Department’s two major unions.
Local 911, New England Police Benevolent Association, and Local 504, International Brotherhood of Police Officers, handed their endorsement to the state senator. The endorsement comes one day after a debate in which Mr. Brown and his main opponent, Democrat Attorney General Martha Coakley, squared off. The special election to fill the seat formerly held by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be held Tuesday.
Sgt. Donald E. Cummings, president of Local 504, said Mr. Brown’s service in the National Guard shows that he knows the threat of terrorism is real, and understands the role public safety personnel play in protecting residents.
Stephen Gunnerson, president of Local 911 patrolmen’s union, called Mr. Brown a “tireless advocate for public safety.” He cited Mr. Brown’s support for Jessica’s Law and Haley’s Bill and his support for sex offender and CORI reform.
Hat tip: New England blogger Ben.
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Could this be a bit of blow back from the Professor Gates deal?
Obama will say the police are acting stupidly.
Utterly delightful…
OH MY GOSH! This has got to be some sort of mistake. A seiu endorsement for a R? Look out, my gut says what is going on?
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OH dear, I guess I did not read this right. So sorry. I promise in the future to read every word before posting.
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I find it very interesting that conservatives are so strongly backing a pro-choice candidate who has said a decision on abortion “should ultimately be made by the woman in consultation with her doctor.” It makes sense in a pragmatic way since no pro-life candidate would stand a chance in Massachusetts, but pragmatism isn’t exactly a hallmark of the conservative movement.
This is in my opinion another sign that social issues are being pushed way to the side by conservatives in favor of free market policy. Which is I think very beneficial to Republicans if they want to win over young voters who support abortion rights and gay marriage but are leery of big government.
I’m just wondering whether people here feel that supporting Scott Brown is selling out the unborn?
Which of these unions is SEIU affiliated?
Red State Skeptic: Or it could be that Mr. Brown believes in enough of what conservatives believe to be worth voting for. I am rather cynical towards politicians, so I generally vote for the lesser of two evils. If I was in MA, I would vote for Mr. Brown as he is the lesser of the two evils even though I am against abortion. He will be better for MA and the US than Ms. Coakley.
In Massachusetts, one will never get a perfect conservative candidate, and letting the perfect be the enemy of the good is a stupid thing.
I had debated this very issue when I thought the 2008 race might be Giuliani vs Obama. One supported “choice”, which wasn’t good, one supported choice, thought abortion was enough of a right it should be tax payer supported, and believed children alive after a botched abortion should be put on a shelf in a closet to die of exposure.
The support for a reprehensible act is also quite different. Coakley will vote for a health care bill will Federally funded abortions, Brown won’t.
504, International Brotherhood of Police Officers in the Blue box I.B.P.O
This highlights something Ann Coulter said a while back: it is amazing that Republicans ever win an election. Somewhere out there have to be a lot of democrats (not the visible, noisy ones whose very souls belong to the Democrat machine) who will vote for a non-democrat if the right one comes along (or the situation is desperate). They will vote for a Reagan (or they will vote for a Brown). In 2008, they voted for you-know-who. It is not entirely out of the question that they will vote for someone else in 2012 (usual qualifications about if there is an election and all that.)
IBPO
Click this link
http://www.ibpo.org/images/ibpo_logo.jpg
What an idiot.
SEIU obviously isn’t the disciplined monolith they present themselves to be. Watching Andy Stern come out of the White House yesterday was sickening. Socialist do stick together I guess. Hang together might be better.
Brotherhood of Police Officers?
If the two Maine senators were just liberal on some of the issues, I’d chalk it up to New England being an amoral little region of our country, and accept they were the best we could get.
But when they, Snowe in particular, vote with the Dems more often than the GOP, 12% ACU rating for Snowe in 2008, then I have an issue.
Brown would be head and shoulders above the Maine ladies, or Arlene Spectre, who used to pretend he was a Republican.
And much better than a corrupt party hack who thinks there are no terrorists in Afghanistan.
Yup, International Brotherhood of Police Officers have the SEIU logo as part of their logo.
What some people don’t understand is that by focusing on just “one subject” when deciding who to vote for, there are hundreds of other subjects that should come into play.
It should be “what candidate do I agree with the most”.
As compared to single word selection:
Black
Yellow
NRA
Abortion
Marriage
Or a host of other reasons and ignore the other 99.
I certainly hope not. This country is far too backward to be allowed to vote anymore. Anyone who does not believe that Barack Obama isn’t the greatest thing since Abraham Lincoln must be racist, mentally challenged or smoking reefer (which Obama gave up to set such a strong example for the republic).
I’m sure that is meant as a joke, but I think Obama and cadre actually think that way.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c60bf53ef0120a62dbd3a970c-500wi
Interesting photo, and it is not a photoshop.
Another sign of the coming Zombie Apocolypse?
On January 13th, 2010 at 7:26 pm, Red State Skeptic said:
I like the double negative.
They cancel each other out, so what you said is logically equivalent to:
So, Red State Skeptic, which one (or more) are you?
Maybe RSS is not a native English speaker.
There is no rule about double negatives in Spanish, for example.
I’m sure many peace activists voted for Obama, even though, as Commander in Chief, he’s killing people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen….
I was just thinking that RSS is sounding a bit like a heretic. The koolaid coming back up a bit there, RSS?
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say RSS has finally come over to the Light side of the Force, and intentionally put that double negative in there for us Jedi brothers. You know, kinda like a secret handshake.
If the police don’t want the attorney general… what does that tell you?
Most First Responders, Police, Fire, EMT etc, have to live in the real world, if just to maintain sanity.
Poor “Red State Skeptic” is getting desperate.
Tell me, RSS, did you feel that supporting Obama was selling out gays?
RSS, I find it amusing that you are disturbed by conservative support for Brown…
You seem to confuse ‘pragmatism’ with ‘compromise’. Brown is one of those rare, rare exceptions for going with the lesser of two evils, as he will destroy your “filibuster-proof” majority in the Seante, if elected…Voting for Brown gives conservatives VALUE in the present.
Voting for Brown gives us much better “Bang” for our buck than normal, so he’s worth a chance, and once he is in WE will be watching him like Hawks watch their prey as we must…
Even if Brown loses, he is useful to us once again as a way to illustrate how mafioso-like the socialists that run the Democrat Party have become to people with a brain…Have you not seen the footage of Coakley able to see the assault on a reporter who merely wished to ask her a question, (and yet denying it publicly)?
This is the best thing you Dems have done for us since your Party acted like little dictators at the Town Hall Meetings on camera last Summer…Please keep it up!
When it was crunch time on the Healthcare vote all “pro-life” democrats voted to fund abortion and all “pro-choice” Republicans voted no.
Seems an awful lot of leftists are working hard lately to try to convince conservatives that no conservative candidate should be seen as worthy of their votes. How dumb do they think we are?
RSS and those who question Scott Brown’s stand on abortion – and yes, he isn’t as staunchly pro-life as I’d like – isn’t it interesting that Martha’s attack ads paint him as an enemy of a “woman’s right to choose” (how I hate that phrase!).
The fact is that Scott has the endorsement of the Mass Citizens for Life because he has shown himself to be a reasonable person who believes that parents shouldn’t be shut out of such decisions and has worked with pro-life groups to limit abortion as birth-control.
He’s strong on defense, strong on protecting the Constitutional rights of citizens and legal immigrants, strong on law and order (don’t get me started again on how Martha isn’t), and he believes in smaller government that lets we the citizens keep more of our hard earned dollars.
Yeah, I can live with that kind of imperfect conservatism.
What I can’t live with, and the rest of the country can’t live with, is Martha Coakley giving the Dems and Obama a filibuster proof majority in the Senate.
Shock and awe.
On the Newsbuster site they give a reason for this. The health care bill will tax Cadillac health plans. Now the SEIU does not have Cadillac health plans, they have Rolls Royce health plans. They don’t like this at all.
So it’s only when their self interest is affected that they will go against the Democrats.
HAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
I’m not laughing.
Too true.
For some, that might be a motivation.
But the rank and file police officers here do not like Martha Coakley. She’s been a disgrace as a district attorney and as the state’s Attorney General, and the brotherhood of policemen have long memories.
It’s that simple.
In another example of how Tea Party pressure is fraying the nerves of the Democratic Party’s “head” (nyuk, nyuk) honchos, Barney Frank “blows” (nyuk, nyuk) his lid at being asked by a Washington Times reporter about MA Sec. of State Willian Galvin’s stated intention to delay the certification of the election to Feb. 20 should Brown win. Says it’s the most evil example of right wing conspiracy rumor mongering.
Well, if the Dems can lose the Kennedy seat in the Senate, maybe Frank now fears that no one is safe?… even Fannie Mae’s favorite fudge packer? (I’ll retract that once libs stop calling us Tea Party protestors “tea baggers”.
The sun will rise from the west tomorrow!
Did you listen to the audio of Barney’s snit fit? I don’t know who is tougher to listen to, him or Boston mayor Tom ‘Mumbles’ Menino.
But at least Menino doesn’t froth at the mouth.
*Hey Phil: No need to retract; Barney Frank withdrawing is all that is required!
*I hear when Barney was young and bagging groceries, they called him the master packer!
RSS,
I would love to have a chance to vote for a senator as liberal as Scott Brown. What NY has right now are a socialist (Schumer) and his puppet (Gillibrand).
As for double negatives, in some languages a double negative can actually mean a positive, but there are no double positives that mean a negative – the correct response to this statement is: yeah, right.
I rest my case.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
I thought the Packers were in Pennsylvania, Phill?
Or maybe youwere referring to Green Bay!
I ignore RSS but had to laugh. Coakley is pro-life? Idiot. If I have a choice between bad and corrupt, I think bad may just be okay.
It has been my experience that if I agree with a candidate on a single issue, say…gun control, that I’ll probably find that I agree with most of that candidate’s views. In the event that I ever find a candidate who is firmly against any further gun control measures and supports the rolling back of many of the more onerous laws concerning firearms ownership, AND that candidate is fully supportive of Obamacare, federally-funded abortions, sweetheart deals for his cronies, that candidate’s stance on gun control will cease to hold it’s importance unless the other one is worse.
Pragmatic enough for you, RSS?
ECS
You really have such a hard time understanding why conservatives would support such a candidate over one who favors federal funding for abortion on demand?
I missed that part of RSS’s comment (truth is, I only skimmed through it).
And idiot is right. Martha Coakley is the darling of EMILY’s List. ‘Nuff said.
I think he’s having trouble understanding the support for Brown when we’ve been adamant about rejecting other candidates that share his values as RINOs.
The third candidate in the race actually would represent conservative values better than Brown will. Brown is still bragging about being one of the authors of RomneyCare He opposed ending the state income tax, and rolling back sales tax. He supported raising property taxes. Spending went up on his watch, and government got bigger.
He will probably end up a Graham / McCain / Snowe Republican which we’ve openly cursed repeatedly. So it doesn’t really make much sense to see the mad rush to defend his positions.
We are getting what we deserve.
RSS, I’m a strong conservative, and I’m Pro-choice…feel free to choose any contraceptive you like, but NO ABORTIONS.
I usually ignore the rocker too, but this is too stupid – and indescribably lazy – a comment to let pass.
Did you bother to read which union is endorsing Scott Brown?
Idiot.
Brown is a perfect example of what we conservatives have to do if he wins. After the 2010 elections we have to pay attention to every race on every level, if a RINO raises their head we have to be ready to cut it off…that is vote ‘em out in the next election, make the party an honest, viable party again. We can’t go back to sleep and assume the person with the “R” after their name is doing as expected…what do they call that? Oh yeah, being an informed voter.
Then why didn’t we settle for Scozzafava, again?
We didn’t settle for her, did we? I believe she dropped out after all the bs hit the fan, just as it should be as I said. Not sure I understand your question anyway.
What happened to Scuzzy is exactly what I’m advocating, pressure had her withdraw was that not the best, who knew she was going to throw her support to the dem? Besides that was an very unusual situation, the GOP locally resembled Chicago politics in that race, with a little help from the RNC.
Here again the most conservative candidate is probably Mr. Kennedy not the Republican.
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Does it really matter? Yeah it’s the cops. Big freakin’ deal. They’re union is an SEIU affiliate – in the pocket of none other than one Barack Hussein Obama.
Do you think it’s some kind of victory that an Obama-sympathizing labor union from Massachusetts has endorsed your guy?
Look, I support Scott to an extent, but to celebrate him as a “Tea Party” candidate given his positions on issues is a big mistake. Sure, he’s better than Kennedy and his opponent, but so was Bush (for whom I voted twice), and look what that got us.
As I have already said, Scott Brown is just another LOTE vote. About the best you’re going to do in Massachusetts (Libertarian notwithstanding), but by no means an appropriate candidate for someone who embraces the Constitution as the supreme law of the land.
Your “stupid” comment is just that. Stupid.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
RSS, you are amused (confused might be more appropriate) because you think of people in narrow terms and labels. I am staunchly conservative regarding limited government and national defense. More of a moderate on social issues. You can’t believe everything your handlers tell you.
I learned yesterday from a fellow poster that the Majority of Washington DC as well as all liberals speak a language called A–Clown, RSS majored in this language at Patrice Lumumba Friendship University.
Anyone compared the employment rate among blacks today versus January 2009?
And how about that voucher program for children in Washington D.C.? Obama crushed that. Is that a “pro-choice attitude? Hmmmmmm
Well, after being inagurated the temperatures worldwide dropped. His mere presence has saved us from the flaming hell of Global Warming. /sarc
dittos. RSS is nothing but a joke.
Flying pigs! Get them off me! Get them off me!
Oh wait, I love this particular species. They are so cute! And they taste great with a peach chutney.
Boy O Boy….if it weren’t for ACORN Ted Kennedy’s seat would be lost for sure.
Rocker, you say you “I support Scott to an extent”.
Don’t bother; with “support” like yours, no one needs to try to defeat Scott.
As for your comment, “Yeah it’s the cops. Big freakin’ deal”, yes, it is a big freakin’ deal. Martha Coakley is the titular chief law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth, but the cops on the street do not support her because they know what a fraud she is.
And if Scott Brown doesn’t win, Martha does.
And Obama does.
And we all loose.
Now that’s what I call stupid.
right is right and marco polo, the difference between scott and scuzzy is that in scotts race, there is no real conservative running. in scuzzy’s there was, and conservatives supported him, while scuzzy and her rino friends would rather elect a democrat than a conservative.
Big deal, Obama wins and we all lose if Brown wins as well.
If Massachusetts were serious about the Constitution, that Libertarian would be running away with the show. He’s not, and he’s head and shoulders above both the others. He’s the only chance Massachusetts has of offering a “win”.
So America loses either way. Enjoy your R while you can.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
OT …
But I just got word that Teddy Pendergrass passed last night. Watch for a post at the RWRepublic.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
I’m just wondering what the hell a police union is doing hooked up with SIEU in the first damned place. But then we’re talking Massachusetts, aren’t we.
And that is precisely my point.
Instead of getting all excited that some hard-left Obama-supporting organization has supposedly turned coat, people need to be asking questions like these.
I’d really like to know what concessions Brown made to SEIU in exchange for this support, for example. You know it didn’t come cheap.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Asking questions is fine. Pretending you know the answer is another matter entirely.
I nver claimed to know the answer beyond the fact that SEIU is in the pocket of the Democratic Party machine, and vice versa.
You know as well as anyone else that endorsement came at a very high price. It’s the only way SEIU works. I don’t need to tell you that. You don’t need to pretend you don’t know either.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com