(NECN: Alison King) - Scott Brown and Sarah Palin are the stars of the Republican Party, but you won't be seeing them together anytime soon. Brown is passing on the opportunity to appear at a Tea Party rally this week in Boston along side the former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.The "official" word is that Brown is simply too busy in Washington. Unofficial speculation ranges from Brown not wanting to take the spotlight off the Tea Party movement itself to Brown not wanting to share the spotlight with Sarah Palin. What Brown's true motives are is known only to Scott Brown, that much is certain; however by passing on this event he sends the unmistakable message that he does not want to be associated with the very folks who worked hard to get him elected. And that's unfortunate.
An earful of criticism from Boston conservative talk radio host Michael Graham and his supporters aimed at Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown following word that Brown will not be attending Wednesday's Tea Party rally on Boston Common - featuring Sarah Palin and expected to draw thousands of people.
From a political standpoint, it makes good sense. MA isn't the place to stake one's political fortunes on fiscal responsibility, limited government, or personal responsibility. This is the state where a well-connected person can commit murder and not be charged - yet a man who has arguably committed no crime whatsoever has been held without bail for over two months now because he bought some questionable items at a gun show. We put child molesters in jail for three years or less, yet sentence folks to five years for owning a magazine of a certain capacity made after a certain date.
Here's a case where "doing the right thing" and "doing what's best for your political career" are miles apart and never the twain shall meet...
That is all.
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One of the things I liked about Reagan is that he would do what he felt was right, and the appearances be damned. It would be nice if someone would emulate that. Ah well. What ever happened to courage?
however by passing on this event he sends the unmistakable message that he does not want to be associated with the very folks who worked hard to get him elected.
I don't agree. Brown is a working senator, in office less than 90 days. We don't know what his work schedule looks like. He may really not be able to take the time off.
In other news ... as you say sometimes, if this doesn't make you laugh then I don't want to know you.
I try to keep in mind the fact that, while Scott Brown may be a conservative, and a Republican, he is still a Massachusetts conservative, and a Massachusetts Republican. This means that in most free states he would probably be considered only slightly right of center (or even slightly left of center in some states), and not entirely reliable.
I can't even really fault him for that. His job is to represent the people of Massachusetts - the same ones who kept re-electing Prince Ted based solely on his last name, and keep re-electing corrupt politicians even though they know they're corrupt.
His best move would have been to show up, say, "Thanks for inviting me, thanks even more for your help, this ain't about me, back to you, gotta go." Maybe sponsor ice cream out of his pocket or something.
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