Tea Partiers Target Scott Brown Over Support for Financial Overhaul

[Jennicut]

Sen. Scott Brown's last-minute support for President Obama's sweeping financial overhaul legislation has put him in the crosshairs of Tea Party activists who have sharply criticized the bill and could dim his re-election hopes for 2012.

Brown announced Monday he would support the regulatory overhaul despite initial misgivings, joining fellow New England Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, a triple play that appears to give Democrats the required 60 votes to overcome procedural hurdles facing the legislation.

The Greater Boston Tea Party said it was "greatly disappointed" in Brown's announcement.

"After weeks of debate and a thorough investigation of the bill and its possible effects on the economy, small businesses, community banks and consumers, we are at a loss as to what redeeming qualities Sen. Brown found in the bill worthy of support," the group said in a press release.

"Scott Brown promised in the fall of 2009 to stand up for free markets and constitutional principles," the group added. "A yes vote on this bill – a bill that disregards Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, greatly expands executive authority and reach, creates a perpetual and permanent bail-out system and fosters the creation of even more bureaucracy – defies the commitment he made to thousands of activists and donors across the nation who swept him to office in January in one of the biggest political upsets of all time."http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/13/tea-partiers-target-scott-brown-support-financial-overhaul/

I know, it is from Faux News but isn't it hilarious? And the posts on the website, just incredibly laughable. Did any of these people get that he is a Senator in a New England state? LOL! I have lived in New England all my life so this is just too funny. Hopefully, it just hurts Brown for 2012.

[and-justice-for-all]

1. Fuck those damn tea bagging morons

"Scott Brown promised in the fall of 2009 to stand up for free markets and constitutional principles," Do these fuckers pay attention to anything?!! The 'free market' fucked us and those drones think that it needs to left to its own whims with further dereg?!! What a bunch of dumb asses.

Hey Tea Bagging idiots, go fuck yourself!!

[AlinPA]

2. Scott Brown was put in office by teabaggers. He will withdraw his support for the bill.

[JoePhilly]

3. Not likily ...

The Tea Party itself was manufactured by the GOP via Freedom Works and other such front groups. The main goal of those groups was to anger the far right base enough to get them to vote for "run of the mill" GOP candidates, like Scott Brown, and the new Governors of NJ and VA.

With the Citizens United case, the GOP no longer needs the Tea Party. They'll have corporate dollars to rile up the base, but only for GOP approved candidates. One or two Tea Party nuts may squeak through a few primaries this year, but not going forward.

[AlinPA]

7. GOP= teabaggers. There is no difference, they are one and the same.

[RedCloud]

11. Exactly and they SHOULD be called tea baggers

To remind one and all of their original stupidity.

And they get routinely tea bagged by their republican twisted parents as well.

[11 Bravo]

10. Ummm, Brown just said that he will vote "no".

[AlinPA]

17. Brown says "No". The other two will withdraw their vote too.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/14/dems-see-hope-without-bro_n_646654.html

[karynnj]

5. You are nothing if not consistent - as you have posted this on all the Republicans we currently have

In Brown's case, I would suspect that he also has done some internal polling in MA. There may not be a sufficient number of tea party voters to allow him a win in the general election in 2012 if he makes the tea party happy. He really does need to balance being a Republican in a blue state like the Maine Senators do.

There is less risk to him in the primary, as non-aligned can vote in the primary and even among the conservatives, he will likely be seen as the only Republican who can win. That should diminish the chance of a successful primary challenge.

[AlinPA]

8. Yes, I believe that Brown, Collins and Snowe will pull a "Lucy" and yank the football away at the

last minute. They are playing Reid and he believes them - when he goes for cloture vote, they will back out.

[SkyDaddy7]

18. Scott Brown withdrew is support!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What an idiot!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/14/dems-see-hope-without-bro_n_646654.html

[JoePhilly]

20. What's is that vote count today????

[Clio the Leo]

4. and we thought we'd have to wait until 2012 for them to turn on him...

... fun, fun fun.

[WI_DEM]

6. In a state like MA he probably will welcome it because it will make him look like a moderate.

[Phx_Dem]

9. Brown has changed his mind (again) on financial reform. He's voting no

along with Russ Feingold and the GOP.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/14/dems-see-hope-without-bro_n_646654.html

[DrToast]

13. Wrong bill, dude.*

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[Jennicut]

14. So not surprised. He wants all the attention he can get.

Plus, he is feeling the tea party pressure.

On edit, it is the Disclose Act he is opposing. But he changed his mind on that 3 times already per Huff Post.

[Arkana]

12. I don't like that he's voting for it either.

It makes it harder for his opponent in 2012 to bounce him out. I wish Russ had decided maybe getting something done was better than taking a quixotic stance on "principle".

[DrToast]

16. He'll probably get primaried for it.*

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[Arkana]

19. Yeah, but the trouble with voters in this state is that they're very easily bamboozled.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I want Brown to tack hard right for a while so that everyone sees what a scumfuck he is.

[AmericaIsGreat]

15. Perfect

Tea Baggers voted him in and he fucked them. Their disappointment makes me happy

[opihimoimoi]

21. The BAGGERS got BAGGED...I love it... :o)

They live by Moot/minutiae

They will die by Moot and Minutiae

No vision, no solutions, no nothing cept whine critcize

Cynical and arrogant..they plod on...hallmarks of losers

[okieinpain]

22. damn, already. the dude hasn't even had time to kill a intern or

pickup a guy in the bathroom.