# Democrat thuggery, Boston style. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797 "2010-01-13T17:23:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/181 "2010-01-15T00:48:23Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Gotta friend Cite. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/182 "2010-01-15T01:06:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > …with wings! No, those are hallucinations. Not legends. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/183 "2010-01-15T01:12:00Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Cite. You kidding? They had to install another server just to keep my “friend list”! ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/184 "2010-01-15T01:14:00Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You kidding? They had to install another server just to keep my “friend list”! Yeah, right. Like they’d ever get another server. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/185 "2010-01-15T01:34:35Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > An incident occurred in Boston in which the aide to the democratic candidate for the senate intentionally knocked a credentialed conservative reporter to the ground, then physically impeded his passage on a public street. Actually this happened in Washington. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/186 "2010-01-15T01:59:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > …with wings! [Winged Sea Unicorn](http://www.aeheralds.net/Letters/AE38/AE38armory/10a.jpg) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/187 "2010-01-15T02:27:01Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > I look at, say, the abortion issue, and come to a conclusion that I think makes the most sense for our society. I know that others who disagree with me do the same calculation. It doesn’t make them stupid or bad people. Only stupid bad people think like that. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/188 "2010-01-15T02:46:19Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > You can see it at about :05 in [the video.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8CdfQGlgVw) Neither do they physically deter a reporter from walking down the street holding a tape recorder above his head. The fact that all this is routinely NOT done is corroborated by the fact that Meehan has apologized for his behavior, as lame and dishonest as it is. _blink_ That’s it??? I’ve skimmed around this thread spending more time than I should had but I haven’t seen the video of the incident until then. You call that thuggery? The reporter walked into the barrier, falls down and the _thug_ in question helps immediately helps him up and asks “you OK?”. It really takes the cake on partisan blindness to tar the whole of democrats over this. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/189 "2010-01-15T02:51:40Z")
Well, we’re talking about people with very delicate sensibilities, the Amish pacifist wing of the right. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/190 "2010-01-15T02:58:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Only stupid bad people think like that. Huh? ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/191 "2010-01-15T03:08:20Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > _blink_ That’s it??? > > I’ve skimmed around this thread spending more time than I should had but I haven’t seen the video of the incident until then. > > You call that thuggery? The reporter walked into the barrier, falls down and the _thug_ in question helps immediately helps him up and asks “you OK?”. Ha! The reporter was pushed. View the video again. At about :05 the reporter, who is the one holding the tape recorder up in the air, passes Meehan, who immediately veers left into the reporter, pushing him into the railing. Than after he “helps” the reporter up, he physically impedes him from going where he wants and has a right to go. That’s thuggery. Sorry. > [@Ale](#): > > It really takes the cake on partisan blindness to tar the whole of democrats over this. I agree. And I haven’t done that. As I’ve said, I don’t even think Meehan’s behavior taints Coakley. There does, though, seem to be a tolerance for thuggish behavior by those on the left, when it benefits them. Disappointingly, this incident and the one of voter intimidation in Philly, which I cited in my OP, are two examples. And to make matters worse, today Congress voted 15-14 to not compel Holder to explain himself. No, nothing to see here. Move along now. Now, THAT is REALLY unbelievable. Voting freely and without intimidation is a cornerstone of our democracy. Well, outside of Chicago politics and union voting, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/192 "2010-01-15T04:56:10Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > Actually this happened in Washington. So “Democrat”, “thuggery”, and “Boston” have all been called into question. Anybody want to take on “style”? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/193 "2010-01-15T04:57:47Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > The reporter was pushed. View the video again. At about :05 the reporter, who is the one holding the tape recorder up in the air, passes Meehan, who immediately veers left into the reporter, pushing him into the railing. Than after he “helps” the reporter up, he physically impedes him from going where he wants and has a right to go. That’s thuggery. Maybe in your gated community. Where I come from, that’s a first date. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/194 "2010-01-15T06:29:11Z")
It’s looking like [the Republican may take the seat.](http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20100114brown-out_poll_shows_scott_brown_trumping_martha_coakley/srvc=home&position=0) If that happens, it’s an evil portent for Democrats. They could lose the House. Losing Teddy Kennedy’s seat will be a major psychological blow. Every blue dog in the house will be running away from the health care bill. It’s becoming quite clear that there’s a general revolt against the current Democratic leadership that has spread through independents and even some Democrats. Brown raised $1 million dollars a day every day this week. All from small donations. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/195 "2010-01-15T06:51:16Z")
Is he the candidate that isn’t afraid to bare the truth? Letting the world know that he’s comfortable in his own skin? The campaign slogan “Read My Lips, No Nude Taxes!”? Is that him? Or is he the one who is running away from the Tea Party at .9 C? Is he really ready to stand with such giants as Steele, Palin and Gingrich? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/196 "2010-01-15T09:12:09Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > It’s looking like [the Republican may take the seat.](http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20100114brown-out_poll_shows_scott_brown_trumping_martha_coakley/srvc=home&position=0) > > If that happens, it’s an evil portent for Democrats. They could lose the House. Losing Teddy Kennedy’s seat will be a major psychological blow. Every blue dog in the house will be running away from the health care bill. > > It’s becoming quite clear that there’s a general revolt against the current Democratic leadership that has spread through independents and even some Democrats. Brown raised $1 million dollars a day every day this week. All from small donations. Dang, first Democrat thuggery, now evil portents. Surely the End Times are approaching. ---
**Author:** ![kjckjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/197 "2010-01-15T10:11:22Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Losing Teddy Kennedy’s seat will be a major psychological blow. It’s not the Kennedy’s seat, it’s not the Democrats’ seat, it’s the people’s seat. 😃 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OJEEQHOnI2Q/hqdefault.jpg ""It's The People's Seat."") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJEEQHOnI2Q) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/198 "2010-01-15T10:30:07Z")
> [@kjckjc](#): > > It’s not the Kennedy’s seat, it’s not the Democrats’ seat, it’s the people’s seat. > 😃 Hell, if it’s the People’s Seat I’m voting Wapner. Actually, it’s a fair point - I do dislike the whole idea of a presumptive right to the seat, from either side of the political fence. That said, I’m willing to bet that Kennedy holding onto the seat for so long had to do much more with him being Ted Kennedy than him being a Democrat. Even discounting loyalty to the Kennedy brand (which is pretty powerful) Teddy was very much a pillar of his community. To paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen, Coakley is no Ted Kennedy, and she may well lose the seat due to her own failings (which, I gather, are many) rather than from some massive groundswell of anti-Obama feeling. And what will the Republicans talk about if the Democrats no longer have an unimpeachable majority? Who knows - falling below the 60-seat mark may inspire the Dems to get their act together. Ha ha! I kid. Congressional Democrats couldn’t agree a lunch menu at gunpoint. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/199 "2010-01-18T21:39:50Z")
[“Shove a curling iron up her butt.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28u3vPExxp4&feature=player_embedded) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/200 "2010-01-18T22:15:06Z")
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