Callahan: Sarah Palin is right about Scott Brown

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Gerry Callahan, co-host of the Dennis & Callahan morning show on Boston radio station WEEI-AM, said he was disgusted with Brown’s moderate votes, according to the Boston Herald:

“I’m going to get my Victoria Reggie Kennedy lawn sign if he votes with (U.S. Rep. Barney Frank) again,” Callahan told listeners yesterday. “It’s very disappointing for those of us who supported Scott and feel like we sent him to Washington. I don’t know how he would think we wouldn’t be disappointed.”

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“I honestly thought I’d see some compromise, but never to this level,” said Callahan, who’s also a Herald sports columnist. “He’s turning his back on the people who sent him there.”

Over at WRKO, Todd Feinberg, who co-hosts the Tom and Todd show, is also unhappy with some of Brown’s votes but said that he’s not ready to throw the junior Senator “under the bus”:

“I wish he was a Tea Party guy but he never really represented himself as that,” Feinberg said.

It's interesting how everything Sarah Palin says gets put on a slide and goes under the media microscope. She was merely pointing out the obvious in response to a question. On the political grid, liberal Massachusetts is in the opposite Cartesian dimension from conservative Alaska, and the moderate Brown reflects that difference.

What's the big fat deal?

- JP

Sarah Palin 'Nudges' GOP Lites Scott Brown and Lisa Murkowski

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Gov. Palin discusses Republican Senators Scott Brown and Lisa Murkowski starting at the 2:40 mark of her interview on the FOX Business Channel:

Sarahcuda makes clear her views on the Dynasty Mentality of the Murkowski Clan, specifically Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) who presently trails Joe Miller in the primary election vote count for the Senate seat she presently occupies.

Too many GOP politicians lack the, shall we say, “America First-intestinal fortitude” to call out self-serving senators sitting on the right side of the aisle, thus it is refreshing and necessary that Sarah steps up and calls a spade a spade, regardless of political parties.

Also, Sarah’s message to Scott Brown is clear… when you vote with Harry Reid and the Obama Agenda you will get called out because “you dance with the one that brought you” and “following the [Obama/Reid/Pelosi] herd” is not what real Republicans were elected to do.

I agree with Sarah. I voted for Scott Brown and I did not do that so he would go along with the Progressives in the Senate.

Scott Brown? you will find it hard to win against a real conservative in the next primary for the seat you occupy, sir. I suggest either you resist buying property in Washington DC or else get your mind right and remember who elected you, and no you did not carry Cambridge, and Amherst, Massachusetts and no GOP candidate ever will.

Either serve those who voted for you or change parties. No amount of leftist appeasement on your part is going to persuade Massachusetts’ progressives to vote for you and instead it will make you a likely one term senator. Pick a side and stick to it, Senator Brown.

To Sen Murkowski, it is time for you to step aside and stop pretending you somehow deserve Daddy Frank’s appointed Senate seat you are warming.

What does Scott Brown’s spokeswoman say in reply to Sarah Palin’s narrative on Scott Brown?

From The Boston Herald:

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Brown has sided with Democrats on a handful of initiatives including a sweeping financial overhaul. He skipped an April tea party rally Palin headlined in Boston.

A Brown spokeswoman said his votes are based on what’s best for Massachusetts and that his priorities include job creation, controlling spending and reducing the deficit.

You can view the complete article here.

Senator Brown? Since when have the Progressives/Socialists and their Mama Wookies created real private sector jobs, controlled their socialist habit of massive spending or gave a flying leap about reducing the deficit?

We Texans have a saying which aptly applies to your transparent excuses, Senator Brown…

that dawg don’t hunt

- VF

Texas for Sarah Palin contributor Voting Female, Texas born and raised, manages her own blog and resides in New England.

Tuesday Morning Sarahcuda Bites for April 13, 2010

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Worms at Work: The lying left is still pushing its "Brown snubs Palin" meme, as evidenced by the prevaricating maggots at slime site Gawker. But the truth is out there.

Small World: In the May issue of Reason magazine, James Antle III says Sarah Palin isn’t the only prominent Republican to back Rand Paul over Trey Grayson:

The publisher, flat-tax maven, and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes is a Paul backer. So is former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, whose organization FreedomWorks lists Paul as one of the five most important candidates to support in 2010. Concerned Women for America has endorsed Paul, helping to allay concerns about his social conservatism. Gun Owners of America weighed in on Paul’s behalf as well, though there were never any questions about his opposition to gun control.

Gov. Palin was Alaska co-chair of the of the Steve Forbes presidential campaign in 1999.

Stimulus/Response: It didn't take long after Doug Brady's C4P post yesterday making the case that Sarah Palin is presidential right now for Dan Riehl to put up a slightly dissenting opinion. Conservatives 4 Palin must be living in Riehl's head, rent-free.

Get Yee Behind Me: That cracked-nut lefty State Senator from Com-Francisco is still on a Mission From Marx to mine some publicity off of Gov. Palin's upcoming speech at California State University Stanislaus. By some strange coincidence, he also very publicly filed the papers for reelection less than a month before he launched his crusade against Sarah Palin's speakers contract. Talk about firing up the base debased...

Chris Crass: WaPo political blogger Chris Cillizza appears to be trying to create a "sarcasm" meme around The Arctic Fox. He certainly uses the word, or a derivative of it, often enough in a column gratuitously titled "The Sarcasm of Sarah Palin." Gee, Chris, it's not like Gov. Palin's detractors have ever used any mean ol' sarcasm in their 24/7 Alinsky attacks on her, now is it? Among those detractors, Joshuapundit points out, is POTUS.

Magnificent Obsession: Will someone please tell these people that the 2012 presidential primaries are yet twenty long months away? If we recall correctly, everyone was telling us in 2006 that a Rudy vs. Hillary match was a certainty. Things change.

Political Pistachio: The rising stars in the conservative constellation are... women. Thank you, Mrs. Thatcher, for inspiring all those young girls who are now all grown up.

Guns and Violins: The hysterical left is still pushing this nonsense. Don Surber reminds readers that the prez loves him a good brawl, and we recall how he commanded his troops to get in our faces. Screech!

- JP

Politico: Brown says no snub intended; he will be at work Wednesday

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Staffers for Sen. Scott Brown have told Politico that the Massachusetts Republican never planned to attend Wednesday's tea party event in Boston featuring Sarah Palin and that his absence should not be interpreted 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.

Among those bloggers who tried to make political hay out of the non-snub were not only the nutroots left, but also a few conservative bloggers, most notably Dan Riehl:

"Is Brown better than Kennedy? Yes. But if his post-election tendency to immediately go Hollywood, opting for matinee idol status over substantive individual who wanted the job so he could go to work wasn't enough, his slight of the very people who helped him win suggests he's the type of self-serving jerk we need fewer of in Washington and not some Mr. Smith."

We can understand why leftist bloggers would seize upon a less-than-accurate story just to slam Sarah Palin and the Tea Party movement. But why did Riehl go after Brown? Although he's been critical of Gov. Palin at times, we doubt that smearing her was his intention. Rather, we suspect an itchy trigger finger. In fairness to Riehl, he's not the only one who was fooled by the state-run lamestream media's divide-and-conquer attack. Moonbattery, one of our favortie surfing sites, fell for it too.

Those of us on the right often criticize our opposition on the left for not doing their homework. They tend to take any story from the lamestream media at face value, especially when it suits their agenda, and casting dispersion on the Tea Party movement and any Republican, especially Gov. Palin, is a large part of their agenda. Scott Brown is also a favorite target of the left because his special election hit them hard right where they live -- in one of the bluest of the blue states.

But that's no excuse for conservative bloggers. A simple telephone call to Sen. Brown's office would have provided a plausible explanation for Brown's absence from Wednesday's Boston Tea Party, and Riehl should have made it before jumping the gun. Showing up for work is a pretty good excuse, especially at a workplace like the U.S. Senate, where many of the employees (former Sen. Barack Obama is a good example) all too often find things more important to them to do than their actual jobs. Brown sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and there's an important hearing scheduled for Wednesday. That's where we need him to be.

Speaking Monday afternoon with Boston-area talk radio host Howie Carr, Brown said that he is “not avoiding anybody.

“I’m doing my job…They elected me to do a job,” Brown said, pointing out that he missed some of his daughter’s basketball games for votes. “This is what I do.”

Conservatives have an unfortunate tendency to form into circular firing squads, even when we have the leftists on the run. Most of us have been guilty at one time or another of going after right of center politicians for whatever reasons, which only provides fodder for the Left to attack our side. We've got to stop eating our young if we hope to get back into the driver's seat some day. We've also got to stop letting the lamestream media manipulate us, as they seem to be able to do with ease at times.

h/t: Free Republic

- JP

Scott Brown: Sarah Palin is Presidential Material

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In Barbara Walters' interview with Senator-elect Scott Brown (R-MA) for ABC's 'This Week', she asked if he considered Sarah Palin to be presidential material:

Brown told Walters, “Well sure, I mean she’s been a mayor and a governor and has a national following… I know she’s very popular.”

The 41st Senator added the caveat that he’s never met Palin, she’s never contacted him, and he hasn’t read her book, Going Rogue, though he says he hopes to.

A video of the interview is here.

- JP

Palin to Beck: "I decided I wanted to sleep well"

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Sarah Palin was a guest on Glenn Beck's radio show Thursday, and she discussed Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts, the Tea Party movement and why she's campaigning for John McCain.

A couple of excerpts from the full transcript:

"I think these messages sent via Virginia, New Jersey, Scott Brown's race in Massachusetts [to] politicians in D.C., in the GOP, and those independents are saying, okay, we're not alone in this anyway, look at this rising up of the tea party movement, of activists saying... we want a shrinkage of government, not a growth of government. We want less intrusion in our lives from our government..."

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"In politics you are either eating well or sleeping well. I decided I wanted to sleep well and that's why I've made a lot of the decisions that I have that, yeah, really booted me outside of any kind of machine or any kind of I guess comfort and security that you would have knowing that a political machine has your back and they'll come bail you out and they will come defend you and they will get on the air and they'll tell you, oh, what a great decision. I haven't had that luxury at all. But I sleep well at night because I know that I'm doing what is in my heart, my soul, my gut. I believe that I am connected to a whole lot of Americans who think the way that I think, common sense, conservative ideals and principles. I'm sleeping well and I want Scott Brown and other politicians to be in that same position."

The full webcam and audio of the segment are at The Right Scoop. 

- JP

Quote of the Day (January 20, 2010)

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Peter Grier:

"Is she going to Massachusetts? New GOP star Scott Brown won on Tuesday, so a Palin endorsement might not be strictly necessary at the moment, but wouldn’t the telegenic fomer Cosmo model (that’s Brown) and Palin look great together on a podium? 2012 – it’s only two years away. Just saying."

There they go again. Shouldn't we at least let the Senator-elect take the oath of office before touting him for a spot on a presidential ticket?

Just saying.

- JP

Sarah Palin: "This is what democracy looks like, Democrats!"

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Sarah Palin comments on Scott Brown's stunning Massachusetts victory:



h/t: PalinTV.com

Update: Jennifer Rubin on Palin's Take.

- JP

Sarah Palin: Mr. Brown Goes to Washington In His Pick-up Truck

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On her Facebook Notes page Tuesday night, Sarah Palin congratulated Scott Brown on his victory in the special election in Massachusetts to fill the remainder of the unexpired U.S. Senate term of the late Ted Kennedy:

Mr. Brown Goes to Washington... In a Pick-up Truck, No Less!

Congratulations to the new Senator-elect from Massachusetts! Scott Brown’s victory proves that the desire for real solutions transcends notions of “blue state” and “red state”. Americans agree that we need to hold our politicians accountable and bring common sense to D.C.

Recent elections have taught us that when a party in power loses its way, the American people will hold them accountable at the ballot box. Today under the Democrats, government spending is up nearly 23 percent and unemployment is higher than it’s been in a quarter of a century. For the past year they’ve built a record of broken promises, fat cat bailouts, closed-door meetings with lobbyists, sweetheart deals for corporate cronies, and midnight votes on weekends for major legislation that wasn’t even read. The good citizens of Massachusetts reminded Democrats not to take them for granted.

Americans cheered for Scott Brown’s underdog campaign because they viewed his candidacy as a vote against the Democrats’ health care bill. You know that there’s something wrong with this legislation when opposition to it inspired a Republican victory in a state that currently has no Republicans in Congress and last sent a Republican to the Senate nearly 40 years ago.

Clearly this victory is a bellwether for the big election night ten months from now. In the spirit of bipartisanship, let me offer some advice to the Democrats on how to stem this populist tide. Scrap your current health care bill and start from scratch. We all want true reform, but government mandated insurance is not it. Scott Brown campaigned against this top-down bureaucratic mess. We need common sense solutions like reforming malpractice laws, allowing people to purchase insurance across state lines, giving individual purchasers the same tax benefits as those who get coverage through their employers, and letting small businesses pool together to provide insurance for their employees. Focus your efforts on jobs, not on job-killing legislation. Such a change in approach would show Americans that you’re listening.

My best wishes to Senator-Elect Brown. When you go to Washington, may you never forget the ordinary citizens you met while driving that truck through the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

- Sarah Palin

Update: Gov. Palin also offered her congratualations to Senator-elect Brown in a telephone call late Tuesday night.

- JP

Democrats "birtherize" Scott Brown for defending Sarah Palin

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The Democrats have dug an old video of Scott Brown out of the archives which shows him defending Sarah Palin after her nomination by John McCain to be his running mate. What the Dems are trying to make hay out of is Brown saying, in response to prodding by the discussion moderator, is he wasn't sure if Obama's mother was married at the time of his birth:



Now the hysterical moonbats are accusing Brown of being a "birther" because he said he wasn't sure if Obama's mother was married when her son was born. perhaps Brown's doubts about the marital status of Obama's mom were rooted in the statement of a Democrat who knows President Obama intimately. From the transcript of Michelle Obama's remarks July 10th 2008 at Pierson Auditorium on the campus of the University of Missouri, Kansas City:

"Barack saw his mother, who was very young and very single when she had him, and he saw her work hard to complete her education and try to raise he and his sister."

Context, from PC Free Zone:

While the discussion was supposedly about Sarah being the best VP choice, the conversation turned to Sarah and her daughter Bristol being maligned by the host for having poor family values and having corrupted morals, though after she mentioned it she said "I am not saying the Palin family has corrupted morals." So why even bring it up? Scott proceeded to defend Sarah and her family from such attacks, saying the father will be there to help out, and at one point he compared the situation to Obama's young mother being 18 years old when she gave birth to him, to which the host interrupted by saying "and married" and Scott smiled and said, "well, I don't know about that."

Commentary, from Prof. William A. Jacobson:

I couldn't care less if Obama's mother was married at the time of his birth, and neither could Scott Brown. But since the left-wing blogs claim that any expression of doubt about the marital status of Obama's mother makes one a Birther, I expect they promptly will denounce Michelle Obama.

I'll also wait for their pathetic non-corrections of their posts.

Jacobson is live blogging the special election all day long at Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

Democrats have had their double standards as far back as we can remember. It is part of what defines them. But never has their hypocrisy been demonstrated to be so blatant and pathetic than when they attack Sarah Palin or when they attempt to use her as a club to attack others they seek to destroy.

- JP

Sarah Palin: "I would love to interview Senator Brown" (Updated)

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Leftists at Daily Kos and elsewhere were calling Gov. Palin's remarks on the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race one week out an "endorsement" of Scott Brown. They thought that any show of support for Brown by the former governor would damage his prospects for victory.  So, if Brown wins tomorrow, will they suddenly reverse course and claim that it really wasn't an endorsement? You betcha!



Update: Now this sounds more like an endorsement:

"MA Senate Race: here's hoping Mr. Brown goes to Washington...in a pick-up truck,no less!MA pls vote tomrrw & elect a hardworking independent"

- JP

Stacy McCain On Elitists, RINOs, Palin and Brown

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On The American Spectator's AmSpecBlog, Stacy McCain notes his colleague Philip Klein's apparent difficulty understanding why "many pro-Palin conservatives are enthusiastically supporting an un-Palin candidate" such as Scott Brown. According to Stacy, it's not exactly rocket science:

"Despite Brown's centrist politics, the pro-Palin populists support his Massachusetts Senate campaign because (a) Brown's election would not be a leftward shift of either the national debate or the GOP; (b) his election would validate perceptions of a rising conservative mood among voters; and (c) if elected, Brown would go to Washington with the knowledge of his indebtedness to grassroots conservatives."

As Stacy points out, elitists and populists may not agree on much, but the right choice in the Massachusetts race for a U.S. Senate seat is no cause for an argument. Scott Brown's opponent would be an even worse Senator than Al Franken. And that's a scary thought. The U.S. Senate already has more than its quota of leftist idiots. Adding one more to their numbers is not what's needed. 

- JP

Matthew Continetti: Dems in Mass Panic

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On The Blog at the Weekly Standard, Matthew Continetti say the Democrats are showing the depth of their desperate over Scott Brown's strong showing in Massachusetts:

Democrats must really be worried about the Massachusetts special election. The DNC dispatched partisan fire-breather Hari Sevugan to help with Martha Coakley's communications strategy. Coakley's in trouble because the Democratic health care bill is unpopular in Massachusetts, Democratic incumbent governor Deval Patrick is a flop, and the unemployment rate is at 8.8 percent.

The rule in politics is to change the subject when your campaign is in trouble. Sure enough, Sevugan wasted no time spilling ink in a desperate attempt to link Republican Scott Brown to Sarah Palin. In last night's debate, Coakley acted as though Brown were just a stand in for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. And a harsh new Coakley ad tried to connect Brown to Rush Limbaugh--before everyone noticed the campaign had misspelled Massachusetts in the text.

Leftists are nothing if not predictable. Those tired old scare tactics and demonization of Sarah and Rush may not help them this time. Brown raised over a million dollars in 24 hours Monday.

Stacy McCain explains why Palin populists support the more centrist Brown.

- JP

Gov. Palin on Hannity today?

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Sean Hannity on Twitter today:

about 1 hour ago
Sorry everyone, I should have clarified. Radio guest today - @SarahPalinUSA

about 3 hours ago
Guest today - @SarahPalinUSA hope you all tune in!

Adam Brickley is guessing that Gov. Palin will endorse Scott Brown on Hannity's show.  That could be, but as we have pointed out, she won't endorse Brown unless he requests an endorsement from her first. And we haven't seen any indication that Brown or his campaign has asked for such a nod from the Republican Party's 2008 vice presidential candidate.

Since we're all guessing here, our guess would be that the governor has agreed to appear at one or more of Hannity's Freedom Concerts, and it will be announced on the show today. Knowing Sarah Palin's devotion to our troops and their families, the Scholarship Fund for the education of fallen service members seems to us to be a perfect fit for her.

But we could be wrong and Adam right, vice versa, both right or both wrong. It could be about something else entirely, or it could simply be just another appearance on Hannity's show, with no major announcement planned.

As Adam says,  Hannity is sure to at least ask Gov. Palin about Brown's Senate race in Massachusetts. We should find out soon enough.

Update: All the guesses were wrong. No big announcement, and Hannity didn't ask Gov. Palin about Scott Brown.

- JP

Stop the music: Drumbeat grows louder for Palin to endorse Brown

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Sissy Willis asked the question New Year's Eve and even sent a message to Brown via Facebook encouraging his campaign to seek the endorsement of the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee:

"I encourage you to seek Palin's support. She is DYNAMITE and much loved by red staters like me behind enemy lines here in Massachusetts, not to mention the vast army of tea party people across the nation. Her charisma and common-sense understanding of how the world works are totally energizing. If you haven't already, I urge you to read Going Rogue. Let's ROLL!"

Moe Lane has picked up the drumbeat and says that it's time:

"So let’s light this candle."

But before the blogging community gets too caried away by the seductive beat, everyone should back off and think for just a minute. Remember, the decision rests with Brown and his campaign. Gov. Palin is politically astute enough to withold any endorsement of Brown unless and until he asks for it. He may not ask for it. 

In Massachusetts, one of the bluest of blue states, Brown may only want the endorsements of Republican Lites, and he has received such a nod from John McCain. We doubt that Brown would turn his back on any PAC money, however, even if it came from Red Rock Reagan Republicans, as Sissy reports that Brown is being underfunded by the NRSC. 

- JP