Elizabeth Warren put up a poll asking “the people” what kind of charity should Scott Brown donate to in being the first to break the People’s Pledge, where Super PAC money was spent on Brown’s behalf.
Let’s put some of that Tea Party money to good work!
Please share widely!
AmberPaw says
Great for the local economy. Or UTEC in Lowell.
ramuel-m-raagas says
is awesome, but I’m too old to enjoy their programs.
We Democrats have to affirm the value of our paychecks in terms of our life pursuits.
I do not know what Occupy Boston’s strategy for resilience. I don’t have the money now to buy Greg Farrell’s The Crash of the Titans from the Wellesley Square bookstore.
AmberPaw says
Time to call it a day, I think, tonight.
petr says
Let it do some good for another candidate down the road.
AmberPaw says
THAT makes sense. have dirty money finance clean elections. BRILLIANT!
John Tehan says
…but public financing of political campaigns is a great idea as well!
Ryan says
Republicans want to defund it, after all… I think his brain would explode if he were put in the position of either keeping up his promise or giving money toward women’s health issues.
Trickle up says
Local sanctuary for poor and homeless women.
Don’t see how Brown can dodge this, and its a (small) restitution for damages he and his party have caused over the years.
theloquaciousliberal says
I may need more coffee this morning but the fact that voting in this poll (on Warren’s website) requires me to submit an email address is irritating. No?
Ryan says
her campaign gets to pick, and she’s asking what her supporters think. Email also assures people don’t vote more than once… and we don’t want Republicans coming in to hijack something like that, which they would certainly do if it were an open poll with no email required.
whosmindingdemint says
Brown testing the waters. If running PAC ads and paying the fine goes down OK with voters, it will open the floodgates for Romney style attack ads by Brown. He doesn’t care about the penalty – he has more money than God.
Let’s not be naive.
petr says
… is in for a windfall.
stomv says
For a few reasons:
1. Public schools are middle class institutions
2. Universities breed liberalism
3. Public Unis are more likely to do research to directly benefit the public good, especially for the state in which they reside
4. College kids break Democratic
5. Universities are pushing forward standards related to climate change within their own campuses
Middle class economics, local good, environmental issues, education… yip.
surfcaster says
This is a cheap, online only ad — Brown’s financial liability will be minimal, and yet he sets the threshold for paying up, and ordering ads of the air even for positive ads. So then he can cry foul on any voice rising on behalf of Warren… Brown has a lead right now and his camp is practically stumbling over itself to cry foul and pay up — kinda like Belichick giving up a safety …
whosmindingdemint says
trust your nose.
kbusch says
I hope everyone supports Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio.
nopolitician says
Do you see what Scott Brown did here? He turned his “penance” into a positive event for himself.
A story appeared in today’s Springfield Republican with this headline:
“Autism Consortium to receive bonus donation from Scott Brown campaign following PAC violation of ‘People’s Pledge'”
So everyone who glances at headlines makes it seem like Scott Brown is being a generous individual, giving money to autism.
He also referred to the pledge as “my ‘People’s Pledge’.
Not to mention that we’ve been hit with another one of his press releases in the form of “Senate resolution backed by Scott Brown calls for end to religious discrimination in Turkey”.
Scott Brown is performing simple yet effective campaigning. He is managing to get his name in the paper nearly every single day in a positive light. He took a negative point (the fine related to the pledge) and turned it into a positive.
David says
that I had not read this comment before I wrote this post! Needless to say, I agree with you.