Tufts Students should Vote for Notable Alumni

By Bennett F. Gillogly

When Scott Brown was running for Senate he promised that he would go to Washington to be an independent thinker and reach across party lines to solve our country's problems.   Two and a half years later Senator Brown has kept those promises of independendence and bipartisanship.

Although he may be socially liberal, Senator Brown has remained a steadfast fiscal conservative.

The dichotomy between Brown and Warren in the US Senate race could not be clearer.   Professor
Warren believes that no one built their business without the help of the government.  Therefore she can justify increasing taxes any time the government needs money.  Senator Brown on the other hand, believes that level-headed bipartisan cooperation is the key to resolving America's problems.

Bennett F. Gillogly is a junior majoring in international relations.  He is the President of the Tufts Republican Club and can be reached at Bennett.Gillogly@tufts.edu.  To read the entire article see The Tufts Daily of Thursday October 25, 2012.
 
     

Election 2012: The question to ask doubters

When you are attempting to convince a confused, or even worse, an ignorant and stubborn voter you need to pose the question:  Do you  believe that things will be better in four years - compared to what it is now - or perhaps what it may be on Election Day ?

Election 2012: Poll Watching on Election Day

Election day is fast approaching and our Country and Party needs your help and that of anyone who has the opportunity to help.   The MA GOP is putting together an aggressive poll watching effort for the general election.   We will need hundreds of people to get this done here and accross the State.

Poll watching is easy.  People will be sitting inside the polling locations (warm and cozy) making sure nothing out of the ordinary happens.   If they see something that does not look right, they can call one of the lawyers in the area that can show up and take it from there.

Poll Watching trainning on the North Shore will take place on Monday October 22nd in the Danvers headquarters of the Massachusetts Victory Campaign.  If you think you could donate a few hours at one the local precincts and help protect the integrity of the election, please call Matt Cocciardi on his cell phone at 978-766-7274 or e-mail him at mcocciardi@massvictory.com.

 

Occupy NY: Who is Brookfield Properties ?

Do you know the name of the park that the Wall Street protesters were occupying - it's Zuccotti Park.  The New York Times on October 13, 2011 investigated and published a report that helps your reporter better understand the occupy movement and the efforts to effect the November 2012 presidential election.

Did you know that the park is not owned by the City of New York ?   It is owned by Brookfield Properties.  Did you know that Brookfield Asset Management received an Obama Department of Energy Loan guarantee of over $160 million dollars within 10 days of approving the takeover of the park ?  Brookfield Properties is a Canadian company with assets, according to their own website, of $70 billion.   Knowing that it begs the question - why is the US taxpayer quaranteeing a loan to a very wealthy Canadian company ?

Here are some interesting facts:  One of Brookfield Properties attorneys is Vice-Presdient Joe Biden's son.  One of the members of the Brookfield Board of Directors is Mayor Bloomfield's live in girlfriend.   And, did you know that Brookfield Properties received some of the distributions from the last Obama Stimulus dollars.

On a completely unrelated note, Wisconsin is shaping up to be one of the important swing states in the 2012 presidential election, quess who owns the company that will be tabulating the electonic votes in Wisconsin ?   Thats right, the biggest contributer to Obama, the puppeteer George Soros.
What a coincidence.  Remember what Joseph Stalin said:  "It's not the people who count.  It's the people who count the votes."  

Remember this when November gets here.

'Strawman' Returns

Tom Tierney of Framingham is running in the November General Election as a "Republican."  Tierney bested Frank Addivinola and Jeff Semon in the Republican Primary after running a stealth campaign and conducting a last minute 'Phone Tree" electronic campaign against the less widely known candidates.

Mr. Tierney has run as a Republican several times, the last time being 2010, when he made headlines complaining that many local Republican City and Town Committees had ignored his efforts to reach out and seek support.   When he was accused by several committees of being a diversion to confuse the voters with fabrications while actually running on the same platform and supporting the same issues as his declared opponent Ed Markey he faded out of sight.

When Tierney made a surprise appearance at the Winchester Republican Women's Club and Town Committee's  annual cocktail party on September 29th he was allowed to speak to those assembled. 

After inviting questions from the audience, former State Committeeman and current Medford City Committee Chairman Bernie Green, confronted Tierney on the issue of once again acting on behalf of Ed Markey by pretending to be a serious Republican opponent, but really being only a 'Straw' working to ensure Markey an easy re-election as a member of Congress. 

After failing to answer the charge Green urged those in the audience to ignore Tierney by blanking the ballot section for  Representative in Congress and focussing their interest and support for other races on the Ballot.

Obama imposes 21 New or Higher Taxes

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, released a list of Tax Hikes by the Obama administration some of which have taken effect and others yet to be phased in.

To see complete report click here.

MA Republican State Committee discusses adoption of national party platform

The Massachusetts Republican State Committee listened to a presentation by Patricia B. Doherty, State Committee Woman from the Second Middlesex District, on the question of adopting the national party's platform at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee which will take place after the November election.  The speech drew mostly favorable comments including remarks made by the State Committee Chair and applause from those in attendance.

The State Committee had previously voted to schedule a discussion at the September meeting on embracing the national platform, which does not embrace gay marriage, late term abortion and does not contain exceptions for rape or to save the life of the mother.  That language caused controversy nationally and in Massachusetts, where some Massachusetts candidates have found success on socially moderate stances.

Richard Tisei, a Republican candidate for the Sixth Congressional seat who is openly gay, urged the State Committee to reconsider taking up discussion of the national platform.  Other Republicans said they feared that a battle over internecine values would alienate activists and conservatives who can get out the vote for Republicans in an election year.

Party spokesman Timothy Buckley caused a stir with Globe Reporter Stephanie Ebbert when he barred her from the meeting at the Beechwood Hotel in Worcester which was otherwise open to the public and press.  Ebbert has been a frequent critic of the MAGOP.  After the meeting, Buckley declined to provide details, saying, "It was discussed. That's all I got."

Several participants recounted the events of the evening; including State Committee member Patricia Doherty, who proposed adopting the national platform and detailed to the Globe reporter the speech she had given inside.