Mine As Well Sit Back And Enjoy It

  I am against the death penalty for various reasons.  However, when I see crimes where the victims are children I second-guess this position.  Further if a relative or close friend's child were the victim I would have to restrain myself from personally imposing the death sentence. 

  I don't know whether or not Scott Brown was molested.  This is the problem with a significant passage of time, it creates reasonable doubt.  I hope that he wasn't and if he was I am tuly sorry.  I can understand why he doesn't want to prosecute.  Getting involved in the criminal justice system will only become trying.  Given the passing of the statute of limitations prosecution is also probably a waste of time.  The fact he won't identify his accuser is troubling as most child molesters continue on until the day they die. 

  But let's be perfectly clear about one thing.  The revelation of this forty year old secret has nothing to do with "demonstrating to victims they can move on with their lives" as the Senator puts it.  The story has everything to do with book sales and money. 

  Scott Brown was a little known state senator from some backwater between Boston and Cape Cod.  In the Senate race he defeated a lazy, bimbo Martha Coakley.  Ms. Coakley had had every prior election handed to her on a silver platter.   The more voters (including female voters which is highly unusual) knew about Ms. Coakley the more votes Scott Brown had.   Brown's notierity came not from his personality or his politics.  Rather the attention was based solely on his ability to win such a high office as a Republican here in died in the wool, Democratic Massachusetts. 

  In other words his life is no more extraordinary or interesting then yours or mine.  (Well yours maybe, as mine has been quite extraordinary and most interesting but all of that is covered in Drown.)  So when some idiot publisher gave him a seven figure advance they told him he better include something that sells books.  Further do you think 60 minutes would have the Senator on just to talk about growing up in Wrentham? "So Senator you must have got a lot of great deals growing up next to the Wrentahm Outlet?"

  I have absolutely no idea why anyone, anywhere would buy his book.  But if you have or will, you mine as well sit back and enjoy it because quite frankly, you are being duped. 

KOKO