One overarching question confronts voters in the Fourth Congressional District: How big a chance are they willing to take on a rather untested member of the latest generation of Kennedys? While Joseph Kennedy III carries the most formidable surname in Massachusetts Democratic politics, it’s hard to imagine any other 32-year-old Middlesex County assistant district attorney being treated as a prohibitive favorite for the seat being vacated by liberal icon Barney Frank. Moreover, Kennedy has a strong Republican opponent in 37-year-old Sean Bielat, a Marine reservist and former tech executive who made an energetic showing two years ago against Frank — and whose experience, education, and enthusiasm for public service are in some ways similar to Kennedy’s.
But voters who believe that Frank’s values, issue positions, and tireless advocacy served his district and the country well should take a chance on Kennedy. He has natural political gifts that make up for his inexperience, and voters can feel confident he will grow into an effective advocate for the district.
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" Unlike Sixth District GOP candidate Richard Tisei, a moderate with years of experience on Beacon Hill, Bielat simply doesn’t have enough of a public record for voters to know what kind of congressman he’d be."
And Kennedy as almost no record whatsoever. But beause of his family name, the Globe whitewashes that fact and gives him the benefit of the doubt. No doubt the gulliable voters of the Commonwealth will follow instructions and vote for any Kennedy on the ballot.
and the Kennedy kid does???????????
"...He has natural political gifts that make up for his inexperience, and voters can feel confident he will grow into an effective advocate for the district..." As ignorant as is a racist who thinks the color of a person's skin defines who that person is, equally ignorant are those who think a name, for example Kennedy, defines who a person is.
How many Kennedy's prove this statement true: how about Patches and his addictions, perhpas Michale Kennedy and the 14 year old babysiter, no, then Joe Kennedy and his relationship with Hugo Chavez... Ugh. and ugh.
Triple ugh!! The multiple affairs of the Camelot President . . . nary a word from the press.
Please, tell us what the Boston Globe means when they say an individual has,"natural political gifts."
AAAuuuh . . . you could mean he is maturing? Or, at the age of 32, he is polite? LOL Give us a few clues or tid-bits of information to give voters convidence . . . what is it you mean?
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« BACK | PRINT RS FRONT PAGE CONTRIBUTOR Joe Kennedy III (D CAND, MA-04) thinks a drone strike killed Osama bin Laden.By: Moe Lane (Diary) | October 29th, 2012 at 09:00 AM | 3
Unless the name is ‘Adams,’ they rarely last beyond the third generation, and for good reason.
Background: somebody pointed out to Mr. Kennedy the President’s drone operations in Yemen/Somalia, and asked whether Kennedy supported the idea that the House needs to reestablish some of its oversight into the issue. This is actually a thorny problem; and while Kennedy’s answer (he essentially blamed that awful partisan gridlock, which is Democrat-speak for ‘those mean Republicans won’t give Obama a blank check’) would normally be only mildly stupid, it started off as being INCREDIBLY stupid.
“I am a supporter of the President’s drone initiatives. I am a supporter of certainly the strike that the President launched to, that ended up in the killing of Osama bin Laden.”