Elections-VOTELefties are getting desperate in the waning days before Scott Brown likely defeats Martha Coakley in Massachusetts. Over at The Plumline:

“One month after the September 11th attacks, Scott Brown was one of only three Massachusetts State Representatives to vote against a bill to provide financial assistance to Red Cross workers who had volunteered with 9/11 recovery efforts, we’ve learned.

The Brown campaign acknowledged the vote to us, claiming the measure would have taxed already-strained state finances.

The 9/11 attacks flared as an issue in the Massachusetts race today. The NRSC sharply criticized Democrat Martha Coaxley over a DSCC ad, first reported by Politico, that flashed an image of the Twin Towers. Rudy Giuliani, who stumped for Brown today, also slammed Coakley over the ad, saying it was “unthinkable” and “offensive.”

On October 17th, 2001, Brown voted against a bill that would authorize “leaves of absence for certain Red Cross employees participating in Red Cross emergencies.” The bill gave 15 days of paid leave each year to state workers called up by the Red Cross to respond to disasters. At the time, state workers called for such emergencies were required to use sick and vacation days.

The bill was initially filed before 9/11, and after the attacks, it was made retroactive to 9/11, covering the time spent by state workers who’d assisted with 9/11 recovery work for the Red Cross. Brown’s vote against the measure came a little more than a month after the attack.”

First, this wasn’t a vote against “9/11 workers”. That’s what lefties like Sergeant want you to believe but it’s simply not so. As noted the bill predated 9/11. Brown’s vote wasn’t to hurt workers, but to restrain out of control government spending. That’s precisely what Americans are revolting against now and especially in Massachusetts. Americans are rejecting handouts and government giveaways. The minority left-wing in this country is totally missing or just ignorant on that point.

The fact that Brown practiced conservatism in the light of such spending is precisely why he’s winning. It has nothing to do with whether or not it might have been a good idea, and had everything to do with avoiding bankrupting the State.

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