Perry — next wave of the Brown revolution

Boston Globe ^ | September 16, 2010 | Joan Vennochi

[ConservativeStatement]

JEFF PERRY could be the next Scott Brown.

It’s a mistake to write him off as an over-caffeinated conservative whose election night bellows about “taking our country back’’ make him unelectable in Massachusetts. The old rules of political viability no longer apply.

Perry, a Republican lawmaker from Sandwich, hauled some heavy, well-documented baggage into the 10th congressional district primary fight. It didn’t matter. By 2-1, voters preferred Perry, a former police officer who stood by while his partner strip-searched a teenage girl, to Joe Malone, a former state treasurer who presided in ignorance as subordinates embezzled millions during his tenure.

Now Perry goes up against Democrat Bill Keating, the Norfolk district attorney. It’s another showdown between a Republican legislator and a Democratic prosecutor, and the last time that happened in Massachusetts, the prosecutor, Attorney General Martha Coakley, lost.

In his primary fight, Perry’s anti-immigrant, anti-government-spending, and anti-Obamacare rants overcame serious character issues. Those issues relate back to conflicting statements he has given over the years about a subordinate’s illegal strip searches of two teenage girls when Perry was a police sergeant in Wareham in the early 1990s.

Keating put it directly to Perry on primary night: “You stood five steps away as your partner sexually assaulted a young girl,’’ he said. “If you couldn’t see something so despicable right under your nose, how can we depend on you in Washington?’’

[ConservativeStatement]

Rants about "anti-immigrant"? Methinks a certain word is missing from that sentence, Joan.

[Celtic Cross]

While we are talking about Massachusetts, remember to support Sean Bielat! A Marine Corp major and a true constitutional conservative! He is running against Barney Frank in district 4.

http://www.seanbielat.org/

[Red Deception]

Wait what is the Brown Revolution?

Is that the one who uses the tea party in an election then votes the marxist financial takover bill written by Franks and Dodd?

[DBrow]

“JEFF PERRY could be the next Scott Brown.”

Well, maybe Perry won’t vote 70% of the time with the Democrat agenda, but Go Perry!

[FrankR]

[timetostand]

Brown revolution? Is that anything like a skid mark! The guy is embarassing!

[SamAdams76]

For those outside Massachusetts, Joe Malone = Mike Castle. Joe is the quintessential “go along to get along” RINO, he basically entered the race with a sense of entitlement that the seat was his, and it is glad to see him smashed in the primary by a real conservative right here in Massachusetts.

[S.O.L.]

There is a huge difference between Scott Brown and Jeff Perry. Most of us knew Scott Brown would be like Snowe and Collins but realized that was the best we could reasonably expect to elect in a statewide contest and hoped to send a message and to at least stop Obamacare, and in any case knew he would be better than CRoakley.

Jeff Perry, on the other hand is a true movement conservative who will easily become one of the most conservative members of the US House. The MA 10th is the most conservative of any in Massachusetts and this race while difficult, is winnable.