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Larry Rhodes

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Re: September state primary
« Reply #40 on: September 12, 2008, 02:46:47 PM »
Granted Harold has lived all his life here, but isn't IRAQ considered leaving the state/town...???

Red Robin, Not to denigrate anyone who served our country...but, That was a politically motivated career move. He was in an office in Kuwait accept for a day or so in Baghdad. Mr. Kerrigan spent a lot of time in Washington and Boston during his career is what I meant. Again, I respect his service but suspect it was for help with his political growth.

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Re: September state primary
« Reply #41 on: September 12, 2008, 03:48:54 PM »
Granted Harold has lived all his life here, but isn't IRAQ considered leaving the state/town... ???

Red Robin, Not to denigrate anyone who served our country...but, That was a politically motivated career move. He was in an office in Kuwait accept for a day or so in Baghdad. Mr. Kerrigan spent a lot of time in Washington and Boston during his career is what I meant. Again, I respect his service but suspect it was for help with his political growth.
Come on, Harold still went to IRAQ ...He didn't have to ..  and I respect him for doing that...He left behind a wife and 4 kids...He was still in danger no matter if he was in an office or not....Big deal Mr. Kerrigan spent time in Wash and Boston, was he in harms way.. I don't think so....And by going to IRAQ if it put an extra STAR on Harolds    resume good for him..I respect Harold for what he did....

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Re: September state primary
« Reply #42 on: September 13, 2008, 10:40:02 AM »
Come on, Harold still went to IRAQ ...He didn't have to ..  and I respect him for doing that...He left behind a wife and 4 kids...He was still in danger no matter if he was in an office or not....Big deal Mr. Kerrigan spent time in Wash and Boston, was he in harms way.. I don't think so....And by going to IRAQ if it put an extra STAR on Harolds    resume good for him..I respect Harold for what he did....

Come on, he was in Kuwait for all but one or two days...It's a resort for crying out loud. I said I respect his service, I just think it was politically motivated. In the end Harold Naughton will most likely win the election and if so at least he had to work for it this time. Now that's a wonderful thing. He's walked into office so many times without any opposition I have to give Kerrigan credit for having the guts to challenge an 8 term representative!

By the way I still think Rep Naughton did the people of the district a great disservice by not responding to or debating Mr. Kerrigan. That makes him look scared in my humble opinion.

Cheers, Larry

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« Reply #43 on: September 13, 2008, 11:54:09 AM »
Come on, Harold still went to IRAQ ...He didn't have to ..  and I respect him for doing that...He left behind a wife and 4 kids...He was still in danger no matter if he was in an office or not....Big deal Mr. Kerrigan spent time in Wash and Boston, was he in harms way.. I don't think so....And by going to IRAQ if it put an extra STAR on Harolds    resume good for him..I respect Harold for what he did....

Come on, he was in Kuwait for all but one or two days...It's a resort for crying out loud. I said I respect his service, I just think it was politically motivated. In the end Harold Naughton will most likely win the election and if so at least he had to work for it this time. Now that's a wonderful thing. He's walked into office so many times without any opposition I have to give Kerrigan credit for having the guts to challenge an 8 term representative!

By the way I still think Rep Naughton did the people of the district a great disservice by not responding to or debating Mr. Kerrigan. That makes him look scared in my humble opinion.

Cheers, Larry
Larry,
   Yes, maybe it was politically motivated, but he did serve his country, and as i said It's a plus on his resume...He didn't have to...And I'm glad to see you realize that Harold will come up a winner.
We'll see Tuesday....GO HAROLD...
Cheers back to you Larry....

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Re: September state primary
« Reply #44 on: September 15, 2008, 09:44:10 AM »
Come on, Harold still went to IRAQ ...He didn't have to ..  and I respect him for doing that...He left behind a wife and 4 kids...He was still in danger no matter if he was in an office or not....Big deal Mr. Kerrigan spent time in Wash and Boston, was he in harms way.. I don't think so....And by going to IRAQ if it put an extra STAR on Harolds    resume good for him..I respect Harold for what he did....

Come on, he was in Kuwait for all but one or two days...It's a resort for crying out loud. I said I respect his service, I just think it was politically motivated. In the end Harold Naughton will most likely win the election and if so at least he had to work for it this time. Now that's a wonderful thing. He's walked into office so many times without any opposition I have to give Kerrigan credit for having the guts to challenge an 8 term representative!

By the way I still think Rep Naughton did the people of the district a great disservice by not responding to or debating Mr. Kerrigan. That makes him look scared in my humble opinion.

Cheers, Larry

My hats off to anyone who has or does serve. I don't care where or how they do it. To dismiss service as a "resume builder" borders on treason to me.
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Re: September state primary
« Reply #45 on: September 15, 2008, 10:21:10 AM »

Come on, he was in Kuwait for all but one or two days...It's a resort for crying out loud. I said I respect his service, I just think it was politically motivated. In the end Harold Naughton will most likely win the election and if so at least he had to work for it this time. Now that's a wonderful thing. He's walked into office so many times without any opposition I have to give Kerrigan credit for having the guts to challenge an 8 term representative!

By the way I still think Rep Naughton did the people of the district a great disservice by not responding to or debating Mr. Kerrigan. That makes him look scared in my humble opinion.

Cheers, Larry

My hats off to anyone who has or does serve. I don't care where or how they do it. To dismiss service as a "resume builder" borders on treason to me.

Bill, read what I wrote a little bit closer, I said "I RESPECT HIS SERVICE". Since when is questioning whether or not it was politically motivated is treason? It's my opinion, I respect all that have served, accepting Benedict Arnold or any other convicted traitors.

So before you throw word treason at me or anyone else please consult your dictionary.

Treason: the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance or to kill or personally injure the sovereign or the sovereign's family.

That was certainly not my motive, just informational points and my opinion mixed together. I fully believe he did his country a service helping those G.I's with their legal issues which is of course honorable. I would also surmise that he missed and was missed by his family which is always hard.

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Re: September state primary
« Reply #46 on: September 15, 2008, 11:11:17 AM »
Larry, read what I wrote a little closer. I said: "To dismiss service as a "resume builder" BORDERS on treason TO ME".

I'm entitled to my opinion. Dismissing military service as going to a resort & suggesting that its only a resume builder might discourage others from serving. That borders on treason to me! I don't need your dictionary, but you might consider a remedial reading class.

Comparing Naughtons military service to Kerrigans stint as a page is a little sad. The only hazard he might have faced in DC is if he went for a ride with Teddy driving!
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« Reply #47 on: September 15, 2008, 11:56:43 AM »
Larry, read what I wrote a little closer. I said: "To dismiss service as a "resume builder" BORDERS on treason TO ME".

I'm entitled to my opinion. Dismissing military service as going to a resort & suggesting that its only a resume builder might discourage others from serving. That borders on treason to me! I don't need your dictionary, but you might consider a remedial reading class.
Bill,
   Thank you, exactly what i was trying to say in my post...
Again  'BEST OF LUCK TO HAROLD TOMORROW'

Comparing Naughtons military service to Kerrigans stint as a page is a little sad. The only hazard he might have faced in DC is if he went for a ride with Teddy driving!


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Re: September state primary
« Reply #48 on: September 15, 2008, 12:08:49 PM »
Larry, read what I wrote a little closer. I said: "To dismiss service as a "resume builder" BORDERS on treason TO ME".

I'm entitled to my opinion. Dismissing military service as going to a resort & suggesting that its only a resume builder might discourage others from serving. That borders on treason to me! I don't need your dictionary, but you might consider a remedial reading class.

Comparing Naughtons military service to Kerrigans stint as a page is a little sad. The only hazard he might have faced in DC is if he went for a ride with Teddy driving!

Bill, No need to get hostile, I don't really need a remedial reading class, maybe just some rose colored glasses.

I am most assuredly not the only person in the district that believes this to be true. Many others have made this comment in my presence, whether it's true or not is for the candidate himself to know but perception is really there so take it easy before you have a stroke.

I don't believe that my saying that would dissuade anyone from joining the military, not many would do so at that age of forty something unless we had a war like WWII or as egregious as that.

I agree with you on the ride with Sen. Kennedy, I wouldn't want to be in the passenger seat. You seem to dislike Mr. Kerrigan quite a bit, He also worked for Atty. General Reilly who Rep Naughton supported for Governor. Is he really that bad a candidate in your opinion?

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« Reply #49 on: September 15, 2008, 01:08:45 PM »
Larry, I'm not getting hostile, you'll know I'm hostile when you hear the click as the bolt closes on the chamber!

I'm just expressing my disdane for those who question the motives of those who serve. I never served myself & I doubt that you did either. I'd prefer that we all just say thank you to those who have!

I don't know Kerrigan. As I posted before, he MIGHT make a good rep. My point is: why trade an experienced effective rep for someone who might be? Kerrigan hasn't named 1 specific thing he could do better than Naughton! What he has done is start & support those rumors that you referred to earlier about Naughtons reasons for service in the Army. Me, I'm ok just saying thank you!
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« Reply #50 on: September 15, 2008, 01:55:12 PM »
Larry, I'm not getting hostile, you'll know I'm hostile when you hear the click as the bolt closes on the chamber!

I'm just expressing my disdane for those who question the motives of those who serve. I never served myself & I doubt that you did either. I'd prefer that we all just say thank you to those who have!

I don't know Kerrigan. As I posted before, he MIGHT make a good rep. My point is: why trade an experienced effective rep for someone who might be? Kerrigan hasn't named 1 specific thing he could do better than Naughton! What he has done is start & support those rumors that you referred to earlier about Naughtons reasons for service in the Army. Me, I'm ok just saying thank you!
  Bill, As far a can tell , Kerrigan is not running a very nice campaign..Insinuating things about Harold at this late date ..  I have not heard of one thing he Kerrigan has done ..  Thanks for your comments...You can say it better than I....

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« Reply #51 on: September 15, 2008, 02:48:04 PM »
My problem with Kerrigan is he implies that because Naughton is a lawyer & served in the Army he's not a good rep. Whats next: next the story will be that Hank got married & had 4 kids just to fluff up his resume & say he's a family man!

Look; he's a lawyer, husband, father, served in the Army AND he's an experienced (14 years)legislator. What more do we want? Does not being married, not having any children, no service & no experience trump that. Is Kerrigan more or less?
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« Reply #52 on: September 15, 2008, 04:50:36 PM »
My problem with Kerrigan is he implies that because Naughton is a lawyer & served in the Army he's not a good rep. Whats next: next the story will be that Hank got married & had 4 kids just to fluff up his resume & say he's a family man!

Look; he's a lawyer, husband, father, served in the Army AND he's an experienced (14 years)legislator. What more do we want? Does not being married, not having any children, no service & no experience trump that. Is Kerrigan more or less?
Bill,  I couln't have said it better myself...

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« Reply #53 on: September 15, 2008, 09:55:25 PM »
Naughton voted for this mandatory health insurance stuff:
 
Jul 14, 2004:amending the Constitution to call for universal health care Naughton: YES
 
Problem is:  When I go to an emergency room, and with kids it happens often enough, I am surrounded, outnumbered and outgunned by hordes of 'THEM' with their 'Mass Health' cards and the rest of the bullshit.
 
Naughton and his Grandpa Walton (Ted Kennedy) of the democrat party have foisted this urine in the gene pool upon us.  He's one of them and someday when he's laying back with a couple of pensions and Barry Hussein Obama is reneging on your social security and carving up your IRA or 401k, you can remember the good old days with Hank.
 
Maybe he'll vote against the legislation for new taxes that surely waits around the bend and maybe he won't.
 
He is the Speaker's puppy: woof, woof, woof.
 
He was a proud vote of YES on the billion dollar Life Science Bill where House lawmakers earmarked $49.5 million to build a science center at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, though the school currently has no science graduate programs. The college is, however, the alma mater of Representative Daniel E. Bosley, a North Adams Democrat who wrote the House legislation and has frequently joked at press conferences and legislative hearings that "spending $1 billion doesn't go quite as far as it used to."
 
Apparently some in academia were not impressed with Naugton and his colleague's Life Science Boondoggle:   In a pointed letter to top legislative leaders last month, three university presidents - Drew Faust of Harvard, Susan Hockfield of MIT, and Jack Wilson of UMass - criticized the bill's emphasis on individual earmarks and called on lawmakers to give industry and academic specialists on the governor's proposed panel greater voice in how the state's money is invested.
 
I bet he'd try to tell you that Mitt Romney ruined the Big Dig...

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« Reply #54 on: September 16, 2008, 10:12:07 PM »
Naughton smokes Kerrigan.......told ya so!
 
I'm very confident in saying: All descendants of Thadeus Donnnelly (born 1808, Co. Mayo Ireland) who voted today in the 12 Worcester District voted for Harold. :)

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« Reply #55 on: September 16, 2008, 10:36:29 PM »
Naughton smokes Kerrigan.......told ya so!

You know that can be taken another way!

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« Reply #56 on: September 16, 2008, 10:39:15 PM »
Please remove the "St", a saint wouldn't imply such a thing! :D

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Re: September state primary
« Reply #57 on: September 17, 2008, 07:37:17 AM »
The results have been posted online!

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Re: September state primary
« Reply #58 on: September 17, 2008, 07:47:43 AM »
Naughton smokes Kerrigan.......told ya so!
 
I'm very confident in saying: All descendants of Thadeus Donnnelly (born 1808, Co. Mayo Ireland) who voted today in the 12 Worcester District voted for Harold. :)

Joe, Bill and Red Robin, I now concede that you were right about Rep Naughton's chances,  he certainly had a great showing. Congratulations and good luck!

Cheers, Larry

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« Reply #59 on: September 17, 2008, 09:28:11 AM »
Naughton smokes Kerrigan.......told ya so!
 
I'm very confident in saying: All descendants of Thadeus Donnnelly (born 1808, Co. Mayo Ireland) who voted today in the 12 Worcester District voted for Harold. :)

Joe, Bill and Red Robin, I now concede that you were right about Rep Naughton's chances,  he certainly had a great showing. Congratulations and good luck!

Cheers, Larry
I told you so...Never under estimate Harold or his followers...They were there for him again..His campaign workers, worked hard and long hrs..And they also deserve a huge 'congratulations'...

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