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Title: Patrick Kennedy WILL NOT RUN: No Re-Election Race For Ted Kennedy's Son In Rhode Island
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URL Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/ ... ennedy-will-not-_n_459473.html
Published: Feb 12, 2010
Author: Huffpo
Post Date: 2010-02-12 12:14:00 by christine
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WASHINGTON — Rep. Patrick Kennedy has decided not to seek re-election after eight terms in Congress, saying his life is "taking a new direction" just months after the death of his father and mentor, Sen. Edward Kennedy. The Rhode Island Democrat taped a message with his decision to be aired on Rhode Island's television stations Sunday night. The Associated Press viewed the message Thursday, ahead of the announcement. "Now having spent two decades in politics, my life is taking a new direction, and I will not be a candidate for re-election this year," Kennedy says. The decision comes less than a month after a stunning upset by Republican Scott Brown in the race for the Massachusetts Senate seat his father held for almost half a century. Last week, as Brown was sworn into the seat, Patrick Kennedy called Brown's candidacy a "joke" and predicted Brown would betray his union supporters. Kennedy did not give a reason for his decision, but he began the message by saying it had been a difficult few years for many people, then segued into the death of his father. "Illness took the life of my most cherished mentor and confidante, my ultimate source of spirit and strength," he said, as a black-and-white photo of him as a boy sailing with his father appeared on the screen. "From the countless lives he lifted, to the American promise he helped shape, my father taught me that politics at its very core was about serving others." Kennedy said he remained committed to public service, and he thanked Rhode Island voters for supporting him through ups and downs. He has been in and out of treatment for substance abuse since crashing his car outside the U.S Capitol in 2006. Still, he has been comfortably re-elected twice since then, after making mental health care his signature issue in Washington. "When I made missteps or suffered setbacks, you responded not with contempt, but compassion," he said. "Thank you for all the times you lifted me up, pushed me forward."
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#1. To: christine (#0)
BRHWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. That fat, lazy communist and known murderer should have seen his last days decades ago.
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." -- Ronald Reagan, circa 1977
Camelot is crumbling right before our very eyes and the MSM is ignoring the death of their own wet-dream. I just sent this to Chris Matthews Chris, With the death of Ted Kennedy, his Senate seat being taken back by a Republican, and now the capitulation of Patrick Kennedy to anti-progressive sentiment, isn't it time for you and the MSM to pronounce the death of Camelot?? It's the end of a 40+ year wet-dream for the Eastern Liberal establishment and the chattering of their sycophantic boobs in the media. Worst regards, Laughing My Ass Off In Texas
_________________________________________________________________________ Except for the one that he killed directly (Mary Jo Kopechne) and all the millions of murders he supported. A real hero. uh huh.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end."Illness took the life of my most cherished mentor and confidante, my ultimate source of spirit and strength," he said, as a black-and-white photo of him as a boy sailing with his father appeared on the screen. "From the countless lives he lifted, to the American promise he helped shape, my father taught me that politics at its very core was about serving others."
#2. To: christine (#0)
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"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#3. To: christine (#0)
"From the countless lives he lifted, to the American promise he helped shape, my father taught me that politics at its very core was about serving others."
Lord Acton
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