Dan Quayle in a barn coat

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By James Oliphant
May 6, 2011, 7:41 a.m.

Probing for weakness, Democrats are piling on the gaffe made by Sen. Scott Brown this week, who said he had seen photos of Osama bin Laden’s corpse that were not, in fact, actual photos of the slain Al Qaeda leader.

Brown, Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, and other senators were duped by phony images, although it remains unclear how they obtained them.

For Democrats, the Massachusetts Republican is the biggest target, however—and Brown didn’t help himself earlier in this week when he declared for the New England media, “I’ve seen the picture. He’s definitely dead.’’

At that point, the White House had not released any photos of Bin Laden—and Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta had not shown them to members of Congress during a classified briefing. There were, however, a number of fakes prowling around on the Web. Brown’s office had to issue a retraction.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee put out a release Friday mocking Brown, suggesting that the telegenic senator is not the sharpest knife in the drawer and calling him “Dan Quayle in a barn coat.”

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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-scott-brown-photos-20110506,0,4727905.story

[KurtNYC]

1. "Margret Thatcher naked on a cold day....

...Margret Thatcher naked on a cold day" -M. Myers

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. what's a barn coat?

[Ian David]

3. Here...

A jacket of the people
We all know about Scott Brown’s truck. But what’s the story behind that coat?

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But what do we know about that brown jacket, really? We spent more time talking about what Brown wasn’t wearing than what he was. Is the slightly worn leather jacket what it appears to be - just something Brown had lying around the house? Or did the campaign hire a stylist to find Brown a jacket that said “Joe the Plumber,’’ but cost $850, like the Burberry canvas barn jacket Saks is selling this season?

With the Senator-elect poised to start making national policy, a call to one of his campaign masterminds was in order. “It was made by an American company Golden Bear Sportswear,’’ Brown senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told us. “He loves it because it fits and his daughter bought it for him, and he only has two jackets.’’ (The other is a blue puffer snow jacket.)

Beyond providing warmth, Fehrnstrom said, the jacket did indeed send a message, just like the truck: Brown’s a regular guy. “Scott is the Rocky Balboa of Massachusetts politics, and his barn coat may be as famous as Rocky’s leather jacket. Maybe someday it will hang in the Smithsonian next to the Spirit of St. Louis.’’

Longtime Democratic consultant Michael Goldman, a senior consultant with the Government Insight Group, had a slightly different take. “There is no question that jacket was supposed to say, I’m not some wealthy lawyer from the suburbs, I’m just like you, a plain old truck-driving guy.’’



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http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/articles/2010/01/28/we_all_know_about_the_truck_but_whats_the_story_behind_the_brown_coat/


Water repellent cow nubuck barncoat
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Zipper and button front
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4. ahhh.. manly jacket

[Ian David]

5. Not really... THIS is a manly jacket...