Kennedy warns of potential violence

Providence Journal ^ | 09/27/2009 | Steve Peoples

[got_moab?]

Drawing on his family’s violent past, the Democratic congressman told roughly 75 people gathered at a private health-care forum Saturday morning that opponents of Democrat-backed health-care legislation had gone too far. He cited, as an example, 10,000 signs distributed at a recent Washington protest that read, “Bury ObamaCare with Kennedy.”

Patrick Kennedy is the last member of his storied family to hold federal office. His father, U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, died one month ago after battling a brain tumor. His uncles, former President John F. Kennedy and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, were assassinated.

“My family’s seen it up close too much with assassinations and violence in political life. It’s a terrible thing when people think that in order to get their point across they have to go to the edge of violent rhetoric and attack people personally,” Kennedy told the nurses, union officials and AARP members finishing their breakfasts at the invitation-only event in the Providence Marriott hotel. “It’s fine for people to debate the issue and attack the issue, but when they go and stoop to the level of the vitriolic rhetoric that we’ve seen this debate turn up, it’s very, I think, dangerous to the fabric of our country.”

[ScottinVA]

Ya mean THIS sign?? HEH HEH!!

[airborne]

Yeah, that guy looks pretty scary!

[Man50D]

It’s too bad the 9/12 march couldn’t have been peaceful like the march in Pittsburgh this past week huh Patrick.

[Navy Patriot]

I continue my previous offer to pay for private pilot lessons for any Kennedy, just until they get their license.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Proof that stupid is genetic.

[USNBandit]

Since the protest march the left has insisted that those signs said “Bury Obama with Kennedy.” Carter referenced that when he said all opposition to Obama was based on racism.

[sphinx]

“My family’s seen it up close too much with assassinations and violence in political life...."

The Kennedy family has suffered assassination at the hands of a communist and a Palestinian nationalist. Patrick seems to have drawn all the wrong conclusions.

But then, he was never the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Violence? Hey, Patches! How many women have the Kennedy men maimed, murdered, and molested?

[ScottinVA]

Funny how a conservative uprising “might lead to political violence,” but actual leftist-driven political violence is termed “dissent,” which is of course “patriotic.”

[Churchillspirit]

The Kennedys have had their fifteen minutes.....and some.

[ScottinVA]

Patrick Kennedy is the last member of his storied family to hold federal office.

We should be so fortunate.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Where was there concern over the massively over the top hate filled vitriol against Bush?

Not even a whisper. Hypocrites.

[iopscusa]

Check out the 20 comments @ the Providence Journal, nobody likes this Kennedy creep and nobady likes the Dimocraps HC billZ!

[Freedom2specul8]

Kind of like the guy who got his finger bit off by a liberal?

Or acorn giving ideas on child prostitution or smuggling minors in the country?

[Joe Boucher]

I’d bet the farm this putz will be back in some rehab in the future.
He’ll blame the grief of losing uncle teddy the drunk.

[Bigh4u2]

So wanting to bury Obama’s health care bill with Teddy is the same as wanting to bury Obama with Kennedy?

Strange sense of logic there Pat.

[SuziQ]

Patrick Kennedy is an unmitigated GOOBER! We, at the 9/12 Rally weren’t inciting violence. I thought that sign was one of the best ones there!!

[Frohickey]

"It’s a terrible thing when people think that in order to get their point across they have to go to the edge of violent rhetoric and attack people personally,” Kennedy
If its terrible for people to verbally and physically attack people in order to get their point across, then its also terrible for government to verbally and physically attack people who seek to take their property away.

[ought-six]

“Proof that stupid is genetic.”

Well, it certainly is true when applied to the Kennedy clan.

[Dallas59]

They need to be taxed more. 96% of their entire wealth....it’s only fair.