Giving Context To A Week Of Scott Brown

“This race was not supposed to be competitive. It’s Democrats in Massachusetts after all, the so-called Kennedy seat in the Senate, but now it may be the political explosion heard across the country.”(NBC Nightly News w/ Brian Williams: 1/19/10)

“Because of [Barack Obama], Republicans are starting to go where no Republicans have gone before. Places, strange places for Republicans, like New Jersey and possibly now Massachusetts.”

(The Glenn Beck Program: 1/19/10)

“I want a chastity belt on (Scott Brown). I want his every move watched in Washington. I don’t trust this guy…This one could end with a dead intern.”

(The Glenn Beck Program: 1/20/10)

“The same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office.”

(ABC NEWS: Barack Obama, 1/20/10)

“In Senator-elect (Scott) Brown, we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, sexist, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees.”

(Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann: 1/19/10)

“Ted Kennedy, his seat is now up for grabs and the election is pretty close, and I was thinking, by God, my money’s on Jay Leno.”

(The Late Show w/ David Letterman: 1/19/10)

“Tonight, Massachusetts voters rebuke Obama by electing a charismatic but inexperienced state Senator who ran on a message of ‘Change’.”

(The Colbert Report: 1/20/10)

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