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Scott Brown Will Debate Elizabeth Warren if MSNBC Isn't Involved

Paul Constant
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1
What's with politicians who only want to run for president of their own fan club?
YoungBS on June 19, 2012 at 11:25 AM Report this
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looks like Scott Brown is more of a coward than we thought
Chris Govella on June 19, 2012 at 11:52 AM Report this
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Really 56 votes for not a tool of the left? Have you seen their primetime? Sharpton, Shultz, Maddow, O'Donnell
Seattle14 on June 19, 2012 at 11:55 AM Report this
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If objective truth is an impossible goal, then it's probably best to have MSNBC and Fox News battling it out. I'm not a media expert, and I considered myself a conservative before GWB got elected, but even I can see what a debauched and propagandistic entity Fox News is. In my view, MSNBC is a polemic, but doesn't go to the extreme that Fox News does. I would prefer Fox News didn't exist, but at least they aren't allowed to operate unchecked.
on June 19, 2012 at 12:32 PM Report this
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I thought it was a snake, not a scorpion.
long-time reader on June 19, 2012 at 12:54 PM Report this
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Talk about a "weak-kneed, pansy-assed, hand-wringer" I think Brown qualifies.
Farbe on June 19, 2012 at 1:03 PM Report this
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Um, if you don't feel comfortable arguing your case in front of people who are probably going to disagree with you, you shouldn't seek a position of public power. Maybe try to lead a self-selected group, so you can be sure everyone's there because they like you? A book club maybe.

tl;dr 1 and 2 have got it. @5, I've always heard the scorpion version.
Nitidiuscula on June 19, 2012 at 1:06 PM Report this
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So Maddow, Schultz, Sharpton, are not left enough? It appears that at least 1/2 of you feel that way.
Gay Dude for Romney on June 19, 2012 at 1:46 PM Report this
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@7 All Brown is asking for is a neutral referee. He ruled out the far left MSNBC, but didn't insist on Fox News.

It's not like _any_ of the news media is going to bring up Warren's fake Indian scandal or the plagiarism scandal.

Typical Warren question: what's cuter, puppies or kittens?
Typical Brown question: have you stopped beating your wife yet?
delbert on June 19, 2012 at 1:58 PM Report this
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@4: I'm sure it's quite sad, from your viewpoint, that you feel the need to protect your convictions and political dispositions by preferring that Fox news did not exist – and so, as I would suspect, prevent them further than poisoning the ear of the masses? I suppose that's the result of your stances being on shaky ground, for they must be, but for what other reason would you want a media outlet removed from the marketplace of ideas?
Gay Dude for Romney on June 19, 2012 at 2:02 PM Report this
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@10 - Because that entire purpose of that "marketplace" is not to promote good ideas, but to serve up slop like: "Obama deserves great credit for repealing DADT, but he (like [Rmoney]) will never sanction same sex marriage."
Pridge Wessea on June 19, 2012 at 7:18 PM Report this
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@10, as I tried to indicate at the beginning of my post, if objective truth were possible, IMHO there would be no need for a 'marketplace of ideas'. There would only be true and false. I was, in fact, arguing for a plurality of ideas in the 'market' as the second best option. I am gratified that we seem to agree on this point. Fox News has had a monopoly on (radical) ideas for far too long.
on June 19, 2012 at 7:30 PM Report this

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