VIDEO: Scott Brown’s Speech at Saturday Rally in Middleboro, Mass.
posted at 11:00 am on January 17, 2010 by The Other McCain
FITCHBURG, Mass.
“Holy crap!” I shouted Saturday evening when Da Tech Guy and I rolled up to Everett Square in Middleboro. We’d driven an hour and a half to attend this Scott Brown campaign event, but I’d hardly expected the massive crowd assembled outside the Flat Iron Cafe. At least 500 people showed up for this rally. Here are two video clips of Scott Brown’s speech to the crowd:
Will update later with photos and more, but I wanted y’all to see this video as soon as possible.
UPDATE: Da Tech Guy has his account of the Middleboro rally online.
UPDATE II: As promised, photos from the rally:
Folks in Middleboro love them some Scott Brown.
Uncle Sam wants YOU to vote for Scott Brown.
The candidate is surrounded by supporters, aides and reporters.
Like father, like son.
A brilliant line becomes a brilliant sign.
The Flat Iron Cafe was the site of Brown’s rally Saturday.
Da Tech Guy interviews Brown supporters. Note the distinctive Sicilian hand gesture.
An 85-year-old Navy veteran. If the Nazi submarines couldn’t sink him, he’s not afraid of a cigarette.
– Robert Stacy McCain
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Go Scott!!
PatriotRider on January 17, 2010 at 11:03 AM
And even SEIU union members are leaving Coakley.
SCOTT BROWN!!!!!!!!!! McAwesome!
TheAlamos on January 17, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Have to agree, “the people’s seat” is perhaps the most brilliant line to come out of this election season. Hopefully it will run its course throughout the nation and put “hope and change” to utter shame.
sherry on January 17, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Please Contribute to the Scott Brown for United States Senate campaign.
Colbyjack on January 17, 2010 at 11:07 AM
It’s a little late, now, isn’t it?
notropis on January 17, 2010 at 11:08 AM
BHO is in church today…what is this world coming to?
d1carter on January 17, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Now this is encouraging. Please make it happen. If Libs are not safe in MA they are vulnerable everywhere.
Geochelone on January 17, 2010 at 11:10 AM
BallisticBob on January 17, 2010 at 11:12 AM
BallisticBob on January 17, 2010 at 11:12 AM
Heh.
BallisticBob on January 17, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Seriously?
Which one?
notropis on January 17, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Sure looks cold… and you mean to tell me Scott Brown was out in it… shaking hands with… common folk? /sarc
behiker on January 17, 2010 at 11:13 AM
So far, the Democrats have label him a rape victim hater. Now they are trying for a hail-mary “Birther” charge.
What do you think they’ll pull out tonight/tomorrow?
Techie on January 17, 2010 at 11:13 AM
“labeled”
Techie on January 17, 2010 at 11:14 AM
Will Mitt Romney Stump for Scott Brown in Last Days of Senate Race to Counter Obama? http://mittromneycentral.com/2010/01/15/will-mitt-romney-stump-for-scott-brown-in-last-days-of-senate-race/
dnlchisholm on January 17, 2010 at 11:14 AM
It’s never too late.
Colbyjack on January 17, 2010 at 11:14 AM
Not sure which one, but in DC. Fox News was covering it. He should make a statement…er, ah, a sermon soon.
d1carter on January 17, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Funds would/will be required for the legal challenges if the results are close enough to dispute by either side.
Techie on January 17, 2010 at 11:17 AM
He must keep charging on . . . the leftist Democrats are an insidious lot and tend to hang on like a fungus.
rplat on January 17, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Ugh…looks like a crowd of commoners, Sox fans, people who work for a living. Ick.
Bishop on January 17, 2010 at 11:18 AM
I have not seen a politician run such a great campaign as Scott Brown.
He sure comes off as a man of the people. Massachusetts must elect this man to the senate.
Great reporting by Robert Stacy McCain.
cubachi on January 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM
The Peoples Seat
Amen.
RealMc on January 17, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Maybe he’s praying for a Scott Brown Victory – to save his Presidency
Juno77 on January 17, 2010 at 11:22 AM
This is worth a look as well……..
Kirk Can’t Vote after election day…..
RealMc on January 17, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Your stepping on OmahaConservative’s territory, but that’s OK. Go Scott for the PEOPLE’S SEAT!
Nosferightu on January 17, 2010 at 11:24 AM
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/barnes-massachusetts-senatorial-race-and-obamacare
RealMc on January 17, 2010 at 11:24 AM
I wonder what AP’s pessimism meter is reading today?
conservnut on January 17, 2010 at 11:24 AM
I know. Gross. Probably not a single Ivy-leaguer in the crowd. How can they expect to know what’s best for them? Scott Brown not only wants to abuse rape victims, he also wants to exploit a bunch of dumb working class types.
CarolynM on January 17, 2010 at 11:26 AM
Mitt has been working pretty hard for him already. He sent me a letter asking me to contribute to Scott well before Christmas. Everyday Mitt posts something about Scott Brown on Facebook.
Lots of people are working very hard!
Elizabetty on January 17, 2010 at 11:26 AM
And imagine shaking hands with them and actually touching them….
Wethal on January 17, 2010 at 11:27 AM
And the SMELL……….
it must smell like, VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!
RealMc on January 17, 2010 at 11:29 AM
No, Brown is going to need as much as we can send. He has to lawyer up and staff up right away in every potential problem precinct, which most MA precincts will be, given the demos.
A failure to do this or have the funds and people available will get him Frankened, and we’ve already been to that rodeo.
TXUS on January 17, 2010 at 11:30 AM
More likely his wife dragged him — it is her birthday today. I’m sure that’s why he attended in Chicago — her idea, her choice of church. He seems more like a non-believer to me.
wordsmithy2009 on January 17, 2010 at 11:30 AM
German hops, and victory.
RBMN on January 17, 2010 at 11:31 AM
Yeah, Brown is shaking hands with the commoners just like Reid had to smell the stinky people visiting their house in D.C.
mobydutch on January 17, 2010 at 11:32 AM
If that doesn’t speak volumes nothing does. He sure wasn’t in Church on Christmas day……….
http://freedomeden.blogspot.com/2009/12/obama-uninterrupted-no-christmas-church.html
RealMc on January 17, 2010 at 11:33 AM
The PEOPLES House.
RealMc on January 17, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Anybody that still falls for this guy’s phony bull is beyond help.
rplat on January 17, 2010 at 11:36 AM
Not in church on the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus, but in church on the day they celebrate the birth of “The one who is finally proud of her country”. Gag me.
behiker on January 17, 2010 at 11:39 AM
“The People’s Seat” trumps “Hoax and Change” EVERY time!
Obama is about to go O for 3…and counting.
GoldenEagle4444 on January 17, 2010 at 11:39 AM
When Romney campaigns for Brown, would Huckabee come out against Scott?
bayview on January 17, 2010 at 11:39 AM
He’s got to get out the vote and keep an eye on the polling places. There is still plenty to do.
Cindy Munford on January 17, 2010 at 11:40 AM
The People’s Seat.
Truth.
ted c on January 17, 2010 at 11:41 AM
This will replace “hope and change” in 2010! It all started with a “safe” seat in Massachusetts and became a rallying cry to the people all over the country.
It resonates. It inspires us all to be involved in reviving “the peoples seat” in Washington D.C.!
Time to take back the peoples seat.
donh525 on January 17, 2010 at 11:41 AM
There’s gonna be a smell permeating through Massachusetts on Tuesday. It’s going to be Scott serving up some Brown Chowdah to Martha Coakley.
pwned.
ted c on January 17, 2010 at 11:42 AM
love it!!!!
cmsinaz on January 17, 2010 at 11:45 AM
Advice to those who can vote in this race:
Bring a video camera. When the Black Panthers, SEIU Purple Shirts, and Coakley’s “security” people show up, you can be sure the Main Stream Propaganda Machine will be nowhere in sight.
CurtZHP on January 17, 2010 at 11:47 AM
The downside of having the retort ” It’s the People’s seat!!” lives on as legend like: “I paid for this Mike” ; “I would not take advantage of my opponent’s youth and inexperience”; “Senator, You’re no Kennedy”, is that we have to see David Gergan’s sourpuss face again and again.
bayview on January 17, 2010 at 11:48 AM
The Tea Party fervor that stoked fires in the hearts of patriots 230+ years ago lives on. Scott Brown’s campaign and voter interest has metamorphosized into something not seen in many campaigns of modern days. He is having problems that most campaigns would love to have. Check it.
ted c on January 17, 2010 at 11:50 AM
Lamont avenue Baptist church in DC. He was there to celebrate MLK. What a crock, couldn’t celebrate Jesus birth on 12 / 25. Turn to FOX now, it’s sickening!
bernzright777 on January 17, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Vermont Avenue…sorry
bernzright777 on January 17, 2010 at 11:53 AM
He’ll be speaking soon. They have to sing a hymn about him first.
trubble on January 17, 2010 at 11:55 AM
I just had to get up and turn the volumn down–that preacher is as bad as his old one….
lovingmyUSA on January 17, 2010 at 11:55 AM
That is the best freaking news I’ve seen today–it’s making national news now–FOX shoul pick it up and throw it to the judge!
lovingmyUSA on January 17, 2010 at 11:58 AM
mmmm mmmm mmmm, barak hussein obama
behiker on January 17, 2010 at 11:59 AM
He’ll be speaking soon. They have to sing a hymn about him first.
trubble on January 17, 2010 at 11:55 AM
mmm mmm mmm
bernzright777 on January 17, 2010 at 11:59 AM
I think I see his chin rising as we speak…
d1carter on January 17, 2010 at 11:59 AM
mmmm mmmm mmmm, barak hussein obama
behiker on January 17, 2010 at 11:59 AM
ya beat me!
bernzright777 on January 17, 2010 at 12:00 PM
There goes that nose in the air from this bho! It is on mute but just had to see how far the nose was up.
L
letget on January 17, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Stands in the back of a truck and uses a bullhorn…
God I love this guy!!!
katy on January 17, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Maybe the people of Massachusetts have a clue after all.
Metro on January 17, 2010 at 12:02 PM
No teleprompter…it shows.
bernzright777 on January 17, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Non-believers can become believers, and a Scott Brown Victory could save the Democrats from themselves.
They may have forgotten the old adage that you should be careful what you wish for – because you just may get it.
Juno77 on January 17, 2010 at 12:04 PM
One of the crucial aspects of this election is that everyone voting for Scott Brown knows that their vote counts. If Scott Brown wins, wave “bye-bye” to ObamaCare, Cap ‘n Trade, Amnesty, and another round of porkulus. That’s some great motivation there.
PackerBronco on January 17, 2010 at 12:05 PM
No, no, that’s the best part! Gergen asks the question with a little smirk on his face as if he thought that he really nailed Scott Brown. There’s NO WAY Scott was going to go against the “Lyin’ of Senate”. It really showed the bubble that Gergen lives in.
PackerBronco on January 17, 2010 at 12:08 PM
It’s a real shame that voting has come to this. We need to change the way we vote, no more absentee ballots, I.D. must be shown, vote day be a national no work day so that voting is possible. Paper ballots are essential fully guarded from poll to counting house. Voter registration in state houses with ability to identify who is registering. We have allowed the Demoncraps to subvert the voting process with motor voter etc. It must stop so that the voice of the people can honestly be heard.
jainphx on January 17, 2010 at 12:17 PM
+1
d1carter on January 17, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Right Cindy! This is VERY important: CHOOSE poll observers who can stay AWAKE, ALERT, &
AGGRESSIVEASSERTIVE UNTIL ALL COUNTING & CERTIFYING IS COMPLETE.Start a “Red Bull Fund” to make people aware that we must REMAIN VIGILENT for as long as it takes. I’ve worked election polls & can tell u how common it is when problems/chaos erupts at the end of a lond day for older or just plain energy depleted workers or volunteers to pack it in & leave “others” to “finish up”. THIS IS THEIR (ACORN / ALINSKY) STRATEGY. Don’t leave ANY ONE PARTY ALONE with paper/electronic ballots, last minute registration forms or any “I-just-found-these-in-my-trunk” junk!
Amp-up at the polls, make sure your cell/video camera is fully charged & use it.
NightmareOnKStreet on January 17, 2010 at 12:22 PM
Well, as long as Teh Won is speaking there, guess it doesn’t matter what the pastor says politically in a church (8 years of Bush, blah, blah, blah). The IRS will never go after them.
Marybeth on January 17, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Agree with all you say except absentee ballots.
The troops have to vote. They fight and die for that right!
donh525 on January 17, 2010 at 12:26 PM
I am still ticked off about the campaign staffers. Where did Brown get them? We needed them for the McCain/Palin campaign!!!!
Schmidt is an arse!
ProudPalinFan on January 17, 2010 at 12:28 PM
The troops are the only absentee ballots that should ever be used. I’m ex military and know they need to be heard, but only Military should be allowed.
jainphx on January 17, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Any video that results from that should be combined with video of that Democrat analyst saying he would cheat to keep Republicans out. Great commercials for 2010 elections coming our way if people get on the ball.
aikidoka on January 17, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Perhaps Brown was smarter than McCain in picking those about him.
Actually, I have more respect for Brown as a candidate than I ever did for McCain.
donh525 on January 17, 2010 at 12:41 PM
That’s more than just a few more votes. If the Democrats can’t count on their
BrownshirtPurpleshirt goons to keep quiet about the ballot box stuffing, there goes their whole gameplan.logis on January 17, 2010 at 12:55 PM
jainphx
I am with you, there are too many ways to cheat, I’ve worked the polls here in AZ, people come in with 2 DL, different address, differrent district and you can’t say anything to them, the provisional ballots are questionable they have to verify all are legitimate and I never quite understood how they can do that in such a short time after the polls close. Absentee ballots are stolen and submitted, they need a fool-proof system and this isn’t it.
concernedsenior on January 17, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Will the supposed Catholics in Taxachusetts vote pro-life, or will they vote for Coakley?
It’s now or never, Taxachusetts. It’s now or never.
madmonkphotog on January 17, 2010 at 1:16 PM
McCain did his ‘Americans are too lazy to pick lettuce’ line as his reason for amnesty. Brown hasn’t been insulting the hands that pull the lever.
He seems to be able to say the right thing. He gives more honest respect to his audience. Has not acquired the DC noblesse oblige
Brown deserves full credit for his ‘people’s seat’ remark. Better words were never chosen at this moment in history
Perhaps it helped Massachussetts was considered a lost cause. It might have left Brown more free to run an honest campaign. I haven’t seen a warm fuzzy ad of Brown and family running through a meadow – yet. If these are being run, someone should point us to them
What we need to do is get rid of the producers of the creepy theatrical we call the Republican National Convention, where phoney baloney is poured out to convince you the candidate is not phoney
What people are seeking now is trust. Anything slick or not heartfelt is a killer. I have noticed phonies cannot do the ‘honesty, common man’ schtick too long without cracking
entagor on January 17, 2010 at 2:12 PM
Massachusetts is all abuzz today about allegations by the Coakley campaign that Scott Brown sneered in a 2008 interview that then-presidential candidate Barack Obama was born out of wedlock. Democrats are taking that allegation a step further and for the next 48 hours will shriek that Scott Brown is a closet racist who called Obama a black bastard during the referenced interview.
This little Democrat-induced crapstorm will strike a nerve with the Massachsetts Womens’ Vote that will cause Brown to possibly sink below Coakley at the ballot box on Tuesday.
jay12 on January 17, 2010 at 2:33 PM
Megadittos!
ProudPalinFan on January 17, 2010 at 2:39 PM
Gee, I hope not. I was at this rally and can say it was even better in person. Can’t imagine why someone who was a product of a broken family such as himself would say such a thing. My guess is it would be some wildy out of context statement blown up into a faux crisis by DESPERATE MA democrats. I am cautiously optimistic, but can never take the stupidity of the MA electorate for granted. Considering the quality of candidate she has been, if Coakley wins, I throw up my hands in disgust forever. C’mon, Mass – we can do this thing!
Huckabye-Romney on January 17, 2010 at 2:57 PM
Yeah. Ain’t it great?
ncborn on January 17, 2010 at 3:12 PM
jay12, they’re playing the RACE CARD alright. I wonder if this scumbag “Mitch” at Plum Line (Greg Sargent’s blog) has heard they took him up on his idea (see his post from there below) I left in the post before & after for the timestamps. It is still up over there. Liberal idiots are such predictable sociopaths.
NightmareOnKStreet on January 17, 2010 at 3:18 PM
PLEASE SEND $$$$$$$$$$ TO SCOTT BROWN!!
OmahaConservative on January 17, 2010 at 3:22 PM
link please?
NightmareOnKStreet on January 17, 2010 at 3:25 PM
they’re playing the RACE CARD alright…. This is called a Hail Mary pass. Hopeless.
NightmareOnKStreet on January 17, 2010 at 3:18 PM
The Democrats aren’t really expecting this last minute slander to actually swing the vote itself. They know full well no one will believe that this kind of momentum can just disappear overnight, so they’re planning to use this as a fig leaf to cover their ballot box stuffing: “Yeah, sure we lied and cheated, but it was all just underhanded, not illegal.”
logis on January 17, 2010 at 3:55 PM
And end.
On a side note: no humpbots!
But he’d better be in the back room prepping for an epic performance.
Chaz706 on January 17, 2010 at 4:03 PM
This Catholic in California knows that Brown is pro-Choice — he even states so in this clip. I’m sure the ones in Massachusetts know likewise, regardless of Coakley’s attack ads.
So the choice of candidate will not be influenced by pro-Life sentiment. Other items on the political checklist will drive the voters — in particular, the whole horse-pill that’s called ObamaCare.
unclesmrgol on January 17, 2010 at 6:00 PM
I respectfully disagree. If you say that to my blind, bedridden, neighbor — or, for that fact, to nearly anyone who physically cannot make it to the polls but wants to vote, I’m sure you’ll get an earful.
When a military person votes absentee while on duty away from their polling place, they are being given exactly what any Citizen deserves — the right to vote.
unclesmrgol on January 17, 2010 at 6:07 PM
Agreed, and like those ‘super bugs’, over time they’ve grown immune to the usual antibiotics.
Red State State of Mind on January 17, 2010 at 7:44 PM
So, OK, you would want your wife and daughters to have emergency contraceptive services available. I’m ok with that. do you support the right of the Catholic doctor or nurse to refuse to provide those services and still retain their staff positions?
ksrtrd05 on January 17, 2010 at 9:30 PM
d1carter on January 17, 2010 at 11:09 AM
No SILLY! He was in Massatoosits today, not CHURCH! What on earth are you thinking?
Yellowdog12 on January 17, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Actually, I view abortion for any reason other than to save the life of the mother (as would be the case in an ectopic pregnancy) as an evil. So, the corollary of that is that, if abortions are to be offered, a conscience rule is quite important to protect the rights of medical providers.
As I’ve pointed out elsewhere, Brown voted for the emergency contraceptive law in spite of his freedom of conscience amendment being voted down. I’m sure that, after reflection on the current set of Massachusetts laws, he determined that the existing laws provide implicitly the conscience exemption he was hoping for.
The problem is that the provider refusing “emergency contraception” (which works to cause a miscarriage if pregnancy has occurred) will have to fight in court to prove that particular medical fact rather than pointing explicitly to the emergency contraception law to support their position.
What happened was that Brown punted the problem. It might be the politically savvy thing to do, but it doesn’t show any adherence to principle. That’s why I’m staying out of this race other than to comment here.
unclesmrgol on January 18, 2010 at 12:12 AM
I bet it was his truck. Way to wipe their nose in it, Mr. Brown.
I kinda like the cut of his jib myself…
2ipa on January 18, 2010 at 12:26 AM
Did you notice how Scott Brown started out by pointing out Martha Coakley’s campaign tracker, and complimenting him on being a polite fellow. He got every person in the audience to look over at that man and recognize him.
Then, during the speech, he referred to the mistakes of Martha Coakley, and pointed to that man, thus personifying the message and reinforcing the point. It was a great technique, which is going to catch on, Big Time…
gridlock2 on January 18, 2010 at 11:09 AM
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