Way to go, Joe!

Today we joined Alan and Helen to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.  The article below by Joe Fitzgerald was the main topic of conversation..  It is a masterpiece.  Enjoy! Anne Shots at Scott Brown just hurt Elizabeth Warren By Joe Fitzgerald  |   Saturday, August 25, 2012  Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1061155644 Sawed-off shotguns are banned because they wound indiscriminately, and so do blanket indictments, which are the sawed-off shotguns of political discourse, hurting anyone who happens to be in the line of fire when a venomous candidate such as Elizabeth Warren begins to hurl her vitriol.   If there's anyone who ought to be focusing on issues rather than demonization, it's this Harvard professor, recruited from obscurity to pursue a seat in the U.S. Senate.   If she'd remained beneath the radar screen, out of the political spotlight, she could still be masquerading as Harvard Law School's "first woman of color." No one, including disappointed sycophants in the liberal wing of the media, would have searched in vain for any verification of her claim to having a smidgeon (1/32nd) of Cherokee blood in her DNA.   Now she's out there grimacing in TV commercials, feigning indignation over the soaring costs of a college education, prompting industrious reporters to discover she earned more than $350,000 for teaching one class twice a week, which could have funded the tuitions of seven Harvard Law students.   Still, she remains hell-bent on ferreting out flaws and inconsistencies in her opponent, real or imagined, bringing to mind an observation made by former Patriotscoach Raymond Berry: "Heat not only builds character; it also reveals character."   The heat of this campaign is revealing a lot about the professor.   Jumping onto the coattails of outrage over Missouri's Todd Akin, the GOP's U.S. Senate candidate whose thoughts on "legitimate rape" were universally condemned, Warren wasted no time linking Scott Brown and the Republican Party to "an agenda that is against women."   In other words, if Akin offended you, Brown should, too.   It's a classic blanket indictment, a sawed-off shotgun blast of vilification.   The professor wants you to look at Akin and see Brown.   Should we then look at Harvard professors and see Timothy Leary?   She wants you to look at Republicans and fear for women.   Should we then look at Democrats and picture Ted Kennedy's lascivious prowling at the Au Bar in Palm Beach, Fla., or Bill Clinton's lurid exploitation of Monica Lewinsky in the Oval Office?   Wouldn't that suggest to her that women might trust the leadership of an experienced office-holder who's happy in his marriage, who's the much-involved father of two adoring daughters, and who's been serving in the National Guard since he was 19?   According to Warren, none of that matters because of a nut in Missouri.   Berry was right. The heat of this political season is telling us much about the professor, and it isn't very flattering.