Here’s wishing that Elizabeth Warren would stop mentioning the Boston Globe in her campaign. She can say “this was confirmed by the press” or “independent economists”. Scotty doesn’t mention the wing nuts behind the organizations that prove him right. There’s a reason.
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Now that Scott’s made campaign managers an issue it’s time to bring Eric Fehrnstrom’s name and reputation to the front lines. Why would Scott rely so heavily on a person that proudly conducts his professional life like an A-1 amoral, unethical, repulsive, loathsome, malicious, depraved and vile scumbag?
Voters should be reading and hearing more and more about Eric “See You in Hell” Fehrnstrom and how he operates. He’s an intriguing guy who voters could find fascinating and therefore pay attention to the stories. Karl Rove is boring. Eric is not.
Who is this guy? He’s the puppeteer of Mitt and Scott. People need to know.
Decent people will take Doug Rubin over See-you-in-hell Fehrnstrom any day.
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Is it me or does Scott seemed rushed and a little annoyed when answering questions in the debate? It’s true for interviews which have follow-up questions and follow-ups to follow-ups. You know, like an interview.
That is the setting that needs to be forced on Scott. Get him to explain himself beyond the soundbites. He doesn’t like it and it shows.
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Still waiting for the Jack Cinquegrana report the SJC commissioned almost a year ago. You remember? Another quid pro quo between our high court justices and the New York Times’ Sulzberger family in return for the jobs they gained by rubbing out Jack O’Brien at Probation.
The next Spotlite series soon after the Probation/Jack O’Brien series was a Fourth of July like fireworks display about a dog (not a pit bull) biting a man. The liberal Globe was upset that out of every 20 people arrested for drunk driver one eventually ends up being found not guilty by a judge. One in twenty. Five percent. Sounds about right. Especially in a country with a “beyond reasonable doubt” standard.
Like all Spotlite series the first story appeared on a Sunday. And just like the Probation stories the SJC appointed a special investigator with subpoena powers on Monday. WTF?
So anyway, where’s the report? Also isn’t Cinquegrana, Choate Hall and Stewart, and the SJC in violation of an number of judicial and legal canons of ethics by creating the appearance of a special relationship between them? Especially when Choate Hall is doing this for free.
BTW – the best thing that came out of the Globe drunk driving series was the admission by by the State Police that unlike many other states they do not have dash board cameras filming OUI stops.
Why? Well because, according to the state police spokesman. ‘it results in not guilties’. Huh? Truth be damned.
Unfortunately because of all the quid pro quos going around the Globe didn’t report this little admission as a civil rights issue. What bothers me is it appears they didn’t see the problem with the statement. Otherwise they would have pounced on it or not printed it.
Who knows? Too many fucking layers with these people.
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I’m rooting for Tisei.
Just saying.
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Like everyone on Beacon Hill I am anxiously awaiting the feds next move on the Probation investigation.
I wouldn’t expect any news, if there is news, until after the election?
Gonna be interesting no matter which way they come down.
BTW, my reading of the state and federal indictments against O’Brien seem very weak. The vagaries oh the statues especially with the facts behind each indictment may result in the cases never getting to a jury.
O’Brien has federal defenders representing him at the Moakley Courthouse. Not some hit or miss guy from Quincy. He will have top grade representation who will hold the feds’ feet to the fire.
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Credit where credit it due. Yeah Dan Rea bugs me, but he is one of the few in the press who works at spreading the word of the wrongfully convicted. That goes a long way.
Discuss
15 Comments . Leave a comment below.I believe she has said in all three debates that a non-partisan analysis of the Brown & Warren deficit plans showed she cuts the deficit more. But she always makes a point of emphasizing that the Globe published the analysis. The fact that she keeps saying it must mean it’s a deliberate part of the framing to cite the Globe, but I wonder if it’s smart politically if she’s trying to appeal to at least a view Herald readers. It also takes more words to make her point, which isn’t smart in a debate.
“…at least a few Herald readers…”
Geez…
anti Warren ads that show Boston news anchors allegedly reporting on Warren lies about her heritage and her work history? I say allegedly because I recognize their faces, but am not sure it is their voices being spoken. At the very least, if I were those reporters and their employers, I wouldn’t want them featured in political attack ads.
I am still annoyed by the stupidity of the “Hammer” comment. What “Hammer” does EW weild? Is it Oden’s Hammer. Even though it was soundly booed by the audience, it still irritates me how pathetic Brown is at every level.
It framed Brown as Petty and Mean Spirited. And the crowd punctuated it with the loudest boos of the night. I’m glad he said it. I hope he keeps digging that hole.
It was just so pathetic, it was Petty and Mean Spirited. Perhaps I would have felt better if I could have booed him in person as well. Now I have to wait over 3 weeks to vote this douchebag out on his arse.
Kind of like Brown himself. He’s there, but doesn’t really quite make sense in context.
Direct observation of the Schrodinger’s Candidate changes the results. Very quantum mechanics. I am not sure if Schrodinger’s Cat or a black hole is a better metaphor for Scott Brown.
him a power he lacks. Good one with Schrodinger’s Cat.
Seems to me it is the flagship newspaper in Massachusetts.
an irrational hatred of it. I’ve seen this phenomenon on the inside. One of my grandfathers lived in Brooklyn and read the Daily News every day. He was a very smart guy, could do the Times crossword on a Sunday with no problem (which I can’t claim), but he hated the Times. He was a blue collar guy who thought it snooty.
I don’t know how many people who hate the Globe like that, in 2012 Massachusetts, Warren was going to get anyway.
If I know I am talking to some religious wackjob, I will go out of my way to discuss the Big Bang Theory or Evolution. You know, those things from the “Pitts of Hell”, just to piss them off. So Hell Yeah, cite the Globe as often as is needed. If they don’t like it, tough s*** on them!
but poor strategy in a close election
How many people who are impressed by citing the Globe because it will piss off people they don’t like are, as of now, undecided or Brown supporters?
Fernie isn’t tough, he’s a douchebag. It doesn’t take toughness to gleefully act like a jackass and try to ruin lives for fun and money.
I truly despise that man. Everyone else should, too. It says a lot about Romney that Fernie would be his right hand man. He’s ever bit as despicable as Karl Rove, just no where near as talented.
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PS. A vote for Tisei is a vote for John Boehner, more wars, and zero forward progress as a country, brought to you by the Party of No. You must be savvy enough to realize that, EB.
Willard tried to get Fernie appointed to the Brookline Housing Authority board as he was leaving office to help him boost his pension? And remember when Fernie and Willard had to claim that he really wanted the job because of his deep commitment to Brookline and affordable housing?
Here’s a good write-up of the whole mess.
Fernie’s been trying to game the system for years. I guess the MA pension was a bit more generous than the one he could get working in the private sector.
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