“Professor Warren claimed she was a Native American, a person of color — and as you can see, she is not.” – Sen. Scott Brown
DID YOU get to see the debate? If not, you can watch the full debate below. Thanks to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, that is. Reid closed down the Senate so Scott Brown wouldn’t have an excuse to skip facing Elizabeth Warren in a debate.
One thing that stood out to me is that Scott Brown didn’t come off as the nice guy he’s always portrayed as being in the media. A Washington Post piece on this subject mentioned this aspect.
Brown’s aggressiveness: Whether it was his opening on Warren’s heritage, or his blunt line that Warren “should stop scaring women,” Brown did not adopt a passive posture, and he was even visibly irked at points. It wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, but Brown needs to be careful not to come across as too angry, something that could take the sheen off the nice-guy image he has been cultivating.
That “nice-guy image” has sailed for me.
The other thing that was a jolt is the quote at the top. Brown’s language about “as you can see, she is not” a Native American, besides being creepy, came off as a verbal insult. It’s tantamount to saying the only thing that makes a “person of color” what he or she is would be their skin color.
As Elizabeth Warren responded, paraphrasing, she believed the stories her mom and dad told her, the stories of her family. Why shouldn’t she? More importantly, those stories Warren’s parents told her weren’t about her skin color, something Scott Brown missed entirely, sounding deeply ignorant, but also disrespected.
Brown sent a message to all people of color, whose heritage growing up in America has an added element, that they’re all about skin color and that’s all there is to see.
Scott Brown’s use of “professor” was obvious and condescending.
Elizabeth Warren more than held her own and maybe next time she’ll clock him when he insults her.
If you watched all or part of it, what did you think?
Video via CBS Boston
Brown comes across as a prick! Check the boston papers- same read. Brown should beware to belittle a woman like Warren on stage. Women of MA are already unfiying beihind Warren. Tonight finishes it.
Recall in NH when Obama said Hillary was “likeable enough”? Same feel here. Or like when Ann Richards was on stage with Guv Williams and he refused to shake her hand causing tx women run tot he polls for her. And who cant forget when candidate Hillary in 2000 NY Sen race debated Lazio and he came into her face shaing papers for her to sign, an oath. That went real well with Ny women. Its looking like Warren may become Ma first owman senator
Pretty good recall you got there!
oh how I try! lets hope the women of ma teach brown and the right a lesson
Let’s hope!
“Professor Warren claimed she was a Native American, a person of color — and as you can see, she is not.” – Sen. Scott Brown
Yes, just like Kennewick Man, I suppose.
Not that we should let anything like science enter the discussion, but they’ve found 10,000+ year old skeletons of what appear to be white folks just about everywhere, including North America. Looking like Patrick Stewart doesn’t make you English.
“Professor Warren claimed she was a Native American, a person of color — and as you can see, she is not.” – Sen. Scott Brown”
My these repugnant/bagger/Ubers just can’t stay away from the RACIST button can they?
Watched most of the debate…brown came across as a petty, small minded weasel. Ms. warren as a mature, thoughtful, serious adult. I’d say this one definitely goes in the win column for her.
Above we have the opinions of 5 astute political analysts.
Here we have the opinion of 1,000 Mass voters……..
http://www.kimballpoliticalconsulting.com/KPC_Methodology_Survey_Results.pdf
What the poll doesn’t say, and the question they didn’t ask is, who will you vote for.
I wonder what polling method this firm is using? Nate Silver has been explaining the difference between robo call voting and live person interviewing polling. he says the live interview calls cell and land lines while robos only do land lines. He gives more credence to the personal interview kind.
one third of all voters use cells only~
OK, I guess I have to not only provide the link, but do the reading as well for you guys from now on.
There IS a tab asking respondents who they will vote for.
There is a tab showing the split between landline and cell. Cell comprised 24.3%.
Nate Silver does do better work than most, but even he seems to be a little too forgiving on samples being weighted more D than prior voting patterns have demonstrated. There may well be a need to study whether automated or live produce more or less accurate results, but the biggest mistake is to use phone lists as opposed to prior voter lists. A sample of “LV” taken from voter rolls is much more credible in claiming “likely voter” than one that simply relies on respondent to so claim.
There are any number of ways to skew a poll without it being obvious.
As a Bostonian and a woman, I have been waiting for this debate since it was announced, and I watched it in its entirety. Elizabeth Warren was prepared for every question and she answered each with honesty, intelligence and without hostility. Her oponent was obviously angry (perhaps because he was pushed onto the plane by Harry Reid–thanks Harry) . Elizabeth has studied Scott Brown’s voting record very closely, and refused to let him squirm out of his pro-big corporation votes. While he was quick to hide behind his pro-choice stance, Elizabeth was quicker to remind the viewers of his vote against equal pay for equal work. The biggest surprise to me, this morning, is that the debate polls seem to place Brown as the winner. Only 12% of Massachusetts voters are republican, and yet Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren are in a dead-heat. I don’t get it.