Patrick Kennedy: Scott Brown's candidacy 'a joke'

[red states rule]

Nothing like a sore loser liberal Dem mocking the results of an election when they lose




Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) election has been shown to be "a joke," the son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) said Thursday.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) castigated Brown for having pushed to be sworn in ahead of schedule to permanently fill the Senate seat left vacant by the congressman's father's death in August.

"Brown's whole candidacy was shown to be a joke today when he was sworn in early in order to cast his first vote as an objection to Obama's appointment to the NLRB," Kennedy said Thursday.

Kennedy was referencing some Democrats' thoughts that Brown tried to bump up his swearing-in in order to give Republicans 41 votes, enough to filibuster the nomination of Craig Becker, a controversial nominee to join the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

"Seven out of ten of Brown's voters were labor households and he stressed that he was independent and while he was originally scheduled to be sworn in next week, they moved it up to today so he could cast his first vote, the most anti-labor, the most anti-what his constituents thought they were voting for when they voted for him," Kennedy said.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/79863-patrick-kennedy-scott-browns-candidacy-a-joke

[crin63]

Nothing like a sore loser liberal Dem mocking the results of an election when they lose

We'll see how hard the Dims are laughing after November.

I heard Scott Brown got Teddy's old office, that should really piss off the Dims as well.

[red states rule]

We'll see how hard the Dims are laughing after November.

I heard Scott Brown got Teddy's old office, that should really piss off the Dims as well.

As far as Patrick's snide comments about Brown's win being overblown. the only thing overblown is the myth of the Kenndy's mystic

Funny how Patrick did not run for office in the state of MA

[stephanie]

You mean Patches is out of Rehab for the gazillionth time.

Poor Patrick is too stupid to see who the joke really is.:laugh2:

[red states rule]

You mean Patches is out of Rehab for the gazillionth time.

Poor Patrick is too stupid to see who the joke really is.:laugh2:

Perhaps he was to drunk to drive to MA to put his name on the ballot :laugh2:

[Kathianne]

http://bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1230969


Scott Brown fires back at ‘mean-spirited’ Patrick Kennedy
By Jessica Van Sack | Saturday, February 6, 2010 | http://www.bostonherald.com | U.S. Politics

Photo by Getty Images (file)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Scott Brown ripped U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy yesterday as “mean-spirited” after Kennedy dismissed Brown’s monumental win as a “joke.”

“It’s unfortunate that he would use mean-spirited comments like that at a time when we’re just trying to solve the problems of the commonwealth,” Brown said just after entering the Russell Senate Building for the first time as a U.S. senator. “I was elected, and the votes are certified, and I’m here to do my job.”...

[red states rule]

http://bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1230969

Brown is a class act. Patrick Kennedy could learn alot from him

[Silver]

Isn't it freekin' astounding how fast these liberal dirtbags ignore and forget what hypocrites they are//

In 2004, the Massachusetts General Court had withdrawn the authority of the governor to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy by appointment, to prevent the then-Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican, from appointing a Republican to fill the remainder of Democrat John Kerry's Senate term, if Kerry were to win the 2004 presidential election. The legislation was enacted over Romney's veto. At that time, Senator Ted Kennedy successfully made personal appeals to Massachusetts Democratic legislative leaders to pass the bill, which had been stalled prior to his request.[15] The new law called for a special election months later to fill the vacancy. However, Kennedy's death denied Democrats in the U.S. Senate the 60-vote supermajority required to end filibusters. Given the urgency of and narrow partisan support for some legislation before Congress, most notably health care reform, Democratic lawmakers and liberal pundits called for an interim senator to be appointed so that Massachusetts would have full Senate representation until the special election. In September, the General Court passed legislation restoring the governor's power to make interim appointments to serve until the special election stipulated in the earlier legislation is held, over multiple bipartisan concerns of hypocrisy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_G._Kirk,_Jr.

[red states rule]

Patrick Kennedy is missing the real joke

The Kennedy sense of entitlement

[PostmodernProphet]

the most anti-what his constituents thought they were voting for when they voted for him," Kennedy said.

gosh, not a single person from Massachussets realized Brown would be more conservative than Kennedy.......