Long before he was a politician, the Republican candidate vying for Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat posed nude for the centerfold of Cosmo. Scott Brown won our “America’s Sexiest Man” contest and appeared in the June 1982 issue. In those days he was a 22-year-old law student at Boston College who was cramming for finals just days before stripping down for our photographer.
(Hat-tip: I Own the World.) This September item at Cosmo‘s Web site was almost certainly an opposition-research hit from the Coakley campaign. The Democratic idiots probably figured that the revelation that Brown had posed nude when he was 22 would hurt him with the “value voters.” But for every stuffy prude who was offended by the Cosmo pictures, the Republican candidate picked up at least three votes from chicks with a non-partisan admiration for his bod.
Hey, I can relate. The Great Speedo Scandal of 2009 failed to derail my quest for blogospheric success. Don’t hate me for my freedom.
UPDATE: You know who really digs a sexy right-wing dude? Little Miss Attila.Just sayin’ . . .
Darn that Ace! How does he always get the sexy nude beefcake photos before I do? It’s almost like he spends all his spare time looking for that stuff. But that makes no sense, because if that was the decisive factor, Charles Johnson would have had this photo before either Ace or even Hillbuzz.
Ad spending by the candidates, party committees and outside organizations in the final week of the Massachusetts Senate special election will go over $6 million . . . Scott Brown (R) dropping just short of $2 million in the final week while state Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) is spending $1.5 million. While Brown is outspending Coakley, Democratic-affiliated outside groups are making up the difference, with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in for $831,000 and the Service Employees International Union spending $685,000 on ads. . . .
You might think that someone with such transparent ties to a brutally corrupt organization like SEIU would hesitate to make guilt-by-association smears. Think again:
Brown’s embrace of radical tea party groups for funding coincides nicely with his willingness to accept the millions in television ads from shadowy out-of-state organizations with links to Karl Rove
Speaking of desperation, I’m still rattling the tip jar for my Massachusetts trip. I’m hoping to leave Thursday and every $10 or $20 will help. Thanks to Eric in Arvada, Theodore in Stone Creek and Steve in Colorado Springs for their contributions to the Shoe Leather Fund yesterday.
Coakley slept through December, has an arrogant attitude of entitlement which must put off voters, is mired in the past with her Bush-Cheney Derangement Syndrome, and doesn’t seem to understand that the voters are pissed off at the political establishment of which she is a part. The optics of Coakley going to D.C. [Tuesday] for a lobbyist fundraiser are horrible.
On a private conference call with DNC chair Tim Kaine and top Dem donors this afternoon, Dem Senate candidate Martha Coakley acknowledged that GOPer Scott Brown’s surge was “frightening,” said top Dem donors had been complacent, and promised a last burst of TV ads to close out the race.
“It’s a little frightening how much traction he’s been able to get so quickly,” Coakley said on the call . . .
Coakley staffers said afterwards that they didn’t know who the guy was who was hassling McCormack in the video. Really? He was just a passerby who decided to push him into a sidewalk railing and demand his credentials?
Hassling a reporter and demanding credentials? These Coakley thugs are worse than the BCS fascists!
I’m amazed you’re not broadcasting live, showing us you’re “grieving”! That’s totally something trash like you would do!
And:
You should try and get custody of her daughter. That’d be GREAT publicity, all you crave in life!
In related celebrity lesbian news, a forthcoming movie, Chloe, “features 24-year-old Amanda Seyfried in a hot relationship with 49-year old Julianne Moore.” Because lesbian is the new black, I guess.
UPDATE: A commenter points out that Tila Tequila is, technically, bisexual — apparently, she’s only gay when there’s a profit motive. Also, she’s very eager for her Twitter followers to know about her latest interviews:
I interviewed with Radaronline.com & they did a 4 piece segment on me. 1st one goes up 2night. Then Tomorrow interview at EXTRA airs w/Mario
—6:12 a.m. ET
I only did these interviews to answer everyone’s questions. So many questions but no anwers . . .so I am here to give everyone the answers.
— 6:13 a.m. ET
Then once after ALL of these interviews airs, everyone knows the TRUTH, I can have my closure & start next chapter of my life. Im ready now.
— 6:14 a.m. ET
And you thought I was shameless!
UPDATE II: Just in case anyone actually gives a damn about Tila Tequila — and I can’t imagine why you would — Radar Online has now published its interview with the no-talent “star”:
In a tearful and emotional interview, reality TV star Tila Tequila opens up to RadarOnline.com exclusively about the heart breaking moment she discovered her beloved fiance, Johnson and Johnson heiress Casey Johnson, had died.
Visibly upset, with mascara running down her face, Tila tells RadarOnline.com the only reason she wasn’t with Casey at the time of her death was because Johnson had urged Tila to make up with her family and go home for the holidays.
It’s obvious that Tila holds herself, along with Casey’s family, to blame for the tragic death of the woman who Tila touchingly calls her “wifey”.
Wow. She was that close to a legal common-property relationship with a multi-millionaire heiress. No wonder she’s emotionally distraught.
Tila Tequila: The Only Celebrity Morally Inferior to Perez Hilton.
Democrats have just sent a letter to donors admitting, “We have a battle on our hands” and urging contributors to “max out” to the Coakley campaign.
Since I’m planning to go to Massachusetts later this week to cover the campaign, I hope you’ll “max out” to the Shoe Leather Fund. Thanks to Roseanne in Houston, Jeff in Walla Walla and Andy in L.A. for their contributions today.
DNC deputy political director Maureen Garde has been dispatched to western Massachusetts, state party officials said. DNC press secretary Hari Sevugan and DSCC media consultant Michael Meehan are now based in Boston until the Jan. 19 vote. . . .
Meanwhile, the AFL-CIO held an urgent conference call Monday with its national and Massachusetts-based political operation. . . .
Yeah, make ’em sweat it. Win, lose or draw, the mere fact that Democrats are having to go all-out to hold onto Ted Kennedy’s seat is a conservative victory. And Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.
Notice how the Republican candidate, standing in his kitchen, depicts the Democrat as part of the “political machine.” In other words, she’s the Establishment, the status quo, and Brown is the embattled underdog taking on The System. And her use of negative ads only reinforces that perception, which is ultimately Brown’s best message.
The perception of Martha Coakley as an Establishment candidate, meanwhile, is reinforced by Tim Carney’s revelation that “an army of lobbyists for drug companies, health insurance companies, and hospitals” are raising money for the Democrat. (Hat-tip: Michelle Malkin.)
Sevugan directed journalists to his response to the “blatant dodge by the Scott Brown campaign on the issue of whether he is seeking and/or if he would accept an endorsement from Sarah Palin.”
Clifton at Another Black Conservative says, “The whole thing reeks of desperation,” and it certainly looks like Sevugan and the Democrats are trying to change the subject from Martha Coakley, her record and her stance on the issues.
So, who is Hari Sevugan? He’s the 35-year-old press secretary at the Democratic National Committee, which makes him the de facto deputy to the DNC’s communication director. In the 2008 presidential campaign, Sevugan worked for the Chris Dodd campaign and joined Team Obama after Dodd dropped out:
Initially, he received the “Hillary Clinton Account,” and was in charge of rapid response against the former first lady. After the primary, he took aim at GOP nominee and vice presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin (R).
If you’re guessing that Sevugan, Sargent and the TPM crew are beer-buddies, you’re not alone. But there’s no indication that that the Palin angle is being picked up by local media in Massachusetts, so the Sevugan/Sargent/TPM connection evidently isn’t having much effect.
Yesterday was also a pretty good day for the “Send Me to Massachusetts” money-bomb here. Thanks to tip-jar hitters Edward in St. Louis, Kyle in Ontario, Maggie in Staten Island, Mike in El Segundo, Harry in Gainesville (“Get back to work, MA is about to be big”) and Thomas in Cincinnati (“Bring home a winner”).
If readers keep the hitting the Shoe Leather Fund at a good pace today and Wednesday, Mrs. Other McCain can probably be sweet-talked into letting me head up there Thursday. (Any benighted socialist who still adheres to the discredited labor theory of value should figure at least $20 per hour for the sweet-talking.)
It’s 455 miles one-way from my house to Fitchburg, Mass. — where Pete Da Tech Guy has offered to let me crash on his sofa — so 910 miles x 20 cents per mile = $182. That doesn’t include the two new tires ($75 x 2 = $150) needed for the 2004 KIA, nor other necessary expenses, including replacement of the cell phone I lost in San Francisco. There is also the possibility of taking AmTrak from D.C. to Boston ($87 one-way or $164 round-trip) which would make Joe Biden happy.
Mrs. Other McCain and I just had an early-morning discussion about this Massachusetts trip, in which she (a) mentioned certain unpaid bills and (b) reminded me of my previous pledge that the Pasadena trip would be may last foray on the road before CPAC next month. My argument: “But honey, the readers won’t pay me just to stay home and blog.” Her argument: “[Cold silence].”
Remember: $20 an hour for sweet-talking, and that AmTrak train for Boston leaves at 3 a.m. Thursday, so do the math on my ’round-the-clock sweet-talk campaign.
