An African-American woman, after lacing up her dusty work boots, stands by a pickup truck, a hard hat under her arm.
“I am Stephen Lynch,” she declares.
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An African-American woman, after lacing up her dusty work boots, stands by a pickup truck, a hard hat under her arm.
“I am Stephen Lynch,” she declares.
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why not, it worked for Spartacus.
DO you recall how that worked out? He and his band of followers would up getting slaughtered.
This stuff is all meaningless because if either Lynch or Capuano gets elected to the Senate, they will do (or not do) whatever Harry Reid and Barack Obama tell them to do. And if that means to shaft the working class, in favor of the non-working class, so be it.
You may want to actually try combining a dollop of real information to your usual knee-jerk responses. Capuano announced he was not running for the Senate seat about two months ago. But then, why let facts start getting in the way now?
The ads sound ridiculous.
Lynch cares so much about the working class he voted to send them to be slaughtered in an aimless Middle East war.
Precisely, MNMoore, Lynch has been on the wrong side in too many issues. Overall his views do not represent Massachusett's values. Vote for Ed Markey.
Forget about it. The mob bosses in DC have already annointed the party candidate and it ain't Lynch. Apparently Lynch didn't get the messages as the potential Warren opponents did and folded their tents.
Like him or not Lynch has compelling background of real blue collar work and personal achievment. Markey may be the annointed one but Lynch will definitely give him all he can handle in this primary. The debates will be very critical for Lynch, if he falters he falls, if he can go the distance with Markey he has a shot.
Markey and Lynch are two minor leaguers in this contest. (The republicans didn't make the team). Lynch may have working class roots but he has an upper class voting record.
Both candidates Markey and Lynch have working class backgrounds. Markey voted to support healthcare for all, which includes the working class. Lynch didn't.
Question, if his father worked as a union man and mother worked for the US post office, how and why did they live in public housing?