Speculation is building as to which Kings and Queens precisely Scott Brown was conferring with in his secret meetings after John Walsh demanded a list. ProgressMass has helpfully posted a link to Wikipedia’s list of current sovereign monarchs and offered this illustration:
Michael Horan contributed a different list. Scott Brown’s Jubilee has suggested additional possibilities. And in the most thought-provoking comment, Christopher reminds us that Sarah Palin believed that the Queen ran England. Brown, similarly, may in fairness actually have believed he was conducting important diplomatic negotiations with royalty.
Sarah Palin Thought The Queen Ran Britain, According To New Film: Did one-time US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin not know the United Kingdom was a democracy?
[T]he film, ‘Game Change’, is based on a 2010 book by the same name authored by well known American political journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin and stars Julianne Moore as Palin. …
Quizzed by McCain’s chief strategist Steve Schmidt on how she would react if Britain decided to withdraw its troops and support for operations in Iraq, Palin responded that she would “continue to have an open dialogue” with the Queen of England. When informed Queen Elizabeth II does not run Britain, Palin asks who does.
Schmidt has to tell her that the elected prime minister, then Gordon Brown, would be the one she would have to speak to about the UK’s involvement in Iraq.
In an interview with the LA Times the real life Schmidt confirms the incident took place.
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21 Comments . Leave a comment below.After all, Republican Scott Brown raised more from New York City than Boston.
Although I’m guessing most of that is from big money in Manhattan
I just read that full Herald story linked to above, and was astonished to see this tidbit:
The guy who deserted Massachusetts because the Patrick administration wouldn’t sink money into his company based on an improbable business plan, went to Rhode Island, took their money and poured it down a sinkhole? That’s the guy he wants representing him on the campaign trail?
Please please bring him on. Pure gold for the opposition! LOL!!
Schilling would have been a “Foxborough Red Sox” if Brown had had his way. His campaign staff is still desperately trying to fight their way out of a paper bag.
Can you show us any quote from Brown saying that he actually wanted to close Fenway? Something along the lines of him sayng “Fenway is too old and should be closed” or “Foxboro is a much better location for the Red Sox than the current Fenway Park?
What he did was say that as long as they were planning to replace Fenway with a new park and asking for Millions of dollars from the state and city, then they should consider Foxboro instead. That effectively put the kibosh on the New Fenway proposal. Without that proposal, there’d be some expensive new Fenway there. Can you provide a better reason that the New Fenway plan was defeated? This is the second or third time I’ve asked.
His solution to the issue of building a new Fenway Park was not trying to renovate the existing one so it would be financially viable; it was that they should move to Foxboro.
It is indeed true that he suggested the Red Sox move to Foxboro because it made “fiscal and economic sense.” Why didn’t he ask them to consider a less expensive renovation that would meet the team’s financial objectives while preserving one of the greatest ballparks in American history in the city where they’ve played for a century? Is it so much more audacious to suggest renovating the existing park than to tell the team it’s a good idea to pick up and move?
The Red Sox were asking for state money and legal help to build a new park next to the old Fenway. That’s why the state was involved in this, state money would never be involved in upkeep and renovations, but they got dragged in because it was a big project to a new location. That plan was going full steam ahead, money was even earmarked for it, until Brown made his counter offer that made more fiscal sense than spending state money on . I suspect that Menino’s loyalty to Brown dates back to this episode, when he probably called on Brown to help him save the old Fenway and convince them to use their own money to make renovations and improve the old park instead of asking for state money.
That’s the first I’ve heard that claim.
You’re making some pretty bold claims, DGC – where’s your proof? This sounds to me like you’ve pulled it fresh from your nether regions…
What’s interesting is that Brown wrote his letter in January of 2001 and delivered it to none other than Bob Kraft, who was in the midst of building Foxborough Stadium. The Legislature in July 2000 approved a plan to build a new Red Sox stadium near the old park in Boston. The plan called for $313 million in state money and $350 million in private investment, but they couldn’t make the deal with the city. Remember the talk about a mega sportsplex in Southie? Moving out of the city was never in the cards (though Yawkey threatened to.)
No, this is just a case of Brown carrting the water for Kraft.
it Scott Brown who invented the internet?
But awfully funny, and great fodder for satire…
Though there is a serious side to it – it showcases Mr. Empty Suit in all his glory. Bring on the debates! That’ll be so fun.
If he can SPEND A MONTH on a nothing issue like Warren’s anecdotal heritage, then by damn we can spend a day making fun of his dumbass comment.
what’s the most bizarre is that Brown used “secret meetings with kings and queens” to rebut Warren’s argument that Brown wan’t a serious candidate. he not talking about issues, just distractions.
at a time when schools were under pressure to diversify their faculties. It was not an anecdote, it was not a rhetorical device or dumbass comment.
I am going to guess Burger and Dairy.
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on his reply to my query to him on Facebook of all things.
Rob, when are you going comment on the the Honorable Senator Misspeaking Brown
Judy, as soon as BMG admits Harvard and WArren got special treatment by falsely labeling Warren as a Native American. Scotto’s mispeaks are part of his endearment.
Actually they are both (Rob and Scotto) pretty endearing, if you go for the bumpo, foot shuffling, ah shucks type. .
made up non-sense when he couldn’t come up with a response. David hit the nail on the head on the first post “delusions of grandeur”. Double secret Osama photos because he is important.
Eabo would have lost control of all his body parts.
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