Squabblers and Fools?
In post-debate analysis on NECN tonight, panelist Emily Rooney said that Martha Coakley
has reduced the other three to squabbling with each other.
Indeed, it was hilarious when Capuano answered a question about his impatience by saying
I believe I’ve demonstrated immense patience in the House…
and then within the same question, he responded to an interruption from Pagliuca by saying
Am I going to be able to finish or are we going to have this childish back and forth again?
Later, he pleaded to the moderator:
May I say something without him yelling at me?
Rooney also said that
Alan Khazei has made a bit of a fool of himself [with his] constant… holier than thou nonsense…
And she wasn’t even referring to his pride in his donation from Leonard Nimoy:
Live long and prosper… If I’ve got Spock on my side, I can’t fail.
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Boys will be boys- Not sure why Khazei- a purportedly great guy- makes me crazy. His simplistic progressive talking points are juvenile-does anyone actually think hopey-changey still works in Washington? Sure it great to have dreams but reality matters. Aspirations are swell but when the problems are this serious- give me reality and experience any day.
Today, Yvonne Abrahams has a love letter to Capuano in the Globe.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/12/02/a_befitting_indignation/
You may recall that she’s the same columnist who said “The assumption that Coakley has a lock on my vote because we share a couple of chromosomes insults both of us.” Apparently concluding that most women are dumb enough to do that. Now she says she finds Capuano’s “chippiness” and pugilism refreshing. Hmm -would she find it “refreshing” in a boss, a colleague or a romantic partner?
Wonder how she’d feel if it were Martha who displayed “chippiness” by picking a fight over simply ridiculous comments? Would there be a column extolling the virtue even saying: “We used to have a lot of politicians like him around here – imperfect, scrappy, passionate – and we celebrated them. We should celebrate them still.”
Something tells me we’ll never see it- at least from Ms Abraham nor any of the women who won’t vote for a woman “simply because they share the same chromosomes” When you start with that premise you are looking for an excuse. With feminist like these our 17% is even at risk. Very frightening and sad.
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