Video: Dems paying union workers to hold signs for Coakley?
posted at 5:56 pm on January 12, 2010 by Allahpundit
The question mark’s there in an abundance of caution because there’s always a chance with short clips that some key context has been bowdlerized, but it’s hard to see how this one isn’t exactly what it looks like. Bonus points here for the fact that our hero admits he’s actually voting for Brown. If only he were SEIU, this would have been pure, 24-karat gold.
Hey, remember when Reid and Pelosi accused townhall protesters of astroturfing? Good times.
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Raise your hand if you’re surprised…….
Janos Hunyadi on January 12, 2010 at 5:58 PM
The SEIU and Acorn will be doing a lot more next week than holding signs.
GaltBlvnAtty on January 12, 2010 at 5:59 PM
The more money they waste here, the less will be available for Nov.
MarkTheGreat on January 12, 2010 at 5:59 PM
Only $50? He needs to talk to Ben Nelson!
GarandFan on January 12, 2010 at 5:59 PM
That dude just lost his real job. He’s toast.
Knucklehead on January 12, 2010 at 6:00 PM
I love it that he said he’s voting for Brown, I honestly love it!!
deidre on January 12, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Somebody just lost their union job.
Vigilante on January 12, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Take the $50 and put it in Brown’s coffers.
WashJeff on January 12, 2010 at 6:01 PM
There are certain areas of the country where honest elections and electioneering are a thing of the past. Brown will not win here.
thomasaur on January 12, 2010 at 6:01 PM
Brilliant screen cap. ;-)
DaveS on January 12, 2010 at 6:01 PM
Raise your glass, if your not…
/Toast!
Romeo13 on January 12, 2010 at 6:01 PM
The Bush Cheney rethuglicans have really got desperate. Now they’re trying to get you to believe that blue collar union members would support their tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans. Try harder, we’re not sold.
/lib response
El_Terrible on January 12, 2010 at 6:01 PM
At least they didn’t beat anybody up.
JakeRightThought on January 12, 2010 at 6:01 PM
FIFY.
OmahaConservative on January 12, 2010 at 6:02 PM
Excuse me.
They haven’t beat anybody up… yet!
JakeRightThought on January 12, 2010 at 6:02 PM
keep ‘em spending, spend it all Dems. Spend it right where you thought that the job was locked up tight—ol’ martha was picked. Just remember, Massachusetts was s’posed to be safe…! Just wait till it gets hahhhhd.
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:03 PM
Croak-ley
Cicero43 on January 12, 2010 at 6:03 PM
Where are our trolls? One would think they’d be in overdrive.
patriette on January 12, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Bears poop in the woods?
theTarCzar on January 12, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Shhhhh! (i’m votin’ for brown too)….
as bawney fwank would say….”pwiceless”
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Butch Coakley the HACK! Thought she was so bloody smart doing the rope-a-dope since the Primary!
DESPERATE!!!
Gob on January 12, 2010 at 6:04 PM
When last seen the Democrat’s Philly Black Panther wing was heading north on I-95.
JammieWearingFool on January 12, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Union steelworker T-shirt $10
Martha Coakley sign——$12.50
Paid shill for the Democrat party—$50
capturing the guy saying he’s voting for Brown too on youtube—PRICELESS….
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:06 PM
It entirely depends on the Local Hall. Union workers are not the same as the Union Bosses.
Hell, this might increase his cred among his fellow Union workers.
Holger on January 12, 2010 at 6:06 PM
If he does lose,and its close at all,i hope he uses every legal weapon at his disposal to challenge it.And dont let up.
theTarCzar on January 12, 2010 at 6:06 PM
“With all due respect it’s not the Kennedys’ seat and it’s not the Democrats’ seat, it’s the people’s seat.”
OmahaConservative on January 12, 2010 at 6:07 PM
Geraghty, NRO.
I think Brown’s standing in the cold here will get a lot more votes than some union astroturfers.
Wethal on January 12, 2010 at 6:07 PM
And I thought this sort of thing happened only in “developing” countries.
promachus on January 12, 2010 at 6:07 PM
So this is where the stimulus money is being spent!
capejasmine on January 12, 2010 at 6:08 PM
At least it’s a more direct form of economic stimulus than Obama’s economic stimulus.
RBMN on January 12, 2010 at 6:09 PM
Is this out of the Alinsky handbook?
badtemper on January 12, 2010 at 6:10 PM
And they don’t even pay union wages? What’s up with that?
MikeA on January 12, 2010 at 6:10 PM
Massachusettes Stimulus Plan in Action
Rovin on January 12, 2010 at 6:10 PM
minor quibble. Sheet Metal worker.
Holger on January 12, 2010 at 6:11 PM
Astroturf.
mizflame98 on January 12, 2010 at 6:11 PM
this has got to be a big *facepalm* moment for some union dudes up there. There’s has got to be some “WTF are we doin’?” meetings going on amongst those guys…
I mean, look, this week Obama has the unions under the bus, what do these guys have to lose? Choose a tax cut over a huge tax increase? Tschaa–that’s easy!
Get it on Beantown.
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:11 PM
Democratic politicians don’t actually live by the rules they impose on others. That would go against every fiber of their tyrranical ideologies.
capejasmine on January 12, 2010 at 6:12 PM
minor quibble. Sheet Metal worker.
Holger on January 12, 2010 at 6:11 PM
wups. BTW, do you know the difference between a pipe fitter and a plumber?
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:12 PM
Brett Baier just teased Coakley misspelling screw-up. It’ll probably be a feature in his Political Grapevine.
Gotta love Democratic incompetence. Coakley’s campaign staff must consist of public school students.
BuckeyeSam on January 12, 2010 at 6:12 PM
I know this was posted elsewhaere first so the cat is out of the bag, but it’s kind of a dick move showing this. This guy is f*cked, and seeing the heat he takes is going to make other union members think twice about dissenting from the party line, or at least admitting it.
BuzzCrutcher on January 12, 2010 at 6:14 PM
I LOVE that remark.
scalleywag on January 12, 2010 at 6:16 PM
If you asking a joke, no.
Holger on January 12, 2010 at 6:17 PM
“I’m not a real Coakley supporter. I just play one for TV.”
BuckeyeSam on January 12, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Jobs created!
scalleywag on January 12, 2010 at 6:18 PM
Well, they both sh!t in bed, ‘cept that the plumbers smart enough to get up outta bed but the pipefitter just lays there and rolls around in it.
Plumber friend told me that.
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:19 PM
I hope nobody ends up in the hospital over this.
ElectricPhase on January 12, 2010 at 6:20 PM
These genius union guys pay dues to the union, who give them to the Dem Party, who taxes the snot out of them while they are workin and cuts their Medicare and Social Security when they retire!
Good work geniuses no wonder this country is in the crapper headed for third world status and our kids are looking at us like we really let them down.
YOU DID!
dhunter on January 12, 2010 at 6:22 PM
are there hand surgeons prepping for bitten fingers up there?
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 6:22 PM
LOL. And I know pipe fitters.
Holger on January 12, 2010 at 6:24 PM
And if the Republican Party got its act together they could break the Democrat strangle-hold on the building trades with the workers cheering. Lots of us are sick and tired of it.
Holger on January 12, 2010 at 6:26 PM
Cool! Bret Baier’s about to report on Coakley’s misspelling ad.
Rovin on January 12, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Awesome video.
Abby Adams on January 12, 2010 at 6:29 PM
This is sad. But, I guess in Union terms….50 bucks is 50 bucks. Union whores.
milwife88 on January 12, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Same dirtbags that did Obama’s heavy lifting . . . now, what is the GOP doing for Brown?
rplat on January 12, 2010 at 6:35 PM
These dispicable pigs will stop at NOTHING to grab power.
stenwin77 on January 12, 2010 at 6:37 PM
That quote needs to be a Brown ad.
farright on January 12, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Any man who would vote for the communist isn’t a man. At least this guy is honest. I’d carry a sign for $50 and vote for Brown too. To quote the great Don Corleone…”Women can afford to be careless…men can’t”.
orlandocajun on January 12, 2010 at 6:43 PM
I think that guy was thinking his behind was grass if he didn’t say he was voting for Brown.
tomas on January 12, 2010 at 6:44 PM
The Fox panel is killing Coakley for her DC fundraiser.
BuckeyeSam on January 12, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Ted Kennedy had the benefit of being the old 800-pound gorilla in Congress who could pull strings all over the place. At least he brought that to the table for his state. Coakley has no such special talents.
RBMN on January 12, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Look for the union label…
The Ugly American on January 12, 2010 at 6:52 PM
Spend an hour on a phone bank for Brown.
One hour, think of the joy it would bring to see this actually happen…..
nondhimmie on January 12, 2010 at 6:55 PM
True; at the “street level” a lot of union guys are staunchly conservative. They see the way things are. Toss in the rape of their benefits packages, and you have a recipe for revolt against the union leaders wishes.
massrighty on January 12, 2010 at 6:59 PM
Awesome video! I love the fact that he said he is voting for Brown, too!
TXMomof3 on January 12, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Cool vid — Since this was supposed to be a no-cost walk in the park … This sounds really good. Take the fight to the enemy in the strong states, then they deplete their resources defending … Removes their offense capability.
tarpon on January 12, 2010 at 7:11 PM
this video is going to have some strategic effects. All those other union fellas are going to think, “hell, Scott Brown is a cool guy.”
They’ll pull a lever for him. They won’t answer poll questions for him, but they’ll pull a lever for him.
but the croakley woman? yeesh.
ted c on January 12, 2010 at 7:13 PM
Whilst it is not surprising that the Dems paid the union men $50 per person to hold the signs, it does not mean that they will vote for Coakley. People on the ground have reported that some of those men will be voting for Brown, but they needed the money…..
maggieo on January 12, 2010 at 7:25 PM
There are certain areas of the country where honest elections and electioneering are a thing of the past. Brown will not win here.
thomasaur on January 12, 2010 at 6:01 PM
Really?
Did the DNC pay you to make that remark? Troll
maggieo on January 12, 2010 at 7:26 PM
The Bush Cheney rethuglicans have really got desperate. Now they’re trying to get you to believe that blue collar union members would support their tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans. Try harder, we’re not sold.
/lib response
El_Terrible on January 12, 2010 at 6:01 PM
Showing a bit of desperation eh Rahm? Troll
maggieo on January 12, 2010 at 7:27 PM
I don’t know what’s better – seeing the democrats scramble and pour money into what should be a shoe-in seat for them, or the video above that shows that even
ourtheir money can’t buy votes for their agenda!Ripley on January 12, 2010 at 7:29 PM
And then don’t buy what they are selling.
ronnyraygun on January 12, 2010 at 7:29 PM
Maybe this will sell you, pal.
Worcestor Police Union endorses Brown.
Mass State Police Association supports Brown.
Oh, and by the way, Bush and Cheney were around in the last decade. Try to get with the times; at least find current bogeymen to be afraid of.
MassVictim on January 12, 2010 at 7:36 PM
Um, he’s parodying a typical troll response, hence the / lib response part.
chimney sweep on January 12, 2010 at 7:41 PM
/lib response
El_Terrible on January 12, 2010 at 6:01 PM
MassVictim on January 12, 2010 at 7:43 PM
Brown signs – $2.50
Yellow Martha T- shirts – $5.00
Union workers fee for wearing T-shirts – $50.00
Video technology capturing union worker admitting to being paid, then admitting he’s voting for Brown- PRICELESS!!!!!
huskerdiva on January 12, 2010 at 7:47 PM
Great minds think alike- didn’t see your post til after I posted….. yours is more concise! Good job!
huskerdiva on January 12, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Anybody who has ever read my rant about Massachusetts and why things are they way they are here now have living proof.
These people are left to fight over the crumbs and are dependent on their local Lords for their livelihoods.
TheBigOldDog on January 12, 2010 at 8:16 PM
Nazi Pelosi calls this normal grass roots while her face never moves. She’s all about being au naturel.
SouthernGent on January 12, 2010 at 8:30 PM
TYPICAL union thugs; all they’re after is getting everyone to pay for their health care instead of the union or themselves!
jgdp on January 12, 2010 at 8:33 PM
You forgot Halliburton and Blackwater… you Ignorant Broken Puppet.
ronnyraygun on January 12, 2010 at 8:54 PM
Crap! I missed the sarc tag. Sorry Terrible. A thousand pardons. I owe you one.
ronnyraygun on January 12, 2010 at 8:57 PM
I’d rather buy Chinese or Japanese than Demounion, they own us anyway!
FORD or Foreign no GM or Chrysler taxpayer funded union bailout wheels for me anymore!
Even though I love my Dodge van, wifes Grand Cherokee and my kids Monte Carlo, I won’t fund the enemy any longer, this is war!
When I price my goods for sale Repubs get a discount and Dems and freeloaders pay full or inflated prices!
No Marcus of Queensbury, John McCain, Good Friends crap for dhunter if they wanna play, they’ll pay!
dhunter on January 12, 2010 at 9:09 PM
I wonder what revelation will befall some of these union dudes when they find out that carrying those signs around and making a little more money(income)puts them into a higher tax bracket and they have a tax burden greater than the extra pay was.
HeHeHeHe….
belad on January 12, 2010 at 9:09 PM
Political scabs
Hening on January 12, 2010 at 9:11 PM
Its important to remember the differences…THIS is not “astro turf”.
When the unions are paid to hold signs for dem hacks..It’s “A$$hole turf”.
Handel on January 12, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Another job saved and created!!
W00t!!
BigWyo on January 12, 2010 at 10:46 PM
That part of the debate was gold!!
Some one on his team saw that question coming…or. if he’s that quick on his feet…GOOD LORD….
Palin/Brown 2012!!
BigWyo on January 12, 2010 at 10:50 PM
I couldn’t understand a word they said.
Cindy Munford on January 13, 2010 at 12:08 AM
You can’t tell who he is.
Sultry Beauty on January 13, 2010 at 12:35 AM
I hope some of that million $$ he got yesterday is still available for that if needed. OTOH, if he needs to challenge after the election, I bet he can raise another million in 24 hours.
YehuditTX on January 13, 2010 at 12:57 AM
Brown might win so big,
That the Democrats can’t cheat!
By five points, or so…
We must get used to,
Winning by a large margin.
ACORN’s here to stay.
Haiku Guy on January 13, 2010 at 7:00 AM
Just wait until these Union dudes start getting taxed at a 50% on the cash value of their “Cadillac” health plans. The only good part of this health care fiasco is listening to the whining from the morons on the Left.
Haiku Guy on January 13, 2010 at 7:03 AM
No surprise. Every city has a branch of Rent-a-Tard, Inc. There’s no reason Boston would be any different.
MNHawk on January 13, 2010 at 7:19 AM
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