In NH, Americans for Prosperity have been saying "Jeanne Shaheen cast the deciding vote on Obamacare" for so long, and without challenge, that it's become an accepted "fact." When junior varsity senate candidate Scott Brown appeared in my neck of the woods to audaciously claim that not only did she cast that vote, but he was there and he saw it, fighting back became an imperative.
Scott Brown asserts (not very intelligibly) that Senator Shaheen cast the DECIDING VOTEbamacare. He says it's true - he was there! This is, of course, the message that his friends the Kochs dba Americans for Prosperity NH are pushing.
This is the flyer that Americans solely for the Prosperous are canvassing in Manchester with this weekend:
OMG! It must be true! Scott Brown says he was there! Americans for Prosperity have fliers that say so! After all, Greg Moore wouldn't lie to us...would he?
Oh dear. It seems that he would. After all, how could Jeanne Shaheen cast the deciding vote if Mary Landrieu did? That's what Americans for Prosperity is saying in Louisiana:
Americans for Prosperity needs to get their story straight.
But wait! If Jeanne Shaheen didn't cast the deciding vote because Mary Landrieu did, how could Bill Nelson have done it?
American Crossroads is Karl Rove's PAC. Perhaps he and the Kochs need to get their stories straight.
Uh oh. It was Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas who cast the deciding vote for Obamacare:
But wait - it was Senator Sherrod Brown from Ohio who cast the deciding vote!
OH NO! It wasn't Sherrod Brown - it was Al Franken!
Or at least that's what the Tea Party Patriots think. We now have 6 "deciding votes."
But wait - there's more! Ken Cuccinelli, the failed goobernatorial candidate from Virginia claims that Senator Mark Warner cast the Tie-Breaking Vote!
Let's summarize. Jeanne Shaheen, Mary Landrieu, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Sherrod Brown, and Al Franken each cast the deciding vote on Obamacare, according to a variety of wingnut funders and PACS. According to Ken Cuccinelli, Mark Warner cast the tie breaking vote. Presumably all those deciders were tied, and required a tie breaker.
Or not. What's really going on here is that Big Wingnut Money is spending lots of it to convince low information voters from targeted states that their Senator cast the deciding vote.
Thanks SCOTUS!
cross posted at susan the bruce