RE “IN victory, Brown deserves the support of all of Massachusetts’’ (Editorial, Jan. 20): Why does Scott Brown “deserve’’ the good wishes of “all’’? It’s one thing to acknowledge his astonishing come-from-nowhere win, or to cite his victory as evidence of voter malaise. But mindlessly wish him well?
What if you believe, as I do, that health care reform is essential to our economic and democratic future? Brown has pledged to be the vote that stops it cold.
What if you believe that the torture of suspected terrorists remains a black mark against the constitutional tenets of this country? Brown has pledged to support the use of waterboarding.
What if you believe that the economic policies that culminated in near financial ruin for the nation need to be debunked and reversed? Brown would restore the country - after one short year of reprieve under Obama - to its former I’ve-got-mine policies.
As a longtime reader of the Globe, I deserve better than this editorial sop.
Karen Dacey
West Newton
THE GLOBE editorial “In victory, Brown deserves the support of all of Massachusetts’’ is fatuous nonsense, to put it bluntly. Our representatives don’t “deserve’’ our support: We deserve theirs. Although Scott Brown won the election, there is a large chunk of Bay Staters he doesn’t seem to represent. How are we to “support’’ him? Send him congratulatory letters? Buy him a new truck?
Health care costs are rising at 15 percent a year - have any of our salaries done the same? We have a massive recession and unemployment caused by the policies that Brown advocates. His party exercised single-party rule over all three branches of government for years, but, rather than propose a plan to mitigate the disaster it caused, the Republican Party has spent the last year fighting any kind of Democratic plan to make things better.
How exactly does the Globe propose that we “support’’ Scott Brown?
Mark Bridger
Newton 
