This blog was started in the late summer of 2008 because I was disgusted with the media coverage of the Presidential campaign. I was not a big fan of John McCain (although I respect him as one of our country's war heroes), but I felt that Barack Obama would not be a good president for our country. The news coverage of the campaign was very one sided, and I felt someone had to tell the truth (even if only ten people read it)!
Well, here we are again. Scott Brown is the new darling of Massachusetts, and the mainstream media is trying to tear him to shreds. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but let's shed some truth on what has happened over the past few weeks.
Dana Milbank at the Washington Post yesterday posted an article about the arrival of Scott Brown in Washington. As you remember, the Democrats keep calling for civility. Well, this isn't it.
Mr. Milbank states:
"So, in one of his first major decisions since winning election, the Republican made his choice: He would cave in to his conservative critics. He requested -- no, demanded! -- that he be seated promptly -- no, immediately! -- so that he could start to do the important work of being a senator. Democratic Senate leaders complied with his demand (they even let him have Ted Kennedy's primo office suite), and Vice President Biden made time to swear in Brown on the Senate floor at 5 p.m. Thursday."
There are a few things she overlooks in this statement. After Scott Brown was elected, Paul Kirk, Jr., continued voting in the Senate. If that is not illegal, it should be. Paul Kirk, Jr., was appointed Senator to fill the gap left when Ted Kennedy died. The laws of Massachusetts had to be rewritten and the Massachusetts constitution violated to put Mr. Kirk in that seat. Mr. Kirk was the President's insurance policy that he could get his healthcare reform bill through by the end of 2009. (No one at that point expected that a Republican would eventually win the seat). When Scott Brown was elected, he was the rightful person to represent Massachusetts in the Senate. Ted Kennedy won that same Senate seat in 1962 and was sworn in within two day. Scott Brown should have been sworn in by January 21st. He was well within his rights to ask to be sworn in Febrary 4th.
Mr. Milbank states:
"But they don't like the way he votes, so hours before Brown's arrival, Senate Democrats used their 60-vote majority one final time, breaking a Republican filibuster and confirming Patricia Smith to be solicitor in the Labor Department."
That may be a legal vote, but the people of Massachusetts were not fairly represented in it.
Mr. Milbank also referred to Senator Brown numerous times as "Senator Centerfold." So much for civility.
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