Naked Came The Senator is quite obviously not ready for prime-time, as he seemed to sympathize (in public!) with Joseph Stack, the man who flew a plane into the IRS building in Houston last week. “Voters are frustrated,” you see.*
And now, it seems he’s gone and done another stupid thing, as he invited the SPLC-certified hate group MassResistance to a little breakfast meeting. Now, wingnuts might say “well, he’s just meeting with his consituents!” And I suppose that would technically be true. But there’s a difference between granting a meeting with an unhinged person like Brian Camenker (MassResistance’s leader) and actively reaching out to the entire hate group, which is what Scott Brown has done. Here’s the text of the e-mail MassResistance sent out, via Kyle at Right Wing Watch:
US Senator Scott Brown held an impromptu breakfast Feb. 20 in South Boston to connect with representatives of his grassroots activist supporters. It included key Republican activists, Tea Party activists, and others (even some Democrats). South Boston activists invited MassResistance to join the event as the major pro-family action group.
The Brown people seem well aware who his base is, and he genuinely wants to stay connected with them … The meeting was at the Playwright Restaurant and Bar on West Broadway. Brown strolled in a few minutes early with just an aide.
Sen. Brown mingled and spoke individually with people for quite a while. He talked about a range of topics. And he wanted us to feel comfortable contacting his office if we needed to, and said that he would represent the average person’s interests. Then everyone sat down and had breakfast. Later, he gave a short speech and left for his next appointment.
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A meeting like this in Massachusetts is really quite astonishing. Although the liberals get this kind of meeting all the time (e.g., the current governor regularly meeting with MassEquality), the idea of a U.S. Senator (or any major politician) sitting down with real conservative activists is simply unheard of. Certainly no recent Republican governor – Bill Weld, Paul Cellucci, Jane Swift, or Mitt Romney – would have ever done this. They often met with liberal activists, but they were uncomfortable around conservatives and kept them at a distance.
But Brown’s message was that he’s willing to listen to us and take us seriously. And despite years of politics and sudden national fame, he hasn’t become elitist or condescending — which also makes him an oddity among politicians here.
Nice!
Again: SPLC-certifed hate group. Invited by Naked Came the Senator. For break-y-poo. Adorable.
So…I’m curious! Is this what all you gay wingnuts were fighting for, as you positively slobbered over the sexy naked man with the truck leading up to and after his election? Was this part of the plan? Really. Spin it for me. Tell me how this is all really okay. Defend your captors.
Hm?
*Terrorism is okay with wingnuts when it’s THEIR KIND of terrorism. It’s important to understand these kinds of things about wingnuts.
He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The good news is that he won’t be reelected next time around. Many gaffes and errors are ahead for him in this job.
Evan, which “wingnuts” are you speaking of? The “right wingnuts” or the “left wingnuts”? There seems to be too many of both sets running around.
Just the real kind, on the right. “Wingnut” is shorthand for a certain kind of right-winger. Perhaps you didn’t know?
I know that some wingnuts try to do this “haw haw, we r so funny, ur a LEFT wingnut” thing, but it’s stupid, and we mock it as such.
There is only one kind of wingnut.
LOL. Evan, still trying to impress people with your jackass impression?
“South Boston activists invited” doesn’t sound exactly like Scott Brown invited. Politicians and their employees are commonly called “activists.” Nowhere does either the press release or the Right Wing Watch post say that Brown invited anyone to the meeting.
And what is the fascination you lefties have with the SPLC? Everyone knows they’re a joke.
And you’ve got Brown’s title wrong. It’s Naked Came the Successor of the Hero of Chappaquiddick. Get it right in future.
“Terrorism is okay with wingnuts when it’ THEIR KIND of terrorism.”
And that makes wingnuts different from leftists, how?
OOPS! My post above should read “Politicians and their employees AREN’T commonly called activists.”
Now it makes sense. ;)
Show me mainstream progressives supporting terrorism, Dave.
*yawn*
And no, the only people who think the SPLC is a joke are unhinged wingnuts who don’t like being called on their crap.
And if Scott Brown did even a modicum of research on who he was meeting with, he could have said “You know, no. I’m not meeting with a certified hate group.”
It’s basically the same as meeting with the Klan or any other group on that list.
“It’s basically the same as meeting with the Klan or any other group on that list.”
SPLC: “Listing here does not imply a group advocates or engages in violence or other criminal activity.”
Evan, I would rather be bored to death by Focus on the Family than beaten to death by Volksfront or Aryan Nations.
Good for you, Bob?