One thing about this candidate and his explanation for running…

“But the thing I became most aware of on the campaign trail is that there is a large group of citizens in Massachusetts who are not being represented by the Democratic machine, which elects favored sons time after time; nor are they represented by the Republican Party which is tied to a national platform of social intolerance since 1950.”

What happened in 1950?

Interestingly enough, the news reports seem to make a crucial change in one word, altering the sentence’s meaning to some more conventional thinking that makes a bit more sense… though would be less interesting because “since” sugests an interpretation for a historical explanation…

Libertarian Daniel Fishman, who garnered over 16,000 votes in the 6th Congressional District election last fall, has announced his attempt to get on the ballot for the Special Election for Senator in Massachusetts. […]
“But the thing I became most aware of on the campaign trail is that there is a large group of citizens in Massachusetts who are not being represented by the Democratic machine, which elects favorite sons time after time. Nor are they represented by the Republican party which is tied to a national platform a social tolerance policy from 1950.”

Do’t know where the difference comes in.  It might be an automatic correction on the news media’s part, or a different copy of the press release than that which is released on his campaign website.

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