The Blog of the Rhode Island Republican Assembly
A Democratic official says Rep. Patrick Kennedy has decided not to seek re-election for his seat representing Rhode Island in the U.S. Congress…
Kennedy plans to air two-minute commercials about his decision to air on three Rhode Island TV stations on Sunday night. Here is the video below:
Be Afraid Dems, Be Very Afraid!
According to a new poll commissioned by WPRI-TV, 6 in 10 Rhode Island voters are willing to consider replacing 8-term Congressman Patrick “Do you know who I am?” Kennedy. The poll shows Kennedy with a 62% unfavorable job performance rating statewide. He is absolutely vulnerable. His GOP opponent, John Loughlin, can use your support.
The Kennedy political dynasty is shaking in the aftershock of U.S. Sen. Scott Brown’s earth-shattering election, with a new poll showing U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy losing ground as he faces a well-financed GOP foe backed by Brown’s top strategists.
The WPRI-12 poll showed the Rhode Island Democrat with a 56 percent unfavorability rating in his district – a negative that grows to 62 percent statewide.
Only 35 percent of voters in Kennedy’s district said they would vote to re-elect him. Another 31 percent said they’d consider a different candidate and 28 percent said they would vote to replace him, according to the poll.
Republican John J. Loughlin II, a veteran state lawmaker, formally announced his campaign yesterday against Kennedy…
Read More: The Boston Herald
Update: The location has been confirmed to be the Lincoln Community School on Breakneck Hill Road in Lincoln. Facebook users may use the following link to RSVP for what is sure to be a memorable event!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=293648086061
According to several very reliable political sources, I have learned that State Rep. John Loughlin will soon “officially” confirm what is possibly one of the worst kept secrets in all of Rhode Island Republican politics:
John Loughlin is running for United States Congress against Rep. Patrick Kennedy!
This I know: The formal announcement will be next Thursday, February 4th at 12:00 PM in Lincoln. I should be able to provide additional detailed information shortly.
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!
As audience members streamed out of Pres. Obama’s rally on behalf of AG Martha Coakley (D) here tonight, the consensus was that the fault for Coakley’s now-floundering MA SEN bid lies with one person — George W. Bush…
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), speaking with a gaggle of reporters after the event, said that while state Sen. Scott Brown (R) offers voters a quick fix, in reality, the problems created by “George Bush and his cronies” are not so easily solved.
“If you think there’s magic out there and things can be turned around overnight, then you would vote for someone who could promise you that, like Scott Brown,” Kennedy said. “If you don’t, if you know that it takes eight years for George Bush and his cronies to put our country into this hole … then you know we have a lot of digging to do, but some work needs to be done and this president’s in the process of doing it and we need to get Marcia Coakley to help him to do that.”
(Curiously, Kennedy mentioned Coakley repeatedly during his remarks to reporters, each time referring to her as “Marcia,” not “Martha.”)
More Kennedy: “One thing the Democrats have done wrong? We haven’t kept the focus on this disaster on the Republicans who brought it upon us. We’ve tried too hard to do that right thing, and that’s to fix it, as opposed to spend more of our time and energy pointing the finger at who got us [here] in the first place.”…
Read More: National Journal
Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin was a guest on the O’Reilly Factor on Tuesday evening, discussing the ongoing scandal regarding Congressman Patrick Kennedy’s recent foray into what some would say is heresy vis-a-vis his position in favor of abortion.
Moe Lane of the national conservative blog RedState, has posted regarding the story which has been receiving national attention, regarding Congressman Patrick Kennedy’s having been asked to refrain from receiving Holy Communion (as far back as 2007), due to his anti-Catholic public stance in favor of abortion, including federal funding of it.
Of course, Patches has tried to spin it to portray himself as the victim (what’s new). Just think, all this could have been avoided if Patches had just managed to keep his mouth shut…
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D, RI) denied Communion.
Posted by Moe LaneAt least, he’s claiming that he’s been forbidden it by Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Providence Diocese, and Bishop Tobin hasn’t denied it – and Tobin has denied that he’s ordered priest under his authority to actually deny Kennedy the Sacrament. Bishop Tobin’s office has also released a letter indicating that the bishop has chastised the Congressman on the subject of abortion since at least 2007; which will call into question the accuracy of Kennedy’s accusation that this is all about the Church’s firm line on abortion funding. It’s probably a factor, and it’s certainly true that Rep. Kennedy has been obdurate in his heresy* for some time, so this is merely the latest salvo.
Still, it’d be nice if we didn’t have to deal with this particular legacy Congressman. There’s actually a serious candidate this go-round: John Loughlin. State legislator, business owner, former military; not to be unkind, but Kennedy really hasn’t worked a day in his [expletive deleted] life, and it shows. Like, for example, in Kennedy’s ability to get himself sufficiently in trouble with the Church on this issue so as to actually be denied the Sacrament.
That takes skill.
Moe Lane
*The fact that the Church has neither the ability nor the particular desire to punish Rep. Kennedy (or other avowedly pro-abortion Catholics) for their shared heresy does not make it any less of one.
For your viewing displeasure, here is a stunning new video clip from yesterday’s Congressional oversight hearing where Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-Rehab) gives new definition to the words “cringe-worthy.” This is just painful to watch.
If the Congressman walked on to a plane with bags under his eyes like that, he’d be charged extra for them (except on Southwest Airlines, where bags fly free!). The sad part is, given his rather checkered history, it’s not readily apparent if he’s actually under the influence of something prescribed or self-prescribed, or if this is merely the new “normal” for him. Watch and learn. Nancy Reagan was right: JUST SAY NO!
He’s a Ramblin’ Man…
As if you needed one more reason to doubt Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s “lack of smarts,” here’s some additional proof.
This video is from a public housing dedication ceremony in Newport yesterday.
Rep. Kennedy, although he apparently had some pre-written notes with him at the podium, rambled on like a street person on crack about all sorts of things like Bernie Madoff, capitalism, healthcare, and anything else he could fit in. Audience members were reportedly quite … I can’t quite find the right word. Basically, he made no sense. It starts getting “good” near the 3 minute mark.
Prepare to waste 7 minutes of your life as you watch this. God help us all.
Video Source: Newport Now
The Rhode Island Republican Party has developed a brand new website, which it will be using over the coming election cycle to critique Congressboy Patrick Kennedy (D-Rehab), called DUMP KENNEDY.
The URL for the site is appropriately enough: http://www.dumpkennedy.org/ .
The site is just getting off the ground, so expect more to be added to it as time goes on. It is pretty well-designed and features some interesting graphics and web videos such as this one, where Rep. Kennedy insultingly mocks the Roman Catholic Church:
Once you are on the site, you can sign up to volunteer, to get e-mail updates, or to donate online to “Dump Kennedy.”
I can’t confirm this for certain, but I don’t think the original draft’s verb was “Dump.”
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Even Barney Frank gets it, but Patrick Kennedy Doesn’t
This is the laziest trope in the Democrat-media book. When the electorate repudiates the Republicans, as in 2008, they’re voting for hope and change and raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. But, when the electorate repudiates the Democrats, as they did last night, then they’re seething and vicious and lashing out and so irrational they can’t even calculate their own best interest, which is to keep voting for the guy with “D” after his name. When suburban Massachusetts is your idea of Bitter Clinger Central, you may want to rethink your analysis…
Read More: The Corner at National Review