Posted on 09/20/2012 7:09:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Via BuzzFeed, five minutes of fun at the start of tonight’s debate. I agree with William Jacobson: In some ways, this is a tough subject for Brown to broach. To make the case effectively he's got to get into details about the debunked genealogy, her dubious explanations for identifying as Native American, and her insistence on doing so professionally at Harvard even though she didn’t meet the professional guidelines for it. That's hard or impossible to do in a 60-second opening statement; as it is, his argument that she's lying amounts to "c'mon, she obviously doesn't look Native American," which is both true and not dispositive. I think he ended up fine by turning it into a “release the documents” attack, which puts her on the defensive, but I wonder what would have happened if she had gotten ostentatiously indignant. It’s always dangerous for a male candidate to attack a woman opponent personally; if she had turned this into a sustained “you’re impugning my family!” lament, the optics could have been bad.
But she doesn’t. She’s actually pretty sanguine about the whole thing. Not sure if that’s proof that she’s a bit more dignified than an average politician, who’d be eager to seize an opportunity to play the victim, or if she’s still too green to detect an opportunity like that when one’s in front of her. But I’m curious to see if either of them revisits this topic at the next debate.
BOOM!
Game over. Glad to see as moderate Repub fro Mass. with some balls. Romney needs to follow that lead.
Nobody said we did. :’) Thanks SeekAndFind.
Geeze I hope Romney can do like that in debate.
Brown kicked her in the wigwam on four powerful points:
1. She’s a fake Indian and probably lied to get a job at Hahvahd
2. She screeches for the wealthy to pay higher taxes but never checked the optional higher rate on the Massachusetts state tax form (1/20 of 1% do)
3. She worked for Travelers Insurance (one of those big, meeeean, eeeeevil corporations) to keep asbestos victims from getting a settlement
4. She complains about costs of college while she gets $300,000 in wampum every year for teaching one class and also benefits from a 0% interest loan from Hahvahd. The students pay for all of that.
Brown made me cringe a few times too (praising Hillary) but is still a much better senator than Pinocchiahontas would ever be.
White woman speak with forked tongue.
Not a big fan of Brown, but good he’s hitting back against Liawatha/Pinnochohantas/Sackalyingcrap
Paleface Lizzy Warren announced today that she is now black....
“I lied and kicked one minority in the teeth to get a job, so I don’t see any problem with lying and kicking another minority in the teeth to get votes.”
She is a bullsh*t artist. She refers to the stories of her parents and aunts and uncles. My goodness. It is a generational bullsh*t genetic defect. Next.
Are there “fake Indians” in Kenya?
you got me confused now, Rhine.
I thought Scott Brown had an excellent voting record in the state house on Life and Marriage. And endorsement from Mass Citizens for Life. ANd the only senator north of Kentucky to vote “NO” on Kagan.
Now he is running for re-election as “pro-murder”? Weird strategy. Does the pro-life 3rd party guy have a chance to win this seat?
What total bullshit, this woman is a liar.
What total bullshit, this woman is a liar.
Wow!
Lieawatha
What does Fauxcahontas keep behind her Land O Lakes?
You say you're from Connecticut...???
Chief Wild Eagle: [when asked how the Hekawi got their name] Many moons ago tribe move west because Pilgrims ruin neighborhood. Tribe travel west, over country and mountains and wild streams, then come big day... tribe fall over cliff, that when Hekawi get name. Medicine man say to my ancestor, "I think we lost. Where the heck are we?"
Lieawatha.
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