Are you noticing a pattern here? I am. Twice in recent weeks, Scott Brown has been caught in an embarrassing situation. First, it was his star advisor, Eric Fehrnstrom, tweeting under the fake “CrazyKhazei” Twitter account. And now, Brownie himself was caught, well, you know.
Both times, his response has been the same: it was a joke. Hey, ya know, old Eric was just trying to “inject a little levity” into politics. And me, well, gosh, I was just responding to Warren’s debate comment “in a lighthearted manner.”
It’s funny, though … when the Fehrnstrom thing blew up, I recall Brown saying that he had “made clear to everyone on or associated with my team that this type of thing is not to happen again.” I assume that means that if Eric Fehrnstrom had been caught tweeting something like “@ElizabethForMA sez at #umldebate that she didn’t take her clothes off to pay 4 college. I say THANK GOD!”, he might be out of a job. But apparently Brown’s admonition to his staff doesn’t apply to Brown himself.
One thing seems pretty clear: from now on, Brown hasn’t got much ground to stand on if negative attacks start coming his way. Glass houses, and all that.
that’s exactly what bullies do when they are caught.
“Aww, I was just kiddin around, can’t you take a joke?”
Senator Brown, you’re full of _ _it.
Don’t get me wrong, I mean that in a nice way.
No big deal, just injecting a little levity, right?