Ted Kennedy’s son: Voters wanted ‘blood’

[avaistheone1]

Speaking to reporters Tuesday night on the eve of Massachusetts' Democrats losing the seat held by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Kennedy's son, Patrick, told reporters that voters were out for "blood."

Politico noted Rep. Patrick Kennedy's comments late Tuesday.

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...

http://rawstory.com/2010/01/ted-kennedys-son-voters-wanted-blood/



Once again, "It was the economy, stupid". Just helping Wall Street banksters and mega corporations, and ignoring the public option, and real health reform is not cutting it for the people of Massachusetts or of this country. Wonder if anyone will learn anything from this.

[Captain Hilts]

1. People in expensive areas/states are worried about the cadillac tax. nt

[avaistheone1]

2. Most of Massachusetts is not in expensive areas.

The cadillac tax effects mostly union and middle class people - who are not typically rich. That tax is a step backwards for them (taxing them on their health care plans).

[Captain Hilts]

4. True, but costs of living are higher in MA than WV or SC. It also affects state programs.

Folks in blue/coastal states where the cost of living are higher stand to get hit harder on this tax.

[phleshdef]

3. If its not about helping corporations and rejecting the PO, why did they elect someone...

...that is a corporatist and opposes real health reform, even the partial reform they are trying to pass now (let alone something more progressive)? You and others making this claim are not coming across as very logical.

I'm not saying the Democratic party should go further to the right, thats the last thing I want to see. But its getting irritating that people are suggesting that what happened yesterday is somehow an indication that those voters are wanting to see policies geared more towards the left. That doesn't make a damn lick of sense when you consider who they elected. As a matter of fact, its comes across as frankly stupid.

[avaistheone1]

5. Because they do not see the Democrats doing anything differently.

The Democrats are in control of the White House, Senate and House and we still have epic bailouts of Wall Streets and of huge corporations, and a health care bill only a Fortune 500 corporation can love. The Massachusetts vote was a repudiation of the Democrats for essentially behaving just like Republicans now that they have power.

Now not all Massachusetts Democrats went that far. Enough other Democrats who couldn't bring themselves to vote for Brown, were disgusted enough with the Democrats they simply sat home and did not vote - because it seems like we make no difference no matter who we elect to office. Little has changed to improve lives of ordinary people.

[bullwinkle428]

6. Lawrence O'Donnell was saying the entire Kennedy clan thought Coakley

was a lousy choice, and as a result, put minimal effort into working toward her election.

[avaistheone1]

7. Who chose Coakley?

Was this another lousy choice by the DLC?

[Mass]

8. MA voters. There was a primary with 4 candidates.\nt

[avaistheone1]

9. Who did the DLC support in the primary?

Who were they sending their big bucks to?

[mascarax]

10. I wondered about that

Other than Vicki's endorsement at the end...

[Justice]

11. Put a sock in it Patrick!

The Kennedys did not come out with a joint endorsement during the primary. They let 4 candidates enter, which was ridiculous. It became 3 guys and Martha. Two of the guys were new to politics. The other was a US Rep. Coakley was gathering signatures while Kennedy was on his death bed - someone should have stopped her, with a candid discussion. No one did. If the Kennedys had endorsed a candidate, it would have shifted the primary race.

Too late now to say, moan moan, they wanted blood. You could have helped and didn't.

[auburnblu]

12. Well he supported Marcia towards the end

Your assertion that the Kennedys should have not "let" 4 candidates enter the race is a bit of the entitlement viewpoint that doomed Marcia. Though their unified weight behind a candidate may have been able to scare off others. Patrick Kennedy calling her Marcia right before the election and she was the attorney general. Yes he lives in another state but good grief.