By GottaLaff
So much for campaign buttons with the words, Pink Leather Shorts 2012:
Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) said he would not run for president in 2012 and that he backs Mitt Romney (R) for the Republican presidential nomination, the Boston Globe reports.
Said Brown: "Yes, absolutely, 2012, I'm ruling it out."
When asked if he would run for president at a later date, he said, "I'm not even going to jump at that. Nice try."
CBSNewsOnline — April 14, 2010 — Singer Lloyd Marcus performs the "American Tea Party Anthem" at a Tea Party rally in Boston, MassachusettsLook! An African American at a Tea Tantrum rally! And he "raps" [sic]! Not much of a singer, though.
By GottaLaff
What does it take? Rachel is magnificent as always, but SenatorFold Scotty "Pink Leather Shorts" Brown refuses to listen. It's hard to make it clearer than this: SCOTT BROWN IS A LIAR.
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By GottaLaff
The full-page ad explains that she's not running against Republican Sen. Scott Brown in 2012. Brown sent a fundraising letter suggesting that he'd be facing the "liberal MSNBC anchor" and needed donations to fend her off. "I'm sure she's a nice person -- I just don't think America can afford her liberal politics," he wrote.
As for Brown, his spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said: “It was an open secret that the Democrats were trying to recruit Rachel Maddow to run against Scott Brown in 2012. Now that she’s said no, I’m sure they’ll scurry around looking for someone else. Maybe Keith Olbermann’s available.”
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By GottaLaff
But will the Senate ethics committee investigate? Don't be silly:
Jennifer Firth, a local mortgage banker who was elected to the Board of Selectmen in 1999, filed a civil defamation suit against Brown in July of 2000, alleging that he had harassed her when she worked on his campaign in 1998, and then tried to smear her reputation around town with forged letters and emails.
She also alleged that Brown told several people that he'd had an "intimate relationship" with her and that he had a stack of sexually explicit letters that Firth had sent him. In her suit, Firth says that she'd never been sexually intimate with Brown, nor did she ever send him the aforementioned letters. A 2000 article in the local paper, the Sun Chronicle reported that Brown had denied the charges; for her part, Firth said she felt that filing the suit was "the only way I could stop this."
Two days after the lawsuit was filed, Jennifer Firth's lawyer, Harvey Schwartz, filed a motion to withdraw as her counsel, saying that "to the best of [Schwartz's] knowledge, information and belief, the above allegations [by Firth] are not supported by 'good grounds.'" The next day, Jennifer Firth withdrew her suit. It was dismissed with prejudice, which means it can never be re-filed. Brown told a local newspaper that her lawyer had decided to withdraw after he was presented with letters and e-mail messages that proved she'd been harassing Brown.
But will we get the backstory on the pink leather shorts?
(CNN) – Sen. Scott Brown will reflect on "his family background, his early career and his ascent to the office of Massachusetts senator" in a new memoir, the publisher HarperCollins announced Wednesday.
Brown's office said last month that the Republican star was in the process of landing a book deal and had hired Washington attorney Bob Barnett to help navigate the process.
HarperCollins, which also published former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's best-selling memoir "Going Rogue," acquired the rights to the Brown book and will publish it in early 2011. The publisher called Brown's win in January's Massachusetts special Senate election "one of the biggest political coups of the decade."
By GottaLaff
I keep waiting for another shoe to drop. I'm not even sure what that meant, but suffice it to say Brown makes me uneasy. Maybe it's the SenatorFold, or the $750 pink leather shorts.Brown took to the Senate floor Tuesday to announce he would vote for cloture, or to end a Republican filibuster, on a bill extending unemployment benefits and tax credits. This, despite the fact he opposes the bill and technically the filibuster helped his cause.
"I have very serious concerns about the overall cost of the bill," Brown told the chamber, "but my vote for cloture signals that I believe we need to keep the process moving." He also said, "there has been a week of debate and allowing this bill to receive an up-and-down vote, would be a step, I feel, in the right direction."
With Brown’s help, the nearly $140 billion bill cleared the procedural hurdle on a vote of 66-34, setting it up for passage.
By GottaLaff
Representative William Delahunt (D-Mass.) will not seek reelection, the Boston Globe is reporting. "It's got nothing to do with politics," Delahunt told the Globe.Another one bites the dust....
"It's got nothing to do with politics," the Quincy Democrat said today. "Life is about change. I think it's healthy. It's time."
The 68-year-old lawmaker said he has been considering leaving the House for several years, but was talked out of it two years ago by the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who convinced his friend he should stay and help President Obama with his first-term agenda. [...]
Once Kennedy died last year, Delahunt said he grappled with whether to stay and work on the issues Kennedy held dear. [...]
But the congressman said he concluded that after nearly four decades in public service, the grueling House schedule was taking its toll on his personal life. [...]
But the congressman -- while declining to name a favored successor -- said he is "confident it will stay Democratic."
By GottaLaff
Aides to Sen. Scott Brown (R) says he intends to vote with Democrats on the Reid jobs bill.This is a procedural vote, known as cloture, which moves the legislation to the next stage. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needs to attract some Republican support to reach the 60-vote threshold. Not only did Democrats lose their supermajority, but Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D) is undergoing cancer treatment and will not be present to vote.
His letter is here.
Per Markos, he just voted for the bill. Touche.
And also via Markos:
And that's the Republican votes Dems needed. RT @joanmccarter: Collins Aye on the jobs bill.UPDATE, via joanmccarter:
Brown: "I hope my vote today is a strong step toward restoring bipartisanship in Washington". Exactly why the teabaggers supported him!
Snowe votes aye on jobs bill.And #4 (h/t: Wonk Room):
Voinovich votes for jobs bill- 4th GOP to do so.
Sidebar: If you missed the remarks from his daughter about following in Daddy's footsteps and posing nude herself, I posted that earlier here.
By GottaLaff
Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) did not rule out retirement in an interview with the Boston Herald published Saturday.
Oh puhleeze, inspiration to take your clothes off? Humiliate your daughters?
Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) is writing an inspirational book, Mike Allen reports.
Brown hired super agent Robert Barnett "to help him through the process. This activity is permitted under the Senate rules, and of course anything he does regarding the book will be reviewed and approved by the Senate Ethics Committee. Part of the book proceeds will be donated to a charity to be announced at a later date. No info yet on timing or publisher."
Oh oh, I don't think this will do any of them any good with their rabid base. Looks like JD has that all sewn up.
(CNN) - The newest member of the Senate will soon hit the 2010 campaign trail for Arizona Sen. John McCain.
A McCain source confirms Sen. Scott Brown, R-Massachusetts, will campaign with the 2008 Republican presidential nominee in early March. McCain is facing a primary challenge from former Rep. J.D. Hayworth.
(snip)
Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will also hit the campaign trail for McCain at the end of March.
By GottaLaff
Sen.-elect Scott Brown, the successor to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), will be sworn in to office Thursday afternoon, giving Republicans 41 seats in the upper chamber. [...]That's all it takes? Weren't there a few votes that needed Franken's participation? Yeah, there were.
Brown's legal counsel wrote Gov. Deval Patrick (D) and Secretary of State William Galvin asking them to certify the election results immediately, which would allow him to be sworn in to the U.S. Senate as early as Thursday.
"While Sen.-elect Brown had tentatively planned to be sworn into office February 11, he has been advised that there are a number of votes scheduled prior to that date," his attorneys wrote. "For that reason, he wants certification to occur immediately."
By GottaLaff
Sources tell NBC News that Sen.-elect Scott Brown (R-MA) "could be installed as Massachusetts' junior senator as early as tomorrow afternoon. Previously, Brown was expected to take the oath one week later, on Feb. 11."
By GottaLaff
Here’s Brown in his interview with ABC News, after being asked if Palin is presidential material:
“Well, sure, I mean she’s been a mayor and a governor and has a lot of a national following. But the more people in a presidential race, the better. The caveat to that is I’ve never met her, she’s never contacted us and vice versa.”
Back away from Roguey McMoneyLaunder slowly. Sloowwwly.
"Gov. Palin spoke with a very happy Sen.-elect Brown this evening and congratulated him on his most historic victory for not only Massachusetts but the nation," Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton told POLITICO.Meg Stapleton said that? Sorry, but I have to give this one to Scottie. I don't believe a word that comes out of M-Stap's big mouth.
By GottaLaff
We all know how much Rushpublics love that whole authoritarian thing. Nothing says GOP better than a firm "NO!" on, well, just about anything the Democrats put forward.
They stick together like glue, even when their glue stick is George W. Bush.
Why, they're so decisive that they can't seem to find it in themselves to veer from a decision once they've made one... even a bad one.
They loves them an immovable stance (not to mention a wide one).
So how do you solve a problem like Scott?
Here he is in all his wishy-washy, non-authoritarian not-knowingness:
During the Senate special election in Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown was criticized for his lack of support for LGBT rights. The Massachusetts Family Institute put out a report card showing that he supports the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military, a position also noted by MassEquality, a leading state gay political group.Don't get me wrong. If he's pro-choice (in some circumstances) and ends up being for the repeal of DADT, great.
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