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Stephen Lynch airs concerns about stadium, Bernie Sanders
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/07/stephen_lynch_airs_concerns_about_stadium_bernie_sanders
Stephen Lynch airs concerns about stadium, Bernie Sanders
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Herald Staff
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Q: I wanted to ask about the Olympic stadium because I think that’s the piece you have the biggest issue with in terms of the Olympics 2.0?
A: Right, they’ve got a 69,000-seat stadium planned for Widett Circle just outside of Andrew Square. My friend the mayor says he can do it by building a temporary stadium and he has a plan. I am not persuaded yet but we have texted in the last couple of days and we’re going to sit down and have a cup of coffee. ... (Walsh is) a good man, I trust him, but I need to protect the neighborhood and he understands that. I need to have some lead-pipe guarantees that the neighborhood is going to be protected. ... I love the endgame, it’s just the 69,000-seat stadium for three weeks, that is sort of causing me to choke. But I think there are some solutions out there we just got to figure them out and we also have to get the input of the neighborhood. You need to get the trust of the people. That’s why we’re having such a difficult problem with this thing overall.
Q: In terms of Hillary Clinton, does she have an excitement problem? How do you account for Bernie Sanders? What do you think about him and why do you think he’s gotten so much attention?
A: Well, I’ll tell you what, if Bernie Sanders is our nominee, we are going to have a Republican president and I’m not excited about that. So, so, I mean, that’s plain and simple. ... Bernie has worked on a couple of issues with me in Congress on post-reform. He’s a solid senator and a good man. But I know what the Republicans will do in the general election with regard to Bernie being proud of being a socialist candidate, things like that. They will have a field day with Bernie Sanders, and so I think Hillary Clinton is our best chance on the Democratic side. She’s got the whole package, she’s been there, she’s done that. You know, she was our secretary of state, she’s our most qualified candidate in some time.
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Lynch has never ever never voted to stop or curtail ANY of our Afghanistan, Iraq or Middle East adventures. NEVER.
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