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Patrick Kennedy Slams Scott Brown

Ted Kennedy's son calls successor's candidacy a 'joke'

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 5, 2010 1:48 PM CST

(Newser) – Scott Brown sped up his swearing-in because despite having touted his independence during his Senate campaign, "he's in the tank for the Republicans," says Patrick Kennedy, predecessor Ted Kennedy's son. Patrick Kennedy, a Rhode Island congressman, says Brown suddenly demanded to be seated a week earlier than previously arranged because he plans to support a Republican filibuster of an Obama nominee's appointment. "His “whole candidacy was shown to be a joke,” Kennedy said.

“Seven out of ten of Brown's voters were labor households and he stressed that he was independent,” Kennedy tells the Hill. “And while he was originally scheduled to be sworn in next week, they moved it up to today so he could cast his first vote, the most anti-labor, the most anti-what his constituents thought they were voting for when they voted for him.”

Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.   (AP Photo)
Senator Scott Brown, R-Mass.
Senator Scott Brown, R-Mass.   (AP Photo)
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OWLWOMANXXXX
Feb 8, 2010 1:22 AM CST
the Higher Power will not side with us until we learn to live in peace with eachother.....the remarks on this page tell me where America is going....and it is not a good road....there is an old Roman saying....."divide and conquer" and it seems like religious zealots are doing just that....why so much hateful posts?
Robert_Dada
Feb 6, 2010 12:45 PM CST
Oh please, DLY has no ability to change any emotion on here. He's completely irrelevant.
ronimaca
Feb 6, 2010 12:02 PM CST
dly,. How do you get by all this time. be a giant pile of dog poop you haven't been step on yet. Must be the stink. YOU ARE NO NOEL COWARD Spudsy strains one out every now and again. I have cheese to go with that whine. Just ask. Awe. You sound upset and bitter. Cheer up dip shit. Freedom. He murdered freedom. A Republican who thinks like a Republican? Unheard of! Whiney libs. :--) I love it.

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