Comments on: Sen. Brown Makes First Oval Office Trip http://www.wbur.org/2010/06/16/scott-brown-3 WBUR is Boston's NPR News Station, featuring NPR news and programs such as Car Talk, On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Radio Boston. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill http://www.wbur.org/2010/06/16/scott-brown-3/comment-page-1#comment-18193 Bill Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:42:53 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=18825#comment-18193 Thank God we have an independent thinker like Scott Brown in the congressional delegation who does not mindlessly support whatever far-left agenda that Obama, Pelosi and Reid bring forward. Gone are the days when we have 12 automatons in the delegation all voting the same way, thinking the same way, acting the same way. Now we need to elect more Republicans in November! It's time to end the political corruption in this state and restore a healthy two-party balance. You want change? Vote Republican. Thank God we have an independent thinker like Scott Brown in the congressional delegation who does not mindlessly support whatever far-left agenda that Obama, Pelosi and Reid bring forward. Gone are the days when we have 12 automatons in the delegation all voting the same way, thinking the same way, acting the same way. Now we need to elect more Republicans in November! It’s time to end the political corruption in this state and restore a healthy two-party balance. You want change? Vote Republican.

]]> By: Hardy Kornfeld http://www.wbur.org/2010/06/16/scott-brown-3/comment-page-1#comment-18158 Hardy Kornfeld Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:51:55 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=18825#comment-18158 A vote against clean energy is a vote against national security and a vote in support of our current petroleum suppliers in Venezuela, Iran, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. It's also a vote to surrender leadership in clean energy technology to China and Europe. Scott Brown ought to know better. Like Senator Kerry, he should be looking forward to the coming decades, not the coming elections. A vote against clean energy is a vote against national security and a vote in support of our current petroleum suppliers in Venezuela, Iran, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. It’s also a vote to surrender leadership in clean energy technology to China and Europe. Scott Brown ought to know better. Like Senator Kerry, he should be looking forward to the coming decades, not the coming elections.

]]> By: jemimah http://www.wbur.org/2010/06/16/scott-brown-3/comment-page-1#comment-18155 jemimah Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:04:27 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=18825#comment-18155 Do I, as a smart, sophisticated 45 y.o. woman, care about the opinion or take advice from some kid in junior high school? No. Nor should Obama care what Scott Brown has to say. Scott ought to stop embarrassing himself by speaking out without knowing what he's talking about. Do I, as a smart, sophisticated 45 y.o. woman, care about the opinion or take advice from some kid in junior high school? No. Nor should Obama care what Scott Brown has to say. Scott ought to stop embarrassing himself by speaking out without knowing what he’s talking about.

]]> By: Tim http://www.wbur.org/2010/06/16/scott-brown-3/comment-page-1#comment-18152 Tim Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:16:13 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=18825#comment-18152 Should anyone tell Bob Oakes that Massachusetts has two US Senators? Should anyone tell Bob Oakes that Massachusetts has two US Senators?

]]> By: Ed http://www.wbur.org/2010/06/16/scott-brown-3/comment-page-1#comment-18151 Ed Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:11:35 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=18825#comment-18151 I listened to the radio comments from Scott Brown this morning following President Obama's address last night, and I was struck by the lack of depth of understanding in his responses. He states he's against energy taxes or anything that raises costs, but then almost in the same breath says he's in favor of renewable and clean energy. My problem is that is an easy talking point, but he offers no solution for rapidly expanding renewable energy without paying for it. That's not a problem solver; that's someone who just wants to state platitudes that appeal to everyone and hope that people aren't paying enough attention to realize there's no hard choices made in those comments. What could you ever say against no new taxes, pro clean energy, and pro jobs? The WBUR reporters should not allow those kind of unsubstantiated statements to stand without challenging the how or why. I listened to the radio comments from Scott Brown this morning following President Obama’s address last night, and I was struck by the lack of depth of understanding in his responses.

He states he’s against energy taxes or anything that raises costs, but then almost in the same breath says he’s in favor of renewable and clean energy. My problem is that is an easy talking point, but he offers no solution for rapidly expanding renewable energy without paying for it. That’s not a problem solver; that’s someone who just wants to state platitudes that appeal to everyone and hope that people aren’t paying enough attention to realize there’s no hard choices made in those comments. What could you ever say against no new taxes, pro clean energy, and pro jobs?

The WBUR reporters should not allow those kind of unsubstantiated statements to stand without challenging the how or why.

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