So What If She Called Him?

So apparently there is some big hoopla regarding a simple phone call between Sarah Palin and Senator-elect Scott Brown…

Sen.-elect Scott Brown is acknowledging receiving a phone call from Sarah Palin on election night less than a week after he denied any contact with the former GOP vice presidential contender.

In a Jan. 28 interview with the Associated Press, Brown said he didn’t know Palin, had never spoken with her and that she never reached out to him.

Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton told the news Web site Politico that Palin did speak with Brown on election night and congratulated him “on his most historic victory for not only Massachusetts but the nation.”

A Brown aide said the call from the former Republican presidential candidate “had completely slipped his mind,” and added that it was very nice of her to make the call.

So what if she called him? So what if he forgot she called? So what??? Are the Democrats so desperate to paint Scott Brown with the Sarah Palin brush that whether or not she called him–to congratulate him on his victory–is a big deal?
Chris Good at The Atlantic commented on this story.

A minor discrepancy, and the Associated Press lists Brown’s quote by itself, so it’s hard to tell how the conversation went up until that point; but, given Palin’s national prominence, and the fact that Democrats had sought to tie Brown to Palin during the election–national Democrats sent out press releases highlighting Brown’s praise for Palin and Palin’s praise for Brown, seeking to paint Brown as a Palin-style conservative, and Sen. John Kerry compared Brown’s more riled-up supporters to attendees of Palin’s rallies on the presidential campaign trail in ‘08–it’s also an interesting one.

Interesting, indeed. It seems clear the Democrats are hung up on trying to paint Scott Brown as a Sarah Palin conservative in order to cast an ugly shadow on Scott Brown. If they want so badly to connect the dots between Scott Brown and Sarah Palin, why is White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs suggesting that Scott Brown’s election was an expression of support for Obama?

Let’s look at this logically:
IF Sarah Palin = Scott Brown (as the Democrats have been to trying portray);
AND Scott Brown = Barack Obama (according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs);
THEN Barack Obama = Sarah Palin

That’s transitive properties people.

Coakley Can’t Run on Her Own Name

What’s really, really sad about Martha Coakley’s campaign is that it isn’t about her. It about hatred for Scott Brown, it’s about hatred for Bush/Cheney, it’s about Ted Kennedy.

Compare that to Scott Brown’s campaign, where the enthusiasm is genuinely for Scott Brown and his message.

In fact, Martha is trying again again to save her campaign by rolling out the Ted Kennedy card again with DoingItForTeddy.org.

This is a sad, desperate attempt by Coakley that is not going to work. Past elections have shown that the anti-vote doen’t beat the pro-vote. Let me explain.

In 2004, John Kerry’s “support” was mostly the anti-Bush vote, not a pro-Kerry vote. He lost.

In 2008, conservatives were not excited about John McCain, and he  lost that election because Obama had more positive support.

In 2010, Scott Brown clearly has more positive support than Coakley does. Coakley knows this, but has no choice. She has to run on a negative campaign against Brown, and using Barack Obama and Ted Kennedy to boost her support.

And it’s not just Coakley, it seems clear to me from the people “supporting” Coakley on Twitter that they most are anti-Scott Brown, because all they can do is attack him.

Democrats, Coakley Scared of Scott Brown?

It’s getting close to the Special Election, and it looks like the Democrats and Martha Coakley are scared of Scott Brown.

First, there was poll putting Scott Brown within single digits of Coakley–and that is pretty amazing for a Republican in Massachusetts, for the seat formerly held by the “Liberal Lion.”

Now, a poll conducted by Public Policy Polling puts Scott Brown ahead of Martha Coakley 48-47!

Add to that, if you look at Martha Coakley’s event calendar, guess who is making an appearance? None other than President Bill Clinton, and Senator John Kerry. I guess MArtha Coakley feels like it is about time to roll out the “big guns” in what most people would of guessed was an election that was “just a formality.”

Clearly, the Coakley campaign didn’t believe there was an election taking place until this past week… and that complacency could very likely cost them the election, and a boat load of pride and ego.

No matter what, the very fact that this is most likely going to be a very, very close race, speaks volumes. Could the tide be turning in Massachusetts?

Kerry Reducing His Own Carbon Emissions

I’m no fan of Senator John Kerry, and I disagree with his opinion on global warming…but…I’ll give him credit for not taking a private plane to the Global Warming Summit in Copenhagen.

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will travel to the United Nations global warming conference in Copenhagen, Denmark on a commercial airliner, a senior Kerry aide told CNSNews.com.

“The senator expects to travel commercially as he has to past climate conferences,” the aide said, adding that the details of Kerry’s travel arrangement were contingent upon the Senate’s schedule.

Published reports have indicated that many public officials have been arriving at the Copenhagen in private jets, meaning they are emitting more carbon into the atmosphere than they would if they traveled on commercial airliners. Carbon emissions produced by human activity, global warming theorists believe, cause global temperatures to rise.

Kerry will join a large U.S. contingent at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, including President Barack Obama and several members of his cabinet: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

At least 15,000 delegates, 5,000 journalists, and 98 world leaders are expected to attend the conference, which started Dec. 7 and ends on Dec. 18. The Telegraph reported that more than 1,200 limousines and 140 private planes are being utilized by the attendees.

And even still… if attendees really want to practice what they preach, how about using some online web conferencing tools so no one needs to increase their carbon emissions while getting the benefit of “attending” the conference.

I guess the parties after the conference wouldn’t be quite the same…

Like Kennedy, Like Kerry

It appears that the new senior Senator of Massachusetts suffers from the same kind of familial substance abuse problems of the former senior Senator of Massachusetts.

Sen. John Kerry’s eldest daughter was arrested early this morning for driving under the influence, Los Angeles police confirmed.

Alexandra Forbes Kerry, 36, was pulled over in Hollywood for a traffic violation and was arrested for DUI at 12:40 a.m., Officer Sara Faden said.

Kerry posted $5,000 bail at 5:20 a.m.

She is due in Los Angeles Municipal Court on Dec. 10, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office Web site.

While Faden would not confirm Kerry’s blood alcohol level or what substance she was under the influence of, gossip site TMZ.com reported that Kerry’s blood alcohol was .06, just below the .08 legal limit. Prosecutors can still go after drivers below that level if they are operating erratically, the site reports.

How fast will this get brushed under the rug?