Good for you Brian.  I am part of a large group of certain voters who thing Scott Brown is too slick by half.  Mitt would've done well to take some coaching from Brown(nose) in how to promote oneself as a man for all seasons.

Good for you Brian.  I am part of a large group of certain voters who thing Scott Brown is too slick by half.  Mitt would've done well to take some coaching from Brown(nose) in how to promote oneself as a man for all seasons.

Wow, Mr. McGrory! You brought tears to my eyes for Sgt. Monti. I never would have known. You also opened my eyes to Sen. Brown's ads and reality. I never would have known that either. Thanks.

Had their been TV cameras on hand Senator Barncoat would have been there like a shot...truly he is best defined by the classic: There is no there, there.

Umm was John Kerry there? Was Lieawatha there? You almost had me and then you outright lied at the end of the column...you really wanted him to be better or some such gibberish...please! 

I would say that Scotty is an insipid, whiny, failed one-term senator, but he can't even say he was worth one term.  We gave him two years and he threw Mass nder the bus every chance he got.  

The comments today are scary.  Sure, this puts Brown in an unfavorable light.  But the venom and style of expression of the Brown supporters is a problem here.  Brian's been known to miss the mark by several time zones in other pieces, so he's clearly capable of foolishness.  But this doesn't seem to be one of those cases.  Brown made a choice about public appearances that was at odds with his tv clips.  That's a reflection on image vs reality.  As a small piece of the picture, it's worth looking at.

I am a Vietnam veteran who served with a combat unit there.....War zone C....up and around the Cambodian border. it is sometimes difficult....for me to have the likes of such valiant and honorable men like Sgt Monti to be mentioned in association with the political process we are now enduring. However, I believe that from the beginning of our country we have gone through this process of using those who defend our country in association with politics....George Washington, Jackson, MacArthur, Pearl Harbor, the Maine, etc. Having said that, I am totally disgusted with some of the replies below....this westernsuburbdad and we5nuts....obviously dopes who have never served in the military for they do not see the true meaning of McGrory's piece. I am a bit disturbed and surprised that Sen. Kerry did not attend. I am not surprised that the boy senator brown did not attend. What does bother me are the cheap patronizing ads he is running...the Hudner one, fisheries and others. It is so timely that this fraud is coming out as a strong advocate for our state and a neutral political figure in DC....when everything he has done so far reflects his interest in being part of this mitch mcconnel led roadblock that is preventing our state and the country to move out of this rut we are in. I don't recall our "brave" and very junior senator telling mcconnel that he will never have any part in an effort by the mcconnel cabal to make their main objective....to make President Obama a one term president. And that's where l'il scotty doesn't get it.....that the juxtaposition of the current republican leadership position on what we need to do for our country and the sacrifices made by Sgt Monti and others are at great distances from another. The boy senator had his chance and blew it....trying to cover up for your forgetting Massachusetts via cheap political ads is very glaring. Sgt Monti and family...please forgive me for bringing his name into this conversation.....God bless him.

OK - maybe you're right, and Lizzy was exactly where during all of this?  I know, it's a poor argument and this current Senate race is a poor excuse to pick a personality granted such enormous power for such a long term.  Exactly which flag does Ms. Warren wrap herself with?  The Occupy banner, the Crimson banner, what exactly is the flag of the " hammered middle class " - perhaps a banner from a Lexus dealership with the year 2004 stitched into the corner.  Ohhh - The Horror!  It is a sad and sorry truth that American veterans are one of the first blocks to be trotted out come the election cycle and then the first shoved back into the closet once the confetti is swept up.  Put another way - the next time Ms Warren visits the Chelsea soldier's Home will be the first time she visits Chelsea.  And since we are talking about vets - just what is her stance on perhaps creating fewer combat veterans in the future - how about just a few choice words on Afghanistan, Iran, Israel ... ya' know beyond that get - out - of - jail platitude of ' cannot comment on the future without full knowledge of the present '.  Could you at least give a us hint - Ohh wait - I know - it will be 100% lock step with the second Obama Administration if that comes to pass.  Look at Kerry and see Warren - election cycle sillyness notwithstanding - it is a very clear choice, Kerry x 2 or something other than that.  I know what I will do. 

While I am glad that some of the real Scott Brown is revealed here, the cynical media observer in me wonders how much the tone of this column was driven by the obvious boiler plate response from Senator Brown's office.

The Sunday Globe dedicated a front page 'teaser' and a page and a half (page A10 & A11) to an article that helped legitimize Elizabeth Warren's sketchy claims of Native American ancestry.....no prominent mention of the Brown campaign was found in section A. Now on Wednesday this article slams Scott Brown for his perceived hypocrisy relative to his support for veterans. Any chance that we will see a Globe article that points out that while Elizabeth Warren was in a high paying position at Harvard University ($450K/year) that the Warren campaign also runs TV ads bemoaning the high cost of a college education that is borne by the graduates? Doesn’t the Globe have some responsibility to be somewhat unbiased in its reporting? You do nothing to elevate your level of respect and prestige when you are so clearly in the Warren camp!!

Scott Brown is like Romney.  They both have slick political commercial messages but the phoniness still comes through.

Another in a long line of garbage columns by this writer. If he goes then he is said to be using his appearance for political gain. Where was the fake indian? Why not write about her attacks on the cost of tuition while she is part of the problem.

The Globe will do anything to destroy Scott Brown. Finish the story.Was Lizzie Little Feather, aka fake indian, at the bridge ceremony. No she WAS NOT. Tell the whole story.

Brian McCrory captured an important aspect of Scott Brown's character that is not being reported.   Scott Brown is more interested in "looking good" than in "doing good".    He is more concerned with his image than with his constituents.  

Ted Kennedy's Senate office was very large,well-staffed with people who were dedicated to constituent services.It's hard to even get anyone to answer the phone in Brown's office. I believe that Warren's office would be constituent-based.That's what she's about.She has been demonstrating that for many years. She also has demonstrated an understanding of the struggles people face,not only in running businesses but in trying to get by with the challenges of student debt,credit card debt etc. Brown's philosophy is about bootstraps.He expressed disdain for potential voters on welfare.He is more in alignment with Romney's views.

Scott Brown has made a living out of projecting himself on people and into situations that are not his accomplishments. Medal of Honor winners, middle class and fisherman, none of whom he identifies with. Look at his ads and listen to the language. That is not Scott Brown. Rather, he is the "victim" of Warren's "attack ad", the misnomer applied by a Globe headline writer. Brown was running a far-less truthful set of misconceptions about Warren FIRST on a website. He is the "Poor me" who wants to cop a plea vs. his sorry voting record and inconsistent actions. "If you haven't relized by now that Scott Brown is lighter than air, you're not paying attention." The good people of Raynham are now paying attention.

McGrory - You will look under every rock and search every bush to enable you to write a negative story about Senator Brown: However, you neglect to contact Senator Brown and determine "why" Senator Brown was not in attendance at the event YOU think he was supposed to attend. Did YOU attempt to contact Senator Brown's office to query the reason he was not in attendance? Did YOU make an effort to speak with him? Now, who is shirking their responsibilities? 

This is just a hit piece. Sen. Brown has helped the Monti family: "Monti said it took time, but U.S. Sens. John Kerry and Scott Brown went to bat for him. Now, flags are allowed during the weeks of Memorial Day and Veterans Day, as long as volunteers place them and pick them up." Read more: http://www.enterprisenews.com/features/x916012944/Flags-now-fly-for-soldiers-in-Bourne#ixzz26vOh1dRt

First, although it would be self-destructive for anybody earning less than $100K a year to vote for Centerfold Brown, who has shown over and over again that the only people he really cares about are people taking in a lot more than he does, I do respect Centerfold Brown for his continuing willingness to serve in the Guard, a far cry from our former governor who actively pushed for OTHER people being sent to Vietnam while he himself got a Mormon missionary deferment to go to France, and who is anxious for OTHER people risking their lives while exactly none of his five sons have, by his own account, done nothing to serve their country other than get their father nominated for the presidency.

But had Senator Kerry, himself a decorated war hero, attended any of the events to commemorate Sgt. Monti's sacrifice? (Although detractors say that the most dangerous place to be is between Sen. Kerry and a camera, I don't recall that he has attempted to capitalize on reflected glory from other people's heroism.) 

The Massachusetts National Guard website says: 

Since 2001, virtually all Massachusetts Army National Guard units and most of its Soldiers have served in Iraq or Afghanistan with several units and many Soldiers having served twice or more.

Brown can't show up because it would be all too obvious that he has pulled strings and avoided serving in combat, even though he used to say he served in Afghanistan until someone called him out on it.  Is there anything this guy is honest about?

Keep up the attacks on Senator Brown. He will win this race and Spreading Bull can return to Harvard.

Look, a vote for Brown is a vote for national Republicans like Mitch McConnel - Do you really want McConnel as your Senate Majority Leader?  The national Republicans are flipping, tinfoil hat wearing nuts!  Brown vote WITH them on matters of importance and pretends to be bipartisan on issues that don't really matter ie fake veterans and Congressional rules!  He's a fraud.

Ok *this*, *this* article can legitimately called a hit piece.  I'm still voting for Warren, but there's no justification for the insinuations printed here.

Brian, It must be a very slow day in the news world for you to right this story. Instead, why not write a more positive article about how we should impose more regulations on the largest employers in the country as a way to create more jobs (for government bureaucrats)? Perhaps you could even sprinkle in a few words of outrage and stir the class warfare pot a little....Is there a candidate running for political office any where in the country that is more partisan than Warren? If you think that Warren is the better candidate why not tell us why you've come to that conclusion. You're better than this.....

Cheap shot, Brian, beneath you really although I guess you have to toe the party line.  When was the last time Betsy Warren lifted a finger to support or honor our soldiers and veterans?  (Crickets...)

Scott Brown has not been for, nor ever will be, a friend of our vets.....I'm not buying it. He is just an actor. Not the real deal. I've checked and seen how he has voted. I will vote Warren....

Thank-you for revealing the REAL Scott Brown.  All you trolls do  is blame Brian and the Globe as a distraaction. So what elese is new around here. 

Slick Scott will be just a memory in a little over a  month.

Having just watched the "debate" between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren, I can't say this article surprises me. Scott Brown isn't a bad guy, like RMoney is, but he's internalized all the insincerity and smarminess of other denizens of the Republican Party, which is a shame. To every point Ms. Warren made, Scott had the finest Republican Smirk he could muster, as in "if her words were any stupider, I'd be debating a 3rd grader." It's not an effective position in politics, not now, not ever. People deserve respect just for trying, and the Republicans' long history of making people feel smaller, lesser than, poorer, less tuned in, than they has almost always backfired on them. And it is going to backfire again in the November election. Brown is going to be tarred with the RMoney brush of disdainful scorn for 47% of the nation whether or not he deserves it, and I don't really think he does excepting tonight's performance. He has kept his promise to not run negative ads, and that has helped to make this campaign more tolerable than the awful national campaign. But the policies he advocates through his votes, as Warren stuck to him over and over again, cannot be defended. The R's simply do not believe in compromise or partnering with anyone but their acolytes...which is a huge shame. So much more could be done if the R's weren't running an Anyone But Barack campaign after 4 years of obstructionist "work," which will give this Senate the lowest approval rating in HISTORY in the single digits whenever they finally stop pretending to work as they have been for the last 4 years. It's abominable...and a disservice to this fundamentally good nation. We work hard, we take care of our own + a lot of others and we DO NOT believe in walking away from people who need help. That is not the American way. Mr. Brown's missing the dedication events to Sgt. Monti is not a huge surprise...the R's are a lot of hot air in terms of honoring their commitments...and if America has its ducks in order, in November it will let them know that in spades.