Blinded by Brown?
Feb/26/10 12:35 AM
Michael Graham, local talk radio host, defends Senator Scott Brown in yesterday’s Boston Herald from some of the crazies around the country calling him a traitor for voting for the $15 billion Senate jobs bill.
Don’t get me wrong- I don’t support the jobs bill. I’m inherently skeptical of the government’s ability to create private sector jobs out of thin air no matter how many billions of dollars Uncle Sam throws around.
But, Scott Brown wasn’t elected as a Tea Party candidate. He was elected as a “Scott Brown Republican” who told Republican leaders on day one that he would not be a guaranteed vote on any issue. Instead, he would vote with his conscience on what’s best for Massachusetts.
No one with half a brain was swindled by Scott Brown and his vote for the jobs bill. Those whining should count their blessings that they have Brown roaming about the pot-holed streets of D.C. in his green truck instead of the elitist, deserving Martha Chokely (cringe).
Don’t get me wrong- I don’t support the jobs bill. I’m inherently skeptical of the government’s ability to create private sector jobs out of thin air no matter how many billions of dollars Uncle Sam throws around.
But, Scott Brown wasn’t elected as a Tea Party candidate. He was elected as a “Scott Brown Republican” who told Republican leaders on day one that he would not be a guaranteed vote on any issue. Instead, he would vote with his conscience on what’s best for Massachusetts.
No one with half a brain was swindled by Scott Brown and his vote for the jobs bill. Those whining should count their blessings that they have Brown roaming about the pot-holed streets of D.C. in his green truck instead of the elitist, deserving Martha Chokely (cringe).
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