Scott Brown, you sir, are no Jack Kennedy.Jack Bauer, maybe? But not Kennedy

How long did it take Scott Browns campaign machine to dig up this clip of JFK voicing a common idea with him? It must have taken quite awhile  to find that one little commonality that Brown could exploit in his effort to connect with Massachusetts voters. He certainly wouldn't be getting any endorsments from the Kennedy clan as Democratic opponant Martha Coakley has. So he had to find some other way to connect himself with the Kennedy name in order to win the hearts of the electorate in Kennedy Country.

But lets face it, even with Democrats and Republicans being so bitterly divided, as Americans, members of both parties share many common ideals. Taxes aren't just an issue for Republicans. There are many Democrats who are loath to raise taxes and believe that taxes ought to be lowered. What differs is their belief as to how and when to raise or lower taxes. And for whom. In that regard Kennedy and Brown couldn't be further apart.

Democrats recognize that there are times and situations when it is necessary to raise taxes. Republicans think that any taxes are evil and that the cure all for all of Americas problem is lower taxes.Especially for the rich.

In finding this clip of Kennedy supporting lower tazes, taken out of context and with no regard for the ideals that JFK stood for, Brown has found that one tiny little speck of a connection with Kennedy that he could exploit.

Martha Coakley could have just as easily found some sort of commonality with Ronald Reagan, to which I would have responded Martha Coakley, you Madame are no Ronald Reagan. But she doesn't need to. She has the endorsement of the Kennedys and is the obvious choice to continue to carry the banner of the ideals that Ted Kennedy supported, the ideals that Massachusetts voters have stood behind all those years that Ted held that seat.

To be true to his ideals and beliefs, it would have been more appropriate if Scott Brown had invoked the ideals of another Jack....Jack Bauer of Foxes "24" TV series. Jack Bauer who wouldn't think twice about beating the crap out of a captured terrorist in order to extract some tidbit of information.

Scott Brown does not consider waterboarding to be torture and supports is use on terrost detainees. Perhaps Brown has not read the reports that indicated that such torturing does not actually yield usable and credible information. While there are some reports that detainees being subjected to high pressure interrogation techniques have given up usefull information, they are the exception rather than the rule.
Many third world countries, like Iran, will use torture to force false confessions out of their political prisoners. They make the confessions because they want the torture to stop . Likewise, detainees may provide false information just to make the torture stop.  In fact, new terrorist in training are being trained to endure torture and are also being trained to give out false information to lead Amercan intelligence agents on a wild goose chase.

Even Republican John McCain understood that and opposed the use of torture. McCain also understood one of the most important principles of the ban on torture, and that is, if we torture the prisoners we hold, then our enemies will be more likely to torture Americans that they hold prisoner. If on the otherhand, we treat all prisoners humanely, then our enemies are less likely to be inhumane to Americans held captive.

Just because A.Q, the Taliban and other terrorist groups have no regard for the humane treatment of captives, does not give us the justification to stoop down to their level. America needs to stand behind a higher ideal and not be known as a nation that resorts to torture.

But Scott Brown doesn't believe that. In that regard Scott Brown looks more like Jack Bauer than Jack Kennedy.

And that scares me.