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They are going to let it become a parody of the left. Then the right can point fingers are the absurd things said to confirm their accusations about the left. source

Bravo Dauntless, textbook Red Herring reply that modern liberals employ countless times on political forums everywhere. Your communist supporting bretheren would be so proud. source

I dunno, perhaps Hurricane Ivan is keeping the Dems off of the air this Friday. However, I was still hit with the bad news with "Hurricane Terissa" coming to State College yesterday. I hope I'm not the only one in State College who feels that way. source

The real issue isn't with the 2004 change, but the more recent one allowing Governor Patrick to name a temporary replacement. First, the optics stunk to many voters, especially Republicans - another example of the Massachusetts Democratic machine changing the rules after the fact when it suited them. But more importantly, it gave the Democrats their 60th vote so that the Senate could pass their version of the health care bill. Rightly or wrongly, the bill has been portrayed as a monstrosity resulting from corrupt, back-door special-interest bargaining. Nebraska and Louisiana made out like bandits in exchange for their Senators' votes. The pharmaceutical industry got their own deal suiting them. And, just this week, Big Labor was given a break that the little people won't be able to get - while negotiations are continuing to go on behind closed doors. One perception is that the monstrosity of a bill does a lot of things, but it doesn't do much for Massachusetts. Had Kirk not been named and the Republicans stuck together to filibuster the Senate bill, Coakley could easily have portrayed herself as running to save Ted Kennedy's dream of health care for every American. Scott Brown would be just another obstructionist Republican hell-bent on killing Ted Kennedy's dream. The specifics of the bill would just be theoretical. No corrupt bargain for Nebraska or Louisiana would have had to have been made - yet. That argument rings hollow when there's been actual bill on the floor with a checkered history - and the Senate bill doesn't even include the public option Ted Kennedy would have wanted in the bill. Coakley very well may win this race - turnout will be key. But if she loses it, her demise began on September 24, when Governor Patrick named Senator Kirk to succeed Ted Kennedy. source

The only really true 'health insurance' is the knowledge that we are all gonna die at some point. No matter what health or religious 'plan' we are paying for! source