Sen. Shaheen can't believe her ears, either.
This has been a rough week for Scott Brown on the
debate front. On Tuesday, he had to try to explain why he thinks ISIS is poised at the border with Mexico, ready to attack. He failed. He also brought down the house, and not in a supportive way, when he tried to claim native New Hampshire cred. But to truly appreciate how much Scottie's campaign manager fears Scottie opening his mouth, you have to consider
Thursday night with Wolf Blitzer on Ebola.
First there's this nugget:
Brown criticized President Barack Obama for hiring an "Ebola czar" who is not a medical doctor. […]
Brown said part of the problem is that Obama has been providing inconsistent answers on the issue and said a travel ban should be in place to and from West Africa, where Ebola has killed about 4,500 people.
"We don't need to be experts to deal with this issue," Brown said. "It's common sense."
We don't need to be experts to deal with it but Obama needs to have an expert to deal with it. That's common sense only if you're Scott Brown. But the best part, oh, the best part, is
this exchange about Brown's assertion that Ebola would ever have come to the U.S. if Mitt Romney were president.
BLITZER: You said "I guarantee we would not be worrying about Ebola right now had Mitt Romney been president of the United States." Do you stand by that?
BROWN: With all respect, what I said, we were talking about many different issues. We were talking about Obamacare. We were talking about him being right on Russia. And I said and I'll say it again. Had he been in charge, we would have a clear, concise policy as to what we're going to do, where we're going, and how we can help, and with regard to immigration. …
BLITZER: Let me interrupt, Senator. You also said, "we would not be worrying about Ebola right now" if Romney had been president.
BROWN: No, that's taken out of context. ...
BLITZER: It's not taken out of context. This was in the Fox News interview last Friday.
BROWN: Once again, it was taken out of context. If you take the whole answer, when we talked about obviously him being right on Obamacare, him being right on Russia, and that he, that we would not be in this situation with regard to the economy. …
BLITZER: Let me read to you exactly what you said. You said, "Mitt was great. Can you imagine if Mitt was president right now? He was right on Russia, he was right on Obamacare, he was right on the economy, and I guarantee you we would not be worrying about Ebola right now or worrying about our foreign policy screw-ups."
BROWN: Thank you for repeating it for the fourth time.
Yes, thank you, Wolf, for repeating it four times. Because it is pure gold.
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The next debate is next Thursday, with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News as a moderator along with WMUR’s Josh McElveen. I, for one, can't wait to find out what comic relief Scottie is going to bring to that one.