Shocker: Boston Globe misrepresents Brown statement on Tea Parties

posted at 12:55 pm on January 14, 2010 by Ed Morrissey

Give Greg Sargent credit over at the Plum Line blog for a good catch here.  Read the following exchange, for which Sargent will have audio shortly, and see what it means to you:

QUESTION: “Scott, what do you think about the Tea Party movement and what they are trying to do?”

SCOTT BROWN: “I am not quite sure what you are talking about, what are they trying to do?”

QUESTION: “The anti-smaller government, sort of anti-establishment organization that is trying to take over the country.”

SCOTT BROWN: “Taking over the country. I think that is a little bit of an exaggeration.”

QUESTION: “Well, they are all over the place and they are trying to take down moderate Republicans. . .”

SCOTT BROWN: “All I know is that. . . “

QUESTION: “Are you completely unaware of that organization?”

SCOTT BROWN: “I’m not quite sure what you are referring to. But let me just say that this is a big tent campaign. I have people who are Democrats, I have people who are Independents, Republicans, young, old, liberal, conservative, moderate involved in this campaign because people are looking past the letter behind my name and they are looking at my 30 years of military service. They are looking at the fact that I have been a municipal and legislative leader with over 6000 votes, and more importantly they are looking at the stark differences between Martha and me on health care on cap and trade, on the expiring tax cuts, on the war tax, on how we treat people who are trying to kill us, on the fact that Afghanistan has a very real and vital national interest. They’re looking at those issues, and I welcome everybody’s support, because, literally, it’s me against the machine.”

How did the Boston Globe report those remarks?

Republican State Senator Scott Brown toured a medical device company in Chelmsford, using the event to again blast Democratic efforts to overhaul health care and tamp down Democratic efforts to paint him as a Republican in lock-step with the national GOP.

“The allegation that I vote 96 percent of the time with Republicans is inaccurate, but I’m proud of the fact that I’ve stood up against out-of-control spending and taxation in Massachusetts,” he said.

He also claimed that he was unfamiliar with the “Tea Party movement,” when asked by a reporter. When told that different people labeled him a conservative, moderate and a liberal Republican, he responded “I’m a Scott Brown Republican.”

Clearly, Brown meant that he was unaware of the assumptions built into the rather biased question coming from the reporter, ie, “trying to take over the country.”  Brown even called that an exaggeration, which would indicate to most people that Brown was well aware of the movement — as is obvious, since he reportedly spoke at a few Tea Party rallies.  Opponents tried to hang a charge of dishonesty on Brown using the poor reporting of the Globe, but as the transcript shows, the biggest problem here is the reporter who had a huge axe to grind in his or her questioning.

However, not all of the Globe’s reporting has been bad in Massachusetts.  Martha Coakley’s opponents are having a field day with this bon mot:

Despite that, there is a subdued, almost dispassionate quality to her public appearances, which are surprisingly few. Her voice is not hoarse from late-night rallies. Even yesterday, the day after a hard-hitting debate, she had no public campaign appearances in the state.

Coakley bristles at the suggestion that, with so little time left, in an election with such high stakes, she is being too passive.

“As opposed to standing outside Fenway Park? In the cold? Shaking hands?’’ she fires back, in an apparent reference to a Brown online video of him doing just that. “This is a special election. And I know that I have the support of Kim Driscoll. And I now know the members of the [Salem] School Committee, who know far more people than I could ever meet.’’

“This is about getting people out on a cold Tuesday morning,’’ she says.

Coakley has not been a good candidate, and her choices on campaigning strategy have been in question during Brown’s remarkable rise in the polls.  Instead of retail campaigning after the last debate and with only a week to go before the election, Coakley disappeared to DC to meet with lobbyists rather than meet Massachusetts voters.  Brown has no trouble pressing the flesh, even in the cold at Fenway Park.  Coakley’s revulsion at “shaking hands?” makes her seem perhaps even more imperious than the Kennedys whose seat she wants to win for herself.

An I-know-important-people attitude is not likely to impress the hoi polloi, not even in a state used to political royalty.  And to the Globe’s credit, they reported it straightforwardly.

Update: I misunderstood what I had read earlier; I thought it was a quote from Curt Schilling, but it was something from Cassy Fiano (which also appears in a Green Room post) that Schilling quoted approvingly on his blog.  I apologize for my error.

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PLEASE, PLEASE SEND SCOTT BROWN A CONTRIBUTION. ANYTHING YOU CAN!

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 12:58 PM

All of this hassle could have been avoided if Senator Kennedy had been more responsible and bequeathed his seat in his will.

The Race Card on January 14, 2010 at 1:01 PM

I smell a Red Sox Nation uprising.

Knucklehead on January 14, 2010 at 1:01 PM

Winter Classic fans…not smiling.

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:01 PM

And I now know the members of the [Salem] School Committee, who know far more people than I could ever meet.

She live in Medford. So she knows her next door neighbors. Wow. What a woman of the people.

pedestrian on January 14, 2010 at 1:02 PM

TEA PARTY DOCTRINE

LibTired on January 14, 2010 at 1:03 PM

Well of course Salem is “Coakley Country.” I’ve been to Salem a few times, they embrace witches now.

MobileVideoEngineer on January 14, 2010 at 1:03 PM

All of this hassle could have been avoided if Senator Kennedy had been more responsible and bequeathed his seat in his will.

All this hassle could have been avoided if Kennedy had stayed in the only seat with HIS name on it – the one in the car that went off the bridge!

Wind Rider on January 14, 2010 at 1:04 PM

I am shocked that a reporter would attempt to take a direct quote and try to skew it out of context. SHOCKED!

search4truth on January 14, 2010 at 1:04 PM

And I know that I have the support of Kim Driscoll.

Who the hell is Kim Driscoll?

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 1:04 PM

TEA PARTY DOCTRINE

You read my mind.

KCB on January 14, 2010 at 1:05 PM

I have a vision. *hmmm, rubbing temples*….I have a vision of Scott Brown standing in front of the Minuteman Statue at Lexington Green giving a victory speech at 10:00 next Tuesday night.

I have a vision of Scott Brown marching Tea Party Patriots down the Battle Trail….. a fife and drum corps keeps the time…. cannon roll behind and infantrymen sing cadence the whole way….

That is how I see this race….A brushback of imperialism

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:05 PM

Winter Classic fans…not smiling.

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:01 PM

They actually left the rink up and played some other games there after the WC. Couple of college games.

Del Dolemonte on January 14, 2010 at 1:05 PM

An I-know-important-people attitude is not likely to impress the hoi polloi, not even in a state used to political royalty. And to the Globe’s credit, they reported it straightforwardly.

I think she’s in shock that she actually has to campaign. She probably had planned to spend her post-debate time getting her hair and nails done for next Tuesday, checking out the DC real estate listings, and making sure there was enough gushing over Teddy Kennedy in her acceptance speech. She probably was so busy she didn’t even go out after one of those rogue gangs of gardeners that threaten her state!

highhopes on January 14, 2010 at 1:06 PM

An I-know-important-people attitude is not likely to impress the hoi polloi, not even in a state used to political royalty.

She’s starting to believe she’s a Kennedy. And that’s exactly where we want her.

TXUS on January 14, 2010 at 1:06 PM

not surprised…

cmsinaz on January 14, 2010 at 1:06 PM

I’m thinking ticking off Red Sox Nation, hockey enthusiasts, AND all those that feel politicians don’t listen or care about them wasn’t such a great move. But what do I know?

UnderstandingisPower on January 14, 2010 at 1:07 PM

BU played BC. BU won. :-)

joejm65 on January 14, 2010 at 1:07 PM

Coakley also claimed that she was unfamiliar with the “al Qaeda movement.”

Christien on January 14, 2010 at 1:07 PM

BREAKING NEWS (of intrest to some)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583027,00.html?test=latestnews

SCOTT RITTER CAUGHT IN A CHILD SEX STING.

YES THAT SCOTT RITTER.

sonofdy on January 14, 2010 at 1:07 PM

Didn’t anyone tell her the Great Unwashed don’t smell as much in the winter? It’s not like the Capitol before Harry put in the outside visitor’s center for summer tourists.

And she could wear gloves so she wouldn’t actually have to touch them…

Wethal on January 14, 2010 at 1:08 PM

highhopes on January 14, 2010 at 1:06 PM

spot on

deer in the headlights moment

cmsinaz on January 14, 2010 at 1:08 PM

It’s good to finally see a politician not get roped in to answering the stupidest questions ever. And is this a misprint?

QUESTION: “The anti-smaller government, sort of anti-establishment organization that is trying to take over the country.”

That describes the Tea Parties? Weird.

Cindy Munford on January 14, 2010 at 1:08 PM

PLEASE, PLEASE SEND SCOTT BROWN A CONTRIBUTION. ANYTHING YOU CAN!

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 12:58 PM

Is there a way to donate money without having a link to a huffpost profile of my donations show up when someone googles my name?

Joe Caps on January 14, 2010 at 1:08 PM

Who the hell is Kim Driscoll?

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 1:04 PM

Maybe this Kim D.

txag92 on January 14, 2010 at 1:08 PM

The dems and their liberal allies are going to go all out nasty over the next 4 days.

farright on January 14, 2010 at 1:09 PM

I know there are conservatives in Mass., I married one and keep her safe in Texas.

DanMan on January 14, 2010 at 1:09 PM

And I know that I have the support of Kim Driscoll.


Who the hell is Kim Driscoll?

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 1:04 PM


Oh, my. LOL!

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 1:10 PM

farright on January 14, 2010 at 1:09 PM

Let them. It only makes the case for Brown better.

sonofdy on January 14, 2010 at 1:10 PM

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:05 PM

How about this quote from Captain John Parker as the opening line of the acceptance speech:

If they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” — Captain John Parker, 1775.

highhopes on January 14, 2010 at 1:10 PM

Does Boston care that this politician would rather jet to DC rather than come meet with them at Fenway? I mean, that’s what she’s going to do anyway—go to DC and be a part of the machine, get stuff done, get this bill passed and start making some sweet deals for Massachusetts right?

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:11 PM

Curt Schilling has responded to Marie Antoinette:

There are just so many things wrong with that statement.

It shows her elitism and arrogance unbelievably. Aside from the apparent feeling that the seat belongs to her just by virtue of her party, she just admitted that she doesn’t need to bother meeting with constituents because she’s meeting people like Kim Driscoll, and political leaders, and Democrat activists. …

Finally, has she forgotten who she’s talking to? What state she’s wanting to represent in the Senate? It’s Massachusetts. You do not make sneering insults about Fenway Park. What’s she going to do next, insult the Red Sox? That’d really just be the cherry on top of a delightful campaign. Fenway Park and the Red Sox are damned near sacred to Massachusetts residents, Bostonians in particular. Really, I’m starting to think that she just doesn’t want to get elected or something. Because anyone with half a modicum of sense knows that you do not go into Boston and mess with Fenway Park.

Ouch.

http://38pitches.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/curt-schilling/general/2010/01/14/want-another-reason-to-not-vote-for-martha-coakley/print/

jeanneb on January 14, 2010 at 1:11 PM

txag92 on January 14, 2010 at 1:08 PM

Yep. I was googling her when you posted. LOL!

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 1:12 PM

“The anti-smaller government, sort of anti-establishment organization that is trying to take over the country.”

Take over? No. Rather, let people be in charge of their own lives. That isn’t “taking over” anything.

rbj on January 14, 2010 at 1:12 PM

jeanneb on January 14, 2010 at 1:11 PM

another nail in the coffin

cmsinaz on January 14, 2010 at 1:13 PM

How about this quote from Captain John Parker as the opening line of the acceptance speech:

If they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” — Captain John Parker, 1775.

highhopes on January 14, 2010 at 1:10 PM

I was at that memorial this summer. I walked the line where the Patriots stood against the battalion of British soldiers. It’s really, really interesting to see how these events are coming together. Or, providential, just as it was back then. All part of a grander plan.

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:13 PM

This disgusts me. TPM had the original account blasted all over yesterday. Today, to their credit, at least they acknowledged the reporting “error”.

Shirley on January 14, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Did Schilling really say that? Is it corroborated somewhere else that the Curt Schilling, the pitcher, actually said that/?

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Did Schilling really say that? Is it corroborated somewhere else that the Curt Schilling, the pitcher, actually said that/?

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:14 PM

If you go to the link, it’s an article written under his name. Now I know that could be anyone, but still…

MobileVideoEngineer on January 14, 2010 at 1:16 PM

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 12:58 PM

I there some way to donate by check or money order. My husband would not sleep nights if I put a credit card # on the www.

jeanie on January 14, 2010 at 1:17 PM

QUESTION: “The anti-smaller government, sort of anti-establishment organization that is trying to take over the country.”

“anti-smaller government”?

Wouldn’t that be the National socialist dimocrats?

Fake8 on January 14, 2010 at 1:18 PM

It is really sad that in Mass. where the tea parties were born 200+ years ago, that the party in power looks down on them ala King George. It is time to let them know, WE ARE THE PEOPLE!!!

ConservativePartyNow on January 14, 2010 at 1:18 PM

Finally, has she forgotten who she’s talking to? What state she’s wanting to represent in the Senate? It’s Massachusetts. You do not make sneering insults about Fenway Park. What’s she going to do next, insult the Red Sox? That’d really just be the cherry on top of a delightful campaign. Fenway Park and the Red Sox are damned near sacred to Massachusetts residents, Bostonians in particular. Really, I’m starting to think that she just doesn’t want to get elected or something. Because anyone with half a modicum of sense knows that you do not go into Boston and mess with Fenway Park

If Curt Schilling actually said this then, katie bar the door, because there are now scores of citizens there that not only won’t vote for her, but are probably now wishing she’d show up out at Fenway. She’s going to need more than one goon to protect her from all the other McCormacks out there if she’s now messin’ with Fenway and the Sox.

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:18 PM

That’s not just the Globe. They’re working from a Coakley press release.

Pablo on January 14, 2010 at 1:19 PM

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 1:12 PM

OC, were you the patron in the pizza joint?

Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson and his wife were leaving dinner at a new pizza joint near their home in Omaha one night last week when a patron began complaining about Nelson’s decisive vote in favor of the Senate’s health care bill.
Other customers started booing. A woman yelled, “Get him the hell out of here!” And the Nelsons and their dining companions beat a hasty retreat.
It’s a new experience for Nelson.
Anti-abortion activists who have supported him in the past have abandoned him; he’s been the target of a fierce campaign by opponents to push him to block the bill on final passage; and the GOP now sees the opportunity for a pickup in 2012.

yoda on January 14, 2010 at 1:19 PM

jeanneb on January 14, 2010 at 1:11 PM

Curt was one of my favorites when he pitched for my phillies. (very conservative).

SHARPTOOTH on January 14, 2010 at 1:19 PM

Hang in there Scott Brown.

WyoMike on January 14, 2010 at 1:19 PM

If Curt Schilling actually said this then, katie bar the door, because there are now scores of citizens there that not only won’t vote for her, but are probably now wishing she’d show up out at Fenway.

Cassy Fiano said that, but Schilling quotes her on his blog.

Pablo on January 14, 2010 at 1:20 PM

Obama and his goons are now the Tyranny of England from once apon a time.

Time for Mass. to rise up, and rail against the taxes coming, and show America, we can be what we were meant to be. Independent, strong, and free!

capejasmine on January 14, 2010 at 1:20 PM

If Curt Schilling actually said this then, katie bar the door, because there are now scores of citizens there that not only won’t vote for her, but are probably now wishing she’d show up out at Fenway. She’s going to need more than one goon to protect her from all the other McCormacks out there if she’s now messin’ with Fenway and the Sox.

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:18 PM

It’s his actual blog. http://38pitches.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/curt-schilling/general/

MobileVideoEngineer on January 14, 2010 at 1:20 PM

What a empty pants suit.

kingsjester on January 14, 2010 at 1:20 PM

It’s a remarkable record of incompetent campaigning, and it’s only Thursday.

Thanks for reminding me, Ed. I do have to go to the store for beer and popcorn.

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:21 PM

Coakley’s revulsion at “shaking hands?” makes her seem perhaps even more imperious than the Kennedys whose seat she wants to win for herself.

Ed, what is with “the Kennedys whose seat…” Hasn’t this been addressed already?

To whom does the seat belong?

LTC John on January 14, 2010 at 1:21 PM

MobileVideoEngineer on January 14, 2010 at 1:20 PM

Ok, I’m convinced. thanks much.

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:21 PM

Did Schilling really say that? Is it corroborated somewhere else that the Curt Schilling, the pitcher, actually said that/?

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Schilling as far as I can tell is a conservative and he publically campaigned for Bush in 2004. So I’m not surprised at all that he’s piling on Croakley.

Doughboy on January 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM

Shilling should have added that she’s a Yankee fan. Nobody would have voted for her then.

MarkTheGreat on January 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM

I just think this needs to be said: Yankees suck.

Thank you.

kalel666 on January 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM

Cassy Fiano said that, but Schilling quotes her on his blog.

Pablo on January 14, 2010 at 1:20 PM

Thank you. I’ve been trying to tell people.

Abby Adams on January 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM

It’s his actual blog. http://38pitches.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/curt-schilling/general/

MobileVideoEngineer on January 14, 2010 at 1:20 PM

Yes, but he’s quoting Cassy Fiano. Click through his “Picked this up from here” link.

Pablo on January 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM

First Doug Flutie, then Curt Schilling? If Brown can pick up endorsements from Larry Bird and Bobby Orr it’s ovah!

GreenBlade on January 14, 2010 at 1:24 PM

Keep it up, Abby. It might work eventually. ;-)

Pablo on January 14, 2010 at 1:24 PM

What about calling the movement the, “anti-smaller government,” movement. The reporter seems to throw in so many inaccurate statements to get Brown unable to respond to all of them.

burt on January 14, 2010 at 1:25 PM

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 12:58 PM

I there some way to donate by check or money order. My husband would not sleep nights if I put a credit card # on the www.

jeanie on January 14, 2010 at 1:17 PM

200 Reservoir Street, Needham, MA 02494
781-444-0200

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 1:25 PM

Who the hell is Kim Driscoll?

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 1:04 PM

You know, they had a bunch of witches in Salem. Just sayin.

highhopes on January 14, 2010 at 1:25 PM

Coakley bristles at the suggestion that, with so little time left, in an election with such high stakes, she is being too passive.
“As opposed to standing outside Fenway Park? In the cold? Shaking hands?’’ she fires back, in an apparent reference to a Brown online video of him doing just that. “This is a special election. And I know that I have the support of Kim Driscoll. And I now know the members of the [Salem] School Committee, who know far more people than I could ever meet.’’

Scott Brown’s video guys better be all over this stuff like stink on sh!t. The pushed reporter, this Antoinette moment and the American Revolution. You just CAN’T write this stuff any better than this. It is simply too good—too unreal to be actually happening. IT IS like the Red Sox winning the World Series.

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:25 PM

Yes, but he’s quoting Cassy Fiano. Click through his “Picked this up from here” link.

Pablo on January 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM

Yes, I know… I was just saying that it was actually on his blog. The headline he put with it is different from the original. He put “Want ANOTHER reason to NOT vote for Martha Coakley???”

MobileVideoEngineer on January 14, 2010 at 1:26 PM

Pablo on January 14, 2010 at 1:24 PM

:-)

Success!

Abby Adams on January 14, 2010 at 1:27 PM

“The anti-smaller government, sort of anti-establishment organization that is trying to take over the country.”

Another liberal doing the projection thing.

MarkTheGreat on January 14, 2010 at 1:27 PM

“The anti-smaller government, sort of anti-establishment organization that is trying to take over the country.”

HUH???????

bridgetown on January 14, 2010 at 1:27 PM

The Curse of the Bambino was a superstition cited as a reason for the failure of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to win the World Series in the 86-year period from 1918 until 2004. While some fans took the curse seriously, most used the expression in a tongue-in-cheek manner.[1][2]

The curse was said to have begun after the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth, sometimes called The Bambino, to the New York Yankees in the off-season of 1919-1920. Before that point, the Red Sox had been one of the most successful professional baseball franchises, winning the first World Series in 1903 and amassing five World Series titles. After the sale they went without a title for decades, whereas the previously lackluster Yankees became one of the most successful franchises in North American professional sports.

are we near the end of the Curse of Teddy?

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:27 PM

I’ve just removed it altogether, with an apology for misunderstanding it.

Ed Morrissey on January 14, 2010 at 1:28 PM

Twice the reporter asks Brown about the tea party “organization”.

Does he mean Freedom Works?
Or Americans for Prosperity?
Or dontGO?
Or The New American Tea Party?
Or the Tea Party Organization?
Or the 9/12 project?
Or The Tea Party Patriots?
Or all of them?

He shouldn’t lie about Brown’s answer because he asked a sloppy, imprecise and ideological question.

Noel on January 14, 2010 at 1:28 PM

She knows Kim Driscoll? The Kim Driscoll? Heck, why didn’t she just say so earlier?

OK, now I’m a Coakley supporter!

JammieWearingFool on January 14, 2010 at 1:29 PM

This Democratic affliction, this disease that has had a grip upon the cradle of liberty, Boston, for such a long time–it has endured like a curse….Are we nearing the end of the curse, could the curse of Teddy Kennedy be nearing the end? Could it be? Do you believe in miracles?

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:29 PM

yoda on January 14, 2010 at 1:19 PM

LOL! No, but I wish it had been me.

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 1:29 PM

They’re desperate.

I watched about an hour and a half of TV last night (Boston station). Coakley ran her simple-minded “Repbulicann Scott Brown is a Republican who is a Republican” ad during every commercial break.

reaganaut on January 14, 2010 at 1:29 PM

I just think this needs to be said: Yankees suck.

Thank you.

kalel666 on January 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM

B+

winston on January 14, 2010 at 1:29 PM

Whether you like him or not….Schilling has ALWAYS spoken his mind. On this particular topic, I agree with him 100%.

search4truth on January 14, 2010 at 1:29 PM

You know, they had a bunch of witches in Salem. Just sayin.

highhopes on January 14, 2010 at 1:25 PM

When did Hillary move to Salem?

MarkTheGreat on January 14, 2010 at 1:30 PM

oh, wha? it was from cassy flora’s blog?

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:30 PM

I wonder what the msm would do if the person who is being interviewed pulled out a tape recorder as well. Would the interview even take place then?

Torch on January 14, 2010 at 1:31 PM

She knows Kim Driscoll? The Kim Driscoll? Heck, why didn’t she just say so earlier?

OK, now I’m a Coakley supporter!

JammieWearingFool on January 14, 2010 at 1:29 PM

+1
I first saw Kim Driscoll quoted in a Cindy M post yesterday since I wasn’t clicking the Time Ragazine link.

OmahaConservative on January 14, 2010 at 1:31 PM

Thank goodness she knows Kim Driscoll. After all, we wouldn’t want a person elected to the US Senate who didn’t know Kim Driscoll. By the way, I once was in the same state as Kim Driscoll, does that make me qualified for the House of Representatives?

Fred 2 on January 14, 2010 at 1:32 PM

The Coakley campaign is using the Two Minutes Hate on Scott Brown. They repeat the Republican, republican… and drone on and on and on… it’s Orwellian. Check it:

In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Two Minutes Hate is a daily period in which Party members of the society of Oceania must watch a film depicting The Party’s enemies (notably Emmanuel Goldstein and his followers) and express their hatred for them and the principles of democracy.

the democrats are merely conditioning their drones to equate republican with ‘baaad’…. Meanwhile, Scott Brown hammers away with reason and logic.

Good on ya, Scott.

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:33 PM

Sounds like the Globe is positioning itself for some Bail-Out money. I’d put that $#!+rag right up down there with the NYTimes.

ronnyraygun on January 14, 2010 at 1:34 PM

They’re desperate.

I watched about an hour and a half of TV last night (Boston station). Coakley ran her simple-minded “Repbulicann Scott Brown is a Republican who is a Republican” ad during every commercial break.

reaganaut on January 14, 2010 at 1:29 PM

Go to Ace’s site. He’s got a sarcastic smoking skull post up now about HuffPo pushing a story that Brown owns timeshare in Aruba worth *gasp* $10,000.

That’s less than the cost of just one ivory back scratcher in John Kerry’s household, BTW.

teke184 on January 14, 2010 at 1:34 PM

Are there voters up in MA that can think for themselves?

How about in NYC?

New England?

earth to new england, are you there, can you read us?

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:35 PM

Sounds like the Globe is positioning itself for some Bail-Out money. I’d put that $#!+rag right up down there with the NYTimes.

ronnyraygun on January 14, 2010 at 1:34 PM

Well they are owned by the people… so you are surprised?

MobileVideoEngineer on January 14, 2010 at 1:35 PM

Some credit to Josh Marshall for a correction to the Globe as well. (my emphasis)

Correction: State Sen. Scott Brown did not use the word “unfamiliar,” that was how the Boston Globe characterized his remarks. But after watching video of the press conference where Brown was asked about the tea party movement, it appears he actually was unclear about the premise of the reporter’s question, not the tea party movement itself.

marybel on January 14, 2010 at 1:37 PM

I watched about an hour and a half of TV last night (Boston station). Coakley ran her simple-minded “Repbulicann Scott Brown is a Republican who is a Republican” ad during every commercial break.

reaganaut on January 14, 2010 at 1:29 PM

.
The System….is…working…
.

In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Two Minutes Hate is a daily period in which Party members of the society of Oceania must watch a film depicting The Party’s enemies (notably Emmanuel Goldstein and his followers) and express their hatred for them and the principles of democracy

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:37 PM

Sounds like the Globe is positioning itself for some Bail-Out money. I’d put that $#!+rag right up down there with the NYTimes.

ronnyraygun on January 14, 2010 at 1:34 PM

Well they are owned by the people… so you are surprised?

MobileVideoEngineer on January 14, 2010 at 1:35 PM

Sorry, should have been they are owned by the SAME people…

MobileVideoEngineer on January 14, 2010 at 1:37 PM

sonofdy on January 14, 2010 at 1:07 PM

ugh What a perv!

becki51758 on January 14, 2010 at 1:37 PM

maviser@globe.com is the email address of te a-hole who wrote the article with the lie about what Brown Said.

bill30097 on January 14, 2010 at 1:38 PM

How about some reporter asking Michael Steele what he thinks of this race and what the RNC has done to help Brown.

donh525 on January 14, 2010 at 1:39 PM

Go to Ace’s site. He’s got a sarcastic smoking skull post up now about HuffPo pushing a story that Brown owns timeshare in Aruba worth *gasp* $10,000.

That’s less than the cost of just one ivory back scratcher in John Kerry’s household, BTW.

teke184 on January 14, 2010 at 1:34 PM

Yeah because a $10,000 time share is much worse than a million dollar apartment that Charlie Rangel claimed to be a campaign office and didn’t pay taxes on.

MobileVideoEngineer on January 14, 2010 at 1:39 PM

Joe Kennedy (a third party tea-partier) needs to pull out of this race. He’s sucking a few percentage points that could put Brown over the top. This is the compelling argument against a third party…it will only benefit the Democraps.

orlandocajun on January 14, 2010 at 1:40 PM

When that reporter said “trying to take over the country”, I assume he was just mis-using a phrase similar to “sweeping the nation”. But if he really meant that the Tea Party seeks to rule th enation, well, he’s wrong. That would go against the principles of the movement.

hawksruleva on January 14, 2010 at 1:40 PM

Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain (and the British monarchy) during and after the American Revolutionary War. They were often referred to as Tories, Royalists, or King’s Men by the Patriots, those that supported the revolution. When their cause was defeated, about 20% of the Loyalists left the US to resettle in other parts of the British Empire, in Britain or elsewhere in British North America, especially New Brunswick, where they were called United Empire Loyalists; some went to the British West Indies, especially the Bahamas. Black Loyalists made up some of the Loyalist community. They lost all the property left behind, but were compensated by British claims procedures

I’d equate much of the fading Coakley support with the Loyalists of the Revolution. 20% back then split and went to England, the other 80% stayed behind here and are trying to continue their English Socialism on us again.

ted c on January 14, 2010 at 1:41 PM

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