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merrily

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1. Lynch is my rep, but I would learn to walk on hot coals for Capuano.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Oct 3, 2015, 05:33 AM

Oct 2015

Sounds like something out of a film about Jimmy Hoffa. However, based on Capuano's great comment--that every group has bad actors--I can stand with labor in general, even if these individuals are ultimately proven guilty. Solidarity.

Ortiz needs to focus on her case and not make broadbrush comments against organized labor, or even "narrow brush" comments against these defendants. Sounds as though she is already giving defense grounds to request a change in venue and/or grounds for an appeal.

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Dems stand behind the Teamsters [View all] unhappycamper Oct 2015 OP

Lynch is my rep, but I would learn to walk on hot coals for Capuano. merrily Oct 2015 #1

Lnych was my rep and he never saw a war or war funding bill he didn't like. n/t unhappycamper Oct 2015 #2

He did try to go left on some cultural issues while running against Markey. Until then, his merrily Oct 2015 #3