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trailmonkee

(2,681 posts)
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 08:04 PM Sep 2012

Scott Brown denies making offensive remark he made in debate

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/26/1136693/-Scott-Brown-denies-making-offensive-remark-he-made-in-nbsp-debate

REPORTER: ... the debate that, "As you can see," she's not Indian. Can you tell by looking at someone what their ethnicity is? What's your feeling on that?
BROWN: [Avoids the question, talks about Warren's character, integrity, blah, blah, blah....]

REPORTER: But you're suggesting you can tell by somebody's—

BROWN: I never made that suggestion at all.
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Scott Brown denies making offensive remark he made in debate (Original Post) trailmonkee Sep 2012 OP
par for the Republican course. gateley Sep 2012 #1
"Who you gonna believe? Me, or your own lyin' ears?" mac56 Sep 2012 #2
this is their one so-called moderate rurallib Sep 2012 #3
Geez, has he not heard of videotape? mysuzuki2 Sep 2012 #4
Yeah, but he didn't mean it like that, don't ya know? Moonwalk Sep 2012 #5
Tip: You can't use brackets [ ] in the body of a post. If you do the text doesn't show. Tx4obama Sep 2012 #6
'BROWN: I never made that suggestion at all.' TroyD Sep 2012 #7
Obama's children greymattermom Sep 2012 #8

Moonwalk

(2,322 posts)
5. Yeah, but he didn't mean it like that, don't ya know?
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 08:34 PM
Sep 2012

He meant something else entirely; he just didn't say it eloquently enough

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
6. Tip: You can't use brackets [ ] in the body of a post. If you do the text doesn't show.
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 08:57 PM
Sep 2012


If you edit your OP and replace the brackets with parenthesis then the text will be visible.




REPORTER: ... the debate that, "As you can see," she's not Indian. Can you tell by looking at someone what their ethnicity is? What's your feeling on that?

BROWN: (Avoids the question, talks about Warren's character, integrity, blah, blah, blah....)

REPORTER: But you're suggesting you can tell by somebody's—

BROWN: I never made that suggestion at all.

TroyD

(4,551 posts)
7. 'BROWN: I never made that suggestion at all.'
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 09:01 PM
Sep 2012

What was the follow-up to this lie?

Did the reporter play the clip and prove that Brown was lying?

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