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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
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Warpy
(111,261 posts)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.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)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)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)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!!!!!!!
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)liberal from boston
(856 posts)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
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)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.
Come on MADem, please share with me how you Really feel about it!!!! Snort
MADem
(135,425 posts)Cha
(297,240 posts)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?
Ed is eating the little ReTHUG shit hound
We're already
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022953105
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Thanks in advance.
MADem
(135,425 posts)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.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)graywarrior
(59,440 posts)He was out classed
MADem
(135,425 posts)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!
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)Every sentence?
MADem
(135,425 posts)"I'm not going to Washington to change any laws!!!"
Ya got that right, ya moron!!!
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)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.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)graywarrior
(59,440 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)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...!
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)Cha
(297,240 posts)in the Swarm Dept! rofl
Oh, you're talking about Keller.. my bad
sheshe2
(83,771 posts)with Gomez's face...
I am laughing so hard my sides ache!
Cha
(297,240 posts)she?!
It's kinda perfect, ya know!
That kind of thing would have taken me hours to do, Cha.
Secondly, Gomez is more vulnerable that his biography lets on. While hes pro-marriage equality, hes 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 isnt necessarily a natural. The conservative Boston Herald wrote that Gomez looks amateurish on the stump, especially in the debates, and his one-note Im not a politician, Im a Navy SEAL campaign theme already seems worn out. He is definitely not reminding anyone of Scott Brown. Hes 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 hed 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
(297,240 posts)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!
And Thanks for the donation!
MADem
(135,425 posts)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!
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)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
(297,240 posts)Gosh, Gomez sounds dumb and Mitt was in nirvana.
Bet Markey would love to read your analysis.. right here on DU!
MADem
(135,425 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)Does this mean that we can stop the pay of the obstructionist Republicans?
MADem
(135,425 posts)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)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)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!!!
patrice
(47,992 posts)Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)Today could not get any better, it was a good day already, but now its even better!
MADem
(135,425 posts)alp227
(32,025 posts)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