St. Patrick's Day Breakfast in South Boston
The annual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast in South Boston will be held on Sunday morning. Follow Globe reporters and editors covering the breakfast.
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 1:36:09 PM"I am Stephen Lynch," they declare in the candidate's second #masen TV ad: http://b.globe.com/10Yl21j -
by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 1:50:42 PMForgive me now: I'm at the St. Paddy's bkfst, and will be tweeting some of the ribaldry and merrymaking.
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 1:51:12 PMSurprise attendee here: William F. Weld, former governor (R-Mass).
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 1:54:37 PMSen. Warren here in eye-hurting kelly green blazer.
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 1:56:33 PMRT @reillyadam: What if they held the St. Patrick's Day breakfast and nobody came? In particular, the media? #mapoli -
by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 2:01:24 PMAt St Patrick's Day breakfast in southie, Jim Rooney kicks things off by noting that next year there's a 60 % chance a woman will host.
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:01:41 PMJim Rooney, convention ctr chief, notes Haitian-American @ForryforBoston could be host next year: "My, the city is changing."
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 2:03:46 PMThey're singing "Southie is My Hometown." The St. Paddy's breakfast has officially begun.
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:03:54 PMSen. Warren, an arm around Nick Collins, belting "Southie is My Hometown" with the rest.
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:05:10 PMA fellow reporter shows me a text from a friend: "I know this is what you dreamed of in journalism school."
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 2:09:03 PMLinehan: "People said that I banned Republicans. I did not." Former Gov Bill Weld and Sen candidate Dan Winslow get applause. #mapoli
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 2:10:19 PMOne of the few Republicans at the breakfast, Senate candidate Dan Winslow, working the room. #mapoli
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:14:04 PMLinehan Bros. showing chops. The councilor's brother, Tommy, delivers rousing rendition of National Anthem.
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:18:50 PMThings you wont hear here MT @Tim_BuckleyMA At Scituate St. Paddy's bkfst, Hedlund rips Dems for excluding gay groups from festivities.
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 2:19:24 PMAnd at the other breakfast. RT @Tim_BuckleyMA: Scituate: Sen Hedlund rips on Dems for excluding gay groups from Southie festivities. #mapoli
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 2:23:00 PMObservation: Elizabeth Warren looks more comfortable at this yr's breakfast - her 2d - than she did last year. Laughing & chatting. #mapoli
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:24:47 PM.@danwinslow after working the room, has left the building. Off to Holyoke for another parade.
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:30:42 PMSen. Warren takes the stage: "Alright, Southie! Whooo!"
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:31:19 PMWarren: "I'm proud to say I won Southie, by 11 points... If I hadn't campaigned here, I would have won by more."
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:33:32 PMSen. Warren on the conclave: "I thought Cardinal O’Malley was a sure bet until I found who was running his campaign: Eric Fehrnstrom."
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 2:34:08 PMWarren says of Sec of State John Kerry: "In just 6 wks he has visited all of the countries where Mitt Romney has stashed money." #mapoli
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:35:15 PMSen. Warren: "I'm sorry I don’t have any advice for Gabriel Gomez, because I always support my fellow Democrats." #Masen
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 2:41:59 PMRT @Tim_BuckleyMA: @kirstenhughesMA on Spitzer Markey event: I know Dems claim to help working women. Didn't know they mean those workin ...
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:47:20 PMLynch: Either I will be the first ironworker elected to the US Senate or Ed Markey will be the first ice-cream truck driver..."
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:47:34 PM... So we’ll either have a voice for working families or a voice for Ben & Jerry’s," Lynch says.
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:48:03 PMLynch now affecting a rich brogue for a joke.
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 2:48:12 PMSteve Lynch: "Ed [Markey's] my friend. He's a good man." Lots of laughing, joking between the two. #mapoli
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:52:23 PMMarkey intro'd as "an Irish Catholic from Malden, Malden Catholic, BC and BC Law."
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 2:54:16 PMMarkey may have seniority over Lynch in Congress, but at the breakfast, he gets 2d speaking slot & a seat farther from the cameras. #mapoli
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:55:08 PMMarkey: "I'm prepared to show my long-form birth certificate -- proving I was born in Congress."
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 2:58:12 PMMarkey with some clunkers: Due to sequester, Mo Cowan has been forced to change his name to Less Cowan.
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 3:00:25 PMBreakfast is not even half over and Warren, Markey and Lynch are all gone. Headed to a Holyoke parade. #mapoli
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 3:10:13 PMDeLeo joke about the name "Tagg Romney" met with silence. "Let me go on to the next one here," he says...
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 3:11:51 PMSpkr DeLeo recommends the movie "Lincoln." "How about the scene where you get to see Ed Markey sworn in?"
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 3:15:05 PMJoke setups only heard at the bkfst: "How about the governor’s new tax package? Isn’t that something?"
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 3:40:42 PMMenino on stage comparing himself to the pope. Going on four minutes now.
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 3:43:01 PMBut who's counting? RT @globecynthia Menino on stage comparing himself to the pope. Going on four minutes now.
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 3:51:51 PMApparently the Red Sox sent along these green Sox caps the VIPs are niw wearing on stage.
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 3:52:47 PMFlashback: Weld on the dais, calling himself "prodigal son." Now warbling a rendition of "Wild Rover" about his return from NY.
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 3:53:01 PMWeld on the dais, calling himself "prodigal son." Now warbling a rendition of "Wild Rover" about his return from NY.
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 3:56:49 PMWeld dings @MassGovernor's tax hike. Says last time Dems tried that, "it produced four Republican governors in a row."
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 3:59:15 PMRe: Weld. Who comes to the bkfst with their wife if they're not running for office in MA?
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 3/17/2013 3:59:53 PMWeld singing a slightly tortured Sinatra on stage. Are we sure he's not running? #mapoli
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by levenson via twitter 3/17/2013 5:19:28 PMThe zingers flew and the clunkers clunked at the annual St. Patrick’s Day breakfast http://s.boston.com/u/b4dA