On Friday, estimable Globe reporter Matt Viser left this whopper from “the 41st Senator” (he of the 96 percent partisan MA voting record), unchallenged:
“I’ve had many meetings with the president and the majority party, trying to work across party lines to get things done. I’ve voted with them probably about 29, 30 percent of the time. They’ve voted with me zero. So it’s a two-way street.”
This assertion is contradicted by an article written by Viser himself on 8 March, “Kerry, Brown on same page on jobs amendment:”
The amendment failed, but the precedent should not go unnoticed: US Senator John Kerry joined onto a proposal that was being pushed by his new Republican colleague, US Senator Scott Brown.
Open up the Globe today and, presto! in Farah Stockman’s “Election opens up a gaping divide:”
Senator Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who was elected in January, is viewed as the first beneficiary of the Tea Party movement but took a number of moderate positions this year, including support for a financial-regulation bill. He told reporters Thursday that he had voted with Democrats nearly one-third of the time but “they’ve voted with me zero. So it’s a two-way street.”
Hook, line and sinker: the claim stands unchallenged. What was that jobs legislation, chopped liver?
Maybe if we just repeat what Scott Brown says often enough, it will become true. I feel sorry for the 8 March article: bravely pointing at the emperor. Oh well, off to watch football.
cadmium says
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