Wednesday, February 01, 2006
They are the gift that keeps on giving
OK folks, please prepare yourself for the following statement...
God bless Massachusetts Democrats!
Yep, you read that right. God bless these critters for they are the gift that keeps on giving, every day lately in fact.
Why in just the last couple of days we have the spectacle of John Forbes Kerry (D-Paris) - Presidential loser - phoning-in a filibuster of now-Justice Samuel Alito from the ski-slopes of Switzerland. Priceless.
Then, after only a little more than half of their own caucus demonstrated their willingness to drive-off Chappaquiddick Bridge with The Gigilo and his senior partner, Senator Splash himself takes to the Senate floor and, perhaps literally, busts a stitch or two in his denounciations against the Alito. I mean, one usually has to pay big money for that sort of campaign footage - now all we have to do is press "Play".
I don't have to provide links to any of these, do I? Thanks.
But wait, not to be outdone by their federal counterparts, we have this item in today's Boston Globe (not the Herald mind you, THE GLOBE) - the title of which says most everything you need to know:
That would be a reference to Democrat candidate for Governor and current Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly and his hand-picked (as of yesterday) choice for lieutenant governor and current Representative in the Massachusetts General Court (Legislature, that is) Marie St. Fleur.
Oh but wait - there's more, in the very next paragraph we find out...
Had enough yet? Wait, it gets better - and remember folks, this is in THE GLOBE...
Unsurprisingly perhaps, Rep. St. Fleur rarely misses an opportunity to vote for higher taxes - I mean what the heck? She obviously doesn't pay them, so why should she care? And besides, taxes are things other people pay, right John Forbes?
< guffaw >
< /guffaw >
My heart bleeds, Marie. It truly does. Why, when most people are caught not paying their taxes it usually is rather embarrassing and usually does, in fact, end their careers. But fear not, Marie. You are after all a black woman, and a liberal Democrat, and you represent Boston in the legislature - and past history therefore seems to indicate that you have little if anything to fear from the voters with regard to your career.
But I have digressed...
Oh yes, every other person I know is at least 2-3 years behind on their federal taxes and owes $40k on student loans some 15-18 years after completing college - and somehow still manages to get elected to the legislature so they can push for, say perhaps in-state tuition for illegal aliens. Yes, I'm sure that is precisely what will connect with average voters in Massachusetts.
It goes on, but let's skip to the punch-line a little further down the page, shall we?
Shocking, no? I mean it's just shocking that the record of Ms. St. Fleur's tax liability would just happen to be, at the moment, missing from the Suffolk County (that would be Boston, by the way) Registry. ("Your winnings, sir." "Oh yes, thank you very much")
Tom Reilly, who could very well be the worst Attorney General in the country, is kinda like that guy from Lil' Abner - you know, the guy with the little black cloud that follows him everywhere he goes. I mean, this was supposed to be easy for him. Mitt Romney, superb hair and all, is fleeing the Commonwealth after one term leaving his Lt. Governor to defend a Republican governorship in a deep-blue state that has been in GOP hands since 1990. Add to that, Reilly's primary opponent is a little-known former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights under Bill Clinton whose platform reads only slightly to the right of Hugo Chavez's - which outside of the pinker precincts doesn't even go over well in Massachusetts.
Sad when a coronation goes badly, no?
Look, it may all work out for Tommy - I mean, he still might win the nomination, and while Kerry Healey is a very nice, very smart woman who has done a well-above average job in the 2-3 things a Massachusetts Lt. Governor needs to do, let's face it, she looks like a Stepford Wife. Sad to say, but it is going to matter when she turns sideways to the camera and you see, well, precisely nothing (yes folks, she is that thin). Add the fact that you have the possibility of (at best) a GOP primary challenge or (at worse) an independent candidacy from millionaire Christy Mihos (reg. req'd) that will almost certainly draw votes from Healey and things still look pretty bright for poor-old Tom "Btsfplk" Reilly.
But today, it's Morning in Massachusetts. The sun is out, the snow is melting, and the Democrat front-runner for the Beacon Hill corner office just shot himself in the foot - again.
They are indeed the gift that just keeps on giving.
Update [20060201 1428]: My colleague JB reminded me of some of Representative St. Fraud's earlier troubles, something about trying to sell her personal auto to her campaign. I'm looking for a link with all deliberate speed.
Update 2 [20060201 1842]: St. Fleur is out. Apparently, there were also some excise tax issues as well.
Please folks - keep in mind that Tom Reilly, Attorney General Tom Reilly if you need the reminder, is the chief prosecutor in the Commonwealth.
Sort of explains why his detractors refer to him as "Unfortunately" - as in, "Unfortunately Tom Reilly". It's starting to look like he couldn't find corn in the fields of Iowa.
Oh, and it looks as if Reilly's primary opponent (Deval Patrick) may have had some past problems paying his taxes on time as well ...
What is it with these tax-and-spend left wingers that they cannot seem to muster the gumption to pay their own taxes, eh?
Like I said, it just keeps on giving.
Cross-posted at RedState.
God bless Massachusetts Democrats!
Yep, you read that right. God bless these critters for they are the gift that keeps on giving, every day lately in fact.
Why in just the last couple of days we have the spectacle of John Forbes Kerry (D-Paris) - Presidential loser - phoning-in a filibuster of now-Justice Samuel Alito from the ski-slopes of Switzerland. Priceless.
Then, after only a little more than half of their own caucus demonstrated their willingness to drive-off Chappaquiddick Bridge with The Gigilo and his senior partner, Senator Splash himself takes to the Senate floor and, perhaps literally, busts a stitch or two in his denounciations against the Alito. I mean, one usually has to pay big money for that sort of campaign footage - now all we have to do is press "Play".
I don't have to provide links to any of these, do I? Thanks.
But wait, not to be outdone by their federal counterparts, we have this item in today's Boston Globe (not the Herald mind you, THE GLOBE) - the title of which says most everything you need to know:
Reilly's pick delinquent on taxes, loans
That would be a reference to Democrat candidate for Governor and current Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly and his hand-picked (as of yesterday) choice for lieutenant governor and current Representative in the Massachusetts General Court (Legislature, that is) Marie St. Fleur.
State Representative Marie P. St. Fleur, Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly's choice to be his lieutenant governor running mate, has had three delinquent tax debts in the last four years, including an April 2005 federal tax lien of $12,711 against her and her husband, according to records examined yesterday by the Globe.
Oh but wait - there's more, in the very next paragraph we find out...
St. Fleur, in an interview last night, disclosed that she also owes $40,000 in delinquent federally backed student loans.
Had enough yet? Wait, it gets better - and remember folks, this is in THE GLOBE...
St. Fleur told the Globe last night that she had paid down the federal tax debt to about $8,000 by making $500 monthly payments since last spring. But later last night, Corey Welford, a Reilly campaign spokesman, corrected her, saying that she had in fact made only one $500 payment last May and that the balance is still more than $12,000.
Unsurprisingly perhaps, Rep. St. Fleur rarely misses an opportunity to vote for higher taxes - I mean what the heck? She obviously doesn't pay them, so why should she care? And besides, taxes are things other people pay, right John Forbes?
< guffaw >
< /guffaw >
"This is embarrassing to me; I knew this was going to come out," St. Fleur said, adding later: "I knew that when I stepped out like this that it might be the end of my career."
My heart bleeds, Marie. It truly does. Why, when most people are caught not paying their taxes it usually is rather embarrassing and usually does, in fact, end their careers. But fear not, Marie. You are after all a black woman, and a liberal Democrat, and you represent Boston in the legislature - and past history therefore seems to indicate that you have little if anything to fear from the voters with regard to your career.
But I have digressed...
(St. Fleur) said she believes most people will understand her problems, because they are so common: She and her husband have struggled to make ends meet on modest incomes while raising three children.
...
"She'll connect with ordinary people," (Reilly) said. "She'll understand their struggles."
Oh yes, every other person I know is at least 2-3 years behind on their federal taxes and owes $40k on student loans some 15-18 years after completing college - and somehow still manages to get elected to the legislature so they can push for, say perhaps in-state tuition for illegal aliens. Yes, I'm sure that is precisely what will connect with average voters in Massachusetts.
It goes on, but let's skip to the punch-line a little further down the page, shall we?
The public record of the federal tax liability is missing from the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds, where it should be readily available to anyone doing a database search. Secretary of State William F. Galvin, who oversees the Registry, said he is launching an inquiry to make sure no one acted to remove the record.
Shocking, no? I mean it's just shocking that the record of Ms. St. Fleur's tax liability would just happen to be, at the moment, missing from the Suffolk County (that would be Boston, by the way) Registry. ("Your winnings, sir." "Oh yes, thank you very much")
Tom Reilly, who could very well be the worst Attorney General in the country, is kinda like that guy from Lil' Abner - you know, the guy with the little black cloud that follows him everywhere he goes. I mean, this was supposed to be easy for him. Mitt Romney, superb hair and all, is fleeing the Commonwealth after one term leaving his Lt. Governor to defend a Republican governorship in a deep-blue state that has been in GOP hands since 1990. Add to that, Reilly's primary opponent is a little-known former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights under Bill Clinton whose platform reads only slightly to the right of Hugo Chavez's - which outside of the pinker precincts doesn't even go over well in Massachusetts.
Sad when a coronation goes badly, no?
Look, it may all work out for Tommy - I mean, he still might win the nomination, and while Kerry Healey is a very nice, very smart woman who has done a well-above average job in the 2-3 things a Massachusetts Lt. Governor needs to do, let's face it, she looks like a Stepford Wife. Sad to say, but it is going to matter when she turns sideways to the camera and you see, well, precisely nothing (yes folks, she is that thin). Add the fact that you have the possibility of (at best) a GOP primary challenge or (at worse) an independent candidacy from millionaire Christy Mihos (reg. req'd) that will almost certainly draw votes from Healey and things still look pretty bright for poor-old Tom "Btsfplk" Reilly.
But today, it's Morning in Massachusetts. The sun is out, the snow is melting, and the Democrat front-runner for the Beacon Hill corner office just shot himself in the foot - again.
They are indeed the gift that just keeps on giving.
Update [20060201 1428]: My colleague JB reminded me of some of Representative St. Fraud's earlier troubles, something about trying to sell her personal auto to her campaign. I'm looking for a link with all deliberate speed.
Update 2 [20060201 1842]: St. Fleur is out. Apparently, there were also some excise tax issues as well.
Please folks - keep in mind that Tom Reilly, Attorney General Tom Reilly if you need the reminder, is the chief prosecutor in the Commonwealth.
Sort of explains why his detractors refer to him as "Unfortunately" - as in, "Unfortunately Tom Reilly". It's starting to look like he couldn't find corn in the fields of Iowa.
Oh, and it looks as if Reilly's primary opponent (Deval Patrick) may have had some past problems paying his taxes on time as well ...
What is it with these tax-and-spend left wingers that they cannot seem to muster the gumption to pay their own taxes, eh?
Like I said, it just keeps on giving.
Cross-posted at RedState.
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