Tea Baggers still fighting for RIGHT TO LIE!

All registered voters have received the glossy brochures filled with fabrications, misleading statements, fairy tales and outright lies.

All registered voters have received the push polling calls that misrepresent facts.

Kudos to Rep. Brian Mannal for challenging this Wack-A-Ding group - Jobs First Independent Expenditure PAC!


What is more disturbing is the willingness of uninformed voters to endorse the .....

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Tea Baggers fight for RIGHT TO LIE!

Mannal wins request for complaint against PAC




By C. Ryan Barber
rbarber@capecodonline.com Posted Jan. 6, 2015 @ 7:35 pm

FALMOUTH — An assistant clerk magistrate has granted state Rep. Brian Mannal’s request for a criminal complaint against Jobs First Independent Expenditure PAC, setting the stage for a court case against the conservative group accused of breaking state law with negative campaign mailers.

Mannal, D-Centerville, said Jobs First attorney Peter Horstmann told him Tuesday that Assistant Clerk Magistrate Norman Butler had signed off on the criminal complaint and that Melissa Lucas, the group’s chairwoman and treasurer, has been summonsed to appear in Falmouth District Court for a Jan. 27 arraignment on the misdemeanor charge of making a false statement about a political candidate.

Butler issued the criminal complaint on Dec. 24, six days after Mannal, Horstmann and Lucas appeared before him in a closed-door hearing, the Falmouth District Court clerk’s office confirmed Tuesday.

“I do feel vindicated to some extent,” Mannal said.

“There’s never been any doubt in my mind that there’s merit in my complaint,” he added. “I didn’t do this for political purposes. I did this because I was wronged, criminally wronged.”

On Tuesday, Butler declined to discuss the reasoning behind his decision to issue the complaint. Horstmann and Jobs First officials did not return requests for comment.

In the application, filed a week before he narrowly won reelection to a second term, Mannal argued that Jobs First violated a nearly 70-year-old state law, prohibiting “any false statement” meant to defeat a candidate, with campaign mailers claiming that he filed sex offender legislation in hopes of representing more indigent clients. Mannal said he has never handled a sex offender case and lacks certification to do so, making him unable to financially benefit from his bill, which called for notifying sex offenders of their rights to a hearing and court-appointed attorney when applying for reclassification or early termination of sex offender status.

With the mailer’s claim that he filed the bill in hopes of “helping himself,” Mannal said Jobs First crossed a “fairly bright line, in my opinion, between acceptable and permissible speech and libel.”

A day before the clerk magistrate’s hearing in Falmouth, Horstmann sought an injunction in federal court, but Judge Nathaniel Gorton denied his “emergency motion” on the grounds that it was too late to intervene in a state court matter. In the federal court filings, Horstmann argued that Jobs First’s mailers simply asked 2nd Barnstable District voters to “connect the dots” between the sex offender bill and Mannal’s work as a defense attorney who occasionally represents court-appointed clients.

Noting that the state law in question dates back to 1946, Horstmann has criticized it as antiquated and has repeatedly argued that it violates the First Amendment.

With the criminal complaint issued, the prosecution of Lucas falls to the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office.

Mannal publicly supported Cotuit defense attorney Richard Barry’s bid to unseat Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe, a Republican, in the recent election cycle. But in an interview Tuesday, Mannal said he sees no need for O’Keefe to recuse his office from the case.

“I very much trust his decisions when it comes to the courtroom,” Mannal said. “I don’t believe he will be swayed by politics. Quite frankly, I don’t think that will even come into play.”

O’Keefe, who won reelection to a fourth four-year term with 56 percent of the vote, did not return a request for comment.

http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20150106/NEWS/150109620/101015/NEWSLETTER100

Tea Baggers fight for RIGHT TO LIE!

State Rep. Brian Mannal had the courage to challenge the outrageous lies propagated by Jobs First Independent Expenditure PAC!

According to the article at the bottom:  

In other words, Tea Baggers are fighting for the right to lie, fabricate and slander without recourse....just as they have been right along.

Every Wack-A-Ding Tea Bagger follows ANY warm body blindly, without questioning veracity - even when they have access to the internet.

  Shoot From the Lip Ron Beaty's campaign confirmed it!

  The article below indicates Chatham lawyer John Chapman attempted to conduct his FOLLY on PRIVATE PROPERTY!

DUH?

MOVED TO THE SIDEWALK? An attorney who doesn't know the LAW?


http://middlebororeview.blogspot.com/search?q=beaty

There are limits to the First Amendment.

What a pity it doesn't stop the Well Funded Wackos from lying.


The tragedy is not the single candidate that was targeted.

The tragedy is that too many voters willingly accept the Fairy Tales when they have failed to follow the conduct of their elected officials during their tenure.

When will you seek the TRUTH?


  A wise person said 'Democracy is NOT a Spectator Sport!'  

Mannal complaint gets its day in court

This week, state Rep. Brian Mannal and the Jobs First Independent Expenditure PAC will lock legal horns all the way to a federal courthouse in Boston.

State Rep. Brian Mannal, D-Barnstable


By C. Ryan Barber
rbarber@capecodonline.com Posted Dec. 16, 2014 @ 2:00 am
Updated at 6:19 AM

This week, state Rep. Brian Mannal and the Jobs First Independent Expenditure PAC will lock legal horns all the way to a federal courthouse in Boston.

Facing accusations that it broke state law with a negative campaign mailer, Jobs First will argue before a federal judge Wednesday that its messaging against Mannal, a Centerville Democrat who narrowly won re-election last month, was protected under the First Amendment and that the Massachusetts law in question should be ruled unconstitutional.

The Wednesday court appearance comes a day before a clerk magistrate’s hearing on Mannal’s application for a criminal complaint, which alleges that Jobs First violated a nearly 70-year-old state law prohibiting “any false statement” meant to defeat a candidate with mailers claiming that the freshman lawmaker filed sex offender legislation to steer indigent clients to his law practice.

In its Dec. 5 filings, Jobs First requested that U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton grant an injunction to prevent Clerk Magistrate Edward Teague from holding that hearing in Falmouth District Court.

“The First Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees to all Americans the right to speak freely and state their opinion on all matters and issues, including controversial topics,” wrote Jobs First’s attorney, Peter Horstmann, in the Dec. 5 complaint. “Furthermore, the speech involved in this case is core political speech for which the First Amendment’s protection is at its zenith.”

Mannal named Melissa Lucas, Jobs First chairwoman and treasurer, in the criminal complaint. If found guilty, Lucas could be fined as much as $1,000 or serve up to six months in jail.

With its filings in federal court — of which Mannal was unaware until late last week — Jobs First found a new venue for the debate over the legality of the campaign mailers that blanketed the 2nd Barnstable District. But the latest filings, submitted Monday, debated whether it was already too late for a federal judge to block the clerk magistrate's hearing.

Citing the 1971 Younger v. Harris decision — in which the Supreme Court ruled that a federal court could enjoin a criminal proceeding in state court under only specific circumstances — Mannal contended that the state proceeding began with his application for a criminal complaint. But Horstmann argued that appellate decisions in Massachusetts have made clear that a "criminal complaint application proceeding is not a criminal proceeding at all," meaning the so-called "Younger abstention doctrine" should not apply.

Mannal's application for a criminal complaint, filed two weeks before he defeated Republican challenger Adam Chaprales by 205 votes, stems from Jobs First's claim in October that he filed a proposal for notifying sex offenders of their rights to a hearing and court-appointed attorney in hopes of "helping himself." As Horstmann wrote in the Dec. 5 complaint, Jobs First was asking voters to "connect the dots" between the bill and Mannal's work as a criminal defense attorney.

But Mannal has said that he has never handled a sex offender case, nor is he certified to do so, making him unable to benefit financially from the bill.

Earlier in the month, the dueling arguments centered on whether the state law in question violates the First Amendment. Horstmann cited the landmark New York Times v. Sullivan case, arguing that the state law is overly broad and has never been subjected to modern constitutional scrutiny.

"As a result," wrote Horstmann, "its constitutionality is dubious, particularly when compared to other similar statutes in Ohio and Minnesota which have recently failed to pass constitutional muster."

In his response Friday, Mannal wrote that the political action committee intentionally lied to make him appear corrupt. He asked that the court "view this language for what it is: an unfounded defamatory accusation of political corruption and intentional lie that was knowingly published by (Jobs First) for the purpose of undermining the integrity of our democratic process.”

As proof, Mannal offered a Boston Herald headline featured on the mailer that read, "Pol aiding sex cons got defense cash." The Herald story reported that Mannal "has not represented indigent clients at sex offender hearings" — a line he seized upon to argue that Jobs First knew he could not benefit from the bill, satisfying the "actual malice" standard set by the landmark New York Times v. Sullivan decision.

In closing his argument, Mannal said allowing a motion for an injunction would effectively "open the floodgates of free speech so wide" that Jobs First and other political action committees would be enticed "to publish all manners of untruths and intentional lies about honest and decent public officials," wreaking havoc on the integrity of the democracy.

http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20141216/NEWS/141219600/101015/NEWSLETTER100



 

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Elections have consequences!

As Massachusetts Governor, Mitt Romney withdrew from RGGI which has become one of the most successful programs in the nation.

Charlie Baker is a Tea Party Candidate who opposed Cape Wind....before he pretended he now supports it.

Both John Chapman and Ron Beaty oppose Cape Wind.

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Massachusetts isn't ready for Angry Clown Tea Party Wackos!

Opposed to Romney Care? Opposed to Cape Wind?  Out of Step and Out of Touch!

Sit back and observe the inability of the Tea Bagger Wackos in Massachusetts to conduct themselves appropriately.

The article below indicates Chatham lawyer John Chapman attempted to conduct his FOLLY on PRIVATE PROPERTY!

DUH?

MOVED TO THE SIDEWALK? An attorney who doesn't know the LAW?



Shoot From the Lip Ron Beaty has a rather pathetic history that only gets more embarrassing....his supporters seem too lazy to question his criticism.

Folks, You're better than that! Please do your homework before continuing to support an uninformed flamethrower who can't even fund a campaign.

Supporting Uninformed Tea Bagger Candidates will destroy the Massachusetts Republican Party.....what little is left after Willard's Fiasco! 

Just a few comments:

Ron Beaty and The Sheep!

Who needs another uninformed Tea Bagger?

AMENDED: GOP-controlled House takes shot at Cape Wind

Daily Kos: Report: Bush tax cuts gutted Americans' incomes $6.6 trillion

 

Political notes: Beaty looks to avoid 'spending war'

 

 

By C.. RYAN BARBER

rbarber@capecodonline.com

September 19, 2014

 

After lending nearly $600 to his Republican state Senate campaign and spending all of it, West Barnstable resident Ron Beaty asked his Democratic opponent, state Sen. Daniel Wolf, last week to join him in making a "People's Pledge" to cap campaign spending at $30,000.

 

Wolf could not be reached for comment on Beaty's proposal. But Seth Rolbein, a Wolf aide, confirmed that the campaign is considering Beaty's proposal and plans to respond.

 

In his proposal Saturday, Beaty asked Wolf to respond within five days. But on Thursday evening, with no response from Wolf, Beaty said it was "understood that the 'People's Pledge' proposal has now been rejected."

 

Beaty, who won the GOP nomination last week over Mashpee financial consultant Allen Waters, ended the eight-month period leading up to the primary with an empty campaign account, according to his most recent state Office of Campaign and Political Finance report. As of Aug. 22 — the final day of the reporting period — Wolf, a Democrat from Harwich, had nearly $50,000 in his campaign after raising about $58,600 since Jan. 1.

 

But Beaty, a tea party candidate who has been outspoken against the Cape Cod Commission and the proposal to house unaccompanied immigrant children at Joint Base Cape Cod, said the "People's Pledge" request was not motivated by the $50,000 gap between his campaign cash and Wolf's.

 

"Politically motivated? No, I think it's common sense-motivated. It's not necessary. You don't have to engage in a spending war," Beaty said, adding that the thousands of dollars spent on campaigns could go to charities.

 

Beaty's request is not the first for Wolf. While running against him for the Democratic nomination four years ago, Barnstable County Commissioner Sheila Lyons proposed a $100,000 spending limit, which Wolf rejected. Wolf spent about $360,000 that year, according to campaign finance reports.

 

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Chatham lawyer John Chapman tried to take his Republican bid to unseat U.S. Rep. William Keating to the incumbent Democrat's doorstep Tuesday morning.

 

But upon arriving at the courtyard outside Keating's district office in Hyannis, Chapman was booted out of the brick office complex and forced to campaign on the sidewalk instead.

 

As cars whizzed by on North Street, Chapman reiterated his opposition to the Affordable Care Act, citing it as one example, "just off the top of my head," of the clear distinctions between the two candidates.

 

Chapman described Keating as "ineffective."

 

"He's been invisible for Massachusetts. ... I don't think he understands the needs of the district. I've been talking about Congress as being out-of-touch, polarized and arrogant, and I think Bill Keating has demonstrated that he falls right into that mold," Chapman said, as two women and Fran Manzelli, the Cape's Republican state committeeman, held campaign signs behind him.

THIS CHAPMAN DUDE HAS 3 SUPPORTERS?

WAY TO GO, MAN!
 

"He's had multiple opportunities, three or so, to repeal Obamacare. He's not voted to do that," Chapman added.

WHY WOULD KEATING VOTE TO REPEAL ROMNEY CARE?

 

When asked about his plans to speak outside Keating's district office, Chapman said he simply wanted to underline the choice before voters. In the GOP primary, which he narrowly won last week over Falmouth cell biologist Mark Alliegro, Chapman said there were "not many distinguishable differences" among the four candidates.

 

Chapman said he was unfazed by being kicked out of the office complex.

 
WHERE HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE FIRST PLACE!
 

"I'm gonna make my case whether it's on the street or in the courtyard or on a podium. It doesn't matter where I make it. We're off to a good start here."

 

Follow C. Ryan Barber on Twitter: @cryanbarber. Follow the Political Notes blog online at http://blogs.capecodonline.com/political-notes.

 

 

 

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