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Veterans group organized to back a Flynn for Mayor bid
By adamg on Thu, 09/12/2024 - 9:33am
Politico reports a group of "veterans across Massachusetts" has started work to convince City Councilor Ed Flynn (South Boston, South End, Chinatown, Downtown), and a Navy vet himself, to run for mayor next year. It has an official PR spokesman, who now has his own PR firm but who, Politico notes, is "an alum" of Regan Communications, which is run, of course, by George Regan, who wants to "save our city" from those dreaded left-wingers like Michelle Wu.
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Bring it on
Mayor Wu just pulled 60% of the vote for a brand new, first time candidate against the last election's second highest at-large vote getter...
No shot anybody beats her next year, but these mediocre white dudes should feel free to ruin their reputations trying.
wonderful display of ignorance on multiple levels
Wu is a nice person and intelligent, but she is not in touch with reality, and run by people who are motivated by self-promotion, bad faith, and race-based anger and revenge. As a "mediocre white dude", who has been a community activist and volunteer for well over 40 years, I feel betrayed first by Marty and now by Michelle. If Ed Flynn runs, he has my vote and my public support.
your public support
Anon?
She's in touch with reality
And she's intelligent enough to know she'll get more votes by pandering to those who aren't in touch with reality.
Wu will win easy but . . .
Cartwright had Pressley, Campbell and plenty of others beyond the mayor. And some of us maybe voted to keep Nee-Walsh from getting on the Council.
Ah Racism and Ethnic Slurs....
Adam - The other day you had some twerp making fun of the Irish, now someone is dismissing someone, and others collectively owing to their race.
I guess you are allowing bias up here.
Not what I expected from you.
Mediocre White Dude
is not an ethnic slur, it's a description. Are you offended by being called white?
Read It Again
It says Mediocre White Dudes.
The S makes it plural.
It is a racist slur.
S makes it more than one
I know of two mediocre white dudes who have been talking about running, Flynn and Kraft. I don't know what your internal logic here is, but when you have more than one white dude in the English language, you add an "s".
I guess you could say they make up a mediocre white dude "brace", "pair" or perhaps a "duet" instead?
Adam supports free speech, by and large
"Mediocre white dude" is well within the discourse and descriptive.
In Flynn's case, I will add "nepo baby of a boozebag mediocrity and Republican shill" and "shithead."
The Irish can take being made fun of. Sure, nobody does it more than themselves.
This "Veterans for Flynn" is so transparent astroturfing and PR bullshit. How many in the group, three? What are their names?
Astroturfing "grass roots" campaigns
I couldn't care less who veterans or anyone else that doesn't live here thinks should be mayor.
There's also no way I'd vote for Flynn, no matter how much flag-waving he does.
Match Game 74
I have this phrase I use a lot.. its like something you'd see on Match Game.
Just because someone is ____________ doesn't mean they aren't _____________ .
This blankety blank phrase fits so many things. Like this
Just because someone is a vet doesn't mean they aren't a buffoon.
:-)
Formal statement about group's formation
From Dominic Armenta, the group's PR person:
"Boston-area" is doing a lot of work...
...up in tax-free New Hampshire.