Joe Kennedy III to announce bid for congressional seat held by retiring Rep. Frank

Washington Post ^ | 02/15/12

[MissesBush]

BOSTON — Joseph Kennedy III is formally jumping into the race for the Massachusetts congressional seat now held by retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank.

A member of the campaign who requested anonymity so as not to preempt the candidate’s announcement tells The Associated Press the Democrat is expected to make the announcement Thursday.

Kennedy recently moved from Cambridge to Brookline, part of the state’s newly redrawn 4th Congressional District.

Kennedy is the son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy II and a grandson of the late Robert F. Kennedy. The family has deep ties to the Boston suburb.

Kennedy announced last month he was forming an exploratory committee to look at a possible run for the seat.

At least two other Democrats and two Republicans are considering runs.

[MissesBush]

Will we ever be done with the Kennedy scourge? There's something wrong with a family with so many people in it who have nothing better to do than to always run for office. So you can better if the latest Kennedy spawn wins the Congressional seat, he'll then get grandiose ideas about running for the Senate, then for president. And of course he'll probably turn out to be a drunk, an addict and or a womanizer. Can't this family find something else to do instead of spending generations trading on that blighted name?

[Anti-Bubba182]

One ranger follows another.

[ronnie raygun]

Line up the shot glasses another commie drunk in the running

[DAC21]

Another “Brave” Kennedy moves to and runs for office in a safe Rat infested district.

This Country would have been a lot better off if Nixon had won in 1960 in spite of his scruples.

[onyx]

Like urban blight or any dreaded disease, we can never get rid of the Kennedy’s.

NEVER.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Figures that Joe Kennedy III wants Barney Frank’s seat.

[twister881]

So, how will this lame brain’s life end — aircraft blow up/crash, ski into a tree, drug overdose, suicide, murder? Track record for Kennedy males not good. Hey Trey, stay out of the political/celebrity spotlight and live.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Free Contraceptives for all Kennedys!

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[Rinnwald]

Nancy to Nincompoop — it has a ring to it!

[twister881]

Free Contraceptives for all Kennedys!

Kennedys...The Kudzu of American Politics (maybe a defoliant?)

[Old Sarge]

The Kennedys: can’t drive, can’t fly, can’t ski, can’t pilot a PT boat, but THEY know what’s best for us.

[maine yankee]

I thought Barney Frank’s seat had been pronounced an official

.....HAZ-MAT AREA

[PGR88]

I don’t know if he’s qualified to fill the Kennedy shoes - has he raped anyone yet?

[TexasNative2000]

Question for our Massachusetts Freeper friends -

Has any of that Kennedy magic dissipated over the years? One would think that any voter under the age of 35 could not care less about the mystique of the Kennedy name.

[MissesBush]

Kennedys...The Kudzu of American Politics (maybe a defoliant?)

I love this! Brilliant. Post of the day award if I have any say over it.

[N. Theknow]

The Kennedys: can’t drive, can’t fly, can’t ski, can’t pilot a PT boat, but THEY know what’s best for us.

I read something similar to that once.....where was it?

[Red Badger]

I guess the trust fund is about empty...............

[baileybat]

And the people of Mass just keep on giving these jokers their votes. Ugh!

[cameraeye]

I’d be a little nervous taking “Barney’s seat”. Wonder how much it will cost him? n/s

[ought-six]

“Kennedys...The Kudzu of American Politics.”

Oh, man! You hit that right on the head!

[EGPWS]

Joseph Kennedy III is formally jumping into the race for the Massachusetts congressional seat now held by retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank.

Does Joe have a lisp that is winnable?

[Gritty]

If the fools in this district are vapid and evil enough to elect a homosexual criminal like Barney Frank to office a dozen times, they are more than capable of electing another Kennedy buffoon to Congress.

Is it possible to get a divorce from these morons? I don't want them as countrymen any more...

[Blue Ink]

Dear Massachusetts,

Thanks for taking the heat off us for a while as the most hated state in the union!

Signed,

California

[campaignPete R-CT]

State representative Ruth Balser;[15]
state senator Mike Rodrigues;[10]
former state representative James Segel;[16]
David Simas, a former policy adviser to Governor Deval Patrick;[17]
state senator James Timilty;[10] and
state representative James Vallee,[10]
may also seek the Democratic nomination

[Buddy Sorrell]

And of course he'll probably turn out to be a drunk, an addict and or a womanizer.

I believe that he will be all three. Perhaps, he will add degenerate gambler and make it four.

[IbJensen]

Just when we thought we'd be subjected to no more smirky, smarmy Kennedys along comes this fool.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Cousins should not marry.

[Tupelo]

I wonder if maybe old Joe Kennedy's bootleg fortune is running a little low since Teddy died. If they can get another Kennedy elected to federal office, it would insure a steady flow of graft funds for the family coffers.
Just a thought.

[Vermont Lt]

Put him out in the sun and watch his skin catch fire.

Freakin Ginger.

[WorkingClassFilth]

I’m sure Barney will be solidly behind Kennedy.

[MrKatykelly]

Dead on; he doesn’t have Jack’s looks or charisma. I’m so happy we don’t have any Kennedy’s anymore, I can’t believe anyone wants to bring that back.

[pogo101]

[NKP_Vet]

Just what Mass needs, another pro-death Kennedy to tarnish the memory of JFK, who was pro-life.

[pogo101]

LOL! At least we Californians only put a Kennedy-IN-LAW into state office. :P

[drypowder]

Maybe George Kennedy should run for office just to restore some degree of dignity to the Kennedy name. If that’s even possible.

[Mr. Lucky]

That was disgusting. Cleverly hilarious, but disgusting.

[the invisib1e hand]

Passing-the-baton alert.

Bwahahaha!

[laconic]

I don’t know if the “magic” has dissipated but the money has had to. Old Joe Kennedy may have had a few hundred millin but he has a few hundred descendents all of whom want part of the wealth. Even though its undoubtedly tied up in nontaxable trusts, the division of it has had to have had an impact. So what else to do? Take the proven money-making route of going into politics. It does wonders, money-wise, for people who cannot do anything else.

[scrabblehack]

politics1 and Green Papers have Marty Farren, Paul Heroux, Jules Levine, and Herb Robinson running on the Democrat side; Sean Bielat and Elizabeth Childs on the Republican.

Frank beat Bielat 54-43 in ‘10; it’s not a safe seat necessarily although you’d have to say Democrat favored.

The lines are slightly different in ‘12. I had taken a look at it some time ago.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2815856

[beethovenfan]

Another priapic drunk in the great Kennedy tradition.

[Chode]

another useless eater rears it's ugly head...

[Chode]

more like the STD of American politics...

[a fool in paradise]

Might want to wipe that seat before you sit down.

[campaignPete R-CT]

bad link

lines are radically different, I would say.
I was trying to find what happened to the town of Norfolk which was Bielat’s home town ... now out of district I think. Bielat could now list his home as Brookline, I have read.

Marty Farren, Paul Heroux, Jules Levine, and Herb Robinson are all minor candidates, if I have my facts straight. There might be a challenge to JKIII in the primary from the legislative crowd that sees him as an outsider & novice. One of those legislators I listed.

[scrabblehack]

Try this one:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2815856/posts?page=8#8

Norfolk is still in the 4th.

See
http://www.malegislature.gov/Images/ProposedRedistrictingMaps/18.jpg (best viewed with Firefox - it’s a little blurry with Explorer and Chrome)

There’s a google earth file on the site also.

[Revolting cat!]

NEWS FROM THE FUTURE: Another Kennedy dies tragically, after acquiring an HIV virus infection at his Congressional office.

[KingofZion]

as a friend once noted, the kennedy family is like cockroaches - they multiply incessently. one dies and 10 take his place. fortunately darwin was correct, so each generation inherits the stupidity of the last, and in fact becomes dumber and less competent.

[KingofZion]

as a friend once noted, the kennedy family is like cockroaches - they multiply incessently. one dies and 10 take his place. fortunately darwin was correct, so each generation inherits the stupidity of the last, and in fact becomes dumber and less competent.

[KingofZion]

as a friend once noted, the kennedy family is like cockroaches - they multiply incessently. one dies and 10 take his place. fortunately darwin was correct, so each generation inherits the stupidity of the last, and in fact becomes dumber and less competent.