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StephenLynchsBadVotes.Com

August 26, 2010 By mac-dalessandro

Stephen Lynch’s bad votes would allow insurance companies to cancel policies when people get sick, and deny health insurance to children with pre-existing conditions.

His bad votes would have denied 106,000 families and 15,600 small businesses in the 9th district the largest middle-class and small businesses health insurance tax cut in history, and would have kept the Medicare donut hole open for 7400 seniors.

His bad votes on Iraq have cost the 9th District $2.3 Billion over the past 7 years — and led to the deaths of 4415 American troops.

And his bad votes on choice have created new restrictions on the right to choose for millions of woman.

Stephen Lynch’s bad votes aren’t just bad…they’re really bad.

But this website isn’t complete yet — not till we have your input. We want to know — how have Stephen Lynch’s bad votes hurt you and your community?

Complete the sentence: “Stephen Lynch’s Bad Votes….”

What would have happened to you, your family, or your neighbors if Stephen Lynch had succeeded in blocking the healthcare reform law, as he tried to do? How have Stephen Lynch’s bad votes on the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan affected your community? What do you think the harmful effects have been of  Stephen Lynch’s bad votes to restrict a woman’s right to choose?

At the end of the day, there is a real and substantial human cost as a result of all of Stephen Lynch’s bad votes.

Visit the new website today and help us tell the story of those human costs. Then send the link to your friends and neighbors, and ask them to do the same.

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  1. mac-dalessandro says

    August 26, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    I will definitely be back with another diary or two before the primary with thoughts on the future — particularly on how we grow jobs, next steps for healthcare reform, and how we protect the integrity of our electoral system from corporate influence in this post-Citizens United world.

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    p>But I firmly believe that past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior. I’ve spent my life fighting on behalf of working families, and I can promise you I’ll continue that fight as a Congressman.

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    p>In contrast, we can look at my opponent’s past behavior in office — and as you say, there’s every reason to expect Congressman Lynch will keep casting bad votes if re-elected.

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    p>That’s why we’re making sure voters in the 9th know about Congressman Lynch’s bad votes — because too many voters out there still don’t know about these bad votes, or don’t realize what those votes have meant for their community.

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    p>Thanks for all your support thus far!

    • charley-on-the-mta says

      August 26, 2010 at 10:13 pm

      That’s a super-big fat platitude. But I think it’s true.

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      p>For instance … viewed through this lens, the reason why many Dems are trailing is not HCR, the bad economy, etc; it’s because no one’s really sure how they’re going to make anything better going forward. That would include … many of us.

      <

      p>This is also the reason why Charlie Baker is not doing better. It’s not that people are so attached to Deval. It’s that Baker’s criticisms have been so hollow, so opportunistic … there’s just no reason to think he’d do a better job.

      <

      p>You’ve gotta show us how Lynch is lousy … but also demonstrate how you’d be better.  

    • apricot says

      August 28, 2010 at 12:34 am

      As a culture, as an electorate, we have extremely short attention spans.  People on BMG probably can’t remember what it was like to not know all the ins and outs of a cloture vote from 6 months ago.

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      p>Most regular people, the ones who aren’t political junkies, only know the broadest outlines, and it only holds their attention while it’s unfolding.

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      p>People are mad about the health care vote, and they’re mad about Iraq… But they’ve forgotten that they are because life moves on with soccer games and work and AmericanIdol.

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      p>StephenLynchsBadVotes.com? Yeah, that’s useful to many of us.  

  2. ryepower12 says

    August 27, 2010 at 9:03 am

    I’ve seen tooons of signs in the areas of Mac’s district that I’ve driven through… universally for Mac. Signs don’t vote, of course, but the people in those houses do… not a terrible base of people from the looks of it.

    • jeremy says

      August 27, 2010 at 12:55 pm

      Here in Needham, I’ve seen quite a few signs for Mac D’Allesandro, and not a single one for Stephen Lynch. (As well as lots for candidates in other races.)  Now, Needham isn’t Lynch’s base, but the many-to-zero ratio is interesting.

  3. apricot says

    August 28, 2010 at 12:29 am

    I am canvassing and calling, heading out for one of the two weekend days this weekend, and a phone bank later in the week.

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    p>As Jeremy says, signs are cropping up, and anyone with any awareness of Congressional legislation in the last year becomes a potential supporter for Mac really quickly, as soon as they hear of him.  The trouble of course is that a lot of people just aren’t paying attention and couldn’t give a crap about the primary.  

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    p>I encourage everyone to do a little more in the last 2 weeks now.  This has been an extremely affirming volunteering experience.  It isn’t a hard sell at all.

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