Scott Brown Denies Making Remark About Elizabeth Warren's Ethnicity (seriously...not the Onion)

[DonRedwood]

Got that people? The Romney/Republican ideal: say whatever horrible thing you want then lie about it. Scott Brown is a stain that should be removed.

Scott Brown Denies Making Remark About Elizabeth Warren's Ethnicity

During the first Massachusetts Senate debate between Sen. Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren, the incumbent Brown said to the audience that, "Professor Warren claimed that she was a Native American, a person of color, and as you can see, she's not."

Earlier this summer, the Brown campaign repeatedly attacked Warren, a Harvard professor, for being listed as Native American in a university directory. But whatever Warren's ancestry, Boston reporters and others expressed surprise that Brown claimed to discern a person's lineage just by looking at her.

Yet when asked about his Native American-detection abilities at a press conference Tuesday, Brown denied ever having made the statement about Warren. Watch the video above and decide for yourself.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/scott-brown-elizabeth-warren-ethnicity_n_1914337.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[DonRedwood]

1. Posts from the debate:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021386710

[JaneyVee]

2. Scott Brown: Birther/Asshole

[Flashmann]

3. I did a critical analysis using teabag reason

Scott Brown=rethuglican=teabagger+open mouth emitting sound=Liar.....

[DonRedwood]

5. teabag and reason don't belong in the same sentence...

[Flashmann]

10. I agree wholeheartedly...

I think an exception that might prove the rule,though,would be to use whatever passes for teabag reason to arrive at a kneejerk opinion.....Even if,as in this case,the opinion is correct that Brown is a lying shitbag....

[DonRedwood]

18. lol...i wanted to call him a

pile of shit...but was watching my mouth

[porphyrian]

4. ...um...he knows cameras were running, right? n/t

[DonRedwood]

6. I guess he figures the MSM will ignore that he is a big fat liar

[porphyrian]

8. It seems to be a republican trend now. n/t

[DonRedwood]

9. step one: lie, step two: deny, step three, try to steal the election, hate all non-whites and homos.

the republican platform

[porphyrian]

11. I find it fascinating how many homosexuals remain republican.

Well, maybe a few have come to their senses and defected now.

[DonRedwood]

12. i know a couple...it makes me crazy!!!

[porphyrian]

14. I'll never understand why people work so hard against their own better interests.

Of couse, that means I don't understand why the majority of republicans are republicans.

[DonRedwood]

21. Sadly...many gay peeps from homes where they are taught to hate gay people, end up hating themselves

Nobody has taught them to love themselves yet.

[porphyrian]

22. That makes sense, and sucks. I'm glad to have examples of successful alternatives in my party. n/t

[dsc]

19. as a percentage there are fewer gay republicans

than republican members of union households, republican women, republican pro choicers, and republican latinos.

[porphyrian]

23. I did not know that. Interesting. n/t

[dsc]

24. only two demographic groups are more loyally democratic than gays

Jews and African Americans.

[porphyrian]

25. ...And Now You Know!

[dsc]

27. source is NY Times exit polls from various years

African Americans have been in the 90's, Jews in the high 70's with gays in the mid 70's. Union households are in the mid 60's with pro choice voters in the low to mid 60's. Latinos have moved with Gore and Kerry in the high 50's low 60's to Obama getting in the high 60's.

[DonRedwood]

36. Do gay black Jewish people get counted three times?

[yardwork]

41. I'd say that we can predict with near 100% certainty that they will vote Democratic!

[DonRedwood]

31. AIDS made a lot of gay republicans finally see the light

but there are lots of rich gay peeps who are just as greedy and business-friendly that they can justify voting republican for their pocket-book.

Or, more likely, there are just some dumb-ass gay people out there who are too stupid to see how they are being used for their vote.

[yardwork]

34. Do you have a link for that assertion?

You seem to be claiming that until the advent of HIV, most gay people voted Republican. I sincerely doubt that. We've been fighting for our rights for a long time and my guess is that we've been voting Democratic in very large numbers for a long time.

In case you missed dsc's point, the vast majority (70% or more) of gay people vote Democratic. That is a much higher percentage of gay folks voting Democratic than straight folks. Approximately half of all straight folks vote Republican.

Sure, there are "lots of rich gay peeps" who are "greedy" but there are many more "rich straight peeps" who are "greedy" and vote Republican.

[DonRedwood]

37. hold on, hold on...that"s not quite right-- I am talking about gay republicans not all gay people

And I am saying, most of the gay republicans I personally know, could not longer vote republican after they saw how the republican party treated people with AIDS. In fact, 100% of the gay republicans I know, left the republican party over that issue.

So, for me, log cabin republicans are actually worse than ever because of the attacks on aids funding...their membership in the republican party condemns people to greater risk for HIV.

[yardwork]

40. Sorry, I misunderstood! Now I get you.

And I agree that the Log Cabin Republicans (and the even worse group, I forget their name, the gay Tea partiers) are appalling.

[DonRedwood]

42. Phew! I was kind of horrified there for a minute!!!

One of my friends, gay, 42, recently out, eagle scout, had a Rush Limbaugh book on his bookshelf when I met him. I shamed him for two years to no avail... and then there were some really nasty cuts to aids funding and that was that. rush went away and he became a very awesome democrat.

[yardwork]

48. I think that you probably helped with that transition for the better!

I enjoy your posts and I was surprised by what I thought you were saying. I apologize for jumping to a conclusion that was false. Thank you for explaining.

[dsc]

35. It would be hard to say if AIDS did or didn't

since the last election before AIDS hit was also the last election in which the parties had largely the same positions on gay issues (Carter v Ford). The parties have since diverged radically on lgbt issues.

[OneGrassRoot]

7. I wish someone would make a compilation video of all the lies like this Republicans have told...

over the last four years.

It's like they don't acknowledge technology exists and can prove they're lying.

Sadly, their base doesn't even care.

Still, rational independents may. Putting it all in one video would be awesome. Maybe it's out there...I'll search later.

[DonRedwood]

38. their base doesn't care, but young people do care as they decide what party to join

I would love a lie video!! some nice rap using their own words and voices.
:0)

[LynneSin]

13. Are you fricking kidding me? HIs opening remarks were about her Native American heritage

Scott Brown is a racist douchebag. I suspect he's starting to see people referring to him as racist and is now on damage control.

[Voice for Peace]

15. hopefully he's too late with the damage control.

[DonRedwood]

32. I KNOW! as his introduction of himself!! It was shocking and...well,,.CRAZY

made him look like a bully and made her look strong to stand up to it.

what an idiot!

[LynneSin]

39. It was like "Hi my name is Scott Brown and...

can you believe my causcian looking opponent thinks she has Native American heritage"

[DonRedwood]

44. I'm wondering how women took to his bullying tone too

A lot of women (and men, probably) who thought he was cute probably changed their mind when he did that.

[LynneSin]

46. Honestly that's why I turned the damn thing off

He was so offensive and so disrespectful - shame on him!

[rhett o rick]

16. He is merely pointing out how easy it is to detect who is lower on the social scale than himself.

Just use skin color. All Republicans use that fool proof method.

[Care Acutely]

17. Yup. That's it right there.

[Liberal_in_LA]

20. omg. we got it on tape.

[DonRedwood]

43. i know...he truly must think the media will let him get away with it

but...the internet is doing the job of the media these days and busting his chops. (yourself included)

[Mr.Bill]

26. The Republican rule is

Deny something ten times on Fox News and it will go away.

[valerief]

28. Uh, we saw the damn debate. He OPENED with the race card. nt

[DonRedwood]

45. no, no, he says he didn't say that. you must be mistaken.

[valerief]

47. Right. Who am I going to believe? Him or my own eyes and ears?

[Indpndnt]

29. It was a televised debate! Did he think it was taped on an Etch-a-Sketch?

He must be a Willard collaborator!

Or is he a Lyin' acolyte who just denies everything when confronted, even in the face of televised attacks and lies?

[Zambero]

30. Racism. Scott checked that box.

Clearly, he did.

[Hutzpa]

33. You can put a stake in him

he is done.