This will be brief. I've been receiving incendiary negative attack literature from Brown campaign this fall. Just got the mail, and find another missive from Brown.
This one looks good visually..has two columns comparing the candidates and Yes or No in each column, with text underneath explaining the position. "Hmmm", some undecided/uniformed voter might think, "that seems reasonable". Of course Warren's list is a bunch of hooey.
Example item on list: "Protecting Medicare"
Warren- "NO-"Warren supports over $700 billion in cuts for CURRENT SENIORS (caps mine) on Medicare..."
Brown-"YES- Scott believes that Medicare is a solemn promise to seniors and voted to reverse recent cuts to the program. He believes no current senior, nor anyone nearing retirement, should suffer cuts..."
As if Elizabeth does not!? He tells us she is slashing current seniors. Bald faced lie as we know that the cuts were payments to insurance companies not in services.
I resent having lies in my mailbox. I never hated Scott Brown until he started doing this. I wish there were some sort of response from the public that could make him pay for his lies. Loosing his Senate seat will be one, of course.
I can't recall ever seeing this level of bald face lying in races in my state. I think that Romney's unprecedented lying on the national level has trickled down and given a green light to down ballot candidates to lie just like him. Or, it could be only that Scott Brown's campaign is being run by the same people who run Romney's. What do you think? Is there more bald face lying everywhere this year or is it just Romney and Brown? Or has it always been this way in some places and I just don't know/realize it here in MA?
My concern is that the unprecedented level of mendacity of the Romney campaign for President might be bad for our country long term even if he looses, if he's set a new precedent of how much lying is allowed in a campaign. I hope that is not the case. I don't want this to be the norm.