This morning Krystal Ball, the 28-year-old Democratic candidate for Congress in the first district of Virginia fired back in a statement accusing her critics of sexism. What happened to her, she said, is nothing unique – it could happen to any 28-year-old woman who grew up in the digital age – and they shouldn’t let their opponents use that to shame them into not running for office.

On Sunday, we summarized Scott Brown‘s high-profile sit down on This Week with Barbara Walters, but never addressed what is perhaps Brown’s biggest legacy so far. That’s right: his daughters are “available!” When Barbara brought it up, Brown motioned with a gun to his head, and then made an offer, on behalf of Ayla, to Simon Cowell of American Idol.

Newly-elected Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown made his Sunday morning show debut today, with a very Barbara Walters-like Barbara Walters interview on ABC’s This Week.

It gave millions a chance to get to know the up-and-comer Republican, and gave Brown the opportunity to come face-to-face with his Cosmo spread.

By now you’ve heard: Scott Brown, the Lt. Colonel of the Army National Guard, has just been elected to the United States Senate. Oh, also, he posed nude in Cosmo in 1982. And now that this campaign is over, I have to wonder – where was the outrage?

Could this be a Sunday Surprise — that is, a new and salacious media narrative only days before the contentious Massachusetts election? Sure, nudie pics didn’t derail the Scott Brown campaign, but a clip of the would-be Senator making the rounds on the blogs this weekend shows him wondering if Barack Obama might have been born out of wedlock. It’s problematic because the infamous so-called “birther” movement believes the same thing.

Cosmopolitan dug through their archives to find a June 1982 issue featuring a very naked chap by the name of Scott Brown playing centerfold model. Flattering, in a certain light, but possibly problematic for Brown, who is running for Ted Kennedy‘s United States Senate seat in Massachusetts. “Vote for Brown. He Has One Hell of a Stimulus Package,” the lady mag suggests as a slogan.