A MEANS TO AN END

I have to be honest with you.  Although I do not live in Massachusetts, I supported Scott Brown’s senate run by talking to people I knew in Massachusetts, and by donating to his campaign.  I saw a win for Scott Brown as the downfall of the current Health Care bill and as little else.  Although I am a believer that although most United States Senators only want to do what is right for their constituents, and not for people outside of their state, much of what is done in the Senate, outside of earmarks, has a good chance of affecting the entire country.  We see this in the case of Scott Browns one vote possibly ending the life of the current Health Care bill.  The entire country hinges on Senator Brown’s vote. 

Now I do understand that the senate can pull a fast one on the people and use reconciliation, requiring only 51 votes.  In addition, they could probably buy a vote from a republican who is left leaning, but I am hoping that few in the Senate will allow their votes to be bought after the outrage of the people after Senators Nelson and Landrieu’s votes were bought.  Any Senate member that wishes to keep their jobs come Election Day should be considering what it is that the people want, not just their own personal agenda.

Many people say that no one knows much about Scott Brown, and they are correct.  He may not vote the way I would like him to on many issues in the future.  He was simply a means to an end concerning Health Care.  He seems to be going in with idealistic hopes and dreams of making a difference for the people.  I believe that once seated, we will find that little of what he says will be heard by the progressives currently in control.  Time will tell us once he gets seated, and begins voting on future issues.   My ideal is to have an extremely conservative Senator, one who believes in keeping the size of government small, wants to allow people their freedoms, and is someone who is fiscally conservative, and believes in keeping this country safe from its enemies.   Even if this is not the case, my objective was simply to stop the Health Care, and beyond that, I feel that Scott Brown will be much better for the conservative movement than Ted Kennedy ever was, or than Martha Coakley would have ever been.

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MR. PRESIDENT, EVERYBODY CANNOT BUY A TRUCK!

When it was announced that President Obama would fly to Massachusetts the Sunday prior to Election Day to stump for Coakley everyone was hoping that Obama’s presence in Massachusetts would result in a repeat of his last two recommendations of New Jersey and Virginia.  In listening to his speech, I kept waiting for something to be said that would hurt Scott Brown, and hoped I would hear nothing to hurt Brown’s chances.  I felt that all of Martha Coakley’s negative ads had back-fired and hurt her, and wondered just what Obama’s approach would be to insure a win for Coakley.  Then it happened.  Amongst all his “fired up” statements, and his “you alls”, and his many shout-outs, Obama, I’m sure speaking without thinking, made the statement that could very well have insured Scott Brown his seat in the Senate.   From Obama came the statement  “Look, forget the ads, everybody can run slick ads, forget the truck, everybody can buy a truck”.  I immediately gasp, and thought, I can’t buy a truck, what is he thinking.  I’m lucky to have a job right now, and I’m holding on by a thread.  Many people do not have a job, and have nothing but an unemployment check coming in to feed their families.  No Mr. President, everybody cannot buy a truck!  In my anger, I breathed a sigh of relief thinking to myself that the great people of Massachusetts would too be angered by that statement, especially since Obama chose to slight a GM (a Government Motors) truck.  Inside, deep down, I was chuckling as such a statement having come from Obama, and how out of touch he must be with the poor people, who in some cases wish they had a car they could sleep in.

Scott Brown's GM Pickup Truck

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Massachusetts Senate Race

Everyone seems hinged on the race between Scott Brown (R) and Martha Coakley (D).  This is the seat, currently vacant due to Ted Kennedy’s death last year.  Everyone understands that the winner of this January 19th race will either make or break the future of the current health care bill now being reviewed and modified behind closed doors in Washington.  Of course, being the conservative that I am, I am on pins and needles hoping that Scott Brown is victorious come Tuesday. 

Brown, Coakley, Kennedy MA 41 Debate

Beyond this Senate race, what I cannot understand, is how it is that there is not one of the 60 Democrat/Independents who voted on this bill that will not, in the end, have the integrity to vote against this nightmare of a health care bill.  Everyone has stated that with all the support that Scott Brown is getting in his current race for the Senate, that even if he loses, the Democrats will be running scared with the thought that it will be a tough battle for them to be victorious in their bid to keep their Seat come November 2010.  What better way to secure their seat than to stand up for the American people, and against the corrupt ways of Washington, and vote against this bill.  Just think what a hero they would become.  Of course, everyone says they can’t stand the pressure from Obama, Reid and Pelosi, but all that tells me is that he who cannot stand up for what is right is apparently not a leader.  I understand that Obama, Reid and Pelosi are currently making modifications to retain of the Senate and House votes necessary.  I am sure that with what the American people have already seen in way of shady deals, there are more to come, especially with this most recent modifications exempting Unions from the Cadillac Tax.  Is there no one who will stand with the people?

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