A big crowd turned out at the Redman Building in Wareham for an organizational meeting for the kickoff of the Elizabeth Warren for Senate events coming up on Saturday, Jan. 28.
Wareham resident Dick Wheeler says that even though he is well over 80 years old he will be canvassing for Elizabeth Warren because she is the most exciting candidate he's seen in years. Robin Ragle-Davis who helped organize the meeting looks on.
I thought it was one of the best State of the Union speeches I've witnessed. It wasn't jingoistic. It wasn't a laundry list. It was tough without being angry, optimistic without denying reality, specific without getting bogged down, and poetic without being flowery. I give it five stars. I just hope Obama can fight hard enough to follow through on his ideas.
Good job, Mr. President.
The state of our Union is getting stronger. And we've come too far to turn back now. As long as I'm President, I will work with anyone in this chamber to build on this momentum. But I intend to fight obstruction with action, and I will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place.
No, we will not go back to an economy weakened by outsourcing, bad debt, and phony financial profits. Tonight, I want to speak about how we move forward, and lay out a blueprint for an economy that's built to last - an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values.
Tell it, Barack!!
Now, you can call this class warfare all you want. But asking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary in taxes? Most Americans would call that common sense.
We don't begrudge financial success in this country. We admire it. When Americans talk about folks like me paying my fair share of taxes, it's not because they envy the rich. It's because they understand that when I get tax breaks I don't need and the country can't afford, it either adds to the deficit, or somebody else has to make up the difference - like a senior on a fixed income; or a student trying to get through school; or a family trying to make ends meet. That's not right. Americans know it's not right. They know that this generation's success is only possible because past generations felt a responsibility to each other, and to their country's future, and they know our way of life will only endure if we feel that same sense of shared responsibility. That's how we'll reduce our deficit. That's an America built to last.
I don't what to hear any variation of the point that certain 'post partisan' Presidents, or certain candidates influenced by uninformed focus groups like to promote, namely, that "republicans have good ideas too'.
When I hear that sentence, or a variation of that meme, I want to to say, simply,....
Name one.
Just one.
Because you can't.
When Republican ideas have been adopted since the time of Reagan there has been a steady decline in the middle class by every metric used for measurement.
So PLEASE, stop the pandering for votes by using this untrue talking point.
The kickoff to our Friendbanking program last week was a great success! Volunteers across the Commonwealth called friends, family, and co-workers to spread the word that Elizabeth will fight for Massachusetts families.
Now we need to keep our momentum going.
Next weekend, starting Saturday, January 28 we are launching our first ever grassroots mobilization weekend with a statewide canvass as volunteers go door-to-door in communities across Massachusetts.
On the night Sen. Brown kicked off his campaign in Worcester. Over 100 people showed up at Hingham Library to organize the South Shore for Elizabeth Warren
