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Kennedy Son: Voters Wanted 'Blood'

'Unorganized' Dems did poor sales job in Mass. race

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 19, 2010 10:24 PM CST
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(Newser) – The Republican victory for Ted Kennedy's seat proves voters are "out for blood," said the late senator's son. Voters want a "whipping boy" to blame for the lost jobs and foreclosed homes of the economic crisis, said Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy. "It's like in the Roman times, they'd be trotted out to the coliseum. They're wanting blood, and you can’t blame them. The fact is we inherited this mess and it’s becoming ours.”

Kennedy, 42, also called his fellow Democrats “unorganized,” saying they—meaning candidate Martha Coakley—did a poor sales job, reports Politico. “You gotta make your own mark and sell the policies," he added. "I think the people of Massachusetts are receptive to the Democratic progressive politics, but it has to be sold."

Rep. Patrick Kennedy says voters were "wanting blood" in the Massachusetts race to replace his father, late Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy says voters were "wanting blood" in the Massachusetts race to replace his father, late Sen. Ted Kennedy.   (AP Photo)
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Thinker
Jan 20, 2010 12:54 PM CST
WhatTha, you must learn the facts before you can successfully insult a group of people. Mass is not a vote against the liberal agenda, babe. It was a vote against politics as usual. And until you understand that, you are going to continue to seem uninformed, and a bit schizo, in your comments.
Thinker
Jan 20, 2010 12:50 PM CST
This is not a vote against progressive politics, it's a vote against politics for the rich. Actually, the majority (liberal) voters are "fed up" with democrats acting like republicans. They stayed home, and who can blame them? We have a one-party system now, and voting won't (can't) fix it. The democrats will lose everywhere because we won't vote for them anymore.
It_Smells_Funky.
Jan 20, 2010 11:51 AM CST
@WhatTha I'd say Galileo isn't defending Obama per say, but rather the sanctity of democracy, and why people like you fuck democracy in the ass with a giant stick/

 
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