Boston police union endorses Kerry

[shawmut]

Police union endorses Kerry
Cites honoring of picket line

By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff | October 21, 2004


Boston's police patrolmen's union yesterday voted overwhelmingly to endorse John F. Kerry for president, months after the Democratic nominee refused to cross a police picket line during the union's bitter contract dispute.

About 50 members of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association's House of Representatives handed the endorsement to Kerry by voice vote after US Representative William D. Delahunt made a personal appeal. It was the first time the union has endorsed a Democratic presidential candidate, the union officials said.

''This is a significant endorsement, particularly if you go back to 1988," Delahunt said, referring to the union's controversial endorsement of Republican George H.W. Bush over the hometown candidate, Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis.

The union endorsed Bush again in 1992. The BPPA had previously endorsed Republican Ronald Reagan


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[NDFan]

1. Woo hoo!

Great news! :D

[Warpy]

2. HOLY SHIT! Those old boys have been right wing forever!

I've always chalked that up to their job of dealing with drunken college kids tending to push one toward the anti intellectual party. I guess even Boston's Finest have finally managed to twig to the fact that Bush is not their friend.

Wow. This and the Red Sox beating the Yankees for a shot at the pennant. I may have to reevaluate the way I look at the universe.

[shawmut]

3. kick

because I posted this very early.



:kick:

[rndmprsn]

4. great news

these guys always play the democrats very hard...they must know that they can't afford to do it this year.