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Senator Scott Brown - Feeding the Beast

Yeeks, am I ever disappointed!!!  Whew!! 

Scottie McHottie voted - along with the Lady RINOs Snowe and Collins of Maine - in support of the Chris Dodd-Barney Frank financial reform bill?!?!  The only three Republicans who voted for this bill were these three New England tools?  Even a Democrat voted against it (Russ Feingold of Wisconsin). This was not a bill to cross the aisle over.  

Two facts are all you need to know:  1) Christopher Dodd and Barney Frank - personally responsible for much of the economic mess we're in right now -  are behind this bill.  2) The bill is 2,300 page long.  Who the heck knows what's really in it and how it will "work"?? 

This is a bad bad bill, another gargantuan overreach by our Congress, which continues its turbo-charged drive to push our county into economic hell that will likely take decades to recover from.  Congress People, have you never heard of incremental change?  How about reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which are untouched by this bill?  How about de-deregulating the banking and credit industries?

Senator Brown, we sent you to DC to starve the beast, not to feed the beast. 

The bumper sticker is off the car. The financial support is OVAH.

Boston Tea Party April 14, 2010

I attended the Boston Tea Party yesterday.  It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day, and the large crowds (10,000 people? more?) were friendly and in high spirits.  I missed Sarah Palin's speech, got there a little late.  Who knew knew that the keynote speaker would be one of the first speakers?? However, from what I saw on the internet, I don't think I missed much there.  As one prominent local tea partier wrote this this morning:

"I have to admit that I was underwhelmed by Sarah Palin.  She was strident and loud and had nothing new to say.  I'm disappointed that I felt that way, but there it is.  Too much is at stake to be anything less than honest."

I totally agree.  Sarah was a big draw and was probably largely responsible for the great turnout, but the speech itself sounded screechy. She strung together a lot of one-liners and platitudes, and that was about it. Not an inspiring speech.

Not to be too crabby, but the music was pretty hokey and out-of-place.  What, the Tea Party Express couldn't find any local musicians?  Where were the Dropkick Murphies??

End of complaints!  I went there to be part of that crowd, to show the politicans and media that there are a great many people - people who weren't politically active until the Tea Party movement - who want the following things:

• Less government intrusion in our lives
• lower taxes
• fiscal responsibility
• freedom and liberty
• personal responsibility

We are just getting started, my friends! We want out country back.

Solomonias has some excellent photos from the event.  Sisu was there, working the crowd and taking good pics too.  Any yes, I'd agree with Sisu, it's time to set our sights on Barney Frank. After the exhilaration of helping to elect Senator Hottie McAwesome, I'm ready to sign up for another great upset. Former Marine Sean Bielat might be just the man, need to do more research on that.  Which I will, at this weekend's Republican state convention in Worcester!

Senator Scott Brown, I still love the sound of that! Who'd of thought it could happen in Massachusetts?!

"None of the Characteristic Uptight Liberal ...."

Great quote from Eugene Rivers, Boston community leader and Penetecostal minister, about Senator Elect Scott Brown.  Yesterday, Scott Brown met with Black and Hispanic clergy and community members, as reported in the Boston Globe:

“ 'It was important, I felt, to come and reach out to the leaders of this community and tell them about who I am and not be defined by anybody else, but let them look in my eye and ask honest and frank questions,' Brown said, flanked by leaders of the Black Ministerial Alliance and the Boston TenPoint Coalition at a press conference in Roxbury, a community that voted overwhelmingly for his opponent. 'While we may not agree on everything, I think we’re going to find more common ground than not.' ’’

Eugene Rivers, co-founder of the Boston Ten Point Coalition, had this to say on NECN News last night:

"There was a very natural quality about the interaction. There was no defensiveness. There was none of the characteristic uptight liberal 'let me say the politically correct thing' ."

 

When NECN reporter asked Rivers what he attributed Brown's "natural quality" to, Rivers replied that Brown had "an organic connection to the Black community through a Black sport: basketball." Rivers noted that Brown played high school and college basketball and had interacted with many Black basketball players for years. 

Love the smiles in the photo, love the quote!  (Globe photo/Pat Greenhouse)  Direct speech beats PC every time.  The Globe characterized yesterday's meeting as Brown venturing into the "urban Democratic heart of Massachusetts."  Mix it up, Scott!  

 

Scott Brown's Speech on Election Night

Here's the full text of Scott Brown's election night speech (without a few ad libs).  Very good and gracious speech, Brown was obviously very happy and excited.  Here's an excerpt of the speech from CBS News on You Tube. 

My favorite part of the speech: 

"And let me say this, with respect to those who wish to harm us, I believe that our Constitution and laws exist to protect this nation - they do not grant rights and privileges to enemies in wartime. In dealing with terrorists, our tax dollars should pay for weapons to stop them, not lawyers to defend them."

Full text follows: 

You're Welcome, America!

It was our pleasure to elect Scott Brown! 

Graphics from Jason Healey. T-shirts and sweatshirts available at Cafe Press.

10 Observations of the Scott Brown Campaign and 1 Question

What a wild ride!  I confess to be actually disappointed that the election is over.....  I'm delighted that our candidate won.  Massachusetts now has Senator Elect Scott R. Brown (R!) to represent its good people. It was exciting and gratifying to work on the campaign, I've never been that involved before. The world feels like it's shifted and broken up a bit, and it won't go back to the way it was before.  Here's ten things I learned along the brief but intense campaign trail, in no particular order:

1. Scott Brown ran a superb campaign, it was disciplined, agile, connected, upbeat and authentic. Just like Mr. Brown, I suppose.  Whoever was in charge of this campaign was brilliant.  Every interaction I had with the campaign - be it their website, campaign office, other volunteers or Scott Brown himself - was positive.  The website was updated all the time, it was engaging and visually appealing.  The campaign office manager in Littleton (Karl) was always appreciative of the volunteers, thanking me and others each and every time we came to phone bank.  We felt needed and valued. What a good feeling! Phone banking is a drag.  Being told you're appreciated never gets old.

2.  The long reign of the ultra-liberal Democrats has come to a close in Massachusetts!!  Hoorah!!  We're in a post-Camelot era, the tribal loyalties that kept voting Ted (and John Kerry and Mayor Menino) year in and year out are dying out.  Expect a lot more competitve races starting right now! 

Scott Brown Rally in Littleton MA - "Mighty Good Man"

Wow, as the Salt n'Peppa song goes: "What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man."  Wicked handsome fella, that Mr. Brown.  Uffda! 

I attended one of four Scott Brown rallies held today, this in Littleton MA.  It's a small, pretty town west of Boston (pop. ~9,000).  A crowd of some 300-400 revved up people stood in the slushy, cold, slippery sidewalk in front of the Scott Brown campaign office, across from the Littleton common.  We were all waiting for the Scott Brown bus!

My Husband's Hockey Playing Friends Are All Voting for Scott Brown

Anecdotal evidence 1: my husband came back last night from playing in his over-40 ice hockey league, and he said everybody was talking about Scott Brown, and all of them were voting for Scott Brown.  This is not a bunch of guys who normally pay much attention to politics, but they're paying attention now. They've had it with the Democrat Machine on Beacon Hill and Washington, and they're sick of the ever growing "redistribution" of their hard-earned money. 

Anecdotal evidence 2: I just got back from phone-banking at the Scott Brown campiagn office in Littleton, MA, and the place was buzzin' like a beehive.  There were over 20 volunteers there, mostly manning the slick automated phone banks and getting out the vote.  Yee haw!

The Lowell Sun came out and endorsed Scott Brown as US Senator today, this is the fourth major endoresement in two days.  Excerpt:

"Massachusetts doesn't need to elect yet another person who will toe the Democratic Party line and kowtow to leadership. Massachusetts needs a senator who will challenge the status quo, is strong enough to take a stand on controversial issues, and will put Bay State residents first when making decisions."

"In the race to fill the seat held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy in the U.S. Senate, Republican Scott Brown is the candidate who promises to best represent the state's 6.3 million residents."

I love this comment in the Lowell Sun from Floyd:

"I am a union member with a so-called Cadillac health insurance plan that I fought 30 years for. Me and all the rank & file are voting for Brown."

 

Yeahh buddy!

Don't You Want to Be Part of a Historic Upset?

That's what I ask everyone I'm talking to these days about voting for Scott Brown in the Special Election to be held Tuesday, January 19th.  And I'm talking to a lotta people: family, friends, co-workers, mail man, manicurist, hairdresser, supermarket cashier, neighbors, the UPS guy.  Enough already of another liberal Democrat going to the Senate from Massachusetts, let's end that era, shall we?

Enough with the Damn Kennedys Already - Give Me Scott Brown!

OK, I'm late to jump on this bandwagon, but I'm on it!  It's not even that I'm crazy about Scott Brown, although he has many solid conservative values, something dearly needed in Massachusetts.  It's that I'm beyond sick and tired of The Kennedys running everything around this state.  This Senate seat isn't Ted Kennedy's seat.  It is one of two Senate seats that belong to the Commonwealth of Massachusestts.  It belongs to us. The MA Senator is supposed to represent us, not The Kennedys.

History: Ted "inherited" the senate seat after his brother Jack was elected president in 1960.