A Kennedy Comeback?

[masquerade]

The Kennedys are officially back into the family business.

Joseph Kennedy III, a scion of the famous political family, announced Thursday that will run for the Massachusetts House seat being vacated by Rep. Barney Frank (D).


“Congressman Frank has done so much for Massachusetts and America during his service in Congress and he leaves very big shoes to fill,” Kennedy said in his announcement video for the 4th district. “I believe this country was founded on a simple idea: that every person deserves to be treated fairly, by each other and by their government.”

He promises to fight for a “a fair job plan,” a better educational system, “a fair tax code” and “fair housing policy.”

The grandson of Robert F. Kennedy and son of former Rep. Joseph Kennedy II, the 31-year-old Kennedy was working as a prosecutor and before that as an assistant district attorney in Massachusetts. He also seerved as a Peace Corps volunteer. His twin brother Matt worked on the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s last reelection campaign.

Should he win, he will be the only Kennedy in Congress — a decades-long line that was broken when Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) died in 2009 and Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) retired in 2010.

Joe Kennedy III announces run for Barney Frank’s seat - The Washington Post

 

[Bfgrn]

Good news for the republic.

 

[Claudette]

Tell me. Does this dude live in the district he's running in or is he pulling a JFK??

 

[bitterlyclingin]

Yeah, once again the brain dead masses can ooh and ahh, ogle and gesticulate at the corpses of dead females washing up onto a Kennedy's front doorstep.The American ideal, Camelot reborn.
John and Joe were the only American Patriots the family produced. Teddy definitely went over to the dark side, one of his official acts of note was a series of entreaties to the Soviet Premier hoping to enlist the Premier's aid in order to portray GOP Presidential Candidate Ronald Reagan as a war monger, which the Soviet Premiere wisely declined. Some other notable acts were Kennedy's performance on the Senate Judicial Committee Hearing regarding the Supreme Court Nomination of Justice Samuel Alito where Kennedy shamelessly accused Justice Alito of being a Neanderthal jurist wanting to leave trails of dead females in this nation's back alleyways. Mrs Alito, in attendance during her husbands lengthy hearings, who spent her childhood a few doors down from where Mary Joe Kopechne grew up, was forced to run out of the Senate hearing room, choking back tears. Callous, bombastic, oaf. Then there were the future Senator's antics in Mexico City when he stormed into the US consulate demanding the US Ambassador provide him with interviews, and the space to conduct them, with all of Mexico's angry Leftists. The Ambassador respectfully told the future Senator to provide his own interviews and spaces. The aspiring Liberal Lion of the Senate then proceeded to go out and rent an entire Mexican bordello for the night to assuage and calm his dissappointment and anger.
DOD Pentagon liason, because the Senator was oftentimes Chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, kept careful note and record of the Senator's favorite, out of the way, relatively private, DC watering holes that he frequented on a regular basis in case they needed to reach him in an emergency. When occassion arose, they often found him toe to toe with his favorite drinking comrade, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), seeing who could drink whom under the table first.
Like father, like son. There's also the ballad of yound Paddy. In the middle of a hot, humid July night somewhere around 2004, DC police police received a report of a car travelling erratically, repeatedly being slammed into the concrete barriers in downtown DC. When the patrol car sent out to check the report arrived at the scene they found young Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) clad only in his undershorts behind the wheel. When the officer politely suggested a ride downtown to discuss these events at roughly 2:00AM, young Paddy demurred, saying he was on his way to cast a vote in the House Of Representatives. Young Paddy later admitted to having consumed some Phenergan cough syrup ordered by his physician along with his usual dose of Lorazepam. No mention was made of the quart of Scotch consumed earlier in the evening. Young Paddy was involved in another autombile escapade several weeks earlier, when a vehicle he was operating collided with another vehicle as young Paddy was turning into the parking lot of his downtown neighborhood CVS in Providence. The accident report filled out by the other driver, carrying DOD insurance was perfectly neat and legible, every T crossed, every I dotted. Young Paddy's was simply a scrawl, with not even the signature recognizable.
And we want more of this?

 

[Bfgrn]

Yeah, once again the brain dead masses can ooh and ahh, ogle and gesticulate at the corpses of dead females washing up onto a Kennedy's front doorstep.The American ideal, Camelot reborn.
John and Joe were the only American Patriots the family produced. Teddy definitely went over to the dark side, one of his official acts of note was a series of entreaties to the Soviet Premier hoping to enlist the Premier's aid in order to portray GOP Presidential Candidate Ronald Reagan as a war monger, which the Soviet Premiere wisely declined. Some other notable acts were Kennedy's performance on the Senate Judicial Committee Hearing regarding the Supreme Court Nomination of Justice Samuel Alito where Kennedy shamelessly accused Justice Alito of being a Neanderthal jurist wanting to leave trails of dead females in this nation's back alleyways. Mrs Alito, in attendance during her husbands lengthy hearings, who spent her childhood a few doors down from where Mary Joe Kopechne grew up, was forced to run out of the Senate hearing room, choking back tears. Callous, bombastic, oaf. Then there were the future Senator's antics in Mexico City when he stormed into the US consulate demanding the US Ambassador provide him with interviews, and the space to conduct them, with all of Mexico's angry Leftists. The Ambassador respectfully told the future Senator to provide his own interviews and spaces. The aspiring Liberal Lion of the Senate then proceeded to go out and rent an entire Mexican bordello for the night to assuage and calm his dissappointment and anger.
DOD Pentagon liason, because the Senator was oftentimes Chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, kept careful note and record of the Senator's favorite, out of the way, relatively private, DC watering holes that he frequented on a regular basis in case they needed to reach him in an emergency. When occassion arose, they often found him toe to toe with his favorite drinking comrade, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), seeing who could drink whom under the table first.
Like father, like son. There's also the ballad of yound Paddy. In the middle of a hot, humid July night somewhere around 2004, DC police police received a report of a car travelling erratically, repeatedly being slammed into the concrete barriers in downtown DC. When the patrol car sent out to check the report arrived at the scene they found young Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) clad only in his undershorts behind the wheel. When the officer politely suggested a ride downtown to discuss these events at roughly 2:00AM, young Paddy demurred, saying he was on his way to cast a vote in the House Of Representatives. Young Paddy later admitted to having consumed some Phenergan cough syrup ordered by his physician along with his usual dose of Lorazepam. No mention was made of the quart of Scotch consumed earlier in the evening. Young Paddy was involved in another autombile escapade several weeks earlier, when a vehicle he was operating collided with another vehicle as young Paddy was turning into the parking lot of his downtown neighborhood CVS in Providence. The accident report filled out by the other driver, carrying DOD insurance was perfectly neat and legible, every T crossed, every I dotted. Young Paddy's was simply a scrawl, with not even the signature recognizable.
And we want more of this?

Is Joseph P. Kennedy III Ted Kennedy?

What I do want is a LINK.

 

[Baruch Menachem]

This is a republic. The idea that we should have dynasties of legislators like the Daley's Kennedies and Bushes should be repulsive.

If he is good at the job, more power to him. If he thinks he deserves it because of who his grand dad was, he deserves a good electoral spanking

 

[blastoff]

This is good news. After all, without any Kennedys sprouting on the political landscape the curse could end.

 

[Bfgrn]

This is a republic. The idea that we should have dynasties of legislators like the Daley's Kennedies and Bushes should be repulsive.

If he is good at the job, more power to him. If he thinks he deserves it because of who his grand dad was, he deserves a good electoral spanking

None of the Kennedys have ever acted like they deserve election. There is no family in America who has done more for people without a voice in Washington. The Kennedys have had personal problems like all families. But they are not for sale to the highest bidder.

 

[del]

do you keep jack's picture on the wall next to the pope?

my nana did that.

 

[Rocko]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q-VGZiEbrs]Rep. Kennedy Rips Media in Afghan Speech - YouTube[/ame]

Enough with the nepotism already. We don't need another idiot Kennedy.

 

[Bfgrn]

do you keep jack's picture on the wall next to the pope?

my nana did that.

Pope Paul II

 

[konradv]

do you keep jack's picture on the wall next to the pope?

my nana did that.

With a crucifix in between, no sissy crosses for us Catholics.

 

[del]

Tell me. Does this dude live in the district he's running in or is he pulling a JFK??

that's outrageous for you to suggest

he's lived in the district for a full six weeks.

the nerve of some people...

Joe Kennedy III declares ‘I’m running’ - BostonHerald.com

 

[del]

do you keep jack's picture on the wall next to the pope?

my nana did that.

Pope Paul II

poseur

john xxiii

 

[Article 15]

do you keep jack's picture on the wall next to the pope?

my nana did that.

Nanas are awesome!

 

[del]

do you keep jack's picture on the wall next to the pope?

my nana did that.

Nanas are awesome!

that's what my abuela always said

 

[Article 15]

My Nana had Don King-esque hair.

Really hard of hearing.

Every now and again at family gatherings we would all pretend to be in spirited conversation while not making a sound and wait for her to crank her hearing aid up all the way then erupt into an actual real spirited conversation.

The Irish side of my family is hilarious.

Good times.

 

[Article 15]

do you keep jack's picture on the wall next to the pope?

my nana did that.

Nanas are awesome!

that's what my abuela always said

I had an abuela as well!

Freakin' me out man....

 

[masquerade]

My parents were big Kennedy supporters ... not sure about my nana though. Back when she was alive, we didn't talk about politics. But she did teach me how to crochet.

 

[del]

My parents were big Kennedy supporters ... not sure about my nana though. Back when she was alive, we didn't talk about politics. But she did teach me how to crochet.

you probably got a better deal