Hey, remember when Scott Brown was all about being a “nice,” “bipartisan” guy, one whom Massholes could send to the US Senate — even though he was a Republican — because when confronted with, say, a starving homeless child, he didn’t automatically light that starving homeless child on fire? Yeah, that’s not really how he’s playing it now. Now he’s more of a “guy who’s flat out running a campaign based on the color of a person’s skin” type guy, aka “the type of guy who is losing.” See those awesome dudes above, doing tomahawk chops and Indian war cries? Yeah, those are all his top staffers.
First there was the totally bizarre “Scott Brown being a dick right out of the gate,” when in their first debate, in answer to the very first question, he brought up Elizabeth Warren’s Cherokee and Delaware heritage, called her a liar, and said you could tell just by looking at her that she’s white. He followed that up with an ad focused exclusively on Warren’s race.
But surely those are just a bunch of frat boy interns what don’t know about not being super totally racist in public, right?
Brown’s Deputy Chief of Staff Greg Casey and Constituent Service Counsel Jack Richard, State Director Jerry McDermott, special assistant Jennifer Franks and GOP operative Brad Garrett are pictured in the video, NewsCenter 5′s Janet Wu confirmed.
“It is certainly something that I don’t condone,” said Brown when asked about the video. “The real offense is that (Warren) said she was white and then checked the box saying she is Native American, and then she changed her profile in the law directory once she made her tenure.”
Scott Brown is sorry Elizabeth Warren forced his staffers to be so racist by being Indian, you guys. For their next trick, they will all make Chinese eyes at Chinese people and then have “Ghetto Night” where they wear do-rags and drink malt liquor.
[WCVB, via ThinkProgress]
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But it's still okay for Brown to pimp-out his daughters?
Of course. Republican.
it's okay by me!
Hey, sins of the fathers and all that. Those girls are needing some discipline!
If they want to keep being covered under that evil ObamaCare, Sweet Barry's gotta get his share.
Only on dates with missing Tim McVeigh corpse, James O'Keefe.
are they hot?
Needs more whisky and blankets laced with smallpox.
Wait, why are there so many Atlanta Braves fans in Massachusetts?
They checked the Massachusetts box, then when they went to work for Scott Brown they went ahead and said that they were from Atlanta. I wonder if they have proof of residency for the vote.
DAMN YOU SOROSBOT!!!!!!!!
I needed to get back after someone beat me to the old "screen doors on submarines" joke yesterday.
I had the same thought.
My granddad, who spent the first 65 years of his life in Mass and is now 96 years old, is a lifelong Braves fan. They were the Boston Braves until 1953, Milwaukee from 1954 thru 65, and moved to ATL in 1966.
Hell, I used to know an old guy who would still root for the Oakland As because they used to be the Philadelphia As; until way back in 1954.
Hell, I root for the Red Sox and the White Sox because I'm a foot fetishist.
Do you root for the Jets, too?
I was thinking Florida State fans.
Have you seen the Red Sox this year?
No one else has, either.
I thought Braves fans hated the Mets, though?
Actually, wait, I forgot, they hate all New Yorkers, and also minorities. Hey, maybe these folks were Braves fans after all.
I just don't see how Warren thought claiming she was from Delaware was ever going to be a plus.
Joe and Jill libel!
He wantum smokum peace pipe.
We should just sit back and watch to see if Elizabeth takes Columbus Day off. That will explain everything.
We could try to bribe her with some trinkets or maize.
My husband works for a Native American company and a salesman asked him if they would be taking Columbus Day off. Um, no.
They should, in the same way Pearl Harbor Day and 9/11 are "celebrated".
You mean Repression of Indigenous People Day, don't you? (Berkeley renamed it something like that decades ago). Made me cringe when people in the Midwest still treated that and Thanksgiving as unabashedly pro-whitey holidays. Well that and calling Japanese people Orientals because that's more polite than Nips.
Why not? Even the Jews have some decidedly downer holidays.
Does Scotty have a nickname. I offer up Pubey.
Why don't they stick to just making fun of her because she's a woman, like good Republicans? Shame on them!
For their next trick, they will all make Chinese eyes at Chinese people and then have “Ghetto Night” where they wear do-rags and drink malt liquor.
After that will they drive around in low riders and have themselves a Messican style drug war.
Reinforcing the honky stereotype. True to type, guys.
they may have a drug shoot out and self-kill each other
Then drive around the English neighbourhoods being all snooty yet slutty at the same time?
"All part of decency's jigsaw I suppose."
Sweet. Lovin' me some XTC
What, are they Mormons?
I'd be down with that if Brown got beheaded – with votes.
You libtards always looking into things that aren't there. These people are clearly Braves fans.
Despite the racist name and tomahawk chop, they still manage to be less obnoxious than MA's own Red Sox fans though.
Surprised they didn't go with Redskins. Too obvious I guess.
I object to Scott Brown calling himself Brown.
Yeah! Like he's Romney or something! The nerve!
Scott Brown claims to be a person of color. As you can see, he's not.
Scott Brown claims to be a person. Failed that, too.
Clearly he's not. Just look at his pale, Irish potatohead.
"Stupid fucking white man."
What a bunch of complete fucking assholes! Not that I'm surprised, or anything.
Too bad she didn't pose newd for a magazine or sumpin' – then those Brown staffers could have made a truly interesting video.
Republicans are a plague.
"I'm running for a seat in a very prestigious legislative body. One of the longest sitting and most reputable such bodies in the world. My opponent's a injun but she's really sorta not."
Hey, if she's not an alcoholic diabetic on the dole she doesn't fit the profile.
Bingo. Don't forget bingo.
Choctaw Bingo, specifically.
Hey, she never claimed to be a tea partier…
Yet another reason not to hire staffers from FSU.
But I think Fuck Shit Uppers would hear that racist shit and get to cuttin some bitches.
Da Fuck??
I really want Elizabeth to say something like, "I'm sorry my opponent has decided to make my ethnicity a part of his campaign to stay in the Senate. You'd think being a centerfold model would be enough qualification for a Republican."
"The real offense is minorities doing things which are so easily mocked."
Yes, how dare they offend me.
Right. Tell my blonde, blue-eyed niece that she doesn't look like she's 1/16th Cherokee. She's got the documentation to prove it.
On the other hand, people always ask me about my Native American heritage. I have none that I am aware of – I'm pretty much Irish and Scottish with a dash of German. But apparantly I look like I have native blood. Go figure.
The moral of this story? Scott Brown is an idiot. But you knew that already.
Ever see a picture of the Chief of the Cherokee Nation? He's 1/32 blood quantum and could pass as a way hotter John Ensign.
In other words, Liz is more Cherokee than the Chief.
I'm 1/2 Cherokee and 1/2 Irish and lily white.
Most of us Okies in California's Central Valley have Cherokee blood in us. My grandmother was 1/4 and I'm 1/16. I'm a blue-eyed cracker who can't get a sun tan to save his life. But I still feel it in my blood, you know? I used to make beads for a living, but now they're made in Japan. I wear a shirt and tie, but I'm still part red man deep inside. I hear this relentless, ominous drumbeat in my head all the time, getting louder and louder. Someday I may rise again and teach whitey a lesson.
And sometimes I realize life would be so much less confusing without pop music.
Well my skin is never true fishbelly white from some sort of genetic anomaly (probably some enzyme issue) and slightly almond eyes despite having 100 percent (as far as I can tell) European ancestry. Probably some Mongol raped some woman in my paternal line 600 years ago and left us with some parting gifts in the gene pool.
Weird. You would've thought that a hairy nekkid man with a staple in his junk would be more klassy?
Hey how are ya! Hey how are ya! Hey how are ya!
"For their next trick, they will all make Chinese eyes at Chinese people"
I guess NewsCenter5's Janet Wu caught a break this time around…
As did Asian reporter Trisha Takanawa.
Out west in Gopher Gulch lived Indian tribe.
Then come the pioneers, pushed them aside.
All Indians leave but one, she vows to fight.
What can one Indian do?
(Gibberish)
Go go Warren, watch her go go go.
Go go Warren, watch her go go go.
Here comes the Senator with his staffers,
Both are a-roarin' and a-chargin'.
Go go Warren, watch her go go go.
One little Indian, no others near.
Scott vows this one soon disappear.
Fighting the teabillies with stupid galore.
What can one Indian do?
(Gibberish)
OK, so that WAS a real TV show, and not just a childhood hallucination.
It was part of Underdog, I think…
I want Cher to ride in on her lil' paint pony and beat the snot right out of him or just stake him out on an anthill and make him listen to "Halfbreed" on an endless loop.
That's harsh. I hate Cher.
Even if she could turn back time?
Why is it that when celebrity wimmenz "turn back time", they look like Jack Nicholson as The Joker?
Nah, there's no life after love.
Hey, I thought I was being nice by leaving out the part about pouring Karo syrup over his nutsack.
"make him listen to "Halfbreed" on an endless loop": Gitmo libel.
Hey! wherethefuckourwe!
I tell people I am part rhodesian ridgeback because it makes me sound exotic.
Racist pricks, that doesn't happen in the north. I remember how well busing went in Boston.
NEEDZ MOAR CASINOS!!!!
Bingo!!!
The worst part was when the staffers tried to make Elizabeth Warren cry by dumping all their empty cans on the side of the road.
So, because she doesn't have black hair, brown skin and doesn't wear some helpful cultural markers like say buckskins and a war bonnet, she couldn't possibly have any native american DNA? I'm Italian on both sides and I have very fair skin, blonde hair and blue eyes, so I guess I must be full of shit, since I don't look like Anna Maria Alberghetti? What a contemptible tool this assclown is.
I have always wanted to know "who mada dis salad"? (I hope that won't be taken wrong).
Vandal.
I suspect some funny business there in the alpine area.
Neds moar fethers.
My brother has blue eyes and blonde hair….he could easily pass for a Nazi. We're German Jews, so half-breeds, obvs. You can't tell he's Jewish just by looking at him. Well, not clothed, anyway.
These are probably the same guys that bought those "I Smelt The Felt at Big Dan's Bar" T-shirts over there in New Bedford. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accused_(1988_fi...
Wow. You'd think the next step for these assholes would be throwing all the tea bags in the haabar…except they're his base. Boom!
Isn't he thinking of Nicky Haley?
Dot, not feather.
Tech support, not casino
Good ones Boojum and Doctor Zoom.
That is somehow more acceptable and more deeply troubling to me. Well played. We would have also accepted 7-11, not blackjack.
When was the last time she tried to sell anyone fireworks or cigarettes? Doesn't sound very indian to me.
i realize there will be nothing funny after november 6, but god i wish it was november 7.
Whaddya mean? There will be 4 more years of Butthurt.
They strike me as typical college Republicans, nasty little tricksters that all want to grownup and be the next Lee Atwater. There was a great article a few years back contrasting college Republican and college Democratic organizations. The main point was that the Republicans used it as a farm team to teach dirty tricks. Elections to national leadership are viciously fought and hundreds of thousands are spent in negative ads. By contrast College Democrats just kind of show up and talk about stuff.
Along the same lines, this is why you can't rally the Dems like the teabaggers….Dems don't take marching orders from know-nothings, while the Repukes will line up to follow anyone who's nastier than they are.
I was in Young Democrats in the sixties. We stayed up until 2 p.m. parsing one sentence about the Viet Nam war in our state party platform. Granted, we were drinking, but, by gosh, we were earnest.
“It is certainly something that I don’t condone,” said Brown when asked about the video.
Oh FFS, I am sick of these assholes trying to get out of holding their people accountable by wussy comments like this. This isn't Mittens speaking about Limpballs: this is a fucking staff member of yours, Scottie. If he continues to serve on your campaign, clearly you *do* condone these junior high antics.
Asshole.
“It is certainly something that I don’t condone,” except to the extent that I'm paying them to do it.
Creative headlines for the rest of the election:
"Warren goes on the warpath"
"Brown's Little Big Horn"
"Scott Brown's Trail of Tears"
"Warren wins, set to enter US Senate Tepee"
Might I suggest "Scott Brown's Happy Trail of Tears"
Warren scalps Brown (after election)
Warren raises more wampum for election effort
I'm so glad that they all received my memo about how acting like Alpha-male d***hebags will neutralize those votes against Lily Ledbetter and for the Blunt Amendment with the ladies.
Next debate can Liz give Scott a wounded knee to the groin?
It is obvious he at least needs a manscalping.
There were Native American Mohels? Who knew?
Royal Deluxe II
I like him much better circa 1983 and shirtless.
Ah the old tried and true "Reverse Macaca." Get your plants in the audience and have THEM stir up racist shit, instead of the other way around. Those guys sure earned their sandwich coupons today.
Putting the squaw in squabble.
True story: when I was 17, and just as stupid as I am now, I selected "Native American" on the SAT application, because, you know, I was native to America.
I already knew I was headed to the state school that my family could afford, so I was confused when I got a letter from Stanford University, all the way on the other coast, urging me to apply, and informing me that a lucrative scholarship may be available. I probably should have capitalized on my mistake, but, hey , Go Terps!
Don't go back to Rockville.
FUCK FUCK FUCK
Seriously, I was wrong. I want anti-depressants now.
FUCK FUCK FUCK
Go Seminoles!
He needs to be scalped. With votes!
Thank God at least somewhere in this country, Republicans are willing to run on real issues.
Keep your pants on, Scott. They're getting all twisted.
The incident occurred outside of a pub in Boston on Friday.
Sorry, guys, but if that's what alcohol does to you, it's time for your AA meeting…
Last time that happened, tea ended up in the bay.
Once again, life imitates The Simpsons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUe6UtMZk9k
I'm waiting for that clever Facebook Someecards.com eCard to articulate my response as an American Indian/Alaska Native.
Anyone notice that there are way too many dickish people named Scott in the Republican party? Rick Scott Walker Brown. Hard to keep them all straight.
Hard to keep them all straight.
Ooh, Ghey libel.
You forgot Scott Tipton! And Poland.
Kind of like all the Tuckers of the election of yore.
something I don't condone=yeah, do it but don't get back to me
Thats not a tomahawk chop, thats the overhand dick-stroke. Proper form requires using the other hand to cup the balls, though. They lose a point for that.
How very Brown-shirty.
Scott's Playgirl Pose to Pochahontas Hair Braid Pulling.
There seems to be a disease going around in the GOP that forces them to be as inane as possible.
Some sort of Sarah Flu, possibly?
So they are doubling down on comments which made Scott Brown look like a complete douche bag during the debates? Gotta love Republican strategists.
Brownie's Last Stand. Except more embarrassing than Custer's.
What a douche.
True fact: In the famous "separate but equal" case, Plessy v. Ferguson, the black guy who couldn't ride in the white car looked white. It's in the Supreme Court decision.
So, suck it down, Scottie Brown.
To that I add the doubly ironically-named Walter Francis White
This could be some sort of useful strategy when you think about it. You send out "staffers" to act like racists dicks, then you say how terrible it is, and you get the racists to back you, and you get to show people how compassionate you are when you say how much you hate this kind of thing! It's just crazy enough to work.
Just cynical enough to make a man all stabby.
I look very white, but have Native blood. There are genetic traits like weird feet, shovel teeth and very straight hair, but those are not easily recognizable. All people see is my pasty skin, freckles and red hair. Even though I'm 1/2 Jewish, I still got all the white traits.
So when fuckers like this say things like "you can tell by looking" I feel very stabby.
"The real offended party here is me, because I'm not comfortably ahead in the polls."
We used to have "Pimps and Hos" parties when I was an undergrad. But those Fijis were the real racists, they would dress like polynesians and walk around in purpleface wearing grass skirts and carrying spears for like a fucking week!
If she is truly an Indian, let's see her long form smoke signal and her photo ID from the job in a Mumbai telephone center.
Dot/Feather Fusion!!!
Jesus, when did racism towards the Native Peoples become so acceptable in America? Oh, right…
My fist would like to introduce them to the great Indian chief hematoma (with votes)
They're still not back to their responsible, mature chirpy selves yet?
Growing up, I got teased because my mother was Scotch-Irish and my father was half drunk. But nothing like this.
Thank you. Try the veal.
So you're saying genetics brought you here?
I think the only thing that's different between old republicans and new republicans is the new republicans lack all self control.
These guys don't even get why the 1/16th indian thing is a smudge on Warren's otherwise spotless record, do they?
I guess Brown intends to answer that age old question of "How low can he go?"
the people in that video seem kinda racist…
FAKE DEMOCRAP SPEAK WITH FORKED LEATHER PINK UNDERWEAR
I thought we kilt all the injuns?
I'm down for the Ghetto Night. Is it too late?
They darker than us. Woof!
Kop a walk!
It's not about what you look like or how many Native Americans there are in your bloodline, it's about the validity of your personal and cultural ties to the Native Community, according to the Native Community.
Well, except the Cherokee leadership who no likey the Blah Cherokees. You know, the folks they totally used as slaves (though, in a way, different than how Europeans used them), but don't want to grant them citizenship in the nation. But, I digress…
Is it just me, or is that list of staffers a potentially Hatch Act-violating mix of campaign and Senatorial staff?
I mean, "Constituent Service Counsel" sounds very much like Senate staff, "Deputy Chief of Staff" could go either way but suggests Senate staff also, whereas "State Director" and "GOP operator" are pretty unambiguously campaign people.
Also too, please, can we please fucking stop with this grotesquely absurd suggestion that minorities have it easy in this country? Please, just for a moment, you lilywhite Goobers, get down off your fucking cross, you smug asshole patricians whining incessantly about how hard it is to be the most privileged pampered dicks on the planet.
"How white man. Asshole."
It's about time to ride in and scalp that motherfucking Brown – with votes.
Seriously…is that all they got? Their planning meetings must be hell;
"What issues can we hit today?"
"Nothing Man! She's got us on healthcare, the economy, likeability….everything!"
"OK…keep going with the Indian thing. Anyone here got any feathers or a buckskin on 'em?"
So this proves that Warren is the real racist, by pointing out the racism?
Wow, I have almost acclimated to Bizarro world!
But, has he called her a squaw yet?
Scott Brown can't even control his own employees. No wonder he's a Republican.
Big talk from a paleface whose entire Scrotum Pole can be covered by one staple.
This is just getting sad and digusting. His true character is being revealed as he feels this slipping away from him.
Trash. Even being elected senator won't change that.
You know only Dick Morris got that joke – callbacks that old need links.
What? Pedigate was only two years ago, innit?