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MADem

(135,425 posts)
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 07:37 PM Jun 2013

Listen, there is a key Senate debate happening right effing now!!!

Last edited Wed Jun 5, 2013, 09:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Ed Markey is handing Nitwit Gomez his ASS on WBZ TV CH 4, Boston.

It is a sight to behold. You know how Lautenberg talked about "spineless" Dems? Ed Markey ain't one of 'em.

He's taking Gomez to the woodshed and it is a JOY to behold.

I put this debate in the WIN column for Markey--decisively. Gomez looks like a soundbite moron.

If you are able to find a recording of this on the net, or if they rerun it on CSPAN (it's half over) -- watch. It will lift your spirits.

Edited to add--one of our fellow DUers found a link for those interested to watch. See:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022953326#post13

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Listen, there is a key Senate debate happening right effing now!!! (Original Post) MADem Jun 2013 OP
Go Markey! :) n/t Tx4obama Jun 2013 #1
Prepare for fireworks whenever Markey debates Warpy Jun 2013 #2
k&r thanks for posting. rhett o rick Jun 2013 #3
If you are ever feeling blue, find the rerun and watch it--it was a fricking ROUT!!! MADem Jun 2013 #6
LOL, if I am ever feeling blue. When ever I read about politics I feel blue (in more ways than one) rhett o rick Jun 2013 #9
If CBS/WBZ Ch. 4 doesn't put it up on their website, I have a strong feeling MADem Jun 2013 #11
We can use another strong Democraty Democrat in the Senate. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #12
LINKs TO DEBATE here, courtesy of one of our fellow DUers!!! MADem Jun 2013 #15
Edward Markey liberal from boston Jun 2013 #25
LOL! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #22
I have to admit, I was on tenterhooks before the debate started. MADem Jun 2013 #26
Cheers! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #30
And he said it with a Boston accent, too~!!! Nyuck, nyuck! nt MADem Jun 2013 #41
Wow! Thanks for the vivid description of what Cha Jun 2013 #32
ROFL malaise Jun 2013 #4
a little bit left OKNancy Jun 2013 #5
If I may ask, what is the debate about? I don't have TV and I'm on dialup, so I can't do video. scarletwoman Jun 2013 #7
Markey v. Gomez, special election to pick a Senator to replace Kerry. MADem Jun 2013 #8
Thank you. I'll be interested in hearing about any future polling on the race. (nt) scarletwoman Jun 2013 #10
Here are links to the debate on C-Span's website. avebury Jun 2013 #13
Great--thanks for that--some DUers are looking for links!!! nt MADem Jun 2013 #14
Gomez had no idea what he was walking into graywarrior Jun 2013 #16
He really did come off like a guy who walked into a helo tail rotor! MADem Jun 2013 #18
How many times did he contradict himself? graywarrior Jun 2013 #20
He came off like an idiot unclear on the concept! MADem Jun 2013 #28
Boston Globe makes it sound like Gomez kicked Markey's ass graywarrior Jun 2013 #29
Joshua Miller is a GOP tool--he even retweets shit from the MA GOP. MADem Jun 2013 #33
The Globe is ridiculous graywarrior Jun 2013 #35
Cynthia Needham did some good work tonight--but she's a rare diamond, I think. nt MADem Jun 2013 #37
She was good but I'd like to rip that mustache off Keller's face. graywarrior Jun 2013 #39
I am not prone to violence, and in my later years, I don't have the strength or stamina to MADem Jun 2013 #40
LOL, smarmy is the word! graywarrior Jun 2013 #42
Sounds like Gomez has whizzed past Scott Brown Cha Jun 2013 #43
Photo shopped pic of Scott Brown... sheshe2 Jun 2013 #44
Did you do that, Cha Jun 2013 #45
Nope~ sheshe2 Jun 2013 #46
Mahalo for that, she.. very Interesting. They just don't get that 2010 was Cha Jun 2013 #48
Aloh Cha sheshe2 Jun 2013 #53
Keller is just Such A Turd!!!!! MADem Jun 2013 #47
Oh dear! Cha Jun 2013 #49
Yes, fortunately, Kellerturd was thwarted by a reporter from the Globe who cut to the chase and MADem Jun 2013 #50
You're Cracking me up, MADem! Cha Jun 2013 #51
Maybe he's got an operative or two who hangs out over this way, who knows? Hee hee! nt MADem Jun 2013 #52
Gomez - If you don't do your job, you don't get paid." avebury Jun 2013 #17
This is the guy who said he's not going to DC to change any laws. MADem Jun 2013 #19
The guy is an empty suit. He offered no real avebury Jun 2013 #21
I'll bet his selection board saw him as an empty uniform, too. MADem Jun 2013 #24
Bravo! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #23
Thanks MADem, I needed that. Will do. nt patrice Jun 2013 #27
MADem, you are a star! Thanks for this update! Firebrand Gary Jun 2013 #31
I love me some good news! nt MADem Jun 2013 #34
CSPAN3 showed the debate live. alp227 Jun 2013 #36
+1000! nt MADem Jun 2013 #38

Warpy

(111,222 posts)
2. Prepare for fireworks whenever Markey debates
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 07:52 PM
Jun 2013

He cut his political teeth in the Mass. Lege, where politics is another contact sport in a city with plenty of contact sports. He's got a cast iron spine and balls of tempered steel.

He's also a solid progressive.

His latest lead over Gomez is 52%-40%. I sincerely doubt Gomez's bumper sticker sloganeering is going to make up the difference.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. If you are ever feeling blue, find the rerun and watch it--it was a fricking ROUT!!!
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 08:03 PM
Jun 2013

Markey was "wicked awesome" and Gomez was absolutely stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid!

His big finish was that he admitted he wouldn't vote against a pro-life Supreme Court nominee.

He kept babbling that he "wasn't going to Washington to CHANGE ANY LAWS."

WTF does he think Senators do? Pick their fucking noses?

I am over the moon--Markey knocked it outta the park. I'ma gonna go send him some money!

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
9. LOL, if I am ever feeling blue. When ever I read about politics I feel blue (in more ways than one)
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 08:17 PM
Jun 2013

I have a "friend" that wants to watch it but he isnt very bright. How can I, I mean my friend, find it?

MADem

(135,425 posts)
11. If CBS/WBZ Ch. 4 doesn't put it up on their website, I have a strong feeling
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 08:26 PM
Jun 2013

it will be up on YOUTUBE in a day or less.

I can't tell you what a wondrous thing it was, to see an articulate, accomplished representative take a fucking nitwit to church, to school and to the woodshed!

It was a spanking to end all spankings!!!!!!!

25. Edward Markey
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 09:38 PM
Jun 2013

Thanks MADem!!! When I saw your post I was afraid that it was not good for Markey. I will check CSPAN & local Boston news @ 11 tonight

sheshe2

(83,708 posts)
22. LOL!
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 09:29 PM
Jun 2013

I asked to leave work early today. So I would not miss one second of it.

And it sure wasn't disappointing! Markey ate him for lunch!

Nervous little child. Did you catch the shot of Gomez with clenched fist running his thumbs back and forth. Over and over and over!

It reminded me of VP Biden taking the petulant child Ryan to the woodshed!

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MADem

(135,425 posts)
26. I have to admit, I was on tenterhooks before the debate started.
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 09:43 PM
Jun 2013

Bullshit artists were shopping the meme that Gomez would dominate. The delight in all that was that he so did NOT dominate that it wasn't even funny.

Markey ate his lunch, ate his dessert, took a giant crap on his lunch tray, wiped his ass on his napkin, and then said "Go do the dishes, punk!"

It was the best debate I've seen in a LONG time, made sweeter by the fact that the smarmy little asshole, Jon Keller, trying desperately to help his boy Gomez by stepping on Markey's comments and continually throwing the tough questions to "Representative Markey will start off", wasn't able to be much help at all. Cynthia Needham asked some good, tough questions, but she played it much more "down the line" and focused on issues that resonate with Commonwealth residents. It didn't hurt Markey at all that he was in line with those issues.

sheshe2

(83,708 posts)
30. Cheers!
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 09:49 PM
Jun 2013
Markey ate his lunch, ate his dessert, took a giant crap on his lunch tray, wiped his ass on his napkin, and then said "Go do the dishes, punk!"




Come on MADem, please share with me how you Really feel about it!!!! Snort

Cha

(297,026 posts)
32. Wow! Thanks for the vivid description of what
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 10:15 PM
Jun 2013

happened, MADem!

Debates are always kinda scarey to me.. 'cause I want my guy to do well, but, you never know what's going to go down.

A teabagger was one of the mods? "Jon Keller"? Well, glad we had Cynthia Needham to balance it out and Keller was not helpful to Gomez.

Gomez.. who found out his little "soundbites" weren't all that. And, "dominating" was not in his cards.

So, what was that you were saying about "pond scum", Gomez?

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
7. If I may ask, what is the debate about? I don't have TV and I'm on dialup, so I can't do video.
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 08:07 PM
Jun 2013

Thanks in advance.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
8. Markey v. Gomez, special election to pick a Senator to replace Kerry.
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 08:15 PM
Jun 2013

If you can find an audio re-run, anywhere.... damn, it was worth hearing, even if you didn't see the clumsy GOP blowhard stumbling and flopsweatting.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
18. He really did come off like a guy who walked into a helo tail rotor!
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 09:05 PM
Jun 2013

And as a former Naval aviator and SEAL, you'd think he'd know better!



You know, I initially wondered why Gomez failed of selection for promotion to LCDR (and after watching this debate, I'm confident that's what happened to the little shit--he didn't go out under his own steam, he didn't jump, he was pushed). I don't wonder anymore. He's simplistic, stupid, a blamer, and he has the leadership skills of a moldy fig!!!! Who would want that little whiner as their Division Officer or Department Head? No wonder he couldn't find a community in the USN where he 'fit,' either--he just didn't have "The Right Stuff."

Of course, the brave SEAL who defended ST KITTS against the enemy was competing for promotion against those guys who actually earned their stripes in DESERT SHIELD/STORM....so there's that, too. It's not surprising that he'd need to go another way. The ones who bellow the loudest are sometimes--not always, but sometimes--the ones who had the cushiest 'Stay Home or See The Carribean' tours, like our brave hero Gabriel "I'm not going to DC to change any laws" Gomez!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
28. He came off like an idiot unclear on the concept!
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 09:46 PM
Jun 2013

"I'm not going to Washington to change any laws!!!"

Ya got that right, ya moron!!!


MADem

(135,425 posts)
33. Joshua Miller is a GOP tool--he even retweets shit from the MA GOP.
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 10:16 PM
Jun 2013

Not a reporter--an asshole. By his bullshit advocacy we shall know him. Good thing Cynthia Needham was asking questions from the Globe, and not this Markey-hating turd.




Globe has sucked ever since it was sold to NYT. It is "better" than the Herald, but it is a shadow of its former greatness.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
40. I am not prone to violence, and in my later years, I don't have the strength or stamina to
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 11:18 PM
Jun 2013

deliver a beat down to anyone....but if I were that sort of person, and I were forced to choose a victim, he's as good a one as any.

I have to confess, if I saw someone beating the living shit out of him, I'd dial nine-wun-wun reeeeeaaaaaaaaal slow!

His picture should be next to two words in the dictionary---smarmy and asshole!

He is SUCH a GOP operative, it's not even subtle...!

Cha

(297,026 posts)
43. Sounds like Gomez has whizzed past Scott Brown
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 11:34 PM
Jun 2013

in the Swarm Dept! rofl

Oh, you're talking about Keller.. my bad

sheshe2

(83,708 posts)
46. Nope~
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 12:02 AM
Jun 2013

That kind of thing would have taken me hours to do, Cha.

And yet Democrats don’t seem particularly nervous. “Congrats Gabriel Gomez! The next losing republican senate candidate from MA!” one operative tweeted. Why? First of all, this is Massachusetts after all, a true-blue state that went 61 percent for Obama last year despite having a native son on the Republican ticket. And while Scott Brown was able to pull off an upset in 2010, that election was a rare perfect storm: Democrats had a surprisingly weak candidate, they largely ignored Brown until the very end, and he was buoyed by that year’s Tea Party wave.

Secondly, Gomez is more vulnerable that his biography lets on. While he’s pro-marriage equality, he’s anti-choice in a state that is certainly not. And Democrats plan to use his private equity career against him, already dubbing him “Mitt Romney Jr.” He has no political experience and isn’t necessarily a natural. The conservative Boston Herald wrote that Gomez looks “amateurish on the stump, especially in the debates, and his one-note ‘I’m not a politician, I’m a Navy SEAL’ campaign theme already seems worn out. He is definitely not reminding anyone of Scott Brown.” He’s also backtracked on liberal positions on immigration and gun control after writing a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick asking to be appointed to the Senate seat and promising that he’d support Obama in both areas.


http://www.salon.com/2013/05/01/what_you_need_to_know_about_gabriel_gomez/



All that's missing is the aircraft carrier...oh wait


Cha

(297,026 posts)
48. Mahalo for that, she.. very Interesting. They just don't get that 2010 was
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 12:27 AM
Jun 2013

an abberation.. although I think Scott Brown got it.

Well, thanks for passing on the perfect Gomez-Brown photo shop, she!

Mr Navy SEAL who's trying to give Navy SEALS a bad name.

I just gave some BUCKS to Markey! He says the pundits are calling it a "toss up" but that what they do. Like cnn "too close to call". But, it's still good to act like it and GOTV!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
47. Keller is just Such A Turd!!!!!
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 12:08 AM
Jun 2013

Look at the "WTF are you talking about, asshole" looks he gets in this GREATER BOSTON clip (FWIW, the host--silent like everyone else in this clip--is Emily Rooney, daughter of Andy...)....



This putz is like fingernails on the blackboard!

Cha

(297,026 posts)
49. Oh dear!
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 12:31 AM
Jun 2013


And, they had him as one of the moderators?!

I take it Markey knew what he was going up against.. Swarm Personified!

thanks MADem

MADem

(135,425 posts)
50. Yes, fortunately, Kellerturd was thwarted by a reporter from the Globe who cut to the chase and
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 12:51 AM
Jun 2013

didn't lob softballs at Gomez... and Markey was PREPARED, while Gomez came off like a moron.

Gomez sorely underestimated the intelligence of the Commonwealth voter, I think. He spent a shitload of time railing against "Obamacare," then he went on to praise Romney to the skies (didn't stop to think that Romney DID NOT WIN Massachusetts because we think he's an eejit/carpetbagger, too!). Markey shut him down by saying, in effect, Hey, nitwit--you do realize that Obamacare is basically Romney's plan? Reconcile, you fool! It went on like that all night-- Gomez flailing, Markey schooling!

If I were Gomez, I'd get a hotel room somewhere--I wouldn't want to show my face in Cohasset (which is where the carpetbagger lives...for now). If he doesn't feel like he's had the shit beaten out of him, he's got a team that is feeding him pure horsepoop!

Cha

(297,026 posts)
51. You're Cracking me up, MADem!
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:00 AM
Jun 2013

Gosh, Gomez sounds dumb and Mitt was in nirvana.

Bet Markey would love to read your analysis.. right here on DU!

avebury

(10,952 posts)
17. Gomez - If you don't do your job, you don't get paid."
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 08:55 PM
Jun 2013

Does this mean that we can stop the pay of the obstructionist Republicans?

MADem

(135,425 posts)
19. This is the guy who said he's not going to DC to change any laws.
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 09:10 PM
Jun 2013

Well, if "No Work/No Pay" becomes law, then that's "changing laws."

Of course, how this moron intends to get the rest of the Congress to vote for that is beyond me.

He is easily the STUPIDEST former USN LT/Failure of Selection 0-4 I have ever seen....and I've seen some who weren't the brightest bulbs. He's all bullshit and bluster, no accountability, no responsibility, no respect, no integrity, and no damn brains. The way he whined, I'll bet he was the least popular bozo in the wardroom.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
21. The guy is an empty suit. He offered no real
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 09:27 PM
Jun 2013

substance of what he wants to accomplish in Washington. He did not appear to have a real grasp of facts and figures of what has gone on before him nor did he offer any details on any of his positions.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
24. I'll bet his selection board saw him as an empty uniform, too.
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 09:34 PM
Jun 2013

He got out in the mid nineties, while there was a drawdown happening. That drawdown was very sensitive to minority attrition, and care was taken to avoid unfairly targeting minorities and women in warfare specialities-- so he would have gotten a nudge forward as a consequence of checking the Hispanic block. The fact that he still couldn't cut it makes me think he was a real fuckup.

Looked good in his uniform, though! His EMPTY uniform!!!

Firebrand Gary

(5,044 posts)
31. MADem, you are a star! Thanks for this update!
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 10:06 PM
Jun 2013

Today could not get any better, it was a good day already, but now its even better!

alp227

(32,013 posts)
36. CSPAN3 showed the debate live.
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 10:25 PM
Jun 2013

because CSPAN and CSPAN2 were busy with national political coverage. CSPAN2 replays the Markey/Gomez debate shortly after 12:30 am Eastern tonight.

The video is live/later archived at http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/MassachusettsSenateDebate

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