Brown's daughters call for Coakley to take down ad

[depakid]

Source: Boston Globe

Republican Scott Brown’s two daughters this afternoon called on their father’s Democratic rival, Martha Coakley, to take down a television ad that highlights an amendment that Brown filed in 2005 that in certain cases would have allowed doctors to deny emergency contraception for rape victims.

“Martha Coakley’s new negative ad represents everything that discourages young women from getting involved in politics,” Ayla Brown, 21, told reporters at the Omni Parker House Hotel in downtown Boston. “And as a young woman, I’m completely offended by that. Her attack on my dad is completely inaccurate and misleading and, once again, I’m offended. My dad would always stand up for the rights and needs of rape victims. And he’s kind, understanding, and he’s a very compassionate father.”

Scott Brown was not at the event, sending his daughters instead as his chief surrogates. Ayla Brown -- who is no stranger to public appearances as a former "American Idol" contestant and a Boston College basketball player -- and her sister, Arianna, were joined by about a dozen other women who are supporting Scott Brown's campaign.

The dispute is over a 2005 amendment that Scott Brown sponsored in the state Senate. The amendment would have allowed a doctor, nurse or hospital to deny rape victims an emergency contraceptive if it “conflicts with a sincerely held religious belief.”

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/coakley_campaig_1.html

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Here they are in all their whining Republican glory:

[Diane R]

1. Hiding behind his daughters.....

[Dinger]

18. No Shit

What a fucking coward.

[No Elephants]

29. Exploiting his American Idol daughter.

[senseandsensibility]

48. Just like Dick

It's a repug family value.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Obviously, ignorance can be inherited.

[lsewpershad]

45. Agreed

[Historic NY]

3. too funny

[Forkboy]

4. Fuck 'em.

[Mojambo]

5. What a fucking coward.

Got a problem with the ad? Come on out and defend your amendment, Scott.

Hiding behind your daughters is political cowardice of the lowest order.

[alittlelark]

6. W/O words..... beyond cowardly.

[Hello_Kitty]

7. Ayla, your dad filed it. eom

[struggle4progress]

20. OMG! It's so unfair of you to point that out! I .. why ... I ... oh, dear, I am afraid

am am having another attack of the vapors ...

[OhioBlue]

8. disgusting that he would send his daughters

out to pretend to be outraged over an ad that stated his position on a bill. If the daughters have anything to be outraged over it is their father's lack of compassion for rape victims. It is sick that he would hide behind them like that.

[Bozita]

40. just like Dick "Shooter" Cheney

[Cha]

9. Isn't this just highlighting the action he

took in 2005 even more? And, getting the ad more attention? Do they really think the facts will be pulled because they want them to just go away?

Religious beliefs? Hypocricy and lies are golden?

[karynnj]

42. Excellent point

It will highlight the amendment because the Coakley response has to be that he filed the amendment - it was HIS amendment. What is funny is that without their outrage, many might think that it was a vote where he had to vote yes and no and there were other parts he wanted -- but this is HIS bill.

Here is something else that might be a dirty trick. A Weekly Standard reporter "roughed up" at her DC fundraiser. http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1225332&srvc=home&position=active (If you can see what happened, you have far better eyes than me)

[bluestateguy]

10. Terrific

Now the networks will have to play the ad more and more, for free on the news so we call can know what the controversy is about, thereby further publicizing the charges.

[janet118]

11. Here's link to ad . . . pass it on

Coakley's ad

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Good ad. People need to vote it up

[BuddhaGirl]

37. done!

comments have been disabled!

[Renew Deal]

41. That ad has nothing to do with his daughters.

And his indefensible position is his problem. The ad should stay up.

[pitchforksandtorches]

12. They should stop the grinnin' and drop the linen to get ahead in this world.

They look like a couple of real SPORTS!

[wisteria]

14. Vote for my daddy or I am going to cry and whine.

Fair is fair, he is going around saying he is in the mold of President Kennedy and allowing an outside group to claim that Cloakley is for more taxes, without demanding they not play it.
With the daughters, he is playing for the votes of the older people.

[tomm2thumbs]

15. from the Boston article - seems to say it all

'The dispute is over a 2005 amendment that Scott Brown sponsored in the state Senate. The amendment would have allowed a doctor, nurse or hospital to deny rape victims an emergency contraceptive if it “conflicts with a sincerely held religious belief.”'

Speaks clearly enough to me what he is about.

[Alcibiades]

16. Hiding behind his children?

Not cool. Plus, making your children lie does not bespeak well of your character.

[defendandprotect]

17. Amazing . . . faced with truth . . . CENSOR IT -- !!!

[TomCADem]

19. Well, Why Doesn't Brown Just Explain Why He Filed The Amendment...

...rather than hide behind his daughters on the issue.

[santamargarita]

21. What is it with these fascist pigs?

If your "old man" is an asshole, admit it!

[girl_interrupted]

22. K&R

[Zoeisright]

26. +1000

Shame on them and their stupid father.

[gateley]

23. Is he the one that was a centerfold? Am I thinking of the right guy? nt

[janet118]

35. yes . . . he's the one n/t

[rocktivity]

51. See post #50.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4222628&mesg_id=4224731

You're welcome.


rocktivty

[hgovernick]

24. Republican gene pool...

Seems like despite the color of their hair, the color of their eyes, their weight, their height, their fashion choices, their facial expressions or the sound of their voices, for some reason when I look at any one of these Republican women, I see Liz Cheney.

[Zynx]

25. Hey, your dad sponsored a bullshit piece of legislation five years ago.

It's his own damn fault.

[muriel_volestrangler]

27. "I sponsored it, but it failed, so it doesn't count! So stop saying that!"

Wow, what a pathetic attempt at covering up his own record. He sponsored an amendment to deny emergency contraception to rape victims, and then whines "but it didn't pass! So it doesn't count!"

I hear the ghost of Bob Boudelang in his words. Except that Bob had the guts to speak for himself, rather than send his daughters out to do it.

[midnight]

28. Don't understand how terrible legislation by a man would prevent women

from getting involved? I would think women would move into that arena to create better legislation....

[surrealAmerican]

39. It only prevents Republican women from getting involved.

I guess that's the only kind of "young women" these two have ever met.

[No Elephants]

30. Brown stands up for the right of rape victims to pay for their own rape kits.

Well, we wanted the right to be "liberated" and independent, right?

:puke:


Hey, you loved me as American Idol, so vote for my daddy, so he can single-handedly torpedo the hcr bill. Maybe that will get me to the White House ahead of Romney's kids.

[RBInMaine]

31. PISS ON THEM ! That right wing asshole LIED about this in the debate. He is LYING about his record.

[RBInMaine]

32. Brown is a chicken shit asshole. Typical RePUKE liar. I'm sending Coakley more money.

[RBInMaine]

33. The ad's EXCELLENT and exactly what ALL Dems should be doing: RELENTLESSLY ATTACKING the RePUKES.

Wonderful, awesome, hard-hitting ad directed straight at the Dem base, and it damn should serve to motivate them to the polls. You can YouTube it. It puts him right there with Limbaugh, Mconnell, and the rest of those pukes, and it ATTACKS REPUBLICANISM as the rotten corrupt kind of government it is. It is a MODEL ad. Excellent !

[Ian David]

34. Boo-hoo.

Support Martha Coakley:
https://coakley.zissousecure.com/contribute/PFP/iandavidb

[fascisthunter]

36. say goodbye to your votes, Mr. Brown

and take your trollop daughters with you.

[groundloop]

38. This is Great - Coakley's campaign must be gaining momentum

Brown in that seat would have been unthinkable.

[Gormy Cuss]

43. "My dad would always stand up for the rights and needs of rape victims...."

unless they made the poor choice to be examined by medical personnel who want to make a reproductive choice for her. Dipshit.

[Doctor_J]

44. Why do Repukes always deny their own fascist pasts?

I thought he was bragging about how right wing he is. So why disown his conservatism now?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

46. yeah, the right of rape victims to bear the rapists' children.

fuck you, you two ignorant girls.

[jmowreader]

47. My favorite part of this ad is at the very end

Where the announcer says...

"In times like these, we can't afford a Republican"

(pause for a second and a half)

"like Scott Brown."

And yes, his sending his daughters to the rally in his place says something--namely, that Scott Brown didn't want to give anyone the chance to ask, "so, Scott, have you always felt every rape victim should know the joy of feeling her rapist's baby kicking her?"

[Guilded Lilly]

49. “And as a young woman, I’m completely offended by that. .."

And as an older woman I am completely offended by her father's political views.

There is nothing wrong with daughters being loyal to their dad.
There is nothing wrong with running an ad pointing out a politician's actual past actions and what those actions could mean for every single woman who isn't his daughter.
There is nothing about Coakley's ad that would discourage intelligent young women from getting involved in politics.

In fact it is a great REASON for them to get involved.

Live with it.
And let the father speak for his own actions.

[rocktivity]

50. If his daughters needs something to feel offended about

Here's Daddy circa 1982. And he was studying law at the time, which says a lot about his judgement.

Click on the pic (in a stragetic spot, of course) for more info.



:rofl:
rocktivity