Met Kara at the YR Meetup Christmas party. (5.00 / 2)

She has a great personality.  I think she will really be able to connect with the voters.  It's nice to see the numbers and realize that she has a shot.

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by: Francis1776 @ Sat Jan 02, 2010 at 17:37:28 PM UTC

Hoping for good things... (0.00 / 0)

...for & from Kara Fratto.  I've had the pleasure of speaking with her on several occasions.  Ironically, I knew of her as an occasionally mentioned friend of an ol' college friend and nearly fell off my chair in pleasant surprise when I was skimming OCPF and noticed she'd formed a committee.

Kara lives a wee bit out of my area but if there is one particular race that I'm crossing my fingers, holding my breath, and willing to try to help out from a distance it's Kara Fratto.

Kara has a drive, energy, and desire to win this seat & serve her would-be constituents that is rarely matched & even less often surpassed.

We've got a good crop of legislative candidates, like Kara Fratto, and here's hoping that we can have some focus upon them.  Dwyer/Tisei/who's more conservative is nice... but ladie & gentlemen, I respectfully remind that this thread was created to draw attention to a worthy legislative candidate and while there's always room for our usual internicing debate - can we try to focus, at least within their own specific diaries - on the particular legislative candidate at hand?

Best of luck to Kara for I suspect that she'll be putting in the hard word & great effort needed to win.

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by: BNCordeiro @ Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 15:17:13 PM UTC

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Good District (0.00 / 0)

I lived for a while in Reading and have friends there who are very unhappy with how things are going on Beacon Hill, unfortunately, they live in precincts 4, 5 and 8.  However, they are mostly D's who are openly talking about voting for conservatives if given the chance.

I met her briefly as well and she came across as very approachable and open to differing opinions, but respectful at the same time.

She should do well in that district with good help from local GOP and others.

There is a number of local farmstands and other businesses that hold various events Spring and Summer which would be great for her to meet more likely voters.  As a lifelong resident she is probably already a customer, but if not she should become one and start meeting the owners, etc. as they know everyone.

Best of luck.

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by: ConsEph @ Sat Jan 02, 2010 at 22:08:46 PM UTC

My home district (0.00 / 0)

I grew up in this district (Reading, Precinct 2).  At the time, all of Reading was in the district now represented by Brad Jones.

When Torkildsen was in Congress, the 6th and 7th congressional districts were divided down the middle of my street.  I was in the 7th.  All of Reading is now in the 6th.

Based on the 2006 & 2008 McCain results Reading is the most Democratic of the 3 towns and it has no problem electing Republicans.  It currently has both a Republican State Rep. and State Senator in both Jones and Tisei.  How many towns can say that?

Bob Hedlund for Minority Leader.

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by: Mike "DD4RP" Rossettie @ Sat Jan 02, 2010 at 22:26:50 PM UTC

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Not a lot, if you are looking to run a purist party operation. (0.00 / 0)

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by: republicanvoices @ Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 00:34:04 AM UTC

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Mitt Romney won every town in the district too. (0.00 / 0)

You don't have to be an up and down left winger to win there.  Heck, Jim Dwyer (D) is more conservative than Tisei.

Bob Hedlund for Minority Leader.

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by: Mike "DD4RP" Rossettie @ Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 00:49:15 AM UTC

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The same Jim Dwyer who voted DiMasi for Speaker? Who voted for the sales tax hike? (0.00 / 0)

Oh, but of course, he's against gay marriage. Ergo, according to YOUR one issue litmus test, he is more conservative than Tisei.

Dwyer for Lt. Governor!

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by: republicanvoices @ Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 07:03:19 AM UTC

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Wow, this wins for most ironic comment.... (0.00 / 0)

...first of all, to accuse MIKE ROSSETTIE of being a one-issue candidate is funny enough. To accuse him of being a one-issue candidate on Gay Mariage is roll on the floor laugh out loud hilarious, and just proves to everyone on this blog how out of touch and politically naive you are.

That aside, your accusation is that Jim Dwyer is liberal on some econimic issues, while also being a Social Conservative.  Let's call him a 75% Conservative.  He's 100% on Social Issues, but only 50%/50% on Economic issues.

Dick Tisei's defenders have said he's good on Economic Issues.  I'm not going to re-vamp Dick Tisei's record on economic issues, but let's just call it "mixed".

However, NO ONE (not even you) has disagreed that Tisei is terrible on Social issues.

So if he's 50%/50% on Economic Issues, and 0% on social issues, that makes him a 25% Conservative!

Making Democrat Jim Dwyer three times the Conservative Tisei is!

Isn't Math Fun!

I Miss the Old RV.  You know, the one who used to hand out Bob Parks literature at State Committee Meetings.  The one who organized a "Day of Defiance" at his High School vs. the gay-lobby's "Day of Silence". The one who used to accuse me of being "too liberal" and accumulated "evidence" to show how liberal I was.  

I miss that guy.

 

Follow me on Twitter?  Sure, why not.  www.twitter.com/paulferro

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by: Paul R. Ferro @ Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 08:08:04 AM UTC

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The real reason for the allegation (0.00 / 0)

Is because HE is the one with the singular focus on the issue.  So much so, that he blindly ignores the rest of Tisei's liberal record.

Bob Hedlund for Minority Leader.

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by: Mike "DD4RP" Rossettie @ Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 13:14:41 PM UTC

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I guess supporting wingnuts is a GOP rite of passage, much as is the case in the Democratic party. (0.00 / 0)

I happened to get over this phase as a teenager, while Cool Cal still hasn't. By the way, who most recently sat upon the same executive board as Bob Parks? Why, it was Cool Cal himself, over at the purger wing of the party - the Massachusetts Republican Assembly.

Calling James Dwyer a 100% social conservative is preposterous, considering he was one of Planned Parenthood's five legislative targets in 2008. This just goes to show where the priorities of an organized group of Tisei bashers desperately attempting to cling on to their influence in the Republican party, who call him out for being supported by pro-choice organizations, really lie.

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by: republicanvoices @ Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 18:25:02 PM UTC

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Dwyer supports the income tax rollback (0.00 / 0)

No way for Tisei.  Tisei voted to keep it at 5.95%.  0.95% of income is a lot higher than 1.25% of sales.  Tisei's voting record is for higher total taxes than Dwyer.

Bob Hedlund for Minority Leader.

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by: Mike "DD4RP" Rossettie @ Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 13:11:14 PM UTC

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electronic writing tablet (0.00 / 0)

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