MA-08: Brianna Wu running against Lynch in 2018 Democratic primary
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« Reply #100 on: January 10, 2017, 02:10:45 PM »

So ice age are you saying Lynch is more East Ukrainian and Wu more West Ukrainian?

couldn't have put it better myself!
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« Reply #101 on: January 10, 2017, 03:20:03 PM »

So ice age are you saying Lynch is more East Ukrainian and Wu more West Ukrainian?

couldn't have put it better myself!

A bit of an exaggeration though since they're both pretty solidly on the left on social and economic issues.
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« Reply #102 on: January 10, 2017, 05:45:04 PM »

Wu is objectionable for many reasons: a lot of her rhetoric is very similar to your typical Republican playbook: "public school reform" pushing for charter institutions (plus a really dodgy perspective on the idea of education that I really don't like: seeing education as an "investment" made in children that needs to be recouped rather than an essential human right); talking about the need for start-up companies and how entrepreneurs are leaving the state is often talk to justify corporate tax cuts and deregulation, all bad for working class people) which suggests to me that she'd not be a good voice in the house for the area.  I'd argue that her social positions aren't the reason to criticise her - certainly it really wasn't her fault that she ended up getting dragged into the mire that she ended up in in terms of continual abuse from the awful bit of the internet, which is something that should never happen to anyone: although she's certainly lacking in diplomacy, even for people who broadly agree with her on most things.

Lynch is better by far, although not perfect.  But who is, really!.

Where are you getting this info about her positions?

An article with an interview of her that I found at work, that I now can't find.
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« Reply #103 on: January 10, 2017, 05:47:47 PM »

Funny, I get far more triggered by Lynch's district than her. In fact I'd say he represents one of the worst places in the country that voted for Hillary by far.

It's not even the worst part of Massachusetts, dude.
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« Reply #104 on: January 10, 2017, 05:58:48 PM »

It's full of terrorist supporters and brutal mob thugs.
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« Reply #105 on: January 10, 2017, 09:07:51 PM »

It's full of terrorist supporters and brutal mob thugs.

This stereotype hasn't been accurate in many years.
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« Reply #106 on: January 10, 2017, 09:32:08 PM »

It's full of terrorist supporters and brutal mob thugs.

Is this basically Whitey Bulger country? Awesome in that case. Irish townies are the best
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« Reply #107 on: January 22, 2017, 05:11:24 AM »

It's full of terrorist supporters and brutal mob thugs.

Is this basically Whitey Bulger country? Awesome in that case. Irish townies are the best

Whitey's home turf was in Somerville, which is in Mike Capuano's district and has gentrified.
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« Reply #108 on: January 22, 2017, 05:32:11 AM »

Funny, I get far more triggered by Lynch's district than her. In fact I'd say he represents one of the worst places in the country that voted for Hillary by far.

It's not even the worst part of Massachusetts, dude.

Just out of curiosity, what is the worst part of MA?
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« Reply #109 on: January 22, 2017, 06:39:26 AM »

Irish Bostonians were created by the devil himself.
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« Reply #110 on: January 22, 2017, 07:02:13 AM »
« Edited: January 22, 2017, 07:19:08 AM by Night on the Galactic Mass Pike »

Funny, I get far more triggered by Lynch's district than her. In fact I'd say he represents one of the worst places in the country that voted for Hillary by far.

It's not even the worst part of Massachusetts, dude.

Just out of curiosity, what is the worst part of MA?

For personal reasons I think it's Great Barrington, but speaking slightly more objectively, probably the northern tier of the state from the Merrimack Valley west to around Athol, where the casualization, inequalitization, and Rust Beltification of the non-Massachusetts Bay/MetroWest parts of the state are most advanced. The least terrible place in that area is Lawrence, solely because of its history. The nadirs are probably Carlisle and Fitchburg, for diametrically opposite reasons.
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« Reply #111 on: January 22, 2017, 01:30:25 PM »

It's full of terrorist supporters and brutal mob thugs.

Is this basically Whitey Bulger country? Awesome in that case. Irish townies are the best

Again, South Boston is maybe 5% of the population of the district and not what it used to be. It's mainly suburban.
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« Reply #112 on: January 22, 2017, 03:04:20 PM »

I can accept a pro-life Democrat in Arizona or rural Minnesota, but suburban Boston? Not really. I do wish Wu was actually a credible candidate with real credentials, but if Trump can get elected, then why not.

Go Wu?
Go Wu!
Lynch is now pro-choice, but likely supports some restrictions.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/02/05/lynch-long-pro-life-antiabortion-legislator-says-supports-roe-wade/TvoPjNf90snncEUckQXBRK/story.html
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« Reply #113 on: January 22, 2017, 11:06:35 PM »

The idea that one of the most Catholic parts of the country, even if it's less than devout these days and otherwise liberal, is somehow out of line to have an ostensibly pro-life legislator also strikes me as an odd one.
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« Reply #114 on: March 02, 2017, 09:14:26 PM »

So, she's having quite the week. Seems to think the moon could be used by evil rich people to launch rocks at Earth.
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« Reply #115 on: March 02, 2017, 09:31:29 PM »

So, she's having quite the week. Seems to think the moon could be used by evil rich people to launch rocks at Earth.

Could those tweets be a Democratic version of Trump play?
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« Reply #116 on: March 02, 2017, 10:07:39 PM »

So, she's having quite the week. Seems to think the moon could be used by evil rich people to launch rocks at Earth.

"Weaponize the Moon" is a winning slogan.

WU 2018
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« Reply #117 on: March 02, 2017, 10:19:53 PM »

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« Reply #118 on: March 02, 2017, 11:44:32 PM »


Heartily endorsed.
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« Reply #119 on: March 03, 2017, 12:32:49 AM »

She's not wrong, but a candidate who wasn't a video game developer probably would have been able to make that point without sounding like she was confusing reality with Mobile Suit Gundam.
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« Reply #120 on: March 03, 2017, 02:59:35 AM »

Holy sh**t why is this woman triggering all of you guys so damn much. 

Brianna Wu has always had that effect on virgins.
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« Reply #121 on: March 03, 2017, 03:28:30 AM »

She's not wrong, but a candidate who wasn't a video game developer probably would have been able to make that point without sounding like she was confusing reality with Mobile Suit Gundam.

If you think "Video game journalist with a bad Twitter account" is a bad campaign resume, you don't understand the post-Trump political world.
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« Reply #122 on: March 03, 2017, 06:40:00 PM »

I mean, she wouldn't be as bad as Louie Gohmert.
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« Reply #123 on: March 03, 2017, 07:14:30 PM »

Brianna Wu is a bad candidate, but it's not like there couldn't be worse
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« Reply #124 on: March 04, 2017, 12:56:44 PM »

I wish there was a third Democrat running honestly. Lynch is probably the better of the two but they're both kind of terrible, in different ways.
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