Martha Coakley: The Voice for Fat Cats and Corruptocrats

· Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Democrat Martha Coakley is the voice of the “little people” the way Ted Kennedy was the voice of sobriety. If Massachusetts voters want another privileged liberal who talks a good “social justice” game while ignoring public corruption, pocketing gobs of money from Beltway fat cats and pandering to corporate special interests, Coakley’s the one.

Coakley, the Bay State’s attorney general, has campaigned to replace the late Sen. Kennedy on a law-and-order platform. But she has consistently turned a blind eye to both. When a top aide to Boston Mayor Tom Menino was caught deleting thousands of e-mails in violation of public records law last fall, Coakley punted. Democrat Menino was in the middle of a re-election bid; Coakley was wrapped up in her own senatorial bid.

Instead of expressing any concern about the City Hall information black hole, Coakley refused to investigate. She accused her critics of playing politics: “(W)e get lots of complaints from folks who are adversaries who have a particular agenda.”

But who’s got the agenda? After undertaking Herculean technical efforts to recover the trashed e-mails, Boston city officials discovered e-mail fragments related to an ongoing federal probe of former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson. Wilkerson attained national infamy as the lawmaker caught on film stuffing thousands of dollars of bribes from an FBI informant down her bra in exchange for her help securing a liquor license for a nightclub. She is currently awaiting federal trial.

Coakley cut an immunity deal with Wilkerson last year, protecting her from prosecution for campaign finance violations. But according to the Boston Herald, the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance reported last month that Wilkerson had failed to comply or only partially complied with 11 of 51 conditions. Coakley allowed Wilkerson to pay a measly $10,000 fine to avoid any legal action. She has failed to make those payments, failed to file ordered paperwork and failed to answer information requests from state campaign finance officials.

Coakley’s response? Meh. Instead, she used the power of her office to herald her new, taxpayer-funded $750,000 cybercrime lab initiative -- a picture-perfect, campaign-ready moment -- without an ironic pause, and has launched a crackdown on ladies’ gardening clubs for failing to file financial disclosure forms related to their dues and plant sales.

Perhaps if they were in the lingerie business, they might have gotten a pass. Or if they had volunteered for Coakley’s campaign.

While she’s a stickler with the gardeners, Coakley has been mighty sloppy practicing what she selectively enforces. She has siphoned $25,000 out of her state campaign fund for a poll on her federal Senate bid; used another $24,000 from her state account to pay Beltway political consultants advising her on the Senate campaign; and reportedly used a secret asset sale pact between her state and federal campaign committees to use state campaign funds to purchase a fundraising database, redesign her website and obtain $6,000 worth of campaign paraphernalia with her Senate logo.

Then there’s Coakley’s relationship with Massachusetts’ corrupt former House Speaker Sal DiMasi. Bay State records show that Coakley sent annual donations to the beleaguered Democrat over the past three years worth just under $1,000. But the obeisance Coakley has paid to the Democratic machine has been priceless. Last June, DiMasi was indicted on seven counts of mail and wire fraud related to pay-for-play schemes worth tens of thousands of dollars in monthly payments. “Where’s Martha?” asked Republican lawmakers.

Coakley let the feds take on the powerful DiMasi. Only after months of foot-dragging did Coakley’s AG office initiate an investigation into the indictments of one of DiMasi’s top cronies, Richard Vitale, on lobbying and campaign finance crimes.

More recently, Coakley’s GOP opponent Scott Brown blew the whistle on campaign finance shenanigans involving her deep-pocketed supporters at the SEIU. The radical labor organization, saddled with nationwide embezzlement scandals and political thuggery, is “pulling out all the stops” for Coakley, and has dumped more than $200,000 into her campaign for radio ads. In mid-December, SEIU Local 509, which represents public employees, sent two e-mails to 7,500 state government employees at their government e-mail addresses over public computers endorsing Coakley and urging union members to vote for her. The use of state resources for politicking is forbidden under state ethics laws and subject to both civil and criminal penalties.

Coakley’s office has not responded to the complaint. She’s probably too busy writing thank-you notes to all of the fat-cat lobbyists and donors who threw her a high-priced fundraiser in Washington, D.C., this week. Host committee members each raised $10,000 or more for her coffers. They included representatives from drug companies, health insurers and hospitals who joined the Demcare protection racket. (And Coakley has the nerve to attack “shadowy out-of-state organizations” for running ads supporting Brown.)

Washington is already teeming with Democratic foxes guarding the Cash for Corruptocrats henhouse. Isn't there a nice gardening club in Massachusetts that can take Coakley in?

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Comments

g.wegmann

She will fit right in with the crowd from Chicago that runs the administration presently. That is why the media and the White Houe is pushing her so hard!

Posted January 13, 2010 at 6:58:19 AM


Ruth Ann Wilson

I look for a "Massachusetts Miracle". When you think of the "infestation of corruption" against the cradle of Liberty, that has given Massachusetts a "black eye" for a long time, May the Lord redeem His Heritage by giving Mr. Brown the VICTORY.

By the Grace of God and for His great Glory, may the Founders who resided in that State and are buried out on by Martha's Vineyard, be avenged.

A Note to Mr. Brown -

"Rulers are Trustees"

"Power being a delegation, and all delegated power being in its nature subordinate and limited, hence rulers are but trustees, and government a TRUST; therefore FIDELITY is a prime qualification in a ruler; this joined with good natural and acquired abilities, goes far to complete the character."

Phillips Payson, A.M., Chelsea; Mass. Election Sermon, 1778

For God & Country

Ruth Ann Wilson

Posted January 13, 2010 at 8:40:39 AM


jeff

alex jones reported from the denver dnc convention- of course after rocking the windows of chris matthews hardball- that pentagon michelle plays fair and is BALANCED.

Posted January 13, 2010 at 10:37:55 AM


Paul

Finally I feel like my vote for senate will mean something. On my drive to work I pass 8 brown signs and 2 Coakley signs. I think he'll win.

Posted January 13, 2010 at 10:44:40 AM


James Gover

Mr. Wegmann you are correct. And the country cannot stand anymore from this mold. I just contributed to Scott Brown's campaign. He has a message and position firmly grounded in the First Principles of our country.

God Save the Republic.

James Gover

Posted January 13, 2010 at 10:48:42 AM


jeff

are these the FAIR and BALANCED tactics that pentagon kept-corporate funded neocons use?

Posted January 13, 2010 at 2:13:26 PM


James Hailey

I live in Houston Texas and am watching this race closely. Scott Brown is not just running for his constituents in Massachusetts, but for conservatives across the nation. He needs all of our support!!!

Posted January 13, 2010 at 4:04:15 PM


MichaelSSEC

At a Democratic function yesterday, one of Coakley's aids attacked a reporter and knocked him down, then shoved him repeatedly, all because the reporter asked Coakley to explain one of her totally inept answers to questions at a recent debate.

Get that? A man committed assault and battery upon a journalist for asking a question, right in front of the top state law enforcement official, and she just stood there watching. If the reporter had only been an illegal alien, Coakley would have taken immediate action and had the staffer arrested. But since the journalist was only a hardworking citizen...

Of course, the media reported the story of one of their own being assaulted by a Liberal thug as "reporter stumbles following candidate." That was AP. Another outlet described the attack as a "scuffle," as though the reporter was partially at fault, which was no more true than the lie that he "stumbled." That's not speculation, either. The whole thing was caught on video.

Naturally, in typical Leftist fashion, Coakley painted herself as the victim in that exchange. She claimed that Scott Brown's campaign sent "stalkers" to follow her every move, and implied that this was why her aid "helped the reporter to his feet." This is the level of cynical dishonesty that has become Martha Coakley's trademark.

And the rest of the Democratic Party's as well.

So if you like corruption, theft, bribery, lies, and cynicism, vote for the Democrats. If you're sick of that kind of government, pay closer attention. There actually are candidates out there who want to make America a better place -- not a Socialist one. Scott Brown is one of them. There are others. Vote!

Posted January 13, 2010 at 8:01:06 PM


Christopher Gadsden

Oh, oh, oh poor Michelle. While you champion internment camps and illegal imperialist forays into any nation with children to kill, you wipe your dirty backside with the Constitution you claim to love. Why don't you join the right side of history and stop shilling for the NWO elitist who would happily lock you up with your grand parents when your usefulness wanes? You make me sick.

When you are done making money pimping the murderous traitors on the right and attacking the enslaving fascists on the left, maybe you will begin to write with honesty. Certainly you cannot love your fame or money so much as to be willing to prostitute yourself to the likes of Dick Cheney. Certainly you know the truth and know how disloyal you've been to it.

Posted January 13, 2010 at 9:03:06 PM


Frank E.Waterstraat

10/13/10

Christopher Gadsden,You are a PERFECT EXAMPLE of a

member of what the PARTY of TREASON is made up of.

You are an insulting loud mouth,Who has much to

learn about your party of TREASON.When the voting

time arrives you will be stuffing your insults

some where on your person.

Posted January 14, 2010 at 12:12:02 AM


Ileana

Great posts, Michael, Frank, and Ruth Ann.

Posted January 14, 2010 at 8:55:54 AM


kev

Wow! I'm having trouble deciding if christopher gadsden is uninformed, hate-filled, or simply insane. Michelle Malkin is as truthful a writer as exists out there, and I believe she is indeed on the right side of history. When you speak of prostitutes, the word "democrat" comes easily to my mind. If gadsden wants to see an example of dishonesty, prostitution, and abuse of the Constitution, he need look no further than the current White House. Quick, take two aspirins and call your therapist in the morning!

Posted January 14, 2010 at 9:34:40 PM


Brian

It's a very revealing personality trait that anyone of a liberal bent, having no rational argument to support their position, immediately turn to the personal attack against anyone who dares to question that position. Persons in authority postitions have a disturbing tendency to believe they can behave in any way they desire, without fear of consequences, and to attempt to then re-write reality when they are called into question. They believe this way because they have been allowed to believe that way. Anyone in a position of authority should be held, not to a higher ethical or moral standard, but to a higher level of accountability for their actions. Those who make and/or enforce the laws have a higer responsibility to obey said laws. Which is why it is frustrating in the extreme that Congress is allowed to pass any law that states "Congress shall be exempt from this law". Kinda like that little section in the healthcare bill that makes it out of order for Congress to consider repealing the healthcare bill should it become law. The ramifications are staggering. Congress can pass a law making it illegal to ever try to repeal said law. Does this not smack of Socialism, Communism, Fascism, and yes, dare I say it, Nazism?

Posted January 14, 2010 at 10:52:45 PM


jeff

while ignoring public corruption, pocketing gobs of money from Beltway fat cats and pandering to corporate special interests:

That same month, Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Alan Enslen of the Western District of Michigan ordered the government to pay $404,737 to lawyers representing a company called Ranger Electronic Communications Inc. in another Hyde Amendment case.

Posted January 15, 2010 at 12:46:13 PM


Mac970/Roger

Christopher Gadsden:

So you like corruption, theft, bribery, lies, and cynicism, vote for the Democrats. If you're sick of that kind of government, pay closer attention. There actually are candidates out there who want to make America a better place -- not a Socialist one.

You are an Idiot. Go Take your Prozac and Chill out.

Posted January 18, 2010 at 2:04:51 PM


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