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Here’s why:

1) he doesn’t represent MA interests at all.  He is a party line Republican in the bluest state.  If elected, he would represent Wyoming better than Massachusetts.  He opposes every major thing the Democrats support, including health care, cap and trade, and the repeal of DOMA.  His truck ad is another example of this.  Message for Scott Brown: if you want to look like an average Massachusetts voter, and you don’t want to drive a hybrid, at least get a Toyota Camry or something.  Perhaps the gas guzzling pick up truck (17 MPG, if it is, as I believe, a GMC Canyon) is the reason his per diems are so high…

2) He doesn’t take well to criticism.  First, there was the King Philip High School incident, in which he got up at a high school assembly, and abused his position to read inappropriate comments some students wrote about him online.  This shows he is incredibly petty, and can’t handle being criticized.  It further shows his willingness to abuse his position of power to get revenge.

Second, Blue Mass Group had a “Mock the Logo” Contest to make fun of Scott Brown’s logo, in which they said of Brown’s logo: “whatever that image is meant to be, when you slap it next to the word ‘BROWN,’ all I see is comic strip-style stink-lines emanating from a turd.”  After this Scott Brown first removed, then changed his logo, to look less like a turd.  (before and after posted below)

Before BMG criticism (the so-called "turd" logo)

After BMG criticism (the current logo)

Third, Scott Brown recently launched his first attack ad.  About what, you may ask?  Fells River Day care? No.  Coakley’s handling of the Big Dig lawsuits? No.  Coakley’s flip-flopping on abortion provisions in the healthcare bill?  No.  Instead, he attacks her for running an attack ad against him.  Well, I hate to tell you this, Scott, but attack ads are a part of politics.  Either stop complaining, or suspend your campaign to go cry in a corner.

Handling criticism is an important part of being a politician.  Many politicians have tons of vile things said about them online.  Many people question our President’s citizenship and make him look like Hitler online.  Tons of downright libelous stuff is out there.  However, most politicians just brush it off because of how absurd it is, then go on with their lives.  Unfortunately, Scott Brown doesn’t.  If he becomes our next Senator, things will get even worse.  Instead of a few bloggers at Blue Mass Group, or a group of high schoolers on Facebook, he will take tons of criticism from Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, and other such cable news hosts.  If he can’t put up with it, he is doomed to failure.  Public figures can’t have feelings like the rest of us do.  They have to learn how to deal with the criticism, since it will be all around them.

3) He is a total hypocrite.  He rails against government spending, but rakes in the per diems, despite being from Wrentham, which isn’t too far, and is relatively close to commuter rail stations (under 3 miles from the Franklin stop).  He is the ninth-highest collector of per diems in the State Senate, despite his relative proximity, and his income from his private law practice, legislative salary, and party leadership position.  He made $3,536 in 2009 off per diems, according to the Boston Herald. This indicates someone who is willing to criticize government waste when someone else does it, but is perfectly willing to accept it when he does it.  Scott Brown is a Pharisee who enjoys the holier-than-thou criticism of wasteful spending, which makes him look good in front of the people.  But Massachusetts voters are smarter than that.  Let’s elect someone who represents us.  This Tuesday, let’s elect Martha Coakley

This blog is meant to cover everything Massachusetts, especially the politics.  I had hoped to do this on Blue Mass Group, but unfortunately, couldn’t get an account because of some technical problem (hint to BMG: fix this glitch).  I was inspired to write this blog when I looked up the residences of each MA Congressman, and realized several issues with redistricting.  These are: 1) 5 of our 10 Congressmen live within 10 miles of the State House.  2) SE Mass. has no representative that lives in it.  All of it is represented by 3 Congressmen: Bill Delahunt, of Quincy; Barney Frank, of Newton (both within 10 miles of the State House; Delahunt is within 5); and Jim McGovern, of Worcester.

5 Reps live within the first circle; 6 within the second

This makes redistricting hard, since Southeastern MA pretty much gets screwed no matter what, and inside 128 gets disproportionately represented (in the interest of full disclosure, I live within 128).  This, combined with the “slice of the pie” districts makes redistricting incredibly difficult.  I intend to be your #1 source for MA redistricting news, both speculative and actual news.  I will also cover other random things about Massachusetts politics and geography

Here is a map I’ve created of the residences of every Congressman in MA:
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