1. Single-handedly turned GOP from a party of lunatics and morons into a party of lunatics and morons plus a guy with a pickup truck.
2. As the newest member of the Senate, he is required by tradition to buy pizza for everyone on his first day in the chamber.
3. His daughters probably aren’t hookers, but his family is definitely a bunch of attention whores.
4. Saved Massachusetts the horror of having a diligent, competent, boring woman in national office.
5. His pickup truck has a sticker of Calvin peeing on Ted Kennedy’s grave
6. John McCain giggles every time he hears Brown say “Obamer”
7. Voted “Republican senator least likely to get caught picking up rough-trade homos at truck stop” by his peers
8. With the wave of his hand and the wink of an eye can spread rainbows all across America
9. His agent is already in negotiations with Sarah Palin for a porn video
10. Can’t wait to get to Washington to screw over all the people who voted for him.


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