Brown gives reason for PSA no-show

Fox 25 Boston ^ | 7/28/11 | Fox 25 Boston

[raccoonradio]

Says he was maligned by video organizer

Where was Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown when the rest of the state's delegation appeared in an anti-bullying video? On Thursday, his camp released a definitive answer.

Brown's camp released a statement saying that while the senator supports the message of the "It Gets Better” video campaign aimed at gay, lesbian and transgendered teens, Brown refuses to associate with the founder of that campaign, controversial radio host Dan Savage.

The release cited specific, obscene comments Savage made regarding a Scott Brown action figure last year. The statement also accused Brown's opponents of “trying to score cheap political points.”

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"Senator Brown believes all people regardless of sexual orientation should be treated with dignity and respect. He has been a leader in fighting for anti-bullying legislation at the state and federal level. His main focus is creating jobs and getting the economy moving again. In this case, the individual behind the video has made vile and sexually crude comments about Senator Brown. It's reprehensible for Senator Brown's opponents to associate with this person in order to score cheap political points." -- Eric Fehrnstrom, political adviser.

[raccoonradio]

Wikipedia: "Savage, who is gay, has often been the subject of controversy regarding some of his opinions that pointedly clash with cultural conservatives and those put forth by what Savage has been known to call the 'gay establishment'...On HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher July 15, 2011, during a panel discussion of the debt limit increase negotiations between the U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama, Savage said in a stand-alone remark, 'I wish the Republicans were all f------ dead.' He apologized for his remarks on his blog later the same night saying in part, 'I don't feel that way. My dad is a Republican. (Well, he says he's an independent, but he hasn't voted for a Democrat since JFK. My dad is a Republican.)'."

[raccoonradio]

More on Savage: “...he volunteered for the Bauer campaign with the intent to infect the candidate with his flu. He wrote that he licked doorknobs and other objects in the campaign office, and handed Bauer a saliva-coated pen, hoping to pass the virus on to Bauer and his supporters (though he later said that much of the article had been fictitious). He also registered and participated in the caucus, which was illegal, as Savage was not an Iowa resident. He was charged and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of fraudulent voting in a caucus, and was sentenced to a year’s probation, 50 hours of community service, and a $750 fine”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_savage

[Darkwolf377]

Insanity must accompany the last name ‘Savage’ whatever one’s politics.

[newzjunkey]

Dan Savage describes how he coined the popular sexual slang saying 'Santorum' after senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania.

Sen. Brown is absolutely right to avoid this guy. He's vile and despicable.

[NEW YORKCITYGOPMAN]

Dan Savage (is Savage his given name?; very apropriate) was the GRAND MARSHAL of this year’s NYC Gay Pride Parade, June 26. All the usual politicians, especially this year with the same sex marriage vote just two days earlier, were in attendance.

If you said, Mayor Bloomberg, how can you march in a parade whose Grand Marshal is a degenerate like Dan Savage, he would not have an idea what you are talking about.