Scenes from Scott Brown's Victory Party. Massachusetts. Tuesday, January 19, 2010.
Words.
"If Republicans turn up the volume any more in the gloating over their Senate victory in Massachusetts, Americans are going to need hearing protection.
At a Wednesday-morning news conference called by House GOP leaders, Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) claimed to speak for the American people when she asked: "Mr. President and the majority, can you hear us now?"
"The American people spoke in Virginia," she continued, imitating the Verizon commercial that has been adopted by conservative "tea party" activists. "Can you hear us now?"
"The American people spoke in New Jersey. Can you hear us now?"
"And they certainly spoke last night in Massachusetts," she concluded. "Can you hear us now?
Of course they can hear you, Congresswoman. A deaf man could hear you.
What the American people don't hear is any offer by the Republicans to compromise with Democrats on health care, climate-change legislation, fiscal matters or much of anything else.
If anything, Scott Brown's surprise victory in Massachusetts on Tuesday seems to have left Republicans with the belief that their "party of no" strategy is working. After the Republican House leaders pronounced all the things they don't want to do -- "end . . . scrap . . . reject . . . has to be stopped . . . no to this . . . no . . . not to embark . . . isn't working" -- they cut off questioning after a couple of minutes and left.
...The Republican reaction to the Massachusetts results could be summarized in four words: nana nana boo boo..."
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