Brown supporters trying to suppress vote by bullying

[FourScore]

The Boston Globe
Brown supporters trying to suppress vote by bullying
By Joan Vennochi
Globe Columnist / January 18, 2010

At a West Springfield rally on Sunday, a Brown supporter yelled out “Shove a curling iron up her butt’’. The remark was a crude reference to Brown’s opponent, Attorney General Martha Coakley, who was criticized in a recent Boston Globe story for failing to aggressively prosecute a sexual abuse case involving a curling iron.

After that charming rallying cry, a video clip shows Brown grinning and saying, “We can do this.’’

A campaign spokesman said the Republican state senator didn’t hear what was said and was merely giving his standard stump reply. But if Brown didn’t hear it then, shouldn’t he - especially as the father of two daughters - be outraged now?...

SNIP

...If Brown isn’t outraged by the crudeness of the curling iron remark, you would think Massachusetts voters would be. But so far, they’re more outraged by Coakley’s misstatement on a radio show that ex-Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is a “Yankee fan’’, as in the evil empire, New York ball club.

Coakley is accountable for her record as a prosecutor - and for her campaign mistakes. But her opponent should also be accountable for the unpleasant rhetoric that some of his supporters are embracing in the last hours of this hard-fought campaign.

Messages posted on Coakley’s campaign Facebook include these vicious sentiments: “Scott Brown should rape Martha Coakley and then deny her emergency contraception’’. “Martha Coakley getting raped would complete my life.’’ “Abortion is wrong. Kill her.’’ After one message that states “Looking forward to the rally Friday, Martha,’’ a woman named Amelia Bosley writes:“Hope she gets shot.’’ Imagine putting your name to that in the name of political change.

According to Coakley campaign spokeswoman Alex Zaroulis, some Brown supporters surrounded Coakley’s car on Saturday in Gloucester and yelled “You suck.’’

On Monday, a Brown supporter in Pittsfield lay down on the road in front of Coakley’s car, Zaroulis said...

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/01/18/brown_supporters_trying_to_suppress_vote_by_bullying/

[last1standing]

1. Agree. Bullying and demonizing your opponent is NEVER acceptable.

n/t

[meegbear]

2. I was driving to work this morning and saw a handmade sign on a telephone pole ...

An illegal immigrant took my job. Thanks Martha.

How Martha did that is beyond me. I'm tempted to go back and tack below it:

You got chocolate in my peanut butter. Thanks Martha.

[pipi_k]

4. "You got chocolate in my peanut butter"...

I would then be compelled to write underneath it:


Polyester pant suits and platform shoes in the 70s...Thanks Martha



:+

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

3. Maybe Mass voters won't let themselves be bullied into a Brown win

The comments on Facebook are bizarre and scary.

Do people realize that some employers monitor as much as they are able to what their employees post on Facebook. And it is your real name for cripes sake.

[Octafish]

5. Remember these Brownshirts?

Fascism with a sneer.