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babylonsister

(172,690 posts) Mon May 14, 2012, 08:01 AM May 2012

The Next Kennedy [View all]

I say YAY! I miss the Kennedys; Joe sounds promising.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/05/14/the_next_kennedy.html

May 14, 2012

The Next Kennedy

Bloomberg notes that veteran politicians say 31-year-old Joseph Kennedy III (D), running for Congress in Massachusetts, "is the real deal. He draws comparisons to the young Jack Kennedy, and especially to Ted Kennedy in his first race for the Senate in 1962: Both were a little beyond their 30th birthdays, and it was their first bid for office after serving stints as county prosecutors."

"An even more relevant analogy, longtime politicians say, is that Joseph Kennedy is a natural, as were his illustrious great- uncles."

Said former Sen. Chris Dodd: "I have been around politics for a long time and only occasionally you meet someone with special skills and ability and genuine warmth. I don't care what his name is; that's Joe."

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The Next Kennedy [View all] babylonsister May 2012 OP

Recommended. H2O Man May 2012 #1

I say Boo! I don't like dynasties. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #2

Agreed. Mass May 2012 #3

I'll take a good, charismatic, liberal pol any day, not babylonsister May 2012 #5

I think the fact he served in the Peace Corps and works for a pro bono law firm gateley May 2012 #7

He may be a good guy, The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #8

I think if his name was Joe Jones, and knowing what little I gleaned from Wiki and other articles, gateley May 2012 #30

He may be a good guy, but we do not know Mass May 2012 #22

... and the Romneys and Bushes, etc. ... (nt) harmonicon May 2012 #24

I didn't cite them. This guy's a Kennedy, not a Bush or Romney. He's been raised gateley May 2012 #28

And the Bushes and Romneys weren't? They think it's terrible and disgusting? harmonicon May 2012 #31

I think they were raised to scam the system and to put their interestes ahead of others. gateley May 2012 #34

There was no Kennedy dynasty... zeemike May 2012 #13

Lots of folks have talked about the Bush dynasty Alcibiades May 2012 #17

And yet they compare and contrast one to the other that never was. zeemike May 2012 #21

There is a false equivalence Alcibiades May 2012 #26

Being a senator is not exactly being in power. zeemike May 2012 #27

Absolutely. We wanted JFK, they killed him. We wanted RFK and they killed him. We refused to jwirr May 2012 #20

I couldn't agree more. (nt) harmonicon May 2012 #23

I would say that he can't be "the next Kennedy" because there is no such thing. hedgehog May 2012 #4

Nice looking too. ananda May 2012 #6

He's got the teeth and the hair! Ishoutandscream2 May 2012 #9

and demeanour Voice for Peace May 2012 #10

I would advise him to stay off of small planes adigal May 2012 #19

Nice looking?! Thank god. I couldn't stand to have an ugly or homely politician. (nt) harmonicon May 2012 #25

Wow. He looks a lot like a young Jack Kennedy! Bake May 2012 #29

He does look a lot like Jack, doesn't he? hifiguy May 2012 #32

Another Dynasty? lynne May 2012 #11

An individual is as an individual does. & A dynasty is as a dynasty does. The Bushes are a dynasty patrice May 2012 #12

Reducing all possible factors to a single label also disrespects the People, because patrice May 2012 #14

This is Barney Frank's district, and includes JFK's birthplace Recursion May 2012 #15

It's not odd at all Alcibiades May 2012 #18

Joe for Oil Dystopian May 2012 #16

They've done so much for those in need. Bobby Jr is fighting for the gateley May 2012 #33