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Cult Watch Title: Newly-minted Sen. Scott Brown refuses Palin, Tea Party invite The honeymoon, it seems, is over. Sen. Scott Brown, whose unexpected victory saw the end of a legacy of liberalism in Massachusetts, is now refusing an invitation from the Tea Party movement -- and Sarah Palin, the very figures who helped Brown score his Senate seat. Tea Partiers are gathering for a massive rally on Boston Common where Palin is scheduled to speak Wednesday. Some experts, not surprisingly, are saying Brown has tossed the Tea Party overboard. “He wants to mainstream himself before the election,” Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist, told the Boston Herald, which broke the story. “You’re worried at a rally that there’s a sign, a statement, an incident that’s certifiably cuckoo occurs,” political analyst Lou DiNatale told the paper. “To win re-election, Scott Brown floating to the right is a serious problem. “And showing up at a Sarah Palin, Tea Party event is not the way to the middle.”
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 30. are these folks not aware that Scott Brown voted for RomneyCare?
#6. To: go65 (#5) You unaware it wasn't a national vote, but a state one? both the Masscare and nationalization of healthcare are failures...citing it the Masscare as a 'negative' seems a bit self destructive given your view.
#8. To: Badeye (#6) (Edited) both the Masscare and nationalization of healthcare are failures...citing it the Masscare as a 'negative' seems a bit self destructive given your view. Then why does the Tea Party want Scott Brown, who endorsed Masscare, to speak? And why did Rush Limbaugh praise Mitt Romney as a true Conservative? And why did Mitt Romney just win the Southern Republican Leadership Conference straw-poll for President in 2012 (and the CPAC straw poll 3 out of the last 4 years)? So if I read this right, Tea Partiers/Conservatives love Scott Brown and Mitt Romney but hate their policies? Is hypocrisy a requirement to join this movement?
#11. To: go65 (#8) Because he learned from Masscare, and wants to cut spending and taxes, which are the two primary concerns of the Tea Party's base. You'd know this if you spent 1/10th of the time you have mocking them, and actually listen.
#14. To: Badeye (#11) Because he learned from Masscare, and wants to cut spending and taxes, which are the two primary concerns of the Tea Party's base. I keep reverting back to my tag line Badeye:
So in the second vote of his Senate career, Brown promptly voted to help Democrats cut off a Republican filibuster of a $15 billion jobs bill engineered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).
"It's not a perfect bill," Brown said shortly after voting. "I was comfortable with that vote." And yet the Tea Party invites him to speak at their rally, and we're supposed to take the Tea Party seriously?
#17. To: go65 (#14) You pretend he didn't learn anything from that vote, and its now documented repercussions. He KNOWS what it did to the financial state of affairs in Mass. He's said it enough times...so what, exactly, is your point?
#19. To: Badeye (#17) "I believe that all Americans deserve health care coverage" Scott Brown.
#20. To: go65 (#19) And? He doesn't believe its efficent to have the Federal Government provide it, as you know from the rest of the quote.
#21. To: Badeye (#20) And? He doesn't believe its efficent to have the Federal Government provide it, as you know from the rest of the quote. Whoa, Brown supports eliminating the VA medical system? Since when? Do you have a quote? After all, the VA system is the only method by which the Federal Government provides healthcare (other than for active duty service personnel). Does Brown want to eliminate the Medical Services Corps as well? Did you even bother to put the slightest bit of thought into this argument?
#24. To: go65 (#21) And? He doesn't believe its efficent to have the Federal Government provide it, as you know from the rest of the quote.
#25. To: Badeye (#24) And? He doesn't believe its efficent to have the Federal Government provide it, as you know from the rest of the quote. When did Brown propose eliminating the VA health system? Do you have a source for this claim?
#28. To: go65 (#25) When did Brown propose eliminating the VA health system? Please cut and paste the post of mine that claimed this. Thanks.
#30. To: Badeye (#28) (Edited) He doesn't believe its efficent [SIC] to have the Federal Government provide it, as you know from the rest of the quote. Boofer posted on 2010-04-14 13:09:39 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
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