I actually remember Ayla Brown. I am stunned I do remember her but I think that was one of the last years I watched American Idol and it was tough to forget someone who was trying to decide between singing and playing college basketball. Anyway, as with most things she left my memory only to suddenly be back in the spotlight this week when her dad became the new Senator from Massachusetts. She probably wouldn't have even been noticed then until her dad decided to pimp her out to the world. In what was really creepy he said both his daughters were available and you got the feeling that he was practically selling them. He definitely needs to join the Pimpa Joe club. The video is three minutes of absolute embarrassment for his daughters.
I know he is trying to be funny but it was borderline creepy
ReplyDeleteI don't like this guy on principle. He made them Dem's lose the supermajority. Hopefully, there's a scandal waiting in the wings and he'll lose his Senate seat.
ReplyDelete*the, not them. Though, that works too.
ReplyDeleteI think this comment is pretty harmless--but I think it's kind of a reflection of who he is.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I know, Brown is (by his own admission) a very type A and competitive person. My husband met Brown at one of Ayla's games at her prep school (pre-American Idol) and said he was a jerky, pushy 'sports dad.' Anyway, they are a very high achieving, competitive family. I think he has daughters but no sons, I think he is really proud of them and they are kind of his 'prizes.'
I live in Mass, I don't particularly like him, and I didn't vote for him--but to me this is just one of those jerky, awkward things fathers sometimes say about their teenage daughters.
I have 2 teenage daughters and my husband says stuff that is embarrassing all the time--though not creepy, thank god.
This doesn't creep me out. It's a little awkward in the beginning, but whatevs. It seems like he's just on a winning-an-election-high-on-life feeling.
ReplyDeleteThat was gauche, but not so creepy. It kind of reminds me of the scene in Dexter where he pushed his step-daughter into the pool. So OK, yes, maybe he is a serial killer. I'm glad he won though, not because of him but for the message it sends the Democrats, "Hey, we voted out the Republicans because they ran up the deficit and played politics as usual in Washington. We expect better from you, not more of the same."
ReplyDeleteGive the guy a break - he was just trying to be funny. He'd just won a HUGE election, and was introducing his family to the masses.
ReplyDeleteAnd Sue Ellen - you 'don't like the guy on principle', because he lost the Dems their supermajority? THE PEOPLE voted, and THE PEOPLE chose him. If you're pissed at anyone, be pissed at them. And you hope there's a scandal waiting in the wings so he'll lose his seat? If Coakley had won and I had said that about her, I'd be raked over the coals on this blog.
I know you guys don't like when these comments turn political, but Enty opened the door by posting this ridiculous post.
People like you, looserdude, make me put my head in my hands. You don't get it. The sad thing is, you aren't the only one.
ReplyDeleteI sorry. :(
ReplyDeleteBabs:
ReplyDeleteBut it is him personally, and the voters of course. I just really wanted the Health Care Reform Act passed cause it would be so, so good for your country in general. That's all. I welcome the GOP point of view, and would love a nice political debate on here from time to time.
P.s I take it back, I don't wish a scandal on him. I hope he does the right thing by his constituents, and works in a bipartisan manner to make your country great again.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Babs on pretty much everything here. This site is so good b/c most of the time politics stays off the floor.
ReplyDeleteThat being said...
Sue Ellen - I love your opinion, even though I disagree. I enjoy reading your other posts.
I saw the video on the news this morning and IMO it was a harmless joke. I don't think it puts him in pimpa Joe territory. Dads make embarassing comments all the time. Well, except for my Dad he's perfect.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Republicans won the House and Senate they acted like all of sudden all of America had become right wing conservatives and started to legislate that way. No, most Americans are kind of moderate. Americans want things to improve but in a sane orderly way that we can afford. So we vote out the Republicans and the Democrats take over Congress. All of a sudden the Democratic leadership decides that all Americans have become left wing Liberals and start legislating like that. Wrong. We just want some moderation and a government that works, that's more about doing the right thing than sticking it to the other party. That is open and honest. The Democrats still have a chance to turn this around. Bill Clinton became a better President after his early legislative defeats. Obama's a smart guy. He'll figure this out.
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ReplyDeleteThanks. It's nice to be able to agree to disagree and still appreciate the value in other people's opinions.
Also, sorry about the political talk, but I love it and it's nice talking to other people about it who can talk in an intelligent manner and not get all crazy like they do on political blogs.
I agree with what you just said looserdude. I just hope like hell that this reform gets passed because it's already come so far, and it's a good thing for America. I mean, people have been trying to get something like this going for 70 years. It's time America, it's time.
ReplyDeleteSue Ellen, I appreciate your opinion, as well, but I respectfully disagree that THIS health care bill needs to be passed because it will be 'good for the country'. I mean this will all sincerity - this bill will bankrupt this country. Do some more research, listen to the economists out there who think it is a HUGE mistake.
ReplyDeleteYes, we need health care reform, and Scott Brown has said the same thing. Just not THIS health care bill. Step back, refocus, and do it the RIGHT way. Don't just push something through in the middle of the night. What happened to 'transparency', eh?
Sorry for the rant, but this gets me pretty riled.
Sue Ellen, my brother is a surgeon and he is totally for health care reform, so I am too, because he's my big brother. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a liberal Dem female, and I think he's just being funny. When my dad dropped me off at college, he scandalized some people by telling them he and my mom were moving without a forwarding address. When he met my now-husband, he asked him if he had any brothers or friends so he could "get rid of" my sister, too. It's just the way we joke in our family.
ReplyDeleteYou can pay for it, that's the thing. In a report from the CBO it works out that the reform will reduce the deficit by 8(in the range of) million over 10 years. The budget rolls out in Feb, so I imagine there will be more to it then.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I do agree with you that there are things in both versions of the proposed reform that I'm not a huge fan of, but that's what Congress and the Rules Committee is for, so we'll see. I just don't want the opposition to be spiteful about it. I'm pretty sure the biggest platform this Brown fellow had was a promised vote against reform. It's like he's going into it partisanly, and negatively, but I guess that's politics for you.
i haven't read the other comments yet, i will later when i get home but i just had to say, my mom has said this same thing countless times about her single daughters.
ReplyDeletewould there have been a post about this had the senator been their mother? i think he was just making a kind of "i want grandchildren soon" joke...
YUK.
ReplyDeleteThe man has been a politician for ages. You'd think he would have learned to censor his misogynist/pervy thoughts by now.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what kind of conversation he would have with Joe Simpson?
I live in a state adjacent to MA, and was lucky enough to have Brown's ads rammed down my throat every time I turned on the radio. He consistently calls women "girls" when he speak to them ("Thanks, girls!") and is a major idiot.
ReplyDeleteI think the majority of voters in MA had a collective aneurism on Tuesday, b/c I just can't fathom ANY other reason for voting another W. Bush-like moron into office! What a dishonor to Ted Kennedy's name and legacy. It's like replacing Abraham Lincoln witha labrador retriever.
We're all calling them Massholes here where I live, this week!
What I posted about the reductions of the deficit, it should be billion, not million. I don't want to be responsible for misinformation. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI guess it depends on who you read/listen to for your news & political information. I've read articles that state that, because of some creative accounting on Medicare spending and cuts, the deficit will actually INCREASE by $300 billion.
ReplyDeleteI'm just sayin' - if this bill is as great as we're led to believe, let us see it and READ it before it's forced through. There has been such a push to get it passed RIGHT NOW!, but there are still too many questions in a lot of people's minds.
And thanks for the clarification of your posting, Sue Ellen.
gosh, i didn't think there'd be anyone on this blog who would agree with me politically... but alas, there is ONE. BABS! yay!
ReplyDeleteand i honestly think he was joking around. i mean, if you watch it, he was elated to be standing up there, and who doesn't stick their foot in their mouth when they're high on life? i know i do!
The reason why the health care reform bill is being "pushed" is because of the millions of Americans suffering with no money, no health care coverage, and no options.
ReplyDeleteSure, wait some more. It only means more people die without help. So what? If you wait for perfect, it will never happen.
Sorry. I get pretty riled up myself. I'm so far in the red because of emergency surgery I'll never see daylight. I have a stent that I cannot get removed because I can't pay the previous surgical bill, and I make too much (OMG. PUHLEEZE) to qualify for government help. For someone who has paid her way her whole life, this is a bitter pill, feel me?
I'm not the only one. We need health care NOW, not tomorrow, not next month, not in ten years. Anything is better than nothing.
I think it's being pushed through because they had the right political conditions for it. Like a very popular president(at the time, not that he still isn't), and the fillibuster-proof super majority in the Senate. It's all about striking while the iron is hot in politics.
ReplyDeleteBabs, I loved your first comment. Right on! For the record, I think the comment was completely harmless and rather endearing.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear I'm not alone, juicy!
ReplyDeleteAnd Netta - I am truly sorry for your situation. I know you must feel desparate. I agree -something needs to be done. But I don't believe that ACTING NOW is more important than ACTING RESPONSIBLY. As I said before, I really believe that this bill will cause a great degree of financial distress for this country. I'm sorry you are suffering, but I respectively disagree that "anything is better than nothing." We are going to tax the middle class to death, and frankly, I'm getting pretty sick of it.
have any of you READ the bill, and not just the talking points? i've spent a lot of time researching various aspects of this bill, and it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
ReplyDeletei'm sorry, but i don't want to pay for your or anyone elses healthcare. i prefer to donate to charity, not the federal govt. it's not constitutional, therefore, i'm against it. there DOES need to be reform, but the majority of american's are not happy with this bill and the lack of transparency.
and btw, my own mother doesn't have health insurance and doesn't qualify for help, and even she doesn't think this is the way to go.
Babs, I think you should run for public office!
ReplyDeleteI've read both bills juicy, I know what I'm talking about.
ReplyDeleteI am one of the millions without a job or health care. It sucks.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear that Sue Ellen, because many haven't read the bills, and just spout talking points.
ReplyDeleteTo each their own, and may the best win! :)
no hard feelings to anyone, i hope.
I think unless you are in the situation, you can't truly feel how desperate it is. I have a medical background, I've worked my whole life, and I've heard about health care reform for decades. It hasn't happened, and when people speak of waiting some more it makes me despair of it ever happening at all.
ReplyDeleteI'm no economic expert, political pundit, or radical rebel. I am an ordinary American citizen who has paid taxes, obeyed the laws, and contributed to society the best I can, just like millions of others.
Everyone, every single one of you, is just one medical catastrophe from the edge. It just seems an outright disgrace that this country, who can raise money for people suffering in foreign countries, cannot see fit to care for their own.
As a counterpoint, you are already paying for people who have no health care options, from shouldering bankruptcies to paying higher premiums for your own insurance. From higher costs for medical procedures and the high cost of treating people in the emergency room rather than focusing on preventative care.
And don't get me started on the gouging from the drug companies and insurance institutions. Oie.
Thanks for letting me vent. It's too easy to look at the political face of this and forget there are real people who are actually DYING and suffering.
It's interesting to watch this topic because, as a Canadian, I already have "free" health care and don't really understand what the big deal is. Ok, I do understand it, but I don't understand why it's such a bad thing to provide health care for people who can't afford it. If you can, super, if you can't then you should just get it. If you can give billions of dollars to people who are already rich(re: Wall St bailouts), then you certainly can help out the needy. That's the kicker for me. America helps out loads of poor countries, but they can't help their own constituents. Boggles the mind really.
ReplyDeleteIf you can give billions of dollars to people who are already rich(re: Wall St bailouts), then you certainly can help out the needy.
ReplyDeleteWe CAN'T, that's the thing. We couldn't afford any of the stimulus, TARP, etc. We certainly can't afford another entitlement program of this magnitude RIGHT NOW.
The man posed for Playgirl magazine. That would embarrass me more than the comments he made.
ReplyDeleteIf not now, when? I'm not trying to play dirty, but if there wasn't 1 war, one exidus from a war, and another brewing in Iran, maybe you guys could afford to take care of your people. That situation isn't Obama's fault. He just inherated a bad situation from a President from the GOP side. I'm just saying.
ReplyDelete@goodgrief
ReplyDeleteThink a woman could have gotten away with that unscathed?
You forget too, that Bush had a democratic congress for much of his presidency.
ReplyDeleteAnd at what point is the finger-pointing going to stop? It's been a year already. 2,3,4 years?
let's get back to gossip! i don't wanna lose any gossip-friends over this post. This is why Enty doesn't post politics. :) Truce?
It sure didn't take long to bail out Wall Street. Of course, that was much more important than health care reform, right? We couldn't afford it, but it happened anyway, and I'm sure all the Wall St. Butt Munches appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteI want the health care plan enjoyed by our esteemed senators and congressmen who work so hard to make this country (and Wall St.) a better place.
*sigh*
Canadians pay for their 'free' healthcare through high tax rates. When we lived in Canada it was great not having to pay for a doctor's appointment, although I had to book an annual exam 8-12 weeks ahead of time (and it took me 10 years to find a GP who would accept me as a new patient in the city that I moved to...after promising that I was healthy had no underlying health conditions). Here in the US, thanks to Hubby's insurance (it's ok but not the best - Blue Shield)through work, I found a GP and had an appointment within 48hrs.
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying the health care system is better in the US than Canada, but comparing them is like apples and oranges. Canadians generally believe the collective good is better for the country, whereas Americans generally value indvidual freedom over the collective good of the country. Canadians believe their system is better because it's 'free' (thanks to
high tax rates -- higher than California) and accessible to all, although it does mean waiting months to see a physician/specialist depending on where you live. Americans believe their system is better because of the worldclass quality of care available to those who can afford it or have insurance. Both these health systems are flawed and BOTH need fixing.
((IMHO I don't think forcing people to buy health insurance is the right way to ensure health coverage for the general population.))
Okay, ENT, can we please cut the crap with the politics and get back to the juicy Hollywood gossip? I need to know: who's sleeping with who; who's a diva on set; who's a lush; who's a perv; who's an angel; who's on the verge of a 19th nervous breakdown etc. Please, NO MORE POLITICS! Thanks.
I am one those pesky independents who voted for Brown. Brown isn't a bad guy. This made me laugh when he said. He is so not in league with pimpa joe. Pimpa would say something like that while admiring Jessica's bossom.
ReplyDeleteSue Ellen I'm really glad you like your healthcare in Canada. This ain't Canada. I live in Massachusetts where we have a more progessive healthcare plan than either one formally being debated in DC. 98% of our people are covered. It's great. It's also bankrupting us. I already pay taxes for it. I have no intention of, if I can help it, of allowing my tax dollars going paying for other people in the rest of the country to have healthcare.
People are familiar with the term Massachusetts Democrat. Let me tell you about another phrase...New England Yankee. They can be summed up in one word...frugality. You don't spend money you don't have. The big deal is we can't afford it. No more borrowing money from China. No more debt.
totally something my dad would do. What would a dad be if he wasn't embarassing. I am 29 and my mom is very "take your time to get married" and my dad is "I want grandchildren-besides your sister's" and lets every single guy who walks thru the door know that.
ReplyDeleteMy dad is a minister, I am used to him saying embarrassing things about us without thinking from the pulpit.
I say give him a break.
Scott Brown posed for Cosmo not Playgirl. Big difference. He was voted Cosmo's Sexiest Man Alive in 1982. He was paying for college with modeling.
ReplyDeleteBabs, I agree with you 100%. It's a terrible bill and should not be passed. If it's so great, why doesn't it apply to our members of congress? They have opted themselves out of it.
I stand corrected that it was Cosmo. However naked is naked when your daughter and her friends has access to the pics. I was only talking about the embarrassment factor for his daughters and not the quality of the magazine for which he posed.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that comment was more, "stop embarrassing me, Dad!" than "Stop selling me to the highest bidder."
ReplyDeleteAnd color me surprised that I'm not the only limited government proponent here.
I deeply believe that people should live under the political system of their choosing. The US is fundamentally different from other former British colonies because this country is based around a radical experiment of limited government and individual liberty. Our Revolution wasn't just about getting rid of the King's tyranny, but making sure we wouldn't be subject to more tyranny from future leaders. The Health Care Reform Act is yet another step away from those founding principles, and a HUGE one at that.
As everyone on the "pro" side is so fond of saying, every other industrialized country has some form or another of universal health care coverage, so any proponent can indeed find a place to live that fulfills this wish for greater government involvement with health care. But where do I go when/if this gets passed?
I thought it was cute. He says some awkward things and isn't polished for Washington yet.
ReplyDeleteI always wanted a dad though so maybe that's why I didn't see it as anything other than a silly dad teasing his embarrassed daughters.
I thought that it was pretty funny, and looking at his daughters they weren't annoyed with the comment. So people need to chill out saying its creepy. Geesh.
ReplyDeleteSame here I was a little shocked when I found out there are a few people on here that feel that the health care reform is not the right thing.
ok back to the gossip