# 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:** 11
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/201 "2010-01-18T22:52:28Z")
[I am now](http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/01/06/some_saw_coakley_as_lax_on_05_rape_case/), and even if she did fail to prosecute the case aggressively enough, which is certainly not clear, it hardly excuses the comment - or Brown’s perceived reaction. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/202 "2010-01-19T00:05:15Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > Actually this happened in Washington. What the heck was she doing campaigning in Washington? ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/203 "2010-01-19T00:23:14Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > 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 I suspect that most people who will vote for Brown will vote solely on the issue of the health care bill. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/204 "2010-01-19T00:26:10Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > I suspect that most people who will vote for Brown will vote solely on the issue of the health care bill. I think a lot will be voting to diminish the dominance of the dems a little. This one-party rule has turned out too well for anyone. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/205 "2010-01-19T00:56:27Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > I think a lot will be voting to diminish the dominance of the dems a little. This one-party rule has turned out too well for anyone. Yeah, spite is part of it too. What I find, well, interesting, is how many of my right wing friends are crowing and feeling all proud of themselves. If Brown wins, I predict they’ll be insufferable fucks. I further predict that if Scott Brown wins, I’ll have fewer of them as friends on Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/206 "2010-01-19T01:03:13Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Yeah, spite is part of it too. > > What I find, well, interesting, is how many of my right wing friends are crowing and feeling all proud of themselves. If Brown wins, I predict they’ll be insufferable fucks. I further predict that if Scott Brown wins, I’ll have fewer of them as friends on Facebook. We’re a looong way from Brown winning. MA has deep Dem roots. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/207 "2010-01-19T01:27:52Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Yeah, spite is part of it too. > > What I find, well, interesting, is how many of my right wing friends are crowing and feeling all proud of themselves. If Brown wins, I predict they’ll be insufferable fucks. I further predict that if Scott Brown wins, I’ll have fewer of them as friends on Facebook. This is because they (and/or the pundits) feel that this election is a complete referendum on both the President and health care reform. If Brown wins, it “means” that Obama has been utterly repudiated by America so badly that he’ll never get anything significant done again, and that health care reform will be utterly destroyed, never to return. If you believe that, then it certainly would be a significant victory for Republicans, no? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/208 "2010-01-19T04:14:59Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > [I am now](http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/01/06/some_saw_coakley_as_lax_on_05_rape_case/), and even if she did fail to prosecute the case aggressively enough, which is certainly not clear, it hardly excuses the comment - or Brown’s perceived reaction. True. And who knows, she may not even be into anal. ---
**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 19, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/209 "2010-01-19T11:57:16Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > I suspect that most people who will vote for Brown will vote solely on the issue of the health care bill. Perhaps, but a popular Democratic candidate could mitigate that effect. Coakley is (apparently) not that candidate. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/210 "2010-01-19T12:33:42Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Yeah, spite is part of it too. It worked pretty well for the Dems in 2008. That and the “hope” that the clean and articulate fellow would make the rest of the world love us again and bring us all racial harmony. You must agree there is a good deal of buyer’s remorse that extends beyond the health care legislation fiasco. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/211 "2010-01-19T12:37:35Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > It worked pretty well for the Dems in 2008. > > That and the “hope” that the clean and articulate fellow would make the rest of the world love us again and bring us all racial harmony. THe rest of the world does like us a lot better than they did. As for the racial harmony, I don’t think anyone thought that racism would go away. We knew that the Republicans would still need to win elections. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/212 "2010-01-19T14:28:38Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > I think a lot will be voting to diminish the dominance of the dems a little. This one-party rule has turned out too well for anyone. One party rule would be interesting, but hasn’t actually happened yet. What, exactly, has Obama actually pushed through? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/213 "2010-01-19T16:33:40Z")
**magellan** , the fact that your guys failed so epicly when they had one-party rule (you remember the last decade, don’t you?) does not necessarily mean that one-party rule was what was at fault, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/214 "2010-01-19T17:24:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > One party rule would be interesting, but hasn’t actually happened yet. They have a majority in both houses and the presidency; more of a majority than the Republicans had in the past ten years. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/215 "2010-01-19T17:30:47Z")
My entire post was two sentences. You’re a bright guy; read the rest. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/216 "2010-01-19T17:44:14Z")
I just want everyone to know that **magellan** has a soft spot in his heart for cute kitty-cats. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/217 "2010-01-19T17:48:48Z")
First of all, I challenge your assertion that I’m a bright guy. That’s a damn lie, and you know it. But I did read both your sentences, and what I said doesn’t contradict your second sentence. There is one party rule; the Democrats do control the presidency and both houses of Congress, and they haven’t done anything with that opportunity. What’s the use of the Democrats being in control if they can’t do anything? ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/218 "2010-01-19T17:55:36Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > It worked pretty well for the Dems in 2008. What “worked” for the Democrats in 2008 was 8 years of bullshit shoved down our throats by Bush and his cronies. People don’t get that fed up out of spite. Who are you again, Mr. “I’ve been here a while”? I smell the return of someone who’s been here before under a different name. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/219 "2010-01-19T17:57:28Z")
There is one party in control of the House, Senate and White House _on paper_. However, the Blue Dog Democrats and Liebermans (not to mention the closed season on bipartisanship) have effectively created a deadlock. **mswas** said “[this] one-party rule has [not] turned out too well for anyone.” Well, it’s turned out pretty well for moderates, hasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/220 "2010-01-19T18:01:23Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > This is because they (and/or the pundits) feel that this election is a complete referendum on both the President and health care reform. If Brown wins, it “means” that Obama has been utterly repudiated by America so badly that he’ll never get anything significant done again, and that health care reform will be utterly destroyed, never to return. If you believe that, then it certainly would be a significant victory for Republicans, no? I think that sort of nails it. It worries me that some of my friends can be so utterly clueless to believe it “means” much of anything. What I find hard to take is that the righties want to kill the health care bill so much that they’ll support a guy who has nothing to say about what things he’ll do in D.C. (aside from kill the HC bill). Scott Brown is an empty suit. He brings virtually nothing to the table. Except more obstructionism. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797.md?page=12)