Posted on 01/20/2010 9:24:16 AM PST by STARWISE
Scott Brown was not always the self-assured state senator, lawyer, National Guard officer, triathlete, and Republican candidate for US Senate that he is today. Far from it.
He was once a shaggy-haired 12-year-old growing up in Wakefield, drifting into trouble. His parents divorced when he was a year old, he said, and each remarried three times.
Asked if he had ever been arrested, Brown, choking up at times, related a story he said he had never told:
My mom was on welfare a little bit, and, you know, I lived with my grandparents, I lived with my aunt, whatever. I was a jerk. I had some issues. You know, I was lost. . . .
Mom was always working. . . . There was some violence in there where I would be sticking up for my mom and sisters. . . . I may get a little emotional. . . . And one day I was out with some older kids. . . . We were in Salem. . . . I had a pair of farmer overalls, and I stuck some records in them. . . . I was walking out, and a guy caught me.
And so I was arrested and went over to Salem District Court, and Judge [Samuel] Zoll . . . gets me in his chambers, and he says:
So, tell me about yourself. I see you like music.; I said, Yeah, I love music. I like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath and Grand Funk, all that stuff.
He says, What else do you do?
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
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Great profile!
It’s always good to have the nuns on your side.
When Obama was back in Hawaii some of his childhood friends recounted the story of Obama giving them ‘free’ ice cream when he worked at Baskin Robbins.....Contrast that behavior with Scott Brown’s story below and decide which has character and which is a fraud.
He says, ‘I want you to write me a 1,500-word essay on that very topic, and I want it next week.’ That was the last time I ever stole, the last time I ever thought about stealing. . . . The other day I was at Staples, and something was in my cart that I didn’t pay for. I had to bring it back because . . . I thought of Judge Zoll.’
Brown seems like an all-around good guy. A fine representation of the Republican party.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
Sign of a person with a good head on his shoulders. :-)
Very interesting piece- he’s just a regular guy!
this guy rocks...literally...
And he attends a Reformed church!
When Obama was back in Hawaii some of his childhood friends recounted the story of Obama giving them ‘free’ ice cream when he worked at Baskin Robbins”
Another ecample of how much NObama hates anything capitalist in it’s structure.
At the price of B/R ice cream, I wonder how his old boss feels about this today?????
Perfect example of why NObama should not be in charge of the economy of the USA.
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Brown is a driven man, in his own words, a Type A personality. I'm always doing something, whether I'm home watching TV, I'm always maybe licking envelopes or writing notes to people, he said. If I'm riding my [stationary] bike, I'm reading a newspaper or watching the news. A fitness fanatic, he is a triathlete, competing in races of long-distance swimming, bicycling, and running. He described his workout regimen, which begins each day by 5 a.m.
I'd go out and jump in the lake and do a swim for a mile, then hop on the bike and do a quick 10 miles, and then run three, he said, adding that he does this every other day, sometimes daily.
I need to, he said. It's part of who I am.
JANUARY 20: U.S Republican Senate elect Scott Brown (R) from Massachusetts sees his family off outside the Park Plaza Hotel January 20, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts, and packs up to leave.
Ooops .. forgot to ping ya .. ;)
Great read!
Thanks.
I figured he consistently exercised.
Wonderful article! America feels like a different place today. A breath of fresh air has blown across the nation.
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