Kennedy's son: Voters are 'wanting blood'

[IndianaGreen]

Kennedy's son: Voters are 'wanting blood'

The son of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy says a Republican victory in the race for his father's Senate seat is a sign that the American public is out for "blood."

As election returns came in Tuesday night, Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) said it's clear that voters wanted “a whipping boy” for all the lost jobs and foreclosed homes.

“It’s like in Roman times, they’d be trotted out to the coliseum and the lions would be brought out,” Kennedy told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday night. “I mean, they’re wanting blood and they’re not getting it so they want to protest, and, you know, you can’t blame them. But frankly, the fact is we inherited this mess and it’s becoming ours.”

Kennedy did not fully wade into the battle for the seat, he said, he "never wanted anyone to think for a moment” that it was his family’s seat.

“It wasn’t my dad’s seat; it was Massachusetts’s seat,” Kennedy said. “My dad was honored to occupy it every six years when the people of Massachusetts voted him in again.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31700.html#ixzz0d89bjdaX

[RememberWellstone]

1. If the economy does not turn around

There will be a repeat in November...we need finance reform more than anything! We need to release more funds to States for Unemployment and new jobs!

[ananda]

2. This is what happens when Dems govern like Reeps..

.. only now things are most definitely going to get
much worse, just faster.

[Historic NY]

4. Obama doesn't seem to get that at all, he put his chickens in the HCR basket...

while massaging Wall Street. His home mortgage plan hasn't produced anything. People are still hurting but no one seems to be listening.

[Mimosa]

5. True. Voters 'wanting blood' is untrue, a delusion.

Citizens want work, freedom and the American way of life. Nothing more, noting less.

Yes, people wanted health care reform and universal access. Did Obama and congress deliver on 'transparency of the process'? NO. Did we get a fair universal simple to understand plan for the most important part of our lives, our health? NO.

[BunkerHill24]

3. He shouldn't be so quick to say what he said

He has political hopes, and such statement can bring on about misunderstanding...and by, whom just have voted for un-like what he has in mind tonight.



on edit: In mind!

[JohnnyLib2]

6. Sounds like one of the wiser statements of the night.

A realist....

[woo me with science]

7. "Whipping boy" implies no responsibility at all.

Poor choice of words.

[Clio the Leo]

8. Gergen certainly handed Brown a blessing with that question didn't he?

"What do you think of the notion that you're trying to take Ted Kennedy's seat?"

..... there's your liberal media (huh)

[last1standing]

9. “It wasn’t my dad’s seat"

Spoken like a true statesman (not just another politician). It wasn't the Kennedy seat, and it seems a majority of the state felt the need send that message. The sense of entitlement that ran rampant through the Democratic party and here at DU was astonishing to say the least and in no way helped Coakley's election prospects.

With his comments, Patrick Kennedy shows himself to understand that the American people need solutions, not personalities. Maybe he should consider moving to MA before 2012...