Posted on 02/05/2010 9:40:18 AM PST by reaganaut1
The son of the late US Senator Edward M. Kennedy has criticized Senator Scott Brown for accelerating his swearing-in, saying it showed Brown's candidacy was "a joke," a publication that covers Capitol Hill reports.
Representative Patrick Kennedy, a Democrat from Rhode Island whose father held Brown's seat for 47 years until his death last year, said Thursday that "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," according to The Hill's Blog Briefing Room. "Senator Brown is eager to start working on behalf of Massachusetts families on policies that will create jobs and help the economy. He won't be sidetracked by negative partisan attacks that do nothing to help Massachusetts families find work," said Felix Browne, a Brown spokesman.
A spokeswoman for Kennedy didn't immediately return messages seeking comment.
Brown abruptly announced Wednesday that he wanted to be sworn in Thursday, a week earlier than the Feb. 11 swearing-in his campaign had been planning. Brown has said he wanted to start working immediately on urgent issues, but there has been plenty of speculation about exactly why he made the move.
Brown declined to say Thursday whether he would participate in a Republican filibuster of the Obama administration nominee, union lawyer Craig Becker, to the National Labor Relations Board, which brokers disputes between employers and unions. Becker's nomination could come up as early as Monday, possibly providing Brown his first chance to join Republicans in blocking a Democratic proposal.
Kennedy told The Hill that Brown had gotten strong support from labor households and his first vote would be "the most anti-labor, the most anti-what his constituents thought they were voting for when they voted for him."
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Prepare to say goodby to your seat in November Pat. Payback time.
Whistling past his (political) graveyard....
Spoil Liberal Trust Fund Baby Alert...
Drunk, evil and stupid just like his daddy.
LLS
Patrick Kennedy is a dickless weasel. If his last name wasn’t Kennedy, he’s be the guy drying your car at the carwash on an outmate program.
RI TV poll numbers gave him something like a 36 per cent positive rating and among independents 7 of 10 at least will NOT vote for Patches
That’s rich. Maybe he should look in the mirror and see the actual personification of a joke.
Joke — I’ve got a joke for you little patty:
Quess who’s been sober for the past 5 months?
I’ll bet if you held up a match to Pat’s mouth while he was talking you would have a blowtorch.
The comments at http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/02/report_patrick.html?comments=all#addComm make Freepers seem like softies :).
The Kennedy stranglehold died with Ted. Pat is merely a mopping up operation.
It was unconstitutional for the people of Massachusetts to give it to anyone else.
On the Kennedy Family Tree, Patrick is the sap.
He’s just pissed off their free ride is over...
GET THAT ‘RATS? YOUR FREE RIDE IS OVER!
oh Pat, Pat, Pat, not a good idea to P O the voters up there by belittling them, not when you are such a lowhanging fruit your own self....
Well, if it is Brown is laughing all the way to the Senate floor.
The real joke is that the last vestige of “America’s Royalty Family” is this halfwit.
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