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“Kooks”

August 14, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 7 Comments

How high? LEHIGH!IT’S HARD TO SAY what’s more amusing, the wild-eyed rants at town hall meetings or the conservative attempts to portray those snarling sentiments as genuine mainstream anger about the president’s health … [Read more...]

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Lehigh boots it again, this time on health care

June 17, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 17 Comments

How do you solve a problem like Scot Lehigh? How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?Yes, the CBO costed out a not-finished, in-progress, incomplete version of a Senate health care bill, and found it wanting. That's to be patched up, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, lehigh, public-option

Lehigh: Appetite for Destruction

June 10, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 10 Comments

In mad, dauntless pursuit of a conceit for his column today, Scot Lehigh trips over his own feet. How does one reconcile these consecutive statements?In part it's because the governor clearly lacks the appetite for the bold, tough … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: baker, ethics, lehigh, patrick, pensions, transportation

Scot Lehigh channels BMG; commits “speech and debate” gaffe

November 14, 2008 By David 3 Comments

Scot Lehigh's op-ed today calls on Speaker DiMasi to "come clean or go," and urges that "if you can't or won't be candid and forthcoming, then you need to face this reality: It's time to go."  Startlingly reminiscent of BMG's call to … [Read more...]

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Lehigh absolutely *destroys* strawman, does victory dance

March 6, 2007 By Charley on the MTA 24 Comments

I don't wanna bore you with this/oh but Scot Lehigh Scot Lehigh Scot Leeeehigh...POLITICIANS, PAUL Tsongas used to warn, too often treat the business sector as though it's an ATM machine, tapping it constantly for cash without worrying … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: corporate-taxes, lehigh, patrick, taxes

Wow! Scot Lehigh Deval Patrick!

October 27, 2006 By michael-forbes-wilcox 11 Comments

From Adam Reilly: A few minutes later, Carr moves on to gay sex, ... further on in the show — before turning his attention to the war in Iraq — Carr hints that he’s finally given up on the Healey campaign. “Debate Kerry, or I say you’re … [Read more...]

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More raillery, please

June 8, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 11 Comments

Scot Lehigh reviews Stephen Miller's* book, "Conversation -- A History of a Declining Art":The enticements of the virtual world and a cornucopia of personal-entertainment diversions have pushed discourse to the side.Aided by the Internet, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civility, conversation, lehigh, random, stephen-miller

More establishment self-congratulation from the Globe

March 13, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 2 Comments

So, after Scot Lehigh's paean to business-y insiders who cut the health care deal, and Steve Bailey's three cheers to "Salesman" Jack Connors of Partners Healthcare, now we get front-page, above-the-fold treatment of the guys who are really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bailey, connors, globe, health-care, lehigh

What if the “sensible center” isn’t sensible?

March 10, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 2 Comments

Regarding the possible health care compromise, Scot Lehigh asks, "Can the sensible center hold onto a delicate deal?" He's referring, of course, to the $295 per-employee per-year assessment compromise recently struck between DiMasi and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bailey, dimasi, health-care, lehigh, romney, travaglini, uninsured

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