Seems the crack investigative reporters at the Globe can't find the fisherman whose tale in 2009 or 2010 moved Charlie Baker to tears the other day.
Baker on Thursday acknowledged that he may have misstated some of the particulars of the story he told tearfully during a debate this week. That, in turn, has complicated efforts to locate the man whose hardships, in Baker’s retelling, produced one of the most remarkable moments in this year’s race for governor.
Eileen McNamara writes:
And what of the clear-eyed Martha Coakley? She wept that very morning at the memorial service for a union organizer who fought for decent wages and benefits for the workingmen and women of Massachusetts for more than 30 years. Coakley even remembered his name. For the record, it was John Laughlin.
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I heard that he's 1/32nd
By moxie
Fri, 10/31/2014 - 12:15pm
I heard that he's 1/32nd Fisherman...
The fact that well known UHub
By Rob Not Verified
Fri, 10/31/2014 - 12:27pm
The fact that well known UHub conservative goofballs are coming out of the woodwork here to rehash tired lines about Elizabeth Warren and how the media somehow hasn't investigated Coakley enough despite story after story on this stuff is a pretty good indication that this Baker fisherman concoction has some legs.
And ...
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 10/31/2014 - 12:29pm
That the Fish needs a bicycle - or some other healthy hobby.
Lighten up, Francis
By moxie
Fri, 10/31/2014 - 12:35pm
It was a joke.
And as for "conservative goofballs" I split my ballot in that election, voting for Obama and Brown in 2012. Some of us grownups are capable of balancing more than a single idea in our minds, at a time.
Jokes are supposed to be funny
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 10/31/2014 - 12:38pm
Not stupid.
Hey Swirly
By moxie
Fri, 10/31/2014 - 12:43pm
Hurry up before someone else takes "I know you are but what am I?" off the board in the clever rejoinder contest.
Martha
By bannedinboston
Fri, 10/31/2014 - 1:23pm
I'm still having issues with Martha's campaign ad about mental illness, where she trots out her dead brother then says he took his own life shortly after "my parents" passed away. Not "our parents" but "my parents." I could easily be reading too much into it but something about that "my" disturbs me every time I hear it.
and her statement that..
By PFN
Fri, 10/31/2014 - 2:17pm
"he had nowhere to go", then she gives this guilty look as if to say "including with me".
Maybe he'll be crying about
By anon
Sat, 11/01/2014 - 6:05pm
Maybe he'll be crying about "the one that got away" come Wednesday.
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