QUOTE OF THE DAY…. In Massachusetts this morning, Scott Brown campaigned in West Springfield, where the conservative Senate hopeful complained about the tone of the campaign.
“I’ll tell you what,” Brown said, using a megaphone to address the crowd. “There’s negative campaigning, and then there’s malicious campaigning.”
“She’s malicious!” a man in the crowd cried out. “She’s a phony!” shouted another. “Shove a curling iron up her butt!” a third man interjected a few moments later.
Yes, because it’s not ironic at all to complain about “malicious” campaigning while your supporters call for assaulting the state Attorney General with a curling iron.
As for the rest of the afternoon, President Obama is scheduled to campaign alongside Martha Coakley in about an hour. Around the same time, Brown will host a rally with a retired baseball player, a retired football player, and the guy who played a mailman on “Cheers” 20 years ago.
As for the controversy surrounding Brown’s comments about President Obama’s family, a spokesperson for the conservative Republican said Brown “doesn’t believe” that Obama’s parents were unmarried when he was born. The GOP campaign did not, however, apologize for the ugly remarks.
DNC spokesperson Hari Sevugan added: “Why did he say it then? Whether it’s on this issue, or choice or taxes, Scott Brown has a disturbing and telling history of saying one thing at one time, and another thing later on. The only thing that’s clear is that Scott Brown is not who he says he is.”
