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While you are correct in reminding folks that these are not new allegations, I have to wonder if anyone reminded your coworkers while Stokes was running for office. I don't recall any articles in the Eagle Tribune exposing Stokes as a fraud prior to the election. Where was the local media? Did you pundits think Stokes was going to get creamed again and decide not to bother? Is it perhaps that the School Committee isn’t viewed as being that important, its junior varsity for people who want to get elected to more important positions.
What concerns me most are the chuckleheads who voted for him. Even if his mythology was true, why on earth would anyone vote for Jim Stokes? (I've asked myself the same question about many local elected officials). The problem in Lawrence isn't a lack of good candidates, it's a lack of good voters.
Jim Stokes doesn't belong in office. I wish he were the only elected official in Lawrence I could say that about. The real travesty here is that he alone isn’t to blame
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It's the same people who vote Ted Kennedy in every year.
"The problem in Lawrence isn’t a lack of good candidates, it’s a lack of good voters. "
The state of Massachusetts is infested with these voters.
Why is this such a surprise to anyone?
Sent an email regarding Ted Kennedy to Mary Jo K, but there was no reply!
Hope your holidays were safe!
Yes, you are correct, I am not a liberal. But neither am I a hard line republican. I believe in common sense, which neither party seems to have a monopoly on! :-)
Happy New Year!
Thanks, and the same to you as well. The holidays were great and the family is well. I hope 2008 is a good year for all of us.
Tom Delaney,
Regarding Mary Jo...good god man, let it go. There's hardly a man or women in congress (or amongst us commoners for that matter)who doesn't have skeletons in their closet.
I never knew that murder was a "skelton in a closet."
Was the Chappaquick incident investigated by the authorities?
(Answer: YES, twice)
Was Ted Kennedy charged with murder or manslaughter?
(Answer: NO, he was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and got a suspended sentence)
Has any court found him responsible for Mary Jo Kopechne’s death?
(Answer: NO)
Well Tom, I can see why you would think Ted Kennedy is a murderer. I guess concepts like rule of law and innocent until proven guilty only apply to republicans.
Try to follow this....people in the U.S. are innocent until proven guilty. Ted Kennedy was never not found guilty (criminally) or responsible (civilly) for her death. The authorities ruled her death an accident after 2 separate investigations. That's pretty much the end of it.
Obviously you thinks it's ok to make baseless accusations about people in a public forum. I do not.
I really butchered that...sorry...should have said:
"Tom
Try to follow this….people in the U.S. are innocent until proven guilty. Ted Kennedy was never found guilty (criminally) or responsible (civilly) for her death. The authorities ruled her death an accident after 2 separate investigations. That’s pretty much the end of it.
Obviously you think it’s ok to make baseless accusations about people in a public forum. I do not."
The only thing in the Republic of the United States of America that deserves "baseless accusations" is a secular progressive liberal democrat that is intellectually vapid.
Funny...I thought that in the republic of the United States NOBODY "deserved" baseless accusations.
Please Tom, enlighten me. What, exactly is a "secular progressive liberal democrat " and why do you hate them so?
I never thought I would be so happy to see someone resign from office. Good riddance! The man is a fraud and an insult to everyone who's ever served their country or run for public office.
School Committee member James Vittorioso, who has defended Stokes in the past, said Stokes "disgraced himself," but should stay on the committee.
"I think he should first apologize to the citizens in his district that voted for him," Vittorioso said. "He's a reverend, and I think he needs to have a good confessional."
With his co-conspirator like those listed above he will slip away and be elected again somewhere else. Lesson not yet learned!
Re: "What, exactly is a 'secular progressive liberal democrat' and why do you hate them so?"
The answer to the first part of your question is LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
As to "hate them so," nowhere in my epistles can I find the "hate" word. I dislike secular progressives because they are intellectually vapid, but I digress.
As for "secular progressive" (I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and hope that you're not getting your talking points from Bill O'Rieley), I am "progressive" and I do believe that politics and public policy should be secular endeavors. How that approach is intellectually lacking isn’t clear. While I don't think "liberal" is a dirty word, "Democrat" simply doesn’t fit as I've been a "card-carrying" member of the Green party since 1997 (though I admit I'll probably vote for a democrat, at least in the primary, this year).
Tom, whenever you want to move beyond calling me names and talk specifics (if you're up to it) just let me know. After re-reading your prior posts, I'm confident I'm not the one who's "intellectually vapid".
Just answer the specifics. Did you look in the mirror? And as far as being a "card-carrying" member...let me see...how about NOW, ACLU and the American Communist (Green) party. Again you show your intellectual vapidity by my opposition to your political positions and take them as a personal attack. You personally attack yourself in print far better than I can. To open mouth and insert foot and validate it in print...Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Like many people of your ilk you confuse personal attacks or insults with political discourse. So far you've called me names yet haven't stated exactly what is wrong with my politics. I doubt that you could articulate exactly what my beliefs are on any number of important issues without calling me a commie or implying that I’m somehow intellectually deficient (I assure you I am neither).
Like I said, whenever you want to talk issues (abortion, taxes, energy policy, the environment, the "war on terror", civil liberties, death penalty, "gay" marriage, health care, etc.) let me know.