A Fighter Micky Ward Bails On GOP Sen.Brown
I still don’t understand how Micky Did Not Know that Brown is a Republican that dances to the GOP music. Anti labor and anti Gay just to mention two. I have to give him credit though that after he found that, no matter how late it was and that he was committed to endorse Sen Brown in Mass. He stood his ground like a good fighter and said F*** this No, I wont do it. I didn’t know. When you hear a Republican speak to a state audience in which the state is, liberal and progressive mainly, this man{Brown} sounds like one of them, while he holds the elephant in the room with a leach. But the leach is made out peanuts and Brown is a by-product of the party that brought him to power.
AdamGonzalez
Nothing is sheltered from the whirlwind whims of elections season, even the squared-circle of a boxing ring.
Mill City ring king Micky Ward found himself backed into a corner Thursday when word trickled out that he was supporting U.S. Senator Scott Brown’s re-election campaign.
It started with a tweet from Republican National Convention in Florida. Then came word from Brown’s camp that the Wrentham Republican would be making an appearance Friday morning at Ward’s favorite gym, Forever Fitness in Chelmsford.
Reached on his cell, Ward said he admired Brown’s spirit and respected the way he could “go out there and listen and talk like a guy who is positive and wants to do right by us.”
Fingers struck keyboard and within minutes a brief story about Ward’s endorsement of Brown was ready for The Sun’s Friday edition and lowellsun.com.
But hold the phone.
Roughly a half-hour after Ward confirmed he was backing Brown, ‘The Fighter’ called back. He said he had given his endorsement a little more thought.
“I can’t support Scott Brown,” Ward said. “I just can’t do it.”
Within 30 minutes, Ward either did some Googling or someone close to him reminded him about where Brown stood on some hot-button political topics.
“I found out Scott (Brown) is anti-union and I’m a Teamster guy,” said Ward. “I found out he’s also against gay marriage and I say if you love someone you should have the same rights no matter who you are.”
Ward is right. Brown was an opponent of gay marriage during his stint in the state Senate. Once he reached the national stage, Brown softened a little bit, voting to end the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy. Gay marriage is a topic that Brown’s camp has largely avoided, answering questions about the Senator’s stance with the response that the matter is settled in Massachusetts.
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AdamGonzalez
Nothing is sheltered from the whirlwind whims of elections season, even the squared-circle of a boxing ring.Mill City ring king Micky Ward found himself backed into a corner Thursday when word trickled out that he was supporting U.S. Senator Scott Brown’s re-election campaign.
It started with a tweet from Republican National Convention in Florida. Then came word from Brown’s camp that the Wrentham Republican would be making an appearance Friday morning at Ward’s favorite gym, Forever Fitness in Chelmsford.
Reached on his cell, Ward said he admired Brown’s spirit and respected the way he could “go out there and listen and talk like a guy who is positive and wants to do right by us.”
Fingers struck keyboard and within minutes a brief story about Ward’s endorsement of Brown was ready for The Sun’s Friday edition and lowellsun.com.
But hold the phone.
Roughly a half-hour after Ward confirmed he was backing Brown, ‘The Fighter’ called back. He said he had given his endorsement a little more thought.
“I can’t support Scott Brown,” Ward said. “I just can’t do it.”
Within 30 minutes, Ward either did some Googling or someone close to him reminded him about where Brown stood on some hot-button political topics.
“I found out Scott (Brown) is anti-union and I’m a Teamster guy,” said Ward. “I found out he’s also against gay marriage and I say if you love someone you should have the same rights no matter who you are.”
Ward is right. Brown was an opponent of gay marriage during his stint in the state Senate. Once he reached the national stage, Brown softened a little bit, voting to end the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy. Gay marriage is a topic that Brown’s camp has largely avoided, answering questions about the Senator’s stance with the response that the matter is settled in Massachusetts.
Ward’s 30-minute endorsement of Brown came a week after U.S. Senate challenger Elizabeth Warren visited legendary boxing trainer Arthur Ramalho’s West End Gym for a campaign event in where she received the endorsement of Lowell Mayor Patrick Murphy, a registered independent. Ramalho’s gym happens to be where Ward honed his pugilistic skills and also happens to be where Murphy donned the gloves during his boxing days.
Said Warren in a Tweet: “Today I visited Ramalho’s West End Gym. I told Art that I have never been in the ring, but I’m a fighter, too.”
Ward has yet to publicly endorse Warren. Just wondering if it was Ramalho who got to him?
Ward did add that he respects Brown’s honesty. Friday’s campaign visit to Ward’s corner of the boxing ring, however, has been canceled.
(Reporter Evan Lips provided Friday’s Column Blog post).
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