rssMA-Sen Photos: ‘Paint the Town Red! Croakley’s Dead!’
Monday, January 18, 2010 at 10:59 am
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Below are some photos of yesterday’s “People’s Rally” in Worcester, the rally that Brown held to counter-program the Obama rally in Boston.
The crush of Brown supporters trying, and failing, to enter the “People’s Rally.”
Brown’s “People’s Seat!” slogan appears on as many signs as his own name. One reason why–it avoids the macabre feeling that this version of the slogan produces. The man holding the sign wouldn’t give me a name: “I don’t know where you’re really from.”
More bluntness.
President Obama’s visit inspired a ton of mockery which the Brown campaign exploited expertly. Its message, aided by Coakley’s verbal stumbling, is that she is an aloof puppet of the machine-run government that isn’t listening to them.
It’s a good thing “painting red” is a well-understood way of saying “make Republican,” or else I’d have read this as some sort of Chainsaw Massacre statement.
A Brown volunteer signing up election day help.
Sarah Farren of Wrentham, Mass., getting ahead of herself–by her own admission.
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6 Comments
Comment posted January 18, 2010 @ 11:46 am
As a lifelong Democrat, I sincerely hope that these out of state nuts show up at every polling place in MA on Tuesday — be there in big numbers, loud and carrying signs about socialism and birth certificates. I'm confident that when many of the moderate voters who are flirting with voting for Brown take a look at who else is supporting him they will be taken aback and fill the oval next to Coakley.
Comment posted January 18, 2010 @ 7:02 pm
Hey Rickterp:
What are you going to do when Teddy's seat is held by a Republican? Choke on your chowder? The irony of the situation is so rich you can't miss it– Not only does Teddy leave us so that his vote cannot be counted, but it turns out that his very seat–errr, the people's seat, is the one to stop Obamacare in its tracks. Get used to scenes like this, because it is only the beginning. Cannot wait until November 2010! It's like that scene from Lord of the Rings where Gandalf thrusts his staff into the ground and says, “You have come this far, and you shall come no further!”
Comment posted January 18, 2010 @ 11:32 pm
Don't count your Hobbits before they hatch, gajaw…
Comment posted January 19, 2010 @ 3:48 pm
Um, as I recall, after saying that line, Gandalf tumbles down into a chasm and fights the balrog until he dies. Such an allusion does not bode well in the short-term for Republican electoral chances…
Comment posted January 19, 2010 @ 8:48 pm
Um, as I recall, after saying that line, Gandalf tumbles down into a chasm and fights the balrog until he dies. Such an allusion does not bode well in the short-term for Republican electoral chances…
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