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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 02:37 PM
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Brown blames the summer intern for the Dole plagiarizing
Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) dismissed questions about how Elizabeth Dole's words "about her childhood ended up being attributed to him on his own website, calling the flap 'a little silly' and a 'gotcha thing' that distracts from substantive issues," the Boston Globe reports.

He then blamed it on a summer intern: "It was a summer intern that put together the site; we corrected it once we found out."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/10/14/brown_blames_the_intern.html
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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 02:39 PM
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1. In other words he has his summer intern writing his website and bio?
without reading it himself? Either he's lying or he's stupid and lazy.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 02:40 PM
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2. I want to be an intern on Brown's campaign.
I would sneak Hitler quotes into his speeches.


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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 02:46 PM
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4. lol
he may already be familiar though?
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 02:45 PM
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3. put it on the intern?
no such thing as personal responsibility for republicans, no such thing as an apology. gawd i despise the bastards.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 03:03 PM
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5. It's always someone elses fault. Always.
He never takes responsibility for anything.

I want Elizabeth Warren to kick his ass so hard his eyeballs pop out.
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BR_Parkway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-15-11 07:31 AM
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11. "personal responsibility" when someone screws up is like "family
values" when someone gets busted with a hooker.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-15-11 06:20 PM
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15. Exactly. But Brown has elevated it to an art form.
I'm so sick of hearing the whiny crap about his childhood, etc. in his interviews.





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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-15-11 07:35 AM
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12. Standard Republicon strategery
Republicons just do not do responsibility or integrity.
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 03:06 PM
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6. Now they are blaming kids
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 03:10 PM
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7. Gee Scott, you rugged, manly he-man individual
Why doncha take a little personal responsibility for your website? Blaming the help seems kind of . . . small.
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 03:12 PM
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8. whatta guy!
:puke:
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 03:22 PM
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9. How impressive all around. I couldn't stomach having a boss with his scruples.
I don't believe for one second that the intern would have been that careless or stupid.
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 03:48 PM
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10. I expected him to say something like this ...
... and it's about the most damning thing he could say. He had somebody else write his "autobiographical" statement, and couldn't even be bothered to read it.
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-15-11 07:40 AM
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13. This makes me questions if he actually wrote his own book?
Edited on Sat Oct-15-11 07:42 AM by boston bean
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-15-11 07:44 AM
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14. The "summer" intern
was responsible for the publication that came out in January (or February)???? In which Massachusetts do you live, Senator?????
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