Rep. Tierney (D-MA) "knew everything" of family's illegal off shore betting site

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I've seen polls that show as many as 80% of the population think online gambling should be legal. No one's going to care.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The site in question was no different from InTrade. Would some politician being found to have family members who invested in InTrade even be a joke "scandal"?

This is like saying I should get upset or vote against some local lawmaker if they were found to be a marijuana dealer.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'd much rather have a guy who had investments in something that's legal in many countries and that the vast majority of the population aren't bothered by than a guy who would vote for John Boehner for Speaker. Would people be demonizing Tierney if he had invested in InTrade?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Would people be demonizing Tierney if he had invested in InTrade?

There are two kinds of people voting for Tierney at this point: (1) Hyper-partisans like BRTD who cannot comprehend voting for a Republican in any circumstance and otherwise take pleasure in the GOP's failure. (2) People like "DrScholl," the blissfully unaware-by-choice 35% that likely would have supported Sen. Bob Torricelli up until his withdrawal speech.

The only difference: In 2022, the DrScholls of this world will be talking about what a good outcome Tierney's loss turned out to be. In 2022, the BRTDs of the world will be shaving parrots or whatever the hell his grungy Christian hyper-hipster groupthink mandates.

Actually I am happy in hindsight that guy from New Orleans lost to that Vietnamese guy and was even kind of happy at the time it happened.