I don't know if you've heard the news, but Martha Coakley is running for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts and tomorrow is election day.
So it should be no surprise that with 24 hours to go until voting begins, Martha Coakley asked people for their votes when she made a campaign stop at a breakfast honoring Martin Luther King.
But her Republican opponent, Scott Brown, thought Coakley's actions were reprehensible. Or at least that is what he claimed:
Scott Brown blasted his rival Martha Coakley for invoking the legacy of Martin Luther King in asking for votes at the Boston Martin Luther King Day breakfast this morning.
"I thought it was inappropriate when she started asking for people's votes when they're trying to remember Martin Luther King Jr.," he said. "I didn't know this was a rally for Martha."
What a toolish thing to say. Instead of whining about Coakley asking people for their votes, Brown should be doing the same. And if he really believes in not using King, will he attack the GOP and Sarah Palin for claiming King would have opposed health care reform?
While he's at it, perhaps he can explain why he opposes President Obama's proposal to tax big banks until they've repaid every last dime of the bailout.