“AMEN, norge! Did any of you watch the 1 minute 26 second video clip, or are you commenting on the headline?
In no way did Scott say anything close to “not ruling out” a presidential run in 2012, or that he would be running for president in 2012 in that video clip.
Barbara Walters put the words in his mouth: “There’s this talk” that maybe he’ll be the next Republican presidential candidate. What “talk”? Who is “talking” about this???
We met Scott Brown and followed his ramshackle campaign bus (and VERY small entourage) - through a snow storm - to 3 rallies on January 18. SO FAR he is one of the most humble politicians I’ve met and seemed amazed that so many people came out to greet him at the 3 rallies, and in such awful weather.
He stayed at all 3 rallies until he shook every hand and signed anything supporters wanted signed (he even signed a guy’s bald head!). How many “rock stars” do you know who do that? All this “rock star” talk is being ginned up by the media.
If Scott Brown loses sight of where he came from and really does start acting like a rock star, well, yeah, then we’ll have something to complain about. Geez... give the guy a chance...”
Good post, nutmeg. Well done.
Until then, I hope to see all the bickering ease up a bit until we see just exactly what this guy does... All these claims of "Oh, I knew he was like this!" and "See? He's let it all go to his head already!" are ridiculously premature.
All of what you wrote sounds good. Personal experience is the most authentic information. However, I would prefer he had not honored Walters with an interview. It puts him more in the celebrity category, than the humble public servant category.