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VIDEO: ‘Brown Revolution’ Nationwide

Posted on | January 30, 2010 | 8 Comments

Watch this video from ABC’s “Good Morning America”:


“The Scott Heard ‘Round the World” has inspired grassroots activists nationwide — John Fund has a feature article about Brown today — and as I explain at The American Spectator:

One of the volunteers on Brown’s campaign is now running for Congress in Alabama, and emulating the “straight talk, no BS” theme. Rick Barber, a small businessman and ex-Marine, is challenging Democrat Rep. Bobby Bright in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District and was featured in an ABC “Good Morning America” segment on the impact of the Brown campaign.
“If there ever was a time in our political landscape that really an everyday guy like myself could get into Washington at the congressional level, this would be the year to do it,” Barber told ABC.
Many others see the same opportunity and, as the Associated Press notes, this has resulted in a crowded field of contested primaries nationwide. . . .

Please read the whole thing. Speaking of crowded primaries, Adam Andrzejewski’s Tea Party-backed gubernatorial campaign — which the legacy media are trying to ignore — got an unexpected boost yesterday when Barack Obama made a joke about GOP establishment candidate Kirk Dillard:

As I told you Thursday, Kirk actually appeared in a 2008 campaign ad for Obama:

Ouch. Yeah, that’s gonna leave a mark.

Category: Alabama, Congress, Election, Illinois, Video

Comments

8 Responses to “VIDEO: ‘Brown Revolution’ Nationwide”

  1. TBinSTL
    January 31st, 2010 @ 1:06 am

    N ote to Fund and for future style books: Except in very rare circumstances, a Marine, no longer on active duty or reserve is not to be refered to as “ex”. “Former Marine” is the acceptable term.
    To my knowledge, in consultation with Marines, both active and former, the only well known Marines to be refered to as “ex-Marines” at this time are Lee Harvey Oswald and John Murtha…. the defining characteristic they share is having broken faith with the Corps.

  2. TBinSTL
    January 30th, 2010 @ 8:06 pm

    N ote to Fund and for future style books: Except in very rare circumstances, a Marine, no longer on active duty or reserve is not to be refered to as “ex”. “Former Marine” is the acceptable term.
    To my knowledge, in consultation with Marines, both active and former, the only well known Marines to be refered to as “ex-Marines” at this time are Lee Harvey Oswald and John Murtha…. the defining characteristic they share is having broken faith with the Corps.

  3. uberVU - social comments
    January 31st, 2010 @ 9:40 am

    Social comments and analytics for this post…

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  4. M. Simon
    January 31st, 2010 @ 4:33 pm

    Arrived here via Instapundit thru the American Spectator.

    I blogged Walesa and Adam (the Polish guy) and I have a really nice T-Party generic sign put out by the Quincy, Illinois T- Party at:

    T-Party Candidates for Illinois

  5. M. Simon
    January 31st, 2010 @ 11:33 am

    Arrived here via Instapundit thru the American Spectator.

    I blogged Walesa and Adam (the Polish guy) and I have a really nice T-Party generic sign put out by the Quincy, Illinois T- Party at:

    T-Party Candidates for Illinois

  6. M. Simon
    January 31st, 2010 @ 4:40 pm

    TBisSTL is correct about Marines. From a friend in a closely allied service.

    Simon – US Naval Nuke – the geekiest you can get and still be in the fight.

  7. M. Simon
    January 31st, 2010 @ 11:40 am

    TBisSTL is correct about Marines. From a friend in a closely allied service.

    Simon – US Naval Nuke – the geekiest you can get and still be in the fight.

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