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Rumor has former Prov mayor Buddy Cianci running against him?

I’m about to return a copy of “The Prince of Providence”, about Cianci, to the library but before I do, from p 194:

When Patrick Kennedy announced his candidacy Cianci went after the Kennedys on his show. What had Patrick’s father known about Chappaquiddick? How had a young woman drowned* (sic) in the car accident while his father swam away? What about Ted’s alleged affairs with women? Why did he drink so much?

When Patrick Kennedy, a timid Providence College student,
came on the show, Cianci ripped into him as a carpetbagger
who didn’t know his district. Before long, Cianci had Kennedy stumbling over street names in Mount Pleasant.
Calls flooded in, asking the befuddled Kennedy if he knew where Jasmine Street was, or if he knew the Mahoney family.
The show was a disaster. But Kennedy, backed by his family name and money, and a dose of sympathy from Cianci’s attacks, went on to victory, the start of a successful
(sic) political career that would carry him to Congress.

*(Actually Mary Jo pretty much suffocated rather than drowned. But “befuddled” is a good word to describe Patches.)

My song parody set to Patches by Clarence Carter—
he got the nickname due to Howie Carr, and the song

original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2qWcSjM-gA

My father was a drunk old man
I could see him with the Chivas in his hand
He put a blonde in the pond
Didn’t think he did anything wrong
Never spent any time in jail
Got re-elected without fail

Oh life’s not easy for a Kennedy
The pills and the booze and the broads you see
One day pappy took me to his dyin’ bed
Poured himself a Chivas and with tears he said

He said, Patches I’m dependin’ on you son
To pull the family through
My son it’s all left up to you