All those Massachusetts politicians look alike

claim raised by the other party that ads Cahill ran as Treasurer promoting the Lottery somehow had submliminal messages convincing people to vote for him for Governor. Even though Cahill was never featured in any of those ads.

Your "recollection" is considerably distorted

By lbb
Tue, 11/04/2014 - 4:10pm

A big part of Cahill's claimed credentials in his run for governor was his experience managing the lottery. The ads were not "Cahill for Governor" ads; rather, the conflict of interest was in running ads that boosted the reputation of the lottery at the same time that he was running a campaign based on how successful the lottery was.

The job of the Treasurer

By anon
Wed, 11/05/2014 - 11:19am

is to promote the Lottery. The "conflict of interest" argument was one of the worst BS red herrings this state has ever seen.

And if we're so concerned about officials and politicans using their current positions to their advantage when running for higher office, then perhaps it's time we consider a "resign to run" law in this state.

Meanwhile Bill Galvin's big

By dave davery
Wed, 11/05/2014 - 2:50pm

Meanwhile Bill Galvin's big dumb face is there smiling at you when you look up your polling place. And he's on the ballot. But that's cool! Let's hope Bill never runs as an independent.

It also says Charlie Baker is

By anon
Tue, 11/04/2014 - 3:21pm

It also says Charlie Baker is a republican, which he has steadfastly denied.

Cahill and Coakley

By moxie
Tue, 11/04/2014 - 3:36pm

Funny echo there. Cahill jumped the party and ran as Independent last go-round. Coakley, who apparently couldn't see a problem in Sal DiMasi's fee structure arrangements, went after Cahill for misuse of lottery funds. And effectively, lost.

Meanwhile, the guy that she didn't go after is serving federal time, because the feds did, and won.

I always wondered if the Cahill thing was payback for political apostasy.

"I always wondered if the

By dave davery
Wed, 11/05/2014 - 2:51pm

"I always wondered if the Cahill thing was payback for political apostasy."

What's to wonder about? That's one of the main reasons I voted for Baker.

I vote

By anon
Tue, 11/04/2014 - 4:51pm

Cahill over Coakley!

I mean... they kinda do?

By Tim McCormack
Tue, 11/04/2014 - 7:34pm

Not all of them, mind you, but there's a sizeable subset of the Republican candidate pool composed of somewhat corpulent white men with white hair and a very reddish/pinkish complexion (almost no tan.) I don't know if it's an ethnic category that I'm seeing or just the results of some kind of Republican-associated lifestyle, silly as that sounds.

(Charlie Baker isn't part of that subset, though.)

Pro Tip

By Nancy
Tue, 11/04/2014 - 9:27pm

Tim Cahill is the white guy with blonde hair from Quincy
Bill Delahunt is the white guy with silver hair from Quincy
John Keating is the white guy with little hair who used to be from Quincy but got redistricted out to make room for Steve Lynch (a white guy with brown hair from Southie)

But they're all Dems so I dunno what this post is about at all.

All those Massachusetts politicians look alike

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Seen one stiff in a suit,

look-alikes

No difference

That is hilarious

As I recall, it was some totally absurd