Carl Sciortino "Father's Son"
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0:01 - 0:05– I'm Carl Sciortino, and I'll never forget that conversation with my dad.
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0:05 - 0:06– That's me!
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0:06 - 0:08– Where I had to come out and tell him...
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0:08 - 0:09– Wait for this...
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0:09 - 0:11– ...that I was a Massachusetts liberal.
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0:11 - 0:13– And he's proud of it!
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0:13 - 0:14– Dad's in the Tea Party.
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0:14 - 0:16– Damn right!
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0:16 - 0:17– [laughs]
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0:17 - 0:21– It was bad enough, him picking on the big banks and corporations in the legislature.
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0:21 - 0:23– They weren't paying their fair share in taxes.
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0:23 - 0:25– And he wrote the buffer zone law!
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0:25 - 0:27– To protect women entering abortion clinics from harassment.
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0:27 - 0:29– It's gone all the way to the supreme court!
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0:29 - 0:32I was kind of proud of that.
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0:32 - 0:34– But here's the one that drives him crazy.
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0:34 - 0:37– He wants to go to Congress to take on the NRA and the Tea Party!
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0:37 - 0:40– I won't give up on an assault weapons ban.
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0:40 - 0:43– Or universal background checks, or banning high-capacity magazines...
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0:43 - 0:46– There are some things you don't stop fighting for.
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0:46 - 0:48– [sighs]
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0:48 - 0:49– Also, the right to choose, equal pay for women,
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0:49 - 0:52and equal rights for... well, everybody.
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0:52 - 0:55– He's been like this for 35 years.
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0:55 - 0:57– That's why I approve this message!
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0:57 - 0:59And I still love you, Dad.
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0:59 - 1:01– Me too, son.
- Title:
- Carl Sciortino "Father's Son"
- Description:
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We need your help to keep this ad on TV. Please contribute at http://CarlForCongress.com. Carl Sciortino is a Democrat running in the special election for Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District. The Primary Election is October 15, 2013.
- Duration:
- 01:12
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