A controversy is brewing in Massachusetts over a recent $2,500 contribution to Senator Scott Brown’s campaign from a man named Randy Levine.

Levine is no pedophile. Levine did not produce Cops and Robbersons. Levine is not Mullah Omar’s traveling secretary.

No, Levine is far, far worse.

You see, Randy Levine is president of the Yankees.

Joe Battenfeld of the Boston Herald would have you believe that Levine, a former deputy mayor in the Giuliani administration and Justice Department official during the Reagan presidency, is more evil than Fidel Castro.

It’s one thing to be bipartisan, Senator, but this is taking it a little too far. There’s no compromising in baseball.
“We’re happy to accept Randy Levine’s donation,” Brown campaign spokesman Colin Reed said. “The way Scott Brown looks at it is, this is their way of paying us back for Babe Ruth.”
The Babe for Brown? Somehow I don’t think Sox fans — even those who love Brown — would take that deal.
Levine is the embodiment of everything we hate about the Yankees. He’s described as arrogant and brash, and is the chief henchman of the Steinbrenner family, according to reports. Oh yeah, one of his chief goals every year is to destroy the Red Sox.
Brown, meanwhile, is openly trying to win over the hearts of Sox fans — and voters — in his tough re-election fight against Democrat Elizabeth Warren.
Last week, the GOP incumbent began airing a radio ad heaping praise on Fenway Park [map] and the team owners, finishing with “Go Red Sox!” A few days ago, the campaign aired a web video featuring Brown standing outside Fenway Park in a Red Sox jacket, greeting fans. Now, it turns out, the president of the Yankees helped pay for those ads.
If you’re scoring at home, that’s E-Incumbent.

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