Quotes of the day
posted at 10:51 pm on January 14, 2010 by Allahpundit
“In October 2005, a Somerville police officer living in Melrose raped his 23-month-old niece with a hot object, most likely a curling iron.
“Keith Winfield, then 31, told police he was alone with the toddler that day and made additional statements that would ultimately be used to convict him.
“But in the aftermath of the crime, a Middlesex County grand jury overseen by Martha Coakley, then the district attorney, investigated without taking action. It was only after the toddler’s mother filed applications for criminal complaints that Coakley won grand jury indictments charging rape and assault and battery.
“Even then, nearly 10 months after the crime, Coakley’s office recommended that Winfield be released on personal recognizance, with no cash bail. He remained free until December 2007, when Coakley’s successor as district attorney won a conviction and two life terms.”
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Ken Pittman: Right, if you are a Catholic, and believe what the Pope teaches that any form of birth control is a sin. ah you don’t want to do that.
Martha Coakley: No we have a separation of church and state Ken, let’s be clear.
Ken Pittman: In the emergency room you still have your religious freedom.
Martha Coakley: (…stammering) The law says that people are allowed to have that. You can have religious freedom but you probably shouldn’t work in the emergency room.
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Acorn will have to stur up the Democrat Party’s three biggest voting block next Tuesday:
-Illegal aliens
-Felons
-Dead people
kurtzz3 on January 15, 2010 at 12:18 AM
Wow. Coakley let that MONSTER roam free for two years.
TN Mom on January 15, 2010 at 12:18 AM
I’d have to hear that radio quote in context. Are they talking about a Catholic hospital? It is wrong to force Catholic hospital to perform medical procedures that are against the institution’s religion, but if they’re talking about a secular setting the employee can’t refuse to, say, hand out birth control pills for religious reasons. Which would make Coakley right (as much as it pains me to say it).
Buy Danish on January 15, 2010 at 12:21 AM
Question: Is Marta Coakley and Didi Scosafava the same person? I’m not kidding. Coakley misspelling the NAME OF HER OWN STATE is as bad as Didi standing in front of her opponents office challenging him to a debate. Am I wrong? How do these party chairmen find these people??????????
ranzofola on January 15, 2010 at 12:22 AM
There are a huge number of Catholic hospitals in Massachusetts. And there have been many attempts by liberals to force Catholic hospitals to perform abortions. So I strongly suspect they were talking about a rule that would apply to all hospitals, whether they like it or not.
RINO in Name Only on January 15, 2010 at 12:30 AM
May God once again shine His light on the breadbasket of freedom, in a place called Massachusetts, which helped give life to a nation of people against tyranny.
How fitting our Second Revolution could begin in a place where in 1773 crates of tea were thrown, in defiance and in rebellion, into the sea.
We start on Tuesday the new Revolution.
TXUS on January 15, 2010 at 12:35 AM
Ordering takeout on Tuesday night. Kids and husband need to hang out in the basement. I am so nervous about the election returns. I hope that Brown can pull this one out.
TXMomof3 on January 15, 2010 at 12:35 AM
Mere moments before your post, I was wondering how Brooks feels at this very moment realizing this idiot is a member in good standing of his beloved “educated class”.
So what if this woman considers herself an expert on foreign policy because her sister lives in London? So what if she condemned a heart patient to die just to further her own career? So what if she tried to help a baby raper go free to curry favor with his politically influential father while she allowed another innocent man to languish in prison for a child molestation he did not commit? At least she didn’t do anything so terminally gauche as graduate from (gasp!) the University of Idaho, you betcha.
leilani on January 15, 2010 at 12:36 AM
Telling, that statement. Just her attitude towards the Establishment Clause – it’s not a restriction of government, but an allowance granted by government. Like a driver’s license or something.
JeffWeimer on January 15, 2010 at 12:37 AM
Whatever.
She’s got Liz Driscoll from Salem voting for her.
So. It’s. In. The. Bag.
/snark
Branch Rickey on January 15, 2010 at 12:45 AM
My other question is how does Coakley or Scosafava not know they’re absolute morons. Who on earth is convincing them that it’s a really good idea for them to run for office. The’re so incompetent they shouldn’t be allowed to run around the block for fear they’d swerve out in the middle of the street and get hit by a car. There ought to be a law specifically stating Coakley and Scosafava are not allowed to carry anything sharper than a childs safety scissors. How does their campaign managers even keep a straight face when defending their actions or promoting these candidates!!!!! What does it say about the President that he’d even want these useless boobs taking up space on the floor of the senate!!!! How on earth have we come to this??????? As much as this is laughable, this is also such a powerful indicator as to why we’re in the mess we’re in right now!!! Aahh, that was a good rant. I feel better now.
ranzofola on January 15, 2010 at 12:53 AM
I hope he rots in hell after his 2 life terms are over.
Dash on January 15, 2010 at 12:57 AM
What about dogs? Don’t forget the dogs.
tgharris on January 15, 2010 at 12:58 AM
Martha Coakley: yea, I will deny someone a life saving heart transplant for political reasons
http://minx.cc/?post=297044
Geochelone on January 15, 2010 at 12:59 AM
Wow. Just . . . wow.
NoLeftTurn on January 15, 2010 at 1:03 AM
Just do’n a quick drop in,
Coakley will be stepping in Obama Abyss,
or, Hopey’s Black Hole,where even Political
Light,cannot escape!!
Nite everyone:)
canopfor on January 15, 2010 at 1:04 AM
And here I thought Huck’s record on crime was bad.
ConservativeTony on January 15, 2010 at 1:13 AM
The country is learning a lot about Coakley–and just in time. Whoever is leaking this stuff is doing a masterful job. Keep ‘em coming, the country needs to know everything about this woman.
ConservativeTony on January 15, 2010 at 1:20 AM
I wish I could say I was stunned, but I can’t.
Scott Brown’s journey to the Senate is a bit more likely now.
itzWicks on January 15, 2010 at 1:26 AM
She is a member of the same Obama/Holder/Democratic/Progressive/Soros funded and Alinsky inspired group.
Don’t worry too much for Ms. Coakley should she lose the Senate seat – Podesta has a nice warm spot for her on the Soros bench.
Go ahead and vote against the American electorate. Go ahead and enjoy your loss of office and respect. Ask Senator Nelson what supper was like this evening and how Mr. Feingold was greeted over the break.
Perhaps Obama/Soros/Podesta have opportunities for those legislators who must be sacrificed to further their radical agenda.
bbh on January 15, 2010 at 1:29 AM
Please, please, please cousin “Pookie” don’t get off the couch on Tuesday!!!!
betsyz on January 15, 2010 at 1:32 AM
BTW, who is Steele’s counterpart?
I just want to send him or her a thank you note.
ConservativeTony on January 15, 2010 at 1:35 AM
Stop with all this blathering over thinking she is finished.
Stop it.
Stop it.
STOP IT!
GET OUT THE VOTE!!!!!!!!
Saltysam on January 15, 2010 at 1:46 AM
No Ben, that disguise won’t work.
http://hillbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/ben_joker1.jpg
See what happens when you back BarryCarey. You get banished for eternity. Coakley is the next victim.
Geochelone on January 15, 2010 at 1:46 AM
unclesmrgol on January 15, 2010 at 1:48 AM
WTH happened to Michelle’s site? It’s gone all “thread like”, and it’s very wacky!
Intrepid on January 15, 2010 at 1:59 AM
Why? Once a person leaves the church building his conscience means nothing? Do you even care about a person’s right to live by his conscience?
And people like you whine about Palinistas? Look in the mirror.
atheling on January 15, 2010 at 2:09 AM
Has the RNC come out and endorsed Coakley yet?
rickyricardo on January 15, 2010 at 2:10 AM
Uhmm…
Enoxo on January 15, 2010 at 2:24 AM
Wow. She’s a real sack of excrement isn’t she.
She must have worked her way to the top… on her knees, or her back, because she most definitely does not have the brains or the savvy to have done it any other way.
Oh well. She wouldn’t be the first and she wouldn’t be the last to trudge her way to the top with a mattress tied to her back :/
SilverStar830 on January 15, 2010 at 2:29 AM
Didn’t hurt Jack Murtha when he called all of his constituents racists.
gary4205 on January 15, 2010 at 2:35 AM
Will Crist endorse the Dem candidate?
Saltysam on January 15, 2010 at 2:38 AM
Ms Lindsey and Ms Martha
on a sofa ?
macncheez on January 15, 2010 at 2:44 AM
Jack Murtha, however, was an incumbent. Coakley is not.
Fortunately I don’t think Massachusetts voter rolls have either a) enrolled my deceased dog (who died last night), or b) will know what district he’s in because we moved recently.
BKennedy on January 15, 2010 at 2:58 AM
Me too, and I’m making sure I have plenty of whiskey! Looks like pizza will be the order of the night!
lovingmyUSA on January 15, 2010 at 3:29 AM
Brown still has to beat the margin of fraud in a deep blue cesspit.
And where in the hell is the RNC in this. They ought to be encouraging Republican poll observers in EVERY hall, and be setting up a rapid-reporting tally system and a stack of lawyers so they can IMMEDIATELY challenge any district whose reported tally varies wildly from the observers report. And file injuctions to have the voting materials sequestered from tampering, pending investigation.
Democrats WILL steal this election.
rayra on January 15, 2010 at 3:30 AM
This is is new!
How many people show up at emergency rooms to get an abortion?
I never heard of that before.
DSchoen on January 15, 2010 at 4:38 AM
Sign says “Help Wanted”
Then “Irish Need Not Apply”
A blast from the past…
Haiku Guy on January 15, 2010 at 5:21 AM
I know I lack complete context, but…
.
.
Ummmmm, What?
ted c on January 15, 2010 at 6:12 AM
that’s it, I am giving more to Scott Brown today.
.
Democratic Machine. this is what you’ve foisted against us and at every corner, every thread, every gear in your machine, I, and my friends, are determined to thwart you, to frustrate you, to defeat you, and reclaim this country. We shall push you to the shore, we shall push you to the dustbin of history and send you somewhere where your ideas can flourish. Antarctica comes to mind. Your days are numbered.
ted c on January 15, 2010 at 6:14 AM
“Mommy, why do dead people always vote Democrat??”
RD on January 15, 2010 at 6:28 AM
this is what scares me…they will cheat their way through this election…along with dear leader campaigning from the white house (which I thought was a no-no)
cmsinaz on January 15, 2010 at 6:34 AM
And this ad is all that Coakley has to say: http://michaelgraham.com/archives/the-next-martha-coakley-attack-ad/
h/t Mark Steyn
onlineanalyst on January 15, 2010 at 6:37 AM
I predict that all of the Kennedys will vote twice -Teddy, JFK, Bobby and Joe included – with at least a dozen levers pulled by Everett Saltonstal and Boston’s Mayor Curly!
Don L on January 15, 2010 at 6:37 AM
HOW TO TELL WHICH POLITICIAN IS AN OUT OF TOUCH ELITIST:
“Shaking hands? At Fenway? Are you kiddin’ me? It’s cold as balls over there!”
BigAlSouth on January 15, 2010 at 6:43 AM
Is there any information regarding Republican lawyers keeping watch at polls in Mass on Tuesday? I’ve no doubt the dead people and comic book characters will be out in droves.
anniekc on January 15, 2010 at 6:46 AM
Watch for Deval Patrick pardoning a number equivalent to 4%+1 in the next day or so. He’ll give em a bus ticket, a voting card, and a bottle of ripple.
ted c on January 15, 2010 at 6:49 AM
Pffft.
That’s nothing.
As far as child molesters go, he was a piker.
Coakley had Father John Geoghan dead to rights but declined to prosecute, allowing him another SEVEN YEARS to diddle little kids.
It is really hard to comprehend exactly how immoral this woman really is. A Catholic that is 100% pro-choice? An AG that would step in and deny a person a heart transplant? I could go on, and you know I could, but my fingers are getting sore.
Brown was telling a radio host the other day that he drove into his driveway the other night and someone had placed a box on top of his now famous pickup truck (someone else was driving Scott around apparently).
Once he convinced himself that it was safe, he looked inside. Someone had left him thousands of pages of depositions related to Coakley.
I don’t know what was in that box, but it doesn’t take long searching google to come up with quite a few Massachusetts politicians that are being prosecuted by the Federal government for corruption related crimes.
Notice I did not say prosecuted by the Massachusett(e)s Attorney General’s office.
turfmann on January 15, 2010 at 6:53 AM
shhhh…don’t give them any ideas
cmsinaz on January 15, 2010 at 7:01 AM
ROTFLMAO… Jeeze now that is one serious prognostication, hell Nostradamus couldn’t even have seen that one coming… lol…lol…lol…
doriangrey on January 15, 2010 at 7:06 AM
Looks like Huckabee has found a running mate!
OSUBuciz1 on January 15, 2010 at 7:10 AM
This is nuttin’ for Mass. Voters.
Think about it…..
They kept electing Teddy over and over even though he was a baby killing, Mary Jo drowning, serial ad…… Etc.
And Bah-née Fway-nk.
This is small potatoes.
Coakley would have to have murdered every child in a daycare, with a video taping it, and a taped confession before the Libs would get rid of her.
PappyD61 on January 15, 2010 at 7:15 AM
That being said we donated again to Brown
$9.12 increments or $17.76, let’s do all we can.
PappyD61 on January 15, 2010 at 7:18 AM
Anyone notice the overuse of “Let’s be clear” or “Let me be clear”? Seems like everyone is saying it now.
gatorfanatic on January 15, 2010 at 7:20 AM
They were supposed to be discussing a 2005 amendment Brown filed that would have allowed workers at religious hospitals to avoid giving emergency contraception to rape victims. The amendment was propsed to clarify the current law which prohibits forcing catholic hospitals to perform abortions and distributing contraceptives. Coakley went off the deep end.
Deanna on January 15, 2010 at 7:24 AM
WOW! Breathtaking!
Dear Emperess Martha, I have another question for you….
what jobs will YOU allow practicing Catholics to have?
It isn’t a very big leap from “Catholics shouldn’t work in an emergency room” to “Catholics are prohibited from working in an emergency room” when liberals are in charge.
olesparkie on January 15, 2010 at 7:27 AM
Gawd you’re a jackass! Where was I “whining”? I asked for more specifics about the context of the quote. What the hell does this have to do with Palin?
I have absolutely no objections to, say, Catholic hospitals refusing to perform abortions. However, it is a slippery slope to make demands for religious exemptions to legal procedures in a setting which has no religious affiliation. Keep in mind that Muslims are using their “religion” to make demands in medical settings which none of us would agree are reasonable.
Buy Danish on January 15, 2010 at 7:30 AM
…And thanks to all of you who answered my question about the context of the call by providing facts and information.
Buy Danish on January 15, 2010 at 7:36 AM
The system worked. Democrat style.
Basilsbest on January 15, 2010 at 7:43 AM
What a great idea! I’ve been sending in increments of $100. Doing it your way will show how strong the Tea Party and 9-12 movement is.
Key West Reader on January 15, 2010 at 7:47 AM
this is O/T: Eric Cantor, Republican Whip is from Richmond Va & has some stature in Va politics as well as national politics.
he is quoted on a Virginia blog tertiumquids.blogspot.com as saying Republican candidates running for Congress won’t run on repeal of Obamacare. I could just scream.
Virginia has a chance to take back several Congressional seats. I wish Eric would raise money & be quiet.
kelley in virginia on January 15, 2010 at 7:54 AM
sorry, i am just learning on the link-y thing.
kelley in virginia on January 15, 2010 at 7:56 AM
“Yeah, I ate a puppy. What’s it to you, you stupid mick?” – Martha Coakley
Lehosh on January 15, 2010 at 7:59 AM
I’m wondering if Brown peaked early. With the Health Care Bill on the line and so much media atttention, there will be a massive turnout. As much as 140% of the population. It might have been higher if the SEIU wasn’t split beween candidates. And Brown’s side has the police officers.
ROCnPhilly on January 15, 2010 at 8:06 AM
’d have to hear that radio quote in context. Are they talking about a Catholic hospital? It is wrong to force Catholic hospital to perform medical procedures that are against the institution’s religion, but if they’re talking about a secular setting the employee can’t refuse to, say, hand out birth control pills for religious reasons. Which would make Coakley right (as much as it pains me to say it).
Your other mistake, other than the one pointed out above is that even a secular institution has to make ever reasonable effort to have someone do such duties that it does not offend. Sorry to say.. but they can find someone else to pass out birth control.. it isn’t a life and death “emergency”
Noelie on January 15, 2010 at 8:10 AM
Typical Liberal
Somewhat Chapaquitical
Kill the Babies
Save the Whales
Smoke but don’t Inhale
ronnyraygun on January 15, 2010 at 8:12 AM
Martha Coakley: (…stammering) The law says that people are allowed to have that.
No, Martha, it’s not the “law.” It’s called a Constitutional right. Also, we aren’t “allowed” to have religious freedom. It’s a God given right. You might want to whip out your copy of the Constitution, Martha. It’s very interesting reading.
Lizzy on January 15, 2010 at 8:16 AM
She’s pretty nasty, allright.
anniekc on January 15, 2010 at 8:20 AM
You might think that… but the Popes never have.
mankai on January 15, 2010 at 8:30 AM
I thought they were all dogs. They voted for a mutt.
Jarhead68 on January 15, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Sorry, but the government cannot force you to do something against your religion (they may threaten)…now try to find a “secular” hospital that is not government run. There are few and far between.
I have no idea what a “secular” setting is….
right2bright on January 15, 2010 at 8:50 AM
Coakley also gave child rapist Father Geoghan as pass by refusing to press charges against him.
Hening on January 15, 2010 at 8:54 AM
Unless you’re not a Muslim.
Hening on January 15, 2010 at 8:55 AM
Separation of church and state? Maybe that’s what she means…
right2bright on January 15, 2010 at 9:12 AM
A secular setting would be a hospital or doctor’s office without a religious affiliation, such as a Catholic (or Muslim!) hospital.
But (if I understand you correctly) you are correct to suggest that ObamaCare would weaken those barriers. Indeed, if we eventually end up with a Single Payer System, they would completely crumble. For example, exemptions which currently exist which prevent the federal government from using taxpayer dollars to fund abortions would be null and void since the federal government would be paying the bill for all medical procedures.
Or Amish. Now that that joke is out of the way: Religious arguments only go so far. You cannot deprive a child of medical care because of religious objections. You cannot refuse to pick up a passenger in a taxi cab because they just emerged from a liquor store or bar. These objections are tested in the courts all the time, but they invariably get shot down.
Buy Danish on January 15, 2010 at 9:20 AM
All the while, she fought tooth and nail to keep the Amirault family (truly innocent of molestation, but railroaded by her predecessor) in jail.
JeffWeimer on January 15, 2010 at 9:23 AM
I Love it!!!!
jeffn21 on January 15, 2010 at 9:25 AM
My God this woman is vile, and disgusting. How cruel, and selfish, and …..I could just keep coming up with adjectives not kind, in describing this. To put political gain ahead of human life. And this is truly what Democrats want in their leaders? Seriously????
Well Hucks is worse by the fact that he’s republican. All republicans, no matter what, are the only ones to be held to any kind of scrutiny, attacks, and vitriol for their actions. Dems just simply have to be dems, and they’re automatically destined for sainthood.
capejasmine on January 15, 2010 at 10:11 AM
So people that believe in any religion, or in the absence of religion, shouldn’t serve in an emergency room?
The brilliant AG just ruled out pretty much everybody.
hawksruleva on January 15, 2010 at 10:30 AM
She may not be evil. I think many Democrats believe in things without thinking them through. That’s why she stammered in her statement above. Pittman lead her dangerously close to the realization that one of her core beliefs was based on flawed arguments.
hawksruleva on January 15, 2010 at 10:31 AM
I really hope you didn’t mean mutt in a genetic sort of way. We need to resist stooping to those sort of attacks. There’s plenty of ammo laying around with which to attack liberals without resorting to ethnic slurs.
hawksruleva on January 15, 2010 at 10:33 AM
How is “mutt” an ethnic slur? Am I missing some context here? Most Americans are “mutts” in the sense that we have mixed heritage (Irish, English, German for me…Polish, Irish, English, German for my daughter). I see this as a strength, not a weakness. Are you referring to people of mixed racial background? I know I don’t get out much but I don’t hear the term “mutt” connected to them.
SKYFOX on January 15, 2010 at 11:46 AM
This Coakley woman is a mess. She will become fast friends with many woman in the Senate if she wins. Barbara Boxer and a few others in the club likely share her goofy beliefs about Catholic doctors in the emergency room.
We know benedict Arlen Specter was at one time a defense attorney that defended notorious murderers vigorously.
Pray the voters in MA do the right thing and deny her membership in the Senate club.
FireBlogger on January 15, 2010 at 12:04 PM
JMJ….. what an incompetent idiot! I hope Odumbo goes to MA to campaign for her and she loses!!! What a treat!!!!
ultracon on January 15, 2010 at 12:28 PM
I’m so sorry about your dog. :-(
Mary in LA on January 15, 2010 at 2:16 PM
OK, I’m hoping someone will copy this comment and throw it back in my face if I’m proven wrong, but….
There is no damn way Scott is gonna win that seat. Mass is still Mass, no matter how much money he gets….that big R behind his name is all it will take….the voters will not see anything else.
runawayyyy on January 15, 2010 at 2:24 PM
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