Scott Brown falls off the wagon

[ProSense]

Scott Brown falls off the wagon

by Joan McCarter

Remember the story of Scott Brown drinking beers with a female reporter joking that if she got drunk enough, maybe he could get her to dance in the back of his pick-up? Remember the date of that story? In case you don't, it was Thursday, April 12. Here's a quick refresher:

The road yesterday took Brown to the Blue Hills Brewery in Canton, where the buttoned-down Wrentham Republican invited this Herald reporter to loosen up and sip brews from small sample cups.

“You can pound those pretty good,” Brown said as he tasted one of the lighter brews. His favorite was a hoppy beer called Red I.P.A.

Which is kind of interesting, not only because it shows what a skeezy guy he can be, but because of what he told a reporter last Friday, April 20.

BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Scott Brown says he's given up drinking throughout his long re-election campaign.

Brown said Friday during an interview on WTKK-FM that he won't be drinking alcohol until the night of the election in November.
Brown said he's not had a beer or any other alcoholic drink since Jan 1, opting instead for soft drinks like Coca-Cola.

Scott Brown is a big, fat liar. Surprise. PolitiFact, get on the case!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/23/1085730/-Scott-Brown-falls-off-the-wagon-

WTH? I missed the pickup-truck story. Evidently, so did most of the media.

[Cleita]

1. To paraphrase what Ed Schultz said on his show today.

He went on a riff about how he hates Republicans. Why? Because everything that comes out of their mouths is a LIE!

[madmom]

2. well that's only because he can't drink coke now....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002595387

[ProSense]

4. LOL! n/t

[TeeYiYi]

17. Coke kills! ...

Coke addiction allegedly kills a New Zealand woman

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/coke-addiction-allegedly-kills-a-new-zealand-woman-200234

TYY

[DefenseLawyer]

3. I'm not seeing a winner here

Scott Brown gets a lot of mileage from his "regular guy" schtick. "You tasted samples at a local brewery!" doesn't seem like the kind of gaff that's going to have much traction. But that's just my opinion.

[MrScorpio]

5. How about getting him sloppy drunk A LOT and posting videos of his bar room antics on You Tube?

That would be great

[ProSense]

7. Well,

Scott Brown gets a lot of mileage from his "regular guy" schtick. "You tasted samples at a local brewery!" doesn't seem like the kind of gaff that's going to have much traction. But that's just my opinion.

...it might help to drive home the point that he's a liar (I know that's the same as "'regular guy' schtick" to the GOP). Keep this on tap. His comments were sexist (seems like he was trying to pick up the reporter, too). If that fails, accuse him of driving under the influence.

From the first link in the piece:

The road yesterday took Brown to the Blue Hills Brewery in Canton, where the buttoned-down Wrentham Republican invited this Herald reporter to loosen up and sip brews from small sample cups.

“You can pound those pretty good,” Brown said as he tasted one of the lighter brews. His favorite was a hoppy beer called Red I.P.A.

“Sit down. Try this one. I’ve seen you in the bars before, don’t act like you’ve never been to a bar,” he said, sliding over a stool. “We’re gonna have her dancing in the back of the truck.”

Brown then got behind the wheel of his dark green pickup and cruised to his next campaign stop.

Republicans make hay out of the smallest thread, and if that doesn't exist, they make up a thread.

Why should Democrats overlook the fact that Brown is a liar?

[Capt. Obvious]

12. Because

Brown is well liked. Period.

Nothing is going to change that short of a dead body in his pick up truck.

Democrats like him so much they gave him the prime slot at their annual St. Patrick's day breakfast - and made Warren sit in the back and speak close to last.

Fuck, even Menino and his vaunted machine is rumored to sit this one out rather than help Warren.

Lift Warren up to that lofty likeable perch that Brown is on because nothing is knocking him down.

That being said they're neck and neck in polls and there's no reason Warren can't knock him out.

[ProSense]

15. Well,

"Brown is well liked. Period."

...he's running against Elizabeth Warren.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002445796

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002536602

Period!

[Capt. Obvious]

16. Your links settled that

[Capt. Obvious]

11. Not even close to a winner

Maybe his latest car accident (where he was rumored to be tipsy) would be a better angle but Massachusetts voters don't hold that against

[lutefisk]

6. Just like pResident Bush wasn't drinking...

[WI_DEM]

8. could that be some kind of fake beer?

[DCKit]

10. That would imply that the chimp was also a lying drunk. nt

[adigal]

9. I love how Laura Bush is totally ignoring her drunk?? husband

Either she was trying to pretend all was well, or she really didn't care if he fell down the stairs!!

[lpbk2713]

13. " ... says he's given up drinking throughout his long re-election campaign. "

I suspect it's going to get a lot longer.

[KamaAina]

14. Well, at least he has decent taste in beer

I wonder what I'd do if it turned out that Elizabeth Warren drinks Coors Light?