Lieutenant Colonel Scott Brown Now Senator Brown of Massachusets
Political positions
Brown presented himself as an independent conservative counterweight to Massachusetts' current all-Democratic, 12-member Congressional delegation.[12][1] Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne has called Brown "an insurgent who was somewhat disconnected from the national Republican Party".[37] Brown has said, "I’m going to be the only person down there who is going to be the independent voter and thinker" and "I’ve always been the underdog in one shape or form". Brown's views are in the libertarian mold, which he describes as "fiscally conservative and socially conscious."[1]
Brown opposes a proposed multi-billion dollar tax on banks and prescribing bank executive compensation. Brown, discussing the proposal through a spokesperson, said that "he is opposed to higher taxes, especially in the midst of a severe recession". He also opposes it on the grounds that the tax would likely be passed onto consumers in the form of higher service and ATM fees.[38][39]
Coakley ran advertisements attacking Brown over an amendement he sponsored in 2005, which, according to The Boston Globe, "would have allowed a doctor, nurse or hospital to deny rape victims an emergency contraceptive if it 'conflicts with a sincerely held religious belief.'" Brown's daughter Ayla called the Coakley advertisement "completely inaccurate and misleading", and Brown criticized Coakley for running what he described as "attack ads". Brown supported the overall bill that required emergency rooms to provide the contraceptives to rape victims.[40] FactCheck.org also criticized Coakley's ad as "misleading" because it did not mention that contraception could still be administered by other personnel.[41] Brown is filing a claim of defamation in court in response to a Massachusetts Democratic Party mailer reading "1,736 women were raped in Massachusetts in 2008. Scott Brown wants hospitals to turn them all away."[42]
Brown argued that his military experience gives him a wider perspective on national security issues.[16] He supports President Barack Obama's decision to send more troops to fight in Afghanistan, saying "[t]he mission is not over". He has also cited Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's recommendations as a reason for his support.[12] After Martha M. Coakley stated in their campaign debate that she opposes sending more troops because terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda "are gone" from the country, Brown, along with a group of veterans, attacked her statement .[43] Brown advocates that suspected terrorists be tried in military tribunals and not civilian courts.[16]
Brown supported the 2006 Massachusetts health care reform, which requires all residents to purchase health insurance. He opposes the bills approved in late 2009 by the Democratic-lead House and Senate as fiscally unsound. He has remarked, "Our taxes are going to go up dramatically... It’s not good for Massachusetts individuals and businesses."[12] In an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News, Brown argued that the two reforms are very different since the Massachusetts program is a "free market enterprise" designed to help individuals purchase their own health insurance plans.[44] In an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News, Brown stated that the Congressional reforms would "cut half a trillion for Medicare and then cut tri-care for military people and then have higher taxation about $1 trillion plus".[45]
Brown stated that he personally believes that marriage is between a man and a woman, but refers to the currently legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts as a settled issue, which he does not wish to change.[12] Earlier in his career, he favored an amendment to the state constitution barring same-sex marriage and allowing the provision for civil unions. During a State Senate debate in 2001, Brown referred to the decision of his lesbian Democratic opponent, Cheryl Jacques, to have children as "not normal". He also described her parenting role as "alleged family responsibilities." Brown apologized for the remarks and commented that his view is the same as President Obama, both anti-gay-marriage and pro-civil-unions.[1] He opposes ending the Defense of Marriage Act, and generally favors leaving the issue to the states to decide.[7]
Brown supports legalized abortion and Roe v. Wade, calling it "the law of the land". He endorses restricting or banning intact dilation and extraction, known by its opponents as partial-birth abortion, and favors creating parental consent laws for minors who seek an abortion. He opposes a "litmus test" on abortion-related issues in Supreme Court confirmations.[1] He also opposes federal funding for elective abortions in accordance with the Hyde Amendment.[7] The Boston Globe has described his positions on abortion as "nuanced".[1]
Brown voted for a regional cap-and-trade system, and he later commented that he regretted the vote. He opposes putting up a wind farm on Nantucket Sound, remarking that "[i]t's like putting turbines on Boston Common". He supports expanding solar power, wind power, nuclear power, and offshore drilling exploration as a means to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil.[1]
Brown's work in the Hidden Wounds of War Commission focuses on improving the access to mental health services available to veterans. In 2007, Brown wrote a law establishing a check off box on State income tax forms to allow a filer to indicate if he or she is a veteran of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars. Known as the “Welcome Home” bonus, the measure was passed with bipartisan support.[3
Brown presented himself as an independent conservative counterweight to Massachusetts' current all-Democratic, 12-member Congressional delegation.[12][1] Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne has called Brown "an insurgent who was somewhat disconnected from the national Republican Party".[37] Brown has said, "I’m going to be the only person down there who is going to be the independent voter and thinker" and "I’ve always been the underdog in one shape or form". Brown's views are in the libertarian mold, which he describes as "fiscally conservative and socially conscious."[1]
Brown opposes a proposed multi-billion dollar tax on banks and prescribing bank executive compensation. Brown, discussing the proposal through a spokesperson, said that "he is opposed to higher taxes, especially in the midst of a severe recession". He also opposes it on the grounds that the tax would likely be passed onto consumers in the form of higher service and ATM fees.[38][39]
Coakley ran advertisements attacking Brown over an amendement he sponsored in 2005, which, according to The Boston Globe, "would have allowed a doctor, nurse or hospital to deny rape victims an emergency contraceptive if it 'conflicts with a sincerely held religious belief.'" Brown's daughter Ayla called the Coakley advertisement "completely inaccurate and misleading", and Brown criticized Coakley for running what he described as "attack ads". Brown supported the overall bill that required emergency rooms to provide the contraceptives to rape victims.[40] FactCheck.org also criticized Coakley's ad as "misleading" because it did not mention that contraception could still be administered by other personnel.[41] Brown is filing a claim of defamation in court in response to a Massachusetts Democratic Party mailer reading "1,736 women were raped in Massachusetts in 2008. Scott Brown wants hospitals to turn them all away."[42]
Brown argued that his military experience gives him a wider perspective on national security issues.[16] He supports President Barack Obama's decision to send more troops to fight in Afghanistan, saying "[t]he mission is not over". He has also cited Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's recommendations as a reason for his support.[12] After Martha M. Coakley stated in their campaign debate that she opposes sending more troops because terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda "are gone" from the country, Brown, along with a group of veterans, attacked her statement .[43] Brown advocates that suspected terrorists be tried in military tribunals and not civilian courts.[16]
Brown supported the 2006 Massachusetts health care reform, which requires all residents to purchase health insurance. He opposes the bills approved in late 2009 by the Democratic-lead House and Senate as fiscally unsound. He has remarked, "Our taxes are going to go up dramatically... It’s not good for Massachusetts individuals and businesses."[12] In an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News, Brown argued that the two reforms are very different since the Massachusetts program is a "free market enterprise" designed to help individuals purchase their own health insurance plans.[44] In an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News, Brown stated that the Congressional reforms would "cut half a trillion for Medicare and then cut tri-care for military people and then have higher taxation about $1 trillion plus".[45]
Brown stated that he personally believes that marriage is between a man and a woman, but refers to the currently legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts as a settled issue, which he does not wish to change.[12] Earlier in his career, he favored an amendment to the state constitution barring same-sex marriage and allowing the provision for civil unions. During a State Senate debate in 2001, Brown referred to the decision of his lesbian Democratic opponent, Cheryl Jacques, to have children as "not normal". He also described her parenting role as "alleged family responsibilities." Brown apologized for the remarks and commented that his view is the same as President Obama, both anti-gay-marriage and pro-civil-unions.[1] He opposes ending the Defense of Marriage Act, and generally favors leaving the issue to the states to decide.[7]
Brown supports legalized abortion and Roe v. Wade, calling it "the law of the land". He endorses restricting or banning intact dilation and extraction, known by its opponents as partial-birth abortion, and favors creating parental consent laws for minors who seek an abortion. He opposes a "litmus test" on abortion-related issues in Supreme Court confirmations.[1] He also opposes federal funding for elective abortions in accordance with the Hyde Amendment.[7] The Boston Globe has described his positions on abortion as "nuanced".[1]
Brown voted for a regional cap-and-trade system, and he later commented that he regretted the vote. He opposes putting up a wind farm on Nantucket Sound, remarking that "[i]t's like putting turbines on Boston Common". He supports expanding solar power, wind power, nuclear power, and offshore drilling exploration as a means to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil.[1]
Brown's work in the Hidden Wounds of War Commission focuses on improving the access to mental health services available to veterans. In 2007, Brown wrote a law establishing a check off box on State income tax forms to allow a filer to indicate if he or she is a veteran of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars. Known as the “Welcome Home” bonus, the measure was passed with bipartisan support.[3
Personal life
Brown is a champion long-distance runner, bicyclist and swimmer. He has won several awards and trophies competing in triathlons and duathlons, but on account of an intense schedule he cut back from frequent exercising during his 2009-2010 Senate campaign.[12] He has also played basketball since a young age; he was a senior co-captain at Wakefield High School, earning there the title of Middlesex League MVP, and he continued on in the sport at Tufts University as well. It was at Tufts that he acquired his sports-nickname of "Downtown Scotty Brown, where he was known for his long outside jumpshots."[1]
In June 1982, Brown, then a 22-year-old law student at Boston College, posed without clothes[50][12] in a Cosmopolitan centerfold as the winner of the magazine's "America’s Sexiest Man" contest. In its interview with him, he referred to himself as "a patriot" and stated that he had political ambitions.[50][12] Brown has also worked as an actor in his early career,[12] appearing in a variety of television commercials.[1]
Brown is married to WCVB-TV reporter Gail Huff; they have two daughters, Ayla Brown, an American Idol semi-finalist and star basketball player at Boston College, and Arianna Brown, a competitive equestrian and pre-medical student at Syracuse University. The couple owns a 3,000-square-foot primary home, a second home in Rye, New Hampshire home, three small rental units in Boston, and a timeshare on the Caribbean island of Aruba.[1][51] They live in Wrentham, Massachusetts.
Brown and his family are Protestant Christians, and worship at New England Chapel in Franklin, a member of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. They also have a relationship with an order of Cistercian Catholic nuns at Mt. St. Mary’s Abbey in Wrentham. The Brown family has raised over $5 million for the order, helping to install solar panels, a wind turbine and a candy manufacturing plant that the order operates. Sister Katie McNamara has said of the family, "[w]e pray for them every day".[1]
Brown is a champion long-distance runner, bicyclist and swimmer. He has won several awards and trophies competing in triathlons and duathlons, but on account of an intense schedule he cut back from frequent exercising during his 2009-2010 Senate campaign.[12] He has also played basketball since a young age; he was a senior co-captain at Wakefield High School, earning there the title of Middlesex League MVP, and he continued on in the sport at Tufts University as well. It was at Tufts that he acquired his sports-nickname of "Downtown Scotty Brown, where he was known for his long outside jumpshots."[1]
In June 1982, Brown, then a 22-year-old law student at Boston College, posed without clothes[50][12] in a Cosmopolitan centerfold as the winner of the magazine's "America’s Sexiest Man" contest. In its interview with him, he referred to himself as "a patriot" and stated that he had political ambitions.[50][12] Brown has also worked as an actor in his early career,[12] appearing in a variety of television commercials.[1]
Brown is married to WCVB-TV reporter Gail Huff; they have two daughters, Ayla Brown, an American Idol semi-finalist and star basketball player at Boston College, and Arianna Brown, a competitive equestrian and pre-medical student at Syracuse University. The couple owns a 3,000-square-foot primary home, a second home in Rye, New Hampshire home, three small rental units in Boston, and a timeshare on the Caribbean island of Aruba.[1][51] They live in Wrentham, Massachusetts.
Brown and his family are Protestant Christians, and worship at New England Chapel in Franklin, a member of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. They also have a relationship with an order of Cistercian Catholic nuns at Mt. St. Mary’s Abbey in Wrentham. The Brown family has raised over $5 million for the order, helping to install solar panels, a wind turbine and a candy manufacturing plant that the order operates. Sister Katie McNamara has said of the family, "[w]e pray for them every day".[1]
FOR DRUDGE, HANNITY AND RUSH, THE ELECTION OF SCOTT BROWN TO THE US SENATE IS BETTER THAN DOING VIAGARA AND ECSTACY TOGETHER!!!
BROWN'S ELECTION IS A SHORT TERM SOLUTION TO A LONG TERM PROBLEM, THAT IS, LACK OF LEADERSHIP IN OUR NATIONS CAPITAL. BY THE TIME MOST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ASCEND TO FEDERAL OFFICE, THEY HAVE SOLD OUT, BEEN COMPROMISED SEXUALLY, FINANCIALLY OR MORALLY. IN SHORT, THEY BECOME PARTY HACKS, A BUNCH OF GLAD HANDING, BACK SLAPPING PHONIES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN THE SENATE.
I CONGRATULATE BROWN FOR HIS HARD FOUGHT VICTORY, HE WAS OUTSPENT 5 TO 1! TO THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETS-YOU GET THE REPRESENTATION YOU DESERVE YOU SCAREDY CATS!
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