Posted on 01/11/2011 7:11:29 PM PST by TheRevolution1776
Patrick Kennedy, who lost two uncles to assassins’ bullets, says there’s an obvious connection between the violent rhetoric of today’s politics and the massacre in Tucson.
“When Sarah Palin puts targets on people’s districts? Or you have 10,000 signs on the mall during the healthcare battle saying ‘Bury Obamacare with Kennedy’? When the vitriol and the rhetoric is so violent, we have to connect consequences to that.” said Kennedy, who left congress two weeks ago after serving eight terms representing Rhode Island.
In Loughner, Kennedy sees an object lesson for the media and others. “When I hear terms about the alleged shooter in this case, perjorative terms like psycho, lunatic, or they say ‘He’s crazy.’ These are terms we use to describe someone’s mental health?” he asked, his voice booming over the telephone.
“This is a rare opportunity to take all the stigma and stereotyping, and take the terms like crazy and psycho, that are being bandied about by reputable people who should know better, and use this as an opportunity to have some enlightened debate about better public policy that can help respond to the real need amongst many families whose family members are part of that very small subset of individuals who suffer from violent, paranoid schizophrenia.”
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Hypocrisy is so rampant in this nation, in the Democratic party. The same party that wanted to keep black men and women in chains......HYPOCRITES ALL of them. So callous they are that upon the attempted murder of their own they would cast her aside in the sake of helping the killer......f*cking backwards.....excuse my french.
Abolish and replace. Time to vote them all out. Republicans for not having the cojones to stand against the baseless accusations and of course the Rats.
Funny how Pat Kennedy doesn’t mention Obama and his friend Bill Ayers. The same Bill Ayers who dedicated his book to and called for the release from prison of one Sirhan Sirhan. A anme I’m sure Kennedy is familiar with. How does it feel for him to support a guy who is good friends with a man who dedicated a book to Sirhan Sirhan?
Is he sober enough to be quoted? Amazing.
Patrick Kennedy.......as relevant as a chia pet. Why oh why are these people given any attention AT ALL?
well at the time of the sign, Kennedy already was dead, so no threat there. Otherwise, the sign mentioned legislation that deserved killing.
Isn’t Patrick Kennedy personally messed up? Does he blame the Kennedys or the Palins for that?
Bet he had to lick the cocaine off it first.
Who would have thunk it?
lol lol lol
Patrick Kennedy’s mind has been rotted out from drugs. He would be smart to zip his lip and fade into obscurity. I hear he is gay. He can get into that stuff more now that he isn’t in the public eye
STFU scum Kenedy. You’re not fit to shine Sarah’s shoes.
STFU scum Kenedy. You’re not fit to shine Sarah’s shoes.
We need hearings!!!
His own family has killed more people than Sarah.
Left on left crimes. Happens all the time.
Or you have 10,000 signs on the mall during the healthcare battle saying ‘Bury Obamacare with Kennedy’?
This I gotta see. Anybody have a link?
Maybe Paddy's been drinking again? 10,000 Paddy? Are you sure? Did you count them?
Patches could use another drink.
Thanks. Didn’t realize it. I was so enraged by the obvious hypocrisy I had to post it. His calling for not using crazy or psycho to describe the killer is what drove me nuts. He seems to be taking the blame away from the killer and saying that we and the government should have done more to stop it. That we should have had more programs in place to help this young man....bull, I say.
They get attention because the liberals long ago decided that the Kennedys are American royalty. Though he left Congress, he will still have a megaphone whenever he wants to get on TV.
And no matter how absurd his statements, the MSM will treat his statements as nuggets of great wisdom.
Ditto with RFK, Jr., the next time he wants to lecture us about global warming.
Didn’t Obama say last October that it’s important to punish your enemies?
Any connection between a drunk, stoned connected coward saving his political career and a drowned women? Any connection between a national press, collectively cowards and a drunk who always was re elected? Who needs a lecture from the Kennedy’s?
First Joe and now Patrick Kennedy. No one really cares what you two say.
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