Coakley: The Political Gift That Keeps on Giving

Wait, what was that? Did Martha Coakley actually say that? Yes she did. Here is the quote for those who have not heard or read it,

“You can have religious freedom but you probably shouldn’t work in the emergency room.”

She was saying that about devout Catholics on Boston’s WBSM to Kevin Pittman. But it is not where she said it, or to whom she said it. It is the words she chose to use.

Where to start? The sheer arrogance is mind boggling. Is she so full of hubris that she thinks that everyone in Massachusetts from Uxbridge to Cambridge agrees with her? This is what she says off the top of her head in an interview? This sentiment is so close to the surface of her consciousness that it spills out under routine questioning? How does one pick from such a plethora of goodies that Martha has given us during this campaign.

As a devout Catholic who benefited from medical care at Mayo Clinic’s Saint Mary’s Hospital, I have to say I am more than a little insulted. The matter-of-factness of Coakley’s anti-Catholic statement suggests that she is a bigot. Is that the image a candidate for Senate anywhere really strives for? What kind of hell is it working on her press staff? Her press people had to be dying of embarrassment and frustration. How does one excuse such blatant tactlessness?

So why does Martha Coakley believe she could get away with making such thoughtless statements? I doubt she has had a real conversation about religion–or anything–with someone who disagrees with her in years. She is the kind of woman who lives in an echo chamber. All she hears is what she believes. It is easy for her to blurt out something like an anti-Catholic statement, because she honestly believes most people agrees with her. That has to be at least part of the reason why she would say something so insensitive. Plus, with a compliant media, she’s probably rarely been called out on anything she said in the past.

She is clearly out of touch. Along with living in her leftwing echo chamber, she has lost any connection to the people who would be her constituents, e.g. the folks outside Fenway Park. How could such a clueless politician get elected Attorney General? Her record as a DA and AG is beyond any logical explanation. But, that’s just the beginning of her problems.

Her statement that all the terrorists were out of Afghanistan was laughable. But, this latest smear against Catholics? It is hard to imagine a more ridiculous candidate. Is Martha Coakley looking to be the female Michael Dukakis?

Martha Coakley comes off as a person who has no idea how she looks to others. Her reaction to the Meehan kerfuffle was cold. She stood impassive while one of her aides attacked a reporter. Perhaps her reaction to the knock down is more indicative of her character than her words. What’s most fascinating is that she seems clueless that she made a complete fool of herself.

I have questions for her: If the terrorists are not in Afghanistan Martha, where are they now? Do you think the Taliban qualify as terrorists or are they just the poor misunderstood denizens of some sort of Hindu Kush Pandora? What about Catholics?

I thank you for stating we have a right to our religion but this issue about emergency room work…How do you come up with that idea? If you were looking for attention well then you got it. I do not think it is the type of attention I would want if I were running for the U.S. Senate.

In the end Martha Coakley is the gift that keeps on giving. Her gaffes rival any of Joe Biden’s in breadth and depth of stupidity. Biden has had years on the national stage to accumulate his impressive amount of gaffes. You’ve almost matched him in a matter of days. That has to be a record.