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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:49 PM
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Scott Brown-for-president domain names snatched up before Senate victory
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Scott Brown-for-president domain names snatched up before Senate victory
By Bob Cusack - 01/20/10 09:29 AM ET


Several Scott Brown-for-president domain names have been snapped up as interest in the charismatic candidate spreads beyond his home state of Massachusetts.

The rights to scottbrown2012.com and scottbrown2016.com were acquired on Tuesday, the day the Republican scored his stunning victory in the race for Sen. Edward Kennedy's (D-Mass) Senate seat. The domain name scottbrownforpresident.com was already taken, having been bought last Friday.

Some conservatives are already talking about Brown challenging President Barack Obama in 2012. Brown would be up for reelection for his new Senate seat that year.

A Tuesday night posting on craigslist.org stated, "Need a great web designer to volunteer their services to create a website to help elect Scott Brown for president in 2012. Only conservatives need apply ... I own 2 superstar domain names ... please email me if you would like to change the direction of America."

Brown pulled off a huge political upset Tuesday by defeating Democrat Martha Coakley and ending the Democrats' filibuster-proof, 60 seat majority in the upper chamber on Capitol Hill.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:51 PM
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1. Waste of money
The people who bought those domains should have sent the money to Haiti instead.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:52 PM
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2. Palin/Brown 2012 - IT BURNS!
:puke:
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jotsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:53 PM
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3. First rec
Edited on Wed Jan-20-10 12:57 PM by jotsy
Would love to get your take on what happened last night.

All of this seems staged to me.


BTW, rec'd out of respect for you, not supportive of any GOP anything, anywhere, ever.
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KingFlorez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:55 PM
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4. Overconfidence is setting in
Making all these plans, silly sheep.
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:56 PM
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5. Another bubble.
Dot-Con.

:rofl:
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FLyellowdog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 01:05 PM
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6. Well, actually...
I'm going to watch this guy closely...Palin, not so much.

Brown has got some sense, is well educated, he's articulate and I believe President Obama, though sad to lose a Democratic seat in the Senate, may very well develop a great deal of respect for this young man.

Whereas Palin has no substance, this man has plenty. Maybe, just maybe, he will become a part of the solution instead of adding to the problem.

I'd be careful before writing this guy off. I'm guessing he's going to replace Palin as the Republican's new rising star...He'll outshine her anyday and if the votes are ripe for the picking, we could see ourselves with another Reagan icon, whether that's good or bad.

Just sayin'.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 01:17 PM
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7. Search DU for 'bastard', 'curling iron', and this, then get back
to me.

Perhaps now would be a good time to note that this is a Senate seat once held by John F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Henry Cabot Lodge, and John Quincy Adams, among others.

It now belongs to Scott Brown -- a conservative who supports torture, opposes Wall Street accountability, supports more tax cuts for the wealthy, opposes economic recovery efforts, opposes Ted Kennedy's life's work on health care reform, and doubts that global climate change is the result of human activity.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7518022
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FLyellowdog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 03:20 PM
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9. Well, to each his own.
Edited on Wed Jan-20-10 03:24 PM by FLyellowdog
He won the election...deal with it. I personally don't think it's the end of the world.

And by the way, I don't find his stance on the following four issues to be nearly as god-awful as a lot of other Republicans.I'm just saying that maybe there's room for growth here with this man.

Right now, these are some of the things that I worry about when a Republican gets into office.

From http://www.brownforussenate.com/issues

"In Massachusetts, I support the 2006 healthcare law that was successful in expanding coverage, but I also recognize that the state must now turn its attention to controlling costs."SB
Note: Isn’t this law very similar to what is being proposed by Congress?

"I support safe and responsible gun ownership." SB
Note: Nothing wrong with that.

"While the (abortion) decision should ultimately be made by the woman in consultation with her doctor, I believe we need to reduce the number of abortions in America." SB
Note: No mention of coat hangers here.

"I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. States should be free to make their own laws in this area, so long as they reflect the people's will as expressed through them directly, or as expressed through their elected representatives." SB
Note: Doesn’t this leave the door open to state laws which could permit marriage equality?

Get a grip.


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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 04:00 PM
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10. Allrighty then. If the above examples don't bother you,
maybe they should. They do me.

YOU have fun supporting him. I refuse to.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 01:17 PM
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8. this country is fucked up
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