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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:39 PM Original message |
Patrick Kennedy won't run for reelection |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. He's not been that great a rep for RI. He's periodically gotten into trouble. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Did he fail to bring RI its fair share of federal money, jobs, etc? That would be surprising, |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. He's been a CHAMPION for RI, and for Democrats |
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PoliticalOne65 (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Just curious. |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. probably since the 30's |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. JFK first became a U.S. Representive January 3, 1947 |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. JP Kennedy served in the FDR |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Yea, if you count appointments and not just elections :) n/t |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. He served as Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. yes, I know that |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Fair enough. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. the next Kennedy in DC will be that grandson of Teddy that we saw during the memorial |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. I liked his brother a lot. He seemed caring, honest and intelligent, but shy in public. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. There's the Governator! Although he's not in Washington. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. You mean, Arnold Kennedy, of the Austrian branch of the Kennedy family? If we're counting crap, he . |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Maria seems to like him.... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. That doesn't make him a Kennedy. (We all have our blind spots.) |
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SomeGuyInEagan (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Always curious about the famous Kennedy compound football games once Arnold joined the family ... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Depends. Are you counting Joe's appointments? Or starting with Jack's first election as Rep? |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe he'll move to MA and run against the new GOP shiny toy in 2012? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. The end of an era |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I thought that Teddy Jnr. spoke most impressively at his father's funeral. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. There were two twin sons of one of Bobby Kennedy's sons, Joe and Max (Matt?) |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Patrick Kennedy's Resignation (Video) |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. When the camera went to him at the SOTU, Patrick looked like he'd aged 10 years. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Not to mention a deceptive nitwit serving out the rest of his father's term. |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
12. personally I think he has to do what is right for himself |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. it'll be weird without a Kennedy in office |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Not so fast. There will be more Kennedys in office. Maybe not always federal office and maybe |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. The era ended when Teddy died. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
27. He may have been in politics to please his dad; now that need is gone, and he'll have to... |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
32. Good - he is a moron. |
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