http://daletoons.blogspot.com/2010/02/steam-me-up-scotty.html
Posted on 02/25/2010 5:03:48 AM PST by rhema
. . . He also kept two important campaign promises: 1) that he will be independent of his party, and 2) that he would vote for legislation to create jobs. Now, policy wonks know that this jobs bill is ill-suited to job creation and better alternatives exist. But listen to Brown's explanation: "I supported this measure because it does contain some tax relief that will help Massachusetts businesses put people back to work."
Brown has signaled to his constituents that he voted for tax cuts, just as he promised in the campaign. He is from Massachusetts. That's huge.
He also said that if the bill comes back from the House "full of pork, waste, fraud and abuse, I reserve the right to vote against it." That's also important. The House version of the bill is 10 times larger -- $154 billion vs. $15 billion -- than the Senate bill. With his post-vote statement, Brown positioned himself to vote against the final bill on the grounds that it is too large and wasteful. Outstanding.
With one vote, the holder of Ted Kennedy's old seat just established himself as a supporter of tax cuts and an opponent of wasteful, bloated federal spending. . . .That was not traitorous; that was brilliant.
Scott Brown is a Republican. From Massachusetts. If conservatives want him to be able to stay in Washington so he can vote against Obamacare and other boondoggles, then they shouldn't criticize him for voting like a Republican from Massachusetts. The movement for limited government is strengthened by Brown holding that seat. To keep it, he has to vote for some things conservatives find distasteful. As long as he's voting for small distasteful things so he can stick around to vote against the big ones, that's a win for the movement.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
He’s still better than Druncle Ted even with this vote.
Same ol', same ol'.
RINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINO
*deep breath*
RINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINO
/hysterical zero tolerance mode
Take a look at this cartoon ping ...
Unbelievable!
Scott Brown is going to flip-flop on pro-life issues. Watch him vote for deathcare/obamacare.
Yuck!
Just a reminder, no matter how you feel about how Scott Brown voted, you do not get to vote (for him or against him) unless you live in Massachusetts.
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