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Scott Brown camp: No snub intended
Politico ^ | April 12, 2010 | ANDY BARR

Posted on 04/12/2010 12:52:22 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) was never planning to attend a tea party rally featuring Sarah Palin this week in Boston, his staff told POLITICO, and did not intend his absence to come off as a snub.

Brown spokeswoman Gail Gitcho told POLITICO that coming off of a two week legislative recess, Brown had always planned to be in Washington this week.

Brown drew notice Monday after the Boston Herald reported that Brown was skipping the rally.

In a story headlined “Scott Brown snubs Sarah Palin, bags Tea Party rally,” Herald reporter Edward Mason wrote that “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.”

The story was fodder for bloggers eager to highlight any GOP slight directed at Palin or a rift between a GOP lawmaker and the tea party movement.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 2010electionbias; ma2010; palin; palinbashing; pravdamedia; scottbrown; snub; teaparty
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To: DBrow

How are they “miles apart”? Because you say so? I’ll bet you have his voting record right there in from of you. But probably not.


21 posted on 04/12/2010 2:29:05 PM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: C210N

Well said.


22 posted on 04/12/2010 2:30:00 PM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Deb

I thought people stopped believing the shit they read in the MSM. Everything the MSM writes or “reports” involving Governor Palin has to be looked at suspiciously at the very least.


23 posted on 04/12/2010 2:34:28 PM PDT by curth (Sarah Palin: 1.5M Facebook fans. "I'm In For $15 - Donate $15 to Sarahpac to celebrate!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Palin had little to do with his victory. He doesn’t owe her anything. He owes Mitt Romney, McCain and Freedom Works (who provided ground troops). But in any case, Senate is in session all week.


24 posted on 04/12/2010 2:57:32 PM PDT by montag813
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To: C210N

Let me add another high-five - excellent post.


25 posted on 04/12/2010 3:19:35 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Obamunism: You have two cows. The regime redistributes them and shoots you dead)
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To: SoCalPol

That’s right, MSM’s never ending campaign to divide and conquer.

Headlines are written for that very purpose.


26 posted on 04/12/2010 3:23:12 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: Radix

“It is a snub, and Brown is acting as if he has been in the Senate for decades already.”

__________

No he’s not. He’s actually showing up for work.

- JP


27 posted on 04/12/2010 3:41:00 PM PDT by Josh Painter ("Fidel Castro likes Obamacare... Doesn't that tell you something?" - Sarah Palin)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

But you know, this could be Scott Brown nearly breaking a leg to backpedal once the word was out that he wasn’t on Sarah’s team. He has got to know what kind of influence Sarah has. When the President of the United States answers your Facebook notes, you got major stooch.


28 posted on 04/12/2010 3:54:20 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer ("It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself." --Jefferson)
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To: Josh Painter
"No he’s not. He’s actually showing up for work."

That is crap.

Brown campaigned for US Senate while a State Senator..."on the clock."

This is a political faux pas by the rookie Senator. He should be there and his bowing out is indicative of his true nature and ambition. He will not win election again in Massachusetts without support of the sort of people who are going to attend Wednesdays function.

http://michaelgraham.com/

29 posted on 04/12/2010 5:55:35 PM PDT by Radix (What happened in Massachusetts, is going to be times 10 in a few months.)
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To: Radix

http://michaelgraham.com/


30 posted on 04/12/2010 5:56:23 PM PDT by Radix (What happened in Massachusetts, is going to be times 10 in a few months.)
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To: Radix

How can he bow out if he never intended to attend the rally in the first place? Sounds to me like he has his priorities in order, much to the dismay of the perfection squad on here.


31 posted on 04/12/2010 6:02:49 PM PDT by Catsrus (Have)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Massachusetts Republicans are kind of like British conservatives aren’t they?


32 posted on 04/12/2010 6:09:48 PM PDT by alarm rider (The left will always tell you who they fear the most. What are they telling you now?)
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To: Deb

I have seen his Mass Senate voting record, plus his campaign material. He’s in favor of a national health care system based on Romneycare, for one thing.

I don’t have Palin’s Alaskan senate or house voting record, though, but I don’t think she feels such a system is constitutional. Maybe she does, but her statements so far don’t lean that way.

“”I voted for health care here.... we’re past campaign mode and it’s important for everyone to get some form of healthcare. So to offer a basic plan for everyone I think is important.. there are some very good things in the national health care plan that is being proposed””

He just did not like Obamacare. But he supports some sort of system in which everybody has a national-level plan, and now that he’s “past campaign mode”, he’ll talk about it.

http://c-span.org/Watch/Media/2010/01/20/HP/R/28644/Republican+Scott+Brown+wins+MA+Senate+Seat.aspx


33 posted on 04/12/2010 7:16:14 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Catsrus
The Scott Brown victory last January was like threading a needle.

It was a miracle.

We likely will not see such an event soon around these parts.

He chooses to ignore those who supported him at his political career peril.

No biggy, he ain't hurting financially and the message was sent.

I like the guy, but this ain't at all about like.

This is about our children and all of posterity.

34 posted on 04/12/2010 7:51:34 PM PDT by Radix (What happened in Massachusetts, is going to be times 10 in a few months.)
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To: montag813

>>Palin had little to do with his victory. He doesn’t owe her anything.<<

Which is probably why she didn’t respond to this nonstory...


35 posted on 04/12/2010 7:55:53 PM PDT by hrh40
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To: C210N

“I’d rather he be there, no matter what the rally was going on here. We elected him to be Senator... and that is what he should be doing. He can attend rallies outside of working hours. “

A great perspective. Sometimes we forget these people are supposed to working. They shouldn’t be spinning every minute into a political statement by what they do or don’t do.


36 posted on 04/12/2010 7:56:15 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland
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To: onyx

He’s right. If Brown really wanted to, he could attend both.

Brown downplayed the Tea Party and their effect on his election shortly after winning.

It’s no big deal really, but it is true.


37 posted on 04/12/2010 8:39:55 PM PDT by free me (Sarah Palin 2012? You Betcha!)
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To: Radix

After him voting with the dems, any chance he might be primaried?


38 posted on 04/13/2010 7:06:54 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (November can't come soon enough!)
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To: curth

People might not believe what they read, but they love to use it to trash the Republican of their choice. Especially here.


39 posted on 04/13/2010 11:46:56 AM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: DBrow

What a load of crap. He is not now or any other time in favor of “a national healthcare system based on Romneycare”. That’s a lie and chopping up a quote to misrepresent him proves you know it.


40 posted on 04/13/2010 11:53:01 AM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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