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Patrick Kennedy won't seek reelection
Politico ^ | 2/11/10 | JOHN BRESNAHAN

Posted on 02/11/2010 7:37:56 PM PST by ricks_place

Rhode Island Democratic Rep. Patrick Kennedy, the last member of his illustrious family currently serving in Congress, will announce on Friday that he is retiring, according to Democratic insiders.

Kennedy, 42, was first elected to Congress in 1994. He did a stint as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the 1999-2000 cycle but has not served in the House Democratic leadership beyond that.

His congressional tenure was marked by repeated substance abuse problems, including a drunk-driving incident in 2006. He entered a rehab facility at that time and again in 2009.

Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), the congressman's father, passed away last year. Democrats unexpectedly lost his seat last month to Republican Scott Brown.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: 111th; dummy; goodbyecamelot; kennedyfamily; patrickkennedy; ri2010
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To: ricks_place

Free at last,free at last.


41 posted on 02/11/2010 8:04:35 PM PST by Mears
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To: potlatch

one of your best ones yet !


42 posted on 02/11/2010 8:04:35 PM PST by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: ricks_place

Back to alcohol anonymously for him.


43 posted on 02/11/2010 8:05:29 PM PST by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: ricks_place
Illustrious family?? Grandpa was a boot legger. JFK was a male wh***. Teddy let her drown...Patrick is a druggie and alcoholic...

Yea...Illustrious!!

44 posted on 02/11/2010 8:05:50 PM PST by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: ricks_place
Retiring at 42. Isn't that just like a f*ing bloated Kennedy sausage.

As if he has anything better to do.

Well, actually he could take up daredevil driving, flying, or extrene skiing. All family specialties.

45 posted on 02/11/2010 8:08:31 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: ricks_place

....and another one bites the dust! :D


46 posted on 02/11/2010 8:08:39 PM PST by luvie (DIMs?......start packin'--you're fired!)
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To: NeoCaveman; xsmommy

the coward quits.....now he can get drunk and high every day.


47 posted on 02/11/2010 8:11:10 PM PST by tioga
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To: ricks_place

Daddy can’t save him anymore cause he’s dead.

Can the Punk Band The Dead Kennedy’s with Jello come back without being harrassed? :-)


48 posted on 02/11/2010 8:12:53 PM PST by klimeckg ("The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.")
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To: kingattax

Thank you so much kingattax!


49 posted on 02/11/2010 8:13:36 PM PST by potlatch (- What a co-inky-stink!)
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To: ricks_place
WHAT A JOKE!

50 posted on 02/11/2010 8:13:37 PM PST by egannacht (Inalienable rights granted by...)
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To: pandoraou812

Were he a Republican, his resignation would have been demanded, and mostly by Republicans. But Dems have no standards or principles, so no resignation.


51 posted on 02/11/2010 8:15:14 PM PST by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: ricks_place
Sorry, the juvenile in me couldn't resist.
52 posted on 02/11/2010 8:15:16 PM PST by 4mybiz
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To: TokuMei
CAMELOT...?!

Actually, Camelot is for sale. AKA the rotting hulk of a compound once known as Hickory Hill. Home-site of the mythic Kennedy touch football games. On the market for many years, allegedly to cover the multi-million dollar payoff to the Kopechne family for their silence.

There have been no buyers.

Like the Kennedy legacy, Camelot decomposes into decay.

53 posted on 02/11/2010 8:15:42 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: ricks_place

Now I know what Howie Carr will be talking about quite a bit on his show tomorrow.


54 posted on 02/11/2010 8:17:39 PM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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To: gidget7

How very true!


55 posted on 02/11/2010 8:18:57 PM PST by pandoraou812 (Don't squat with spurs on!)
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To: ricks_place

Ding Dong - the witch is dead, the wicked witch, the witch is dead! Bye bye Kennedys.

Buh bye Patches.


56 posted on 02/11/2010 8:23:50 PM PST by Frantzie (TV - sending Americans towards Islamic serfdom - Cancel TV service NOW)
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To: Libloather

He’s been in congress since 94. He is going to retire at full pay. I know I could get by on $150k a year. If he wasn’t such a drunk he could make 10 times that as a lobbyist without even trying.


57 posted on 02/11/2010 8:25:16 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: ricks_place

Make sure the door door hits you (Patrick) in the @$$ (spring loaded) on your way out !


58 posted on 02/11/2010 8:26:34 PM PST by CORedneck (My comments are violation of the spirit of the Boland Amendment)
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To: ricks_place

I believe he would have won again, but he must have panicked and lost faith in his liberal community in RI. He should know that they would not vote out a Kennedy, or would they?


59 posted on 02/11/2010 8:26:35 PM PST by Theodore R. (...)
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To: Libloather
Retire - at 42? Only a rich RAT can do that.

In reality, he retired at 22-assuming he didn't get someone to take his college tests.

60 posted on 02/11/2010 8:27:23 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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