I dont get Scott Brown (Steve Benen)

[Mass]

Yesterday, Scott Brown informed us that the Democrats would stop at nothing:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x247137

Today, he decided that he was not ridiculous and over his head enough and decided to go to GMA to whine a little more.

I still dont get how people in our state could vote for this guy. It is not as if the local print media did not inform them the guy was light weight.

I dont care how lousy Coakley was.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_03/023071.php

I JUST DON'T GET SCOTT BROWN.... The poor guy is on TV all the time, but he just seems in over his head. (via Gerry Canavan)

Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., said today it's time to "collectively fix this bill" and that he's prepared to lead the charge to do just that.

"We're all in favor of the catastrophic care coverage and coverage for children," Brown told "Good Morning America." "But what about the backroom deals? What about all the bad things?"

What a garbled mess. "All" Republicans are "in favor" of some key provisions in the bill? That's very nice, except those same provisions would be scrapped if Republicans repeal the Affordable Care Act, as Brown's party is currently promising to do. Besides, if there was unanimous GOP support for those provisions, Brown's party kept this little detail carefully under wraps during the policy debate itself.

As for the "backroom deals," this weak tea is getting weaker all the time. For one thing, deal-making has been part of every major piece of legislation in American history. For another, the Senate approved a reconciliation package yesterday that removed the more notorious "backroom deals" from the package -- and Brown voted to leave the deals in.

"What about all the bad things?" That's profound, to be sure, but like everything else involving Scott Brown, it's noticeably short on substance and meaning.
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[Phx_Dem]

1. He's the male version of Sarah Palin, only a tiny bit less stupid.

Still stupid, but it's hard to be as dumb as Palin.

[Cha]

5. That may be but he sure stepped into some Deep

doo doo.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8023372

[ProSense]

2. "Republicans sure do pick strange people as heroes."

Yup.

"I dont care how lousy Coakley was."

Stupid kneejerk voting. Same thing happened in NJ.

[karynnj]

7. The really ironic thing is that many people in my county voted

against Corzine because he canceled the property tax for those who made more than $75,000. Now, Christie has canceled it for everyone - but he is canceling the Corzine tax increase on those making more than $400,000.

[WI_DEM]

3. I'm looking forward to this bozo going down in 2012--first with Obama's coattails in MA

and then with a stronger Dem candidate against him.

[Mass]

4. Me too. 2012 cannot come too soon.

[Cha]

6. +1

[Nancy Waterman]

8. The good news is he is up in 2012

and won't be getting a full six years. You can bring back a Dem next time, if there is someone reasonable running.