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Scott Brown snubs Sarah Palin, bags Tea Party rally

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U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, whose stunning victory in January was fueled in part by Tea Party anger, has snubbed the fiery grassroots group and declined its invitation to join Sarah Palin Wednesday at a massive rally on Boston Common, the Herald has learned.


Brown’s decision to skip the first big rally in Boston by the group whose members are credited with helping him win election has some experts saying he’s tossed the Tea Party overboard, as he prepares for re-election in 2012.


“He wants to mainstream himself before the election,” said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist.
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I have only one thing to say - Brown gets it, and as a result, he won't have an albatross hanging around his neck.
 
Damn part of the reason I was going to go was to listen to him.
 
danarhea said:
I have only one thing to say - Brown gets it, and as a result, he won't have an albatross hanging around his neck.
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like palin, he has good political instincts
smart to avoid palin
 
danarhea said:
I have only one thing to say - Brown gets it, and as a result, he won't have an albatross hanging around his neck.
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The teabaggers can crow all they want, but it was independents and moderates who will swing every major election.

The moderates elected Brown. Not the the fringe nitwits and teabagging morons.
 
danarhea said:
I have only one thing to say - Brown gets it, and as a result, he won't have an albatross hanging around his neck.
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The more of this Brown guy I hear, the more I tend to like him. From the beginning I have liked the guy. Maybe republicans will take notice and quit trying to demonize the other half of the country.

I have long said that it wasn't so much the GOP message that Americans weren't buying. It was their messengers and methods of delivering said message. Next, they need to get a message that doesn't sound like a pundit pointed sound byte.

The extremos on the far right, who seem to get all the press these days, are NOT very well liked no matter what they tell themselves. The GOP need's to cut 'em loose. The trick is to not lose the votes of the whackos they DO alienate. It will be a very tricky balancing act. For without the whacko vote, they won't stand a chance either.

But I like Brown. He may be the guy that goes up against Obama next election. Stranger things have happened. You betcha!
 
It makes sense, since he won an election of attrition. People didn't vote because he was Republican. They voted because he wasn't Democrat.

Believe it or not, the New England area has a lot of moderates on both sides of the fence. I sure don't blame him for avoiding the political backlash that comes from standing alongside Palin. It'd be like a liberal campaigning with Michael Moore - nodding in agreement behind closed doors, but a poison among constituants.
 
Captain America said:
The more of this Brown guy I hear, the more I tend to like him. From the beginning I have liked the guy. Maybe republicans will take notice and quit trying to demonize the other half of the country.

I have long said that it wasn't so much the GOP message that Americans weren't buying. It was their messengers and methods of delivering said message. Next, they need to get a message that doesn't sound like a pundit pointed sound byte.

The extremos on the far right, who seem to get all the press these days, are NOT very well liked no matter what they tell themselves. The GOP need's to cut 'em loose. The trick is to not lose the votes of the whackos they DO alienate. It will be a very tricky balancing act. For without the whacko vote, they won't stand a chance either.

But I like Brown. He may be the guy that goes up against Obama next election. Stranger things have happened. You betcha!
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If things get worse and it looks like Senator Brown can win I think he will run. If things get better and it looks like President Obama will get re-elected I bet Senator Brown will hang back and get a bit more experience. From the few times I have listened to him he seems to be a smart guy when deciding the best chances for victory.
 
hazlnut said:
The teabaggers can crow all they want, but it was independents and moderates who will swing every major election.

The moderates elected Brown. Not the the fringe nitwits and teabagging morons.
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Only empty headed Obama worshipers call the mainstream grass roots Tea Party members disparaging names.

Some can pretend and claim they are intelligent till the cows come home but it won't change them from being a dumb asses who in fact know nothing about what the try but fail to talk about with any clear knowledge of the facts.

Did you know that the Tea Party is made up of 28% independent, 17% Democrat and only 57% Republican and only 66 % white and 87% told Gallup they oppose Obama's healthcare legislation, and Winston poll says 80% of total Tea Party supporters dislike Obama's job performance, a higher negative rate even than the 77% of Republicans who disapprove of the ex-state senator's White House work.

Oh and don't ask for a link to the facts. Do your own homework.

Scott Brown is blowing it.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. Like Obama supporters.
 
Councilman said:
Only empty headed Obama worshipers call the mainstream grass roots Tea Party members disparaging names.

Some can pretend and claim they are intelligent till the cows come home but it won't change them from being a dumb asses who in fact know nothing about what the try but fail to talk about with any clear knowledge of the facts.

Did you know that the Tea Party is made up of 28% independent, 17% Democrat and only 57% Republican and only 66 % white and 87% told Gallup they oppose Obama's healthcare legislation, and Winston poll says 80% of total Tea Party supporters dislike Obama's job performance, a higher negative rate even than the 77% of Republicans who disapprove of the ex-state senator's White House work.

Oh and don't ask for a link to the facts. Do your own homework.

Scott Brown is blowing it.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. Like Obama supporters.
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I got news for ya' - The Tea Partiers are no more mainstream than Code Pink is. They are only the opposite extreme.
 
Councilman said:
Scott Brown is blowing it.
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Scott Brown was elected as a moderate and that is how he has been. And this is a smart decision by not standing next to Palin. She won't help his image.
 
danarhea said:
I have only one thing to say - Brown gets it, and as a result, he won't have an albatross hanging around his neck.
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Totally agree that joining I.G. Palin would be like appearing on Girls Gone Wild for Brown. Maybe Brown knows that the one liners can be funny but will that sustain a run for the top ring!!
 
danarhea said:
I got news for ya' - The Tea Partiers are no more mainstream than Code Pink is. They are only the opposite extreme.
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I wouldn't put CODE PINKOS in as a movement. They are no more then a pimple on the boil of the azz of the weak barely existing "anti-war" wanna be "movement".
 
No where in this article does Brown or one of his reps say he couldn't make the event because of Sarah Palin. With less than 2 years to do a good job for the people of Massachusetts, isn't it possible that Senator Brown is simply too busy working at this time?

But Brown spokesman Felix Browne said the senator applauds the “energy and enthusiasm” Palin and the Tea Party bring to GOP politics.

The Senate is in session and Brown can’t get away, Browne said.
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The snubbing Sarah Palin thing comes from some university dude turned politcal analyst.
Brown, who took heat for the alleged misbehavior of some of his supporters at campaign events, may be trying to distance himself from what could be a volatile event, said political analyst Lou DiNatale.
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Hook. Line. Sinker.
 
Councilman said:
Only empty headed Obama worshipers call the mainstream grass roots Tea Party members disparaging names.

Some can pretend and claim they are intelligent till the cows come home but it won't change them from being a dumb asses who in fact know nothing about what the try but fail to talk about with any clear knowledge of the facts.

Did you know that the Tea Party is made up of 28% independent, 17% Democrat and only 57% Republican and only 66 % white and 87% told Gallup they oppose Obama's healthcare legislation, and Winston poll says 80% of total Tea Party supporters dislike Obama's job performance, a higher negative rate even than the 77% of Republicans who disapprove of the ex-state senator's White House work.

Oh and don't ask for a link to the facts. Do your own homework.

Scott Brown is blowing it.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. Like Obama supporters.
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Like "57% Republican" is not a large number !! " and only 66 % white " You have got to be joking or you are getting your information from the BBN - Blind Broadcasting network. I never saw even .33 % of non Whites at a TP rally how can you honestly claim 33% non White !!!! LOL
 
danarhea said:
I got news for ya' - The Tea Partiers are no more mainstream than Code Pink is. They are only the opposite extreme.
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It's even a bigger fallacy that it is a "grass roots" movement, IMO. Some folks just refuse to look behind the curtain to see who the real wizard is.
 
this is so silly a thread

very small minded

to focus on divisions within the opposition when leadership has near super majorities and, hypothetically, can ACCOMPLISH real stuff, any scale, any time, all it requires is the WILL...

to focus on little smackfests within the minor party in so loaded a landscape is, well, it's very gossipy

and it's also wrong minded

look at the gub polls:

in PENNSYLVANIA, jim corbett leads a trio of dem opponents by TWENTY FOUR, TWENTY EIGHT and THIRTY TWO!

and THAT's the point---those aren't lipton lovers, those aren't rhino's

THIRTY TWO POINTS in the KEYSTONE STATE is, by definition, a VERY broad swathe of electorate---it's scott brown #41, mrs alaska and QUITE A LOT of others

hello

it's ANTI-OBAMA, is what it is

which is why this thread is so silly and small minded

OBAMA'S THE BIG FISH

look at polls for NEVADA gub---that's HARRY REID'S SON whose trailing some little red wannabe by FIFTEEN

ILLINOIS---now, what state this side of massachusetts and jersey could be a bigger STEAL for the party of RED than barack's own badass bailiwick

bill brady's gonna beat pat quinn, the prairie state democrat party has BIG troubles

so does colorado's

MICHIGAN---the saddest state in our union---republicans are leading in this reliably blue backwoods by SEVEN, NINE, THIRTEEN and THIRTEEN

WISCONSIN---home of the noble experiment, proudly progressive since the time of fighting bob lafollette---scott walker and mark neumann lead by SIXTEEN and FOURTEEN ahead of milwaukee mayor tom barrett

CALIFORNIA, my state---ms whitman is simply a fantastic candidate, the author of the OP will love her

moonbeam, on the other hand, is a universal embarrassment, the exactly WRONG chin stroker for serious times like these

FLORIDA---bill mccollum leads alex sink by FIFTEEN

mccollum is the nation's NUMBER ONE attorney general leading the coast-to-coast constitutional challenge against the individual mandate whammied on the young in obamacare

the challenge won't go anywhere, it's true, but the politics impel mccollum, his numbers shot up after he filed

(a lot like scott brown's did when he first declared he'd DON jersey #41)

tennessee governor phil bredesen, incumbent dem---he's the guy who's the nation's #1 spokesperson against this obamacare mandate on the STATES to pick up 200B of medicaid expansion UNFUNDED

"the mother of unfunded mandates," bredesen always called it

anyway, he's out and republicans are leading for nashville by between TEN to TWENTY points

look at the LOCATIONS, look at the MARGINS

look at the little spat in massachusetts---LOL!

good for mr brown---a pilgrim state republican has little business drinking tea

in public

the senate races are just as revealing of the UNITING force TODAY that is OPPOSITION TO OBAMA

the little DIVISION you need a microscope to discuss here on this thread WILL became pertinent WHEN opposition takes over

not until

opposition, to succeed when times are bad, really needs only point at leadership and say, "no," "something else," "change," "we will never do what they're doing..."

the platform is largely implicit in the opposition

ask the community organizer from ACORN

RealClearPolitics - Latest Election Polls
 
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gallup, sunday, april 11---obama hits a NEW ALL TIME LOW

Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval

and that's AFTER health care, the great white whale

americans don't seem to share ahab's obsession

oh, well

we can all watch mrs alaska talk smack

LOL!
 
The Prof said:
gallup, sunday, april 11---obama hits a NEW ALL TIME LOW

Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval

and that's AFTER health care, the great white whale

americans don't seem to share ahab's obsession

oh, well

we can all watch mrs alaska talk smack

LOL!
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Did you know this thread was about Scott Brown? It's in the title even.
 
i thought it was about syntax

LOL!
 
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