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Massachusetts

merrily

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3. I know, right?

Reply to randys1 (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 14, 2015, 06:09 PM

Jan 2015

And in Massachusetts no less, ffs.

We need to contact our State House people and let them know we are counting on them to stand as strong with Baker as they did with Romney, if not more so. I wonder if a petition would do it.

See, if we were Republicans, we'd use churches to spread the word. I keep saying that Democrats need to construct some kind of secular equivalent of that. Learning centers, social centers, something by which we could communicate with, and mobilize, each other in 24-48 hours around some form of activism.

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Every time I see Baker on TV, I feel a combination of mild nausea, vague anxiety and a tinge [View all] merrily Jan 2015 OP

Who? randys1 Jan 2015 #1

I know, right? merrily Jan 2015 #3

He'll get bored and wander off after one term. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2015 #2

Baker ran against Deval Patrick, too, didn't he? merrily Jan 2015 #5

I don't think Baker is going anywhere. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2015 #9

He's going to the Governor's Office in the State House; and that's way too far for me. merrily Jan 2015 #10

I definitely feel your pain sketchy Jan 2015 #4

No, stay and support our legislature on overriding vetoes. merrily Jan 2015 #6

You are correct sketchy Jan 2015 #7

Besides: Sox, Celts, Bruins, Patriots. merrily Jan 2015 #8

Naw, stay. Massachusetts' legislature is so strongly Democratic, it can control a Republican merrily Jan 2015 #12

I'm watching him now of NECN and my stomach lining is turning inside out. graywarrior Jan 2015 #11

I know. Me, too. I started a thread in this group on his incredibly awkward weather warnings. merrily Jan 2015 #13

Boston mayor is a real human being graywarrior Jan 2015 #16

Yes, he is a real human being. merrily Jan 2015 #17

Can't see how it can happen unless they use cities on the outskirts of Boston graywarrior Jan 2015 #18

lower end version of Mitt is a perfect fit for his name. n/t bobGandolf Jan 2015 #14

Thanks. I enjoyed it. merrily Jan 2015 #15