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February 19th, 2010 at 10:51 am
The difference: Brown says ‘my daughter is available’. Kennedy would have said “what’s her number”?
“…the and only reason,” (what weird language you have) is the Republicans, you say. Dems do have a significant majority, AND a democrat Ben Nelson also voted against that ‘perfectly good nominee’.
February 19th, 2010 at 11:37 am
Brown will give us “transparency” in government because his empty suit is already so threadbare. Will he go along with the GOP and collect speaking fees and go home a rich man in 2012 or try to fly under the radar and pray that we’ll be foolish enough to nominate another Coakley ?
February 19th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Thanks for the prediction Gordo, here’s mine: Obama will will leave Michelle and run away with a Swedish nanny and cash in with speaking fees and blonde trim. My prediction has the same liklihood of yours, but so long as we’re playing, my pretend future’s more entertaining.
Coakley screwed the pooch big time; Brown’s tenure is so far, too short to criticize or praise. Deal.
February 19th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Brown is Sarah Palin without the heels.
February 19th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
And Coakely is Brown but without the senate seat.
February 19th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
@Jose I wasn’t making any predictions. Don’t you know what a question mark looks like ? But thanks anyway because I always wondered what a right wing wack job fantasy would look like.
February 19th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Brown is no Palin.
He can be trained, if you use lots and lots of yum-yums.
Good booooooooooy!
Jokes aside, he is the junior Senator from Massachusetts. Respect the office if ya can’t get past the person.
February 19th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Yer welcome, Gordo.
So, I’m to believe you were asking a question, not predicting.
Ok, so in answer, I’ll predict that, sure, he’ll make a bunch of money between now and 2012. Further, I’d be foolish not to count on your foolishness in 2012, so yeah, he’ll run probably run and win because seriously who do the democrats have aside from that pack of losers who fell to Coakley? And in his reelection, perhaps he’ll become the senior senator after Kerry gets knocked off?
February 19th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
p.s. good one in 1st comment:
The difference: Brown says ‘my daughter is available’. Kennedy would have said “what’s her number”?
February 19th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Last time I checked getting frustrated with the government and turning to violence was called terrorism. Now it’s “understandable” according to Brown and Fox? I didn’t have much hope that Brown would really be able to straddle the aisle but now I’m totally depressed.
February 19th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Millie - if you want something straddled by Brown, pony up the 20 bucks and get a replica of “The People’s Seat”.
February 19th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
@Jose,your attempt at predicting is a pipe dream. You should stick to your fantasys of Dick Cheney,a Gallon of Astro Glide,garter belts and a Holland and Holland Royal !
February 20th, 2010 at 12:08 am
Brown ran as the 41st vote in the Senate. Unfortunately for most voters in Massachusetts they took that to mean something that it is not.
What it means is that Brown will allow the Republicans to stonewall every major piece of legislation in Washington with by his being the 41st vote opposed to ending a filibuster. By Senate rule that 41st vote is the one vote that will keep the filibuster going.
I seem to recall the Republican’s crying “give us a vote up or down” on legislation when the Democrats staged filibusters. I don’t hear them asking for that vote any longer!
I say it’s time for the Democrats in the senate to call their bluff and let Republicans stage a filibuster, but the Dems should insist on a real one, not one on paper.
February 22nd, 2010 at 9:03 am
You are such a fool, the Republicans are the only reason nothing is getting done. The Dems had a SUPERMAJORITY for a year! They did not need a single Republican. The reason they are floundering and will contiune so is because they cannot get their own house in order. A flawed agenda that the American public has loudly said it does not want.
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:44 am
“the Republicans are the only reason nothing is getting done.”
Reality, meet head in sand.
RE Ben Nelson, he’s not really a Democrat, and the reason two or three extremely conservative (I mean, totally right of center) Dems plus Lieberman get so much damn play is that filibuster rule. Why does EVERYTHING need to be filibustered? Tell me the answer to this. That wasn’t the way it used to be. Now, 80% of legislation is filibustered.
Kill the filibuster. The Republicans were all for that when they were in the majority and the Dems threatened a few really bad nominees to the courts and other blocks to pretty bad legislation - a FEW threats, not 80%. So Republicans should be ALL for the filibuster killing now that they are in the minority right?
Oh, wait, no, they are the victimhood party, now it’ll be all whining about killing the rights of the losing party.
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:29 am
Gotta give credit where it’s due. Brown did vote with the democrats on the procedural vote for the jobs bill the other day. If he votes for the actual bill I might have to take back some of that stuff I said about him.
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Funny how quiet the left gets when the real world doesn’t fit their little storylines..
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Shawn makes it easy:
“Will give you a break this one time – we’ll chalk this one up to a HUGE rookie mistake, lets not see this again Senator… No more Rhino’s, no more infestations from Progressive’s into the two parties, weed out these cancers. Senator, make another blunder like this again and the people will rise up and throw you out with as much strength as you got to vote you in…”
‘Suck it Brown! Your first month in DC and you pull this crap??!! Your “independant” voice that you still have listed as your status is nothing but a lie. Must have picked that up from your mentor Obama who said what he needed to say to get to where he wanted to be. I gave you money. I supported you. I cheered your victory over Coakley. You are nothing but a RINO and it wouldn’t surprise me at all if you changed parties at the next election…You’re a fool and I’m a fool for having any hope in you. Done.”
“You screwed up by voting for a porky, expensive, and useless “jobs bill”. How much did you get from Harry Reid for your soul?”
“In order to not just be filling Kennedy’s seat, should have voted with your party and taken a stand against compromise!”
“Mr. Brown, you don’t seem to realize that you were elected from across this nation as a representative of conservatism. A voice to stop these ridiculous spending bills from Washington. Your’s was not a local election but a rising up of conservative ideals from every state in this nation. We urged your local constituents in every way possible to elect you as our voice. To speak for us. You have shown your true colors with this vote. You will either return to your senses and values soon or have a very short political career.”
“I got home yesterday and opened a thank you letter from you for my donation all the way from California. Then I saw the news of you support of this bill. In only 2 weeks you failed us.”
“Unreal. You sold out and it took all of two weeks.”
“What the hell were you thinking? And I sent you money??? Big mistake. Stop having your daughters try to peddle your “people’s seat” garbage on me. I am done with you.”
“Scott – I am so disappointed. You sold yourself as a fiscal conservative and I sent money for your campaign. I don’t even live in Massachusetts, but I had such hopes for you and what you’d bring to the Senate! Now I’m kicking myself for supporting you. Your vote for Reid’s jobs bill exposes you. You are a RINO – a fiscal Conservative would NEVER have voted for this bill or anything like it. $15 billion. Unbelieveable.”
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Hey Shawn - the people in the real world have jobs and run businesses. Note that I haven’t posted anything in quite some time, not just ignoring Brown. Give me a break already, stop seeing conspiracies everywhere.
Mill Girl - agreed. Though again, it remains to be seen. That was only the first of many votes - since the Repubs pretty much filibuster everything under the sun, it’ll come up again on this bill I am certain.
Also, I would like to know how he can be so for the people on this vote, but fuck us over on health care. Thanks to people like HIM in the 1990s, the Clinton bill was killed, and it screwed me over personally when I was uninsured for being a self employed/contract worker.