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Brown invokes Ted Kennedy on birth control

Democrats say statements stretch ex-senator’s ideas

When he was running to fill the office left vacant by the death of Senator Edward Kennedy, Republican Scott Brown famously declared: “It’s not the Kennedy seat. And it’s not the Democrats’ seat. It’s the people’s seat.’’ Yet now the freshman Massachusetts senator has been quick to invoke the legacy of the late “liberal lion’’ - never more vigorously than during the fight over whether to exempt religiously affiliated institutions from mandated birth control coverage. Democrats are crying foul.

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Scotty thinks we are complete idiots and will actually believe that he and Ted have any views in common. Pretty easy to compare yourself to a dead guy who cannot argue.

It took 12 paragraphs to mention Prof. Warren in a story headlined "BROWN invokes Ted Kennedy......."

Who's handlling this guy's incredibly inept campaign ? Give us some names. There should be some accountabilitiy. Sounds like "the gang that couldn't shoot straight." A key Senate seat is being sacrificed for his pandering to the pro-lifers who will not make him a victor in November.