Posted on 01/14/2010 9:32:51 AM PST by worst-case scenario
From the article: He also claimed that he was unfamiliar with the “Tea Party movement,” when asked by a reporter. When told that different people labeled him a conservative, moderate and a liberal Republican, he responded “I’m a Scott Brown Republican.”
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Never trust a liberal quote. The Globe lies.
No I never said he was pro-abortion. I said he signed a law he later regretted and said so.
Agreed, he either posts the info backing up his claim or withdraws it
Speaking of the RR, I had a big surprise while watching a documentary on the Black Panther’s in California. Marching in the streets and holding sit-ins with their rifles (and pistols?) on display. The announcer said something about the Governor then passed a law to outlaw visible carrying of weapons. Then played a clip of, gasp, RR saying something like “there is no reason in this modern day why people need to carry guns down the main street....”. I’m not sure if it included concealed carry though.
Anyway - gave me a shock as that was not the RR I knew and love. I can understand the reaction perhaps to the militant Black Panthers at the time, but “unintended consequences” came to mind.
QUESTION: “Scott, what do you think about the Tea Party movement and what they are trying to do?”
SCOTT BROWN: “I am not quite sure what you are talking about, what are they trying to do?”
QUESTION: “The anti-smaller government, sort of anti-establishment organization that is trying to take over the country.”
SCOTT BROWN: “Taking over the country. I think that is a little bit of an exaggeration.”
QUESTION: “Well, they are all over the place and they are trying to take down moderate Republicans. . .”
SCOTT BROWN: “All I know is that. . . “
QUESTION: “Are you completely unaware of that organization?”
SCOTT BROWN: “I’m not quite sure what you are referring to. But let me just say that this is a big tent campaign. I have people who are Democrats, I have people who are Independents, Republicans, young, old, liberal, conservative, moderate involved in this campaign because people are looking past the letter behind my name and they are looking at my 30 years of military service. They are looking at the fact that I have been a municipal and legislative leader with over 6000 votes, and more importantly they are looking at the stark differences between Martha and me on health care on cap and trade, on the expiring tax cuts, on the war tax, on how we treat people who are trying to kill us, on the fact that Afghanistan has a very real and vital national interest. They’re looking at those issues, and I welcome everybody’s support, because, literally, it’s me against the machine.”
Again Reagan Man - Ronald Reagan signed an abortion law as Governor of California in 1967, Ted Kennedy was Pro-life in 67.
Folks change, we will see how he goes but it is clear Coakley is a committed pro abortionist right up to including partial birth abortion.
Beautiful. That proves that the Globe writer lied, and in fact, more or less libeled Scott Brown.
That is a bold face lie! Also, you brought Reagan into this debate, not me. And you did so in some crazy attempt to make Scott Brown's pro-abortion liberalism look more acceptable.
Here are the facts:
Brown opposes partial birth abortion. That is great, but it only amounts to 1% of all abortions performed annually. Brown supports 99% of all abortions carried out. (Reagan opposed 99% of all abortions)
As Brown states:
"Abortions should always be legally available."
The abortion "decision should ultimately be made by the woman in consultation with her doctor..."
Brown's words are crystal clear.
I expect nothing else from the Globe. Proven liars describes them well.
Don’t trust the Globe. They said yesterday that the reporter that was shoved by Coakley’s aide simply stumbled.
I think “staying on message” is the #1 rule of campaigning? Looks like this guy does that pretty well. Although I think a very short answer pertaining to the question would have been nice.
“Well of course I am aware of them. But just let me say again that this is a big tent .....”
Worry about Bennet and Udall.
So Coakley is the better choice?
If not, who is your choice?
PS: We all loved Reagan, but he is dead.
This is a weak attempt at the Boston Globe to try to insert dissent in Brown’s campaign. Heck, the BG has been pretending that they dont know what Tea Partiers are either as one can detect a total lack of reporting on the movement.
OK, first, what is the source? The Globe, and who do they want in? Slam dunk. Is he a Rino? I don’t know, but politicians do change direction like the wind. Boston Politics is a close rival of Chicago’s. No one ever admitted to me to have voted for Kennedy in the past but he still kept winning.
Even if every GOP congress critter stayed home they still have the votes to pass obamadeathcare!
I called Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander this morning and told the girls that if, Scot Brown debatee
Scot Brown dems want to cut Military Tricare could talk about the cuts to the Military's health ins. Tricare then they could too. That we seniors on Medicare use the retired Military's Tricare for Life as our secondary health ins. With cuts and increases in fees to both Medicare and Tricare we are double screwed. Why weren't the GOP front and center telling the seniors about these cuts...I talk to many in the public and they DON'T know about these cuts. Couple that with NO COLA raises for either seniors and retired Military, we will be hit hard.
Thanks for the video. The Globe lies again.
He said he wasn’t sure what she was talking about, not that he never heard of the tea party movement. In other words, which of the tea party issues was she trying to pin on him?
Thanks for that. I found a video of this interchange
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijLTiYZvGk8
It isn’t the Tea Party movement itself that he is referring to when he replies to her, “I’m not quite sure what you are referring to,” but to her characterization of it.
Thanks for getting this.
It’s pretty obvious that the Globe is, at the least, “not accurate” in their characterization of his statement.
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