I don't care where or when these debates happen, but I am incredibly optimistic about the potential for lulz.

He's terrified, plain and simple. He can't win in a public forum, and he knows it - that's why there's so much private money doing his fighting for him. He's also terrified about debating in a public forum that isn't biased in his direction, which is why he not only specified the non-endorsement pledge, but refused to debate on MSNBC.

Scott Brown is a coward.

Instead of debates they should just have a truck tug of war

I see no problem with refusing to participate in a debate where the head of the sponsoring organization endorsed my opponent

I knew it. I totally knew she was. Ha ha! Now you Dems are in for it!

But, you know, Scott is lucky he's not in Arizona. Sheriff Joe might arrest him for campaigning while Brown.

what_now: I don't care where or when these debates happen, but I am incredibly optimistic about the potential for lulz.

I wonder if Scott Brown will slip up and call her a "book-smart academic"

Chicken shiat.

ArkAngel: I see no problem with refusing to participate in a debate where the head of the sponsoring organization endorsed my opponent

Great. She hasn't. Why isn't he debating?

ArkAngel: I see no problem with refusing to participate in a debate where the head of the sponsoring organization endorsed my opponent

I agree. But he already accepted the invitation to debate, and THEN got all butthurt when Vicky Kennedy told him she wouldn't stay neutral in the race.

It's not like ANYONE in Massachusetts is on the fence about this race, and is just waiting till Ted Kennedy's wife has had her say.

cameroncrazy1984: Great. She hasn't. Why isn't he debating?

Because his entire campaign platform is "I have a truck, and could theoretically be a moderate, even though I've voted with the GOP 99% of the time", and his opponent was a state debating champion at age 13.

ArkAngel: I see no problem with refusing to participate in a debate where the head of the sponsoring organization endorsed my opponent

She's the head of the board. I doubt she handles the day to day operations or has any interest in micromanaging the debate. It's an excuse to get out of a debate he knows he can't win.

what_now: cameroncrazy1984: Great. She hasn't. Why isn't he debating?

Because his entire campaign platform is "I have a truck, and could theoretically be a moderate, even though I've voted with the GOP 99% of the time", and his opponent was a state debating champion at age 13.

Don't forget "Am not, nor have I ever been, an Indian"

BunkoSquad: Don't forget "Am not, nor have I ever been, an Indian"

If he DOESN'T come out in a headdress and feathers, I'll be shocked.

ArkAngel: I see no problem with refusing to participate in a debate where the head of the sponsoring organization endorsed my opponent

When did she give the endorsement?

what_now: If he DOESN'T come out in a headdress and feathers, I'll be shocked.

Nah, he knows this is MA and he has to be a little bit subtle. Maybe just a Cleveland Chief Wahoo lapel pin.

BunkoSquad: what_now: If he DOESN'T come out in a headdress and feathers, I'll be shocked.

Nah, he knows this is MA and he has to be a little bit subtle. Maybe just a Cleveland Chief Wahoo lapel pin.

Red Sox fans would eat him alive. If there's one thing Scotty2Hottie knows how to do, it's pander.

what_now: Nah, he knows this is MA and he has to be a little bit subtle. Maybe just a Cleveland Chief Wahoo lapel pin.

Red Sox fans would eat him alive. If there's one thing Scotty2Hottie knows how to do, it's pander.

Hmmm...retro Boston Redskins football jersey?

BunkoSquad: Hmmm...retro Boston Redskins football jersey?

Maybe, but the next day the Herald would have a huge headline about how Scott Brown is a Chief's fan, with a pouting Tom Brady next to it.

Coward, plain and simple.

She'll wipe the floor with him and he knows it.

BunkoSquad: what_now: cameroncrazy1984: Great. She hasn't. Why isn't he debating?

Because his entire campaign platform is "I have a truck, and could theoretically be a moderate, even though I've voted with the GOP 99% of the time", and his opponent was a state debating champion at age 13.

Don't forget "Am not, nor have I ever been, an Indian"

I love how no one in the Commonwealth really gave a shiat about that...

It's a shame Scott Brown will win.

WTF Indeed: It's a shame Scott Brown will win.

He'll win a debate he won't even be in?

That's a hell of a thing.

cameroncrazy1984: He'll win a debate he won't even be in?

That's a hell of a thing.

The election, numbnuts.

WTF Indeed: It's a shame Scott Brown will win.

You really aren't very good at this, pumpkin.

WTF Indeed: cameroncrazy1984: He'll win a debate he won't even be in?

That's a hell of a thing.

The election, numbnuts.

Oh, the chances of that are so remote I figured you couldn't be talking about that.

cameroncrazy1984: Oh, the chances of that are so remote I figured you couldn't be talking about that.

This is the fellow that bet me that Rick Perry would be the GOP nominee.

Make a bet with him. Take his beer.

what_now: cameroncrazy1984: Oh, the chances of that are so remote I figured you couldn't be talking about that.

This is the fellow that bet me that Rick Perry would be the GOP nominee.

Make a bet with him. Take his beer.

Hmm. I do like to try new beers...

what_now: This is the fellow that bet me that Rick Perry would be the GOP nominee.

I could have called it a wash since he was on heavy painkillers, but I didn't.

I just have a feeling this will be closer than people think.

WTF Indeed: I could have called it a wash since he was on heavy painkillers, but I didn't.

No. No you could not have called that a wash. Do you need me to punch you in the statisticals?

Elizabeth Warren is afraid of not debating. Coward.

No, Scott Brown doesn't speak Cherokee.

WTF Indeed: what_now: This is the fellow that bet me that Rick Perry would be the GOP nominee.

I could have called it a wash since he was on heavy painkillers, but I didn't.

I just have a feeling this will be closer than people think.

In that case, the Bills won the last Super Bowl!

what_now: No. No you could not have called that a wash. Do you need me to punch you in the statisticals?

The GOP SuperPACs will spend millions hammering Warren with men and seniors since that seat is very important to the GOP and they already can write off every other race. Millions from Northeast GOPers will poor into the state. Warren will be spending the next five months talking about how she's not that liberal.

What if Larry the Cable guy moderated the debates over CB radios? Can we have a debate then?

WTF Indeed: Warren will be spending the next five months talking about how she's not that liberal.

the heck? being liberal is a GOOD thing in MA politics. its not kansas

ArkAngel: I see no problem with refusing to participate in a debate where the head of the sponsoring organization endorsed my opponent

I see no problem with Scott Brown refusing to participate in any debate. No guts, no balls, no ideas - no problem.

WTF Indeed: Millions from Northeast GOPers will poor into the state. Warren will be spending the next five months talking about how she's not that liberal.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha

cameroncrazy1984: WTF Indeed: what_now: This is the fellow that bet me that Rick Perry would be the GOP nominee.

I could have called it a wash since he was on heavy painkillers, but I didn't.

I just have a feeling this will be closer than people think.

In that case, the Bills won the last Super Bowl!

That makes five times!!

WTF Indeed: what_now: No. No you could not have called that a wash. Do you need me to punch you in the statisticals?

The GOP SuperPACs will spend millions hammering Warren with men and seniors since that seat is very important to the GOP and they already can write off every other race. Millions from Northeast GOPers will poor into the state. Warren will be spending the next five months talking about how she's not that liberal.

Bet?

One theory: I have a possible answer that I can sum up in three words: The Catholic Church.

ArkAngel: I see no problem with refusing to participate in a debate where the head of the sponsoring organization endorsed my opponent

He didn't require those terms in 2010. He's scared now.

what_now: WTF Indeed: what_now: No. No you could not have called that a wash. Do you need me to punch you in the statisticals?

The GOP SuperPACs will spend millions hammering Warren with men and seniors since that seat is very important to the GOP and they already can write off every other race. Millions from Northeast GOPers will poor into the state. Warren will be spending the next five months talking about how she's not that liberal.

Bet?

Anyone interested in a pool?

No posts of Walker's daughters in bikinis? Warrr?

what_now: BunkoSquad: what_now: If he DOESN'T come out in a headdress and feathers, I'll be shocked.

Nah, he knows this is MA and he has to be a little bit subtle. Maybe just a Cleveland Chief Wahoo lapel pin.

Red Sox fans would eat him alive. If there's one thing Scotty2Hottie knows how to do, it's pander.

Hey, did you hear his commercial comparing himself to the Celtics? Which aired in the days after the Celtics were eliminated? He even failed at pandering correctly.

Dusk-You-n-Me: One theory: I have a possible answer that I can sum up in three words: The Catholic Church.

Goddamnitsomuch

Edsel: what_now: BunkoSquad: what_now: If he DOESN'T come out in a headdress and feathers, I'll be shocked.

Nah, he knows this is MA and he has to be a little bit subtle. Maybe just a Cleveland Chief Wahoo lapel pin.

Red Sox fans would eat him alive. If there's one thing Scotty2Hottie knows how to do, it's pander.

Hey, did you hear his commercial comparing himself to the Celtics? Which aired in the days after the Celtics were eliminated? He even failed at pandering correctly.

No!! Link?

That's awesome.

what_now: cameroncrazy1984: Great. She hasn't. Why isn't he debating?

Because his entire campaign platform is "I have a truck, and could theoretically be a moderate, even though I've voted with the GOP 99% of the time", and his opponent was a state debating champion at age 13.

So he's a bit nervous coming up against a female master debater?

what_now: Edsel: what_now: BunkoSquad: what_now: If he DOESN'T come out in a headdress and feathers, I'll be shocked.

Nah, he knows this is MA and he has to be a little bit subtle. Maybe just a Cleveland Chief Wahoo lapel pin.

Red Sox fans would eat him alive. If there's one thing Scotty2Hottie knows how to do, it's pander.

Hey, did you hear his commercial comparing himself to the Celtics? Which aired in the days after the Celtics were eliminated? He even failed at pandering correctly.

No!! Link?

That's awesome.

Here's a link to the full awful-ness. I must have heard it a dozen times on the radio, even after the Celtics were knocked out. I'm guessing the average Masshole didn't take too kindly to that.

Link