Will Sarah Palin endorse Scott Brown?

"Naming Sarah Palin as Man of the Year is the only logical conclusion to a year when Americans who petitioned their government for a redress of grievances were smeared as 'un-American' by the people who are temporarily in charge," Don Surber explained this morning, speaking for all of us outside-the-Beltway tea-party types out here who have had enough of being told by our betters what's best for us and having unwanted big-government initiatives rammed down our throats.

"I noticed in my blog stats that someone from Weymouth Wrentham (Thanks to publius in the comments for correction) [where Scott Brown lives] was googling 'sarah palin endorsed scott brown?'" we wrote Scott Brown on Facebook this afternoon:

Don't know if that was you or one of your people, but it's a good question, which I have been thinking about a lot myself. I agree with Don Surber that Palin is the "Man of the Year." My own thoughts on the subject in my latest blogpost, "Cojones with Lipstick."

Am sure your campaign has considered the possibility, weighing the pros and cons carefully. For my part, I encourage you to seek Palin's support. She is DYNAMITE!!! and much loved by red staters like me behind enemy lines here in Massachusetts, not to mention the vast army of tea party people across the nation. Her charisma and common-sense understanding of how the world works are totally energizing. If you haven't already, I urge you to read Going Rogue. Let's ROLL!!!!!

Supported by the Bay State GOP — although reportedly given a comparatively paltry sum by the national Republican Senatorial Committee — Brown may be playing it safe, preferring not to rock the boat in his challenge to same-old, same-old Democrat shoe-in candidate Martha Coakley. We've been encouraged by his embrace of the "41st Senator to stop Obamacare" meme but still don't know. Does Scott Brown have the "manliness" — In the conservative Harvard gadfly Harvey Mansfield sense — to challenge the status quo? Mansfield explains:

Manly men defend their turf, just as other male mammals do. The analogy to animals obviously suggests something animalistic about manliness. But manliness is specifically human as well. Manly men defend not just their turf but their country. Manliness is best shown in war, the defense of one’s country at its most difficult and dangerous. In Greek, the word for manliness, andreia, is also the word for courage.

Palin's got andreia. As we wrote in a post on the topic back in March of 2006:

Looking at the geopolitical landscape out there, we'd be inclined to say Professor Mansfield's definition of manliness is expansive enough to include all creatures great and small, female and male, from bower birds and peacocks to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — the new President of Liberia who sat proudly with the Leader of the Free World in the Oval Office this afternoon — to the Muslim woman word warriors like Irshad Manji and Ayaan Hirsi Ali who are just saying no to those who would put them in their place.

No one's going to put Scott Brown in his place. He will decide. What's it going to be, Senator Brown?

Update: Stat surge thanks to link in Michelle Malkin's "Buzzworthy" column.

Comments

[Miss Kelly]

I think you jump-started his recent campaign tack, where he (finally!!!) brings up the "41st senator" concept. Hello!!!!! THE MOST IMPORTANT potential vote in the Senate?!??!!

Sissy, you mover-and-shaker, you! You've even got me doing phone duty for Scott Brown!

[Sissy Willis]

Miss Kelly: Way cool. You call, girl?

[goomp]

Manliness can save America. March on you manly women!

[KingShamus]

What does Scott Brown have to lose? He's still a Republican, which means he's automatically at a disadvantage in Taxachussetts. Getting a Palin endorsement can only fire up the conservative base and piss off people who weren't going to vote for him anyway. If he's gonna win this thing, he's gonna need heavy rightish/Tea Party/GOP rank and file turn-out.

[inspectorudy]

How could it hurt? We have already seen "Blue Dogs" in action on the HCR bill so why worry about offending some potential Dem votes. Go for the hot-blooded conservatives and chant 41, 41, 41! If the Dems who have come to hate this bill realise that they can stop it, they might just jump on the Brown band wagon.

[TomB]

Blue Dogs are conservative democrats in conservative states. There are No Blue Dogs in MA. If you are going after hardcore Republicans in MA you are talking about make a dozen or so (well thats understated but you get the idea) The state has 2x as man Dems as Republicans. For Brown to win he needs all the Republicans and about 1/3 Democrats and about 2/3 independents.

Palin would lose about 1/2 independents and all democrat votes. Makeing it an instant loss for Brown.

If you got All the republicans to vote for him without any dems or a large percentage of independents it just isn't going to be enough. Maybe in a state that wasn't so HEAVILY left leaning she MIGHT help. Not here though.
Thats how it could hurt.

[Dan]

Scott Brown Could be our 41st Vote in the Senate!

[trapeze]

Great article...we linked to it on our Mass. Senate discussion thread over at "Conservative Talk Forum." We are trying to raise money for Mr. Brown and recruit volunteers. Please feel free to join us at this address:

http://nanosecondinv.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=genpoltical&thread=9786&page=1

Thank you very much.

[publius]

Scott Brown lives in Wrentham, not Weymouth

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