Rep. Joe Kennedy III to run in Democratic primary against Senator Edward J. Markey

Stupid, entitled prick. Thinks his last name is enough to get everything he wants in life. I hope he loses

I bet you do, Trump asslicker R1

If this were about him running against a Republican first, you would have a point, r2.

But since Kennedy is actually first running against an established progressive Democrat in Edward Markey , r1 is right: he is only doing this for his ego and entitlement. And you are wrong.

Incumbent MA Sen. Ed Markey is a good guy. Joe Kennedy should run for governor of Massachusetts in 2022, reelection in 2026 and then for president in 2028.

Ugh, why does he have to ruin his perfectly good looks with that hideous clown hair? Dye it already.

Edward Markey has supported medicare for all, the green new deal, and literally every good progressive policy that's been debated at the national level since he's been elected. We gain NOTHING from Kennedy except someone consumed by ambition at the cost of everything else. He has no interest in being a senator, and will use it as a launch pad to run for president in 2024 or 2028. And he think's he deserves it all because he's gotten everything else he's ever wanted his entire life.

He probably wants to run for president in 2024 or 2028 and wants to be a senator before that and isn't willing to wait. Nobody is free from being challenged and having to earn his seat and Markey is no different but Kennedys ambition is a turn off. Outside the three brothers that family has been trash and people like Joe III are living off their fumes. Sadly Kennedy's name will be enough to win.

[quote] Sadly Kennedy's name will be enough to win.

That would have been true fifty, forty, even thirty years ago; but I don't think it's true in 2019.

Baby Boomers and Silent Generation voters have memories of Camelot, but X-ers, Millennials, and iGen-ers do not. The Kennedy name does not mean nearly as much as it once did.

Fuck those shanty Irish Kennedys!

Markey has no goal beyond serving in the senate in a safe blue seat. He makes whatever choice he thinks is best for MA and the country. Because he has nothing to lose if some people don't agree with the choice.

Kennedy will only vote for things he thinks builds the profile he wants in his presidential run. Which means a lot of faux moderate garbage.

This is an easy choice people

Ugh, when will this family go away?

Ugh, when will this family go away?

In the great tradition of Ted running against Carter, handing the White House to the still-unpopular walking-stool-sample Reagan.

I second the motion for ugh when will this family ever go away.

He just needs to wait for Warren to move into the White House in 2021 and he can be anointed to her seat.

R15 Politico is reporting he doesn't want to do that because Ayanna Pressley is going to run for that seat and Kennedy thinks she's a tougher opponent than Markey is.

He's probably right about that. I don't know which of the two of them would win but that would be a hard fought race

Vanity Fair 2017 article. Notice the photo of the family: his wife in the fitted, faux 60’s, sleeveless sheath and chignon and he in the JFK signature khakis. Anyone who thinks the Kennedy Camelot mystique and brand is dead and he won’t run for President is deluded.

So, what's up with Massachusetts?

Do they still buy into that BS that a Kennedy deserves to be President because of JFK being assassinated?

If the Mass Democrats actually choose another from the dregs of the remainders of this clan, they show themselves to be unthinking automatons.

[quote] Anyone who thinks the Kennedy Camelot mystique and brand is dead and he won’t run for President is deluded.

He may be using it; that doesn't mean voters will buy it.

And even if they do buy it in Massachusetts which is (highly doubtful), it will never play in the whole country 60+ years after the last Kennedy presidency.

Using the JFK mystique to appeal to voters a full 60 years after the JFK presidency would be like JFK himself trying to buy into the William McKinley mystique for the 1960 election.

Seems a tad rude, no?

The Kennedy name still has pull with Massachusetts voters, maybe not nationally.

[QUOTE]He may be using it; that doesn't mean voters will buy it.

They already bought it. He, like Joe Biden, was the frontrunner before he even announced. The people of Massachusetts want that seat returned to the Kennedys. They want to bring the dynasty back from the dead. His internal polling shows it; otherwise he wouldn’t be running.

Yes!! I want him to win. He is hot. Also, if he wins that will be a major blow to that idiot Elizabeth Warren who endorsed Markey.

Hot Irish ginger. Yessssssssssssss!!

I'm too tired and lazy to look it up, but does anyone know or remember why Teddy ran against Carter in 1980 as mentioned in R13's post. I always thought that was such a mean-spirited thing to do.

[quote] His internal polling shows it; otherwise he wouldn’t be running.

Faced with that logic, anyone must concede he is unstoppable! After all, the internal polls show as much!

I like Joe Kennedy, but I agree with R4 that it would be preferable for him to run for Governor against the Republican rather than challenging a fellow Dem.

I would stay away from heights and sharp objects if I were him.

Yeah, R29. Considering how many people have had it in for other members of his family since the 1960's, I don't get why he wants to run for higher office.

And stay away from "Chapstick", boyo.

In this disgusting era of Trump, the one thing this country needs is a charismatic Kennedy to wash away this filth we're living through now.

Yes! Finally ! It seems Gen Xers have waited their turn for two decades now. Joe needs to run and win that seat in order to run in 2024 or 2028.

I'm loving that GenXers are finally saying "fuck you" to the Boomers and getting cutthroat.

Beto O'Rourke/ Joe Kennedy for 2024 <3

[quote] In this disgusting era of Trump, the one thing this country needs is a charismatic Kennedy

I can't believe that in 2019, some people still believe in noble families who have the right to rule just because they were born.

You mean like the Bushes?

Yes, believing you need a Bush to lead you is equally pathetic as believing you need a Kennedy.

Blood has no magical powers. If anything Kennedys and Bushes are less qualified to lead because they has no idea what real life is like.

So, on what issues does he plan to challenge the incumbent?

"Vote for me because I'm a Kennedy?"

Does that still work in Massachusetts?

Will people there still think they are enlightened if they do?

I don't get this.

R37 why wouldn't he think that would work? His entire life, his last name alone made sure he never wanted for anything

Markey should just step aside and not run for re-election. He was an ok choice after John Kerry gave up the seat, but now that Joe Kennedy wants it, he should have it!

[quote] now that Joe Kennedy wants it, he should have it!

R39 = Simpleton

As my grandmother would say he's gonna get his head shot off.

Markey was a Congressman with no accomplishments for decades. Now he’s a Senator with no accomplishments. He’s not loved in Massachusetts. Outside of political circles, he’s not even thought of much. All the enthusiasm will be for Kennedy.

Joe will be in the Senate next year.

[quote]Edward Markey has supported medicare for all, the green new deal, and literally every good progressive policy that's been debated at the national level since he's been elected.

Those are not good policies, idiot. Read the fine print on them. I know you’re a far-left Jew hater, so you won’t.

We should have had universal health care under Richard Nixon. Given his family situation when growing up Nixon saw personally the financial impact on his family with a sick family member (his brother) and was determined that other American families did not suffer in the same way.

The person who stymied Nixon's plan for universal health care was TEDDY KENNEDY.

So, the genuflecting whenever the Kennedy name shows up is sickening.

Markey’s son was at Brown when I was there. Rob Markey. He was so damned hot. And a super nice guy.

Joe Kennedy III is the future of the Democratic party and Markey must know it. It's a losing battle, Markey's generation needs to step aside and allow Gen Xers and Millennials to wet their toes or they'll never be ready when Boomers vacate.

Former Gov. of Massachusetts is already endorsing Joe Kennedy 3rd. over Markey. Good.

Is Massachusetts so lacking in qualified people that they must keep going to the same Kennedy well.

Oh, brother.

Joe Kennedy has my vote. He will make a great senator!

We should of had three successive Kennedy presidencies. We were cheated with the assassinations of JFK, RFK and the unfair treatment of Ted after Chappaquiddik cost him the presidency. Not to mention the loss of JFK Jr.

The Town and Country piece on him a couple of years ago was nauseating. T&C and Kennedy trying to recreate his great uncle's Camelot imagery. Complete with black and white photos, the kid riding on his shoulders, chinos, button down shirt and penny loafers, wife in a tailored sheath and heels. The only thing missing is Jackie's pearls. He may well be a great politician but all of the Kennedy heirs need to stand on their own merits and not try to portray themselves as JFK's second coming.

[quote]unfair treatment of Ted after Chappaquiddik

R49. I'm a Bostonian. I like the Kennedys. They have been part of the landscape in Boston my entire life. I lived down the street from Joe Kennedy II when Joe Kennedy III was a kid. I always wished that John-John would the one to start a new political era of Kennedys if he ran for office. Teddy Kennedy, Jr. would have been a great national candidate, but he wanted to stay closer to home and be a state senator from Connecticut. Hell, I remember David Kennedy hanging out in Darts, a gay bar in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, when we young gay men--nice guy--in the 70s and '80s. However, there was no unfair treatment of Teddy Kennedy, Sr. In fact, he was given a pass.

Ted Kennedy was a great senator and would have been a great President! I don't care one bit what he did in his personal life!

R52. I liked Teddy Kennedy too. He was a good senator. But please don't say he was treated unfairly. He was not. However, there were certain instances when his personal life jeopardized and endangered his professional life along with even a fateful car crash that resulted in the death of a young woman. And he didn't report it until approximately eight hours after the fact. Anyone else who did this would have faced manslaughter charges. But yes, he was a very good senator.

Oh, NO!

The BOW is back!!!

Ethel Kennedy used to deck out all her daughters with hair bows when they were photographed. And now this grandson is doing the same with his daughter in those pictures.

It looked stupid back in the day and now we a subjected to a repeat performance. AWWKKK!

Ban the BOW!

The death of that girl was sad for her family and friends. But the loss of a Ted Kennedy presidency was sad for the entire country.

What I don't understand about Chappaquidick is he got out of the car. The movie depicted his henchmen going back and trying to get her out but they couldn't because the windows were closed and Mary Jo was in an air bubble. Odd the windows were closed - it was a warm summer night and that car likely did not have air conditioning. How did he get out?

[quote]Markey was a Congressman with no accomplishments for decades. Now he’s a Senator with no accomplishments.

It's true that Markey has been in Congress for a long time. He's represented Massachusetts in the House since the 1970's. He made the jump to Senator after Kerry was appointed as Obama's choice for Secretary of State after Hillary left at the end of Obama's 1st term.

Markey is in his early 70's now and it's possible this next Senate term would be his last, but perhaps Joe will cause Markey to retire early. . .

now that's a ginge

I don't necessarily dispute that this ginger is likely a grasping whore, however, who says he has to play "Prince Charles" and wait his turn for this 70+ year old to FINALLY retire so he can move on up to the Senate? I actually think it's a good thing (overall) for dems to have a younger face that energizes younger votes (cause you know those lazy yungins don't vote!) rather than the same old pasty faced old fart that have been there forever (not like old Uncle Teddy!). If MA doesn't want him, they'll send him packing, but why isn't he at least allowed to go for it?

The first time I met Ed Markey was at a party in Chestnut Hill in 1977. He was a newly elected Congressman and kind of cute then, too, in a sort of 1970's blow-dried look. That was, what, 42 years ago? He's been in DC long enough. I cannot think of one law he's passed or a single legislative accomplishment. He is listed as an author (and co-sponsor) of the Green New Deal.

I wonder how AOC is gonna handle this? Will she be supporting the longtime incumbent or the younger, progressive challenger?

How long do we expect Senators in liberal states be able to keep those seats? Diane Feinstein is well over 80. Give it up and let some younger liberal to have the seat. In Massachusetts you have Markey and Warren. If Markey wins he is in for 6 more years. That is 3 terms that Kennedy would have to run in the House. Let younger people in.

how does he smell...down there?

Markey looks Kennedy-adjacent.

Not any more, R63. Not any more.

Democratic Primary Voters in MA:

Kennedy 35% (+9)

Markey 26%

[Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll, Sept 3-5)

Who is the more liberal candidate?

- Kennedy 42%

- Markey 24%

**

Who will be a better fighter for Democratic priorities?

- Kennedy 43%

- Markey 25%

I feel a visceral disgust at the entire Kennedy family and would prefer ANY democrat besides a Kennedy. Funny how the media has attacked and harassed the Clinton's for years while maintaining a nauseatingly deferential attitude towards the Kennedy's. For every bullshit allegation against the Clinton's there are a dozen revolting things the Kennedy crime family actually did do. We don't need another entitled Kennedy pig in power.

Markey is toast. Those polls are brutal.

Yes, R68, the only thing helping Markey right now is that there are several other lower-profile Dems in the race, but the polling by Suffolk/Boston Globe above shows that when the other candidates are removed, Kenendy's lead over Markey is even larger.

Markey will have to perform well in the Dem primary debates if he wants to hold off Kennedy.

R67, YOU are the disgusting pig!

Peter Lucas (elderly irrelevant possibly-senile local political columnist) is for Markey, until he'll be against him...

“Age and guile beat youth, innocence and a bad haircut” every time.

I want to suck Kennedy's ginger cock and then fuck him.

[quote] I wonder how AOC is gonna handle this? Will she be supporting the longtime incumbent or the younger, progressive challenger?

SJWs think she is some sort of national rallying figure, and maybe she is to them. But I cannot imagine she has any sway with many Massachusetts voters, especially any older than 29. And people younger than 30 tend not to vote.

Highly questionable ginger anal hygiene

The entire country was robbed by not electing Ted Kennedy President. I will never forgive that girl. She was obviously a tramp anyway.

R60 - you will be relieved to know AOC is supporting Markey.

The people of Mass. had enough sense to keep electing Ted Kennedy senator for the rest of his life. Sadly, the same can't be said for the rest of the country when he ran for president.

AOC endorsed Markey a few days ago. This was obviously coming given that Markey introduced the Green New Deal on the Senate.

Markey is far more liberal than Kennedy who tried to build a centrist record in the house to run for president. You can bet he will get more centrist in the Senate. He doesn't actually care about policy. Everything is a stepping stone to him.

I get why he is doing this but what's in it for all of you drooling Kennedy worshippers?

It's time for another Senator Kennedy!

There already is one, moron: Sen. John Kennedy---a Republican from Louisiana. Presumably no relation whatsoever to that shanty Irish family.

Some right wing, red neck doesn't count. Only a member of America's royal family does, DIPSHIT!

Remember when Teddy Kennedy challenged Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election? And gave us Ronald Reagan?

Fuck the entitled Kennedys.

Carter had a chance, Kennedy blew it. Because Carter was working on overhauling health insurance and Teddy Kennedy decided that health care was his baby.

It became nobody's baby. And Reagan changed media ownership laws, gave Rupert Murdoch super-speeded citizenship so he could buy up American newspapers and television. So Clear Channel and I Heart Radi could take over AM radio. So CNN, (a non-political all news channel at the time) would have competition from a new kind of rightwing media - a 24/7 propaganda network.

Thanks, Ted Kennedy.

R81 Royal family? You're the dumb pathetic dipshit around here. We don't need "royal families" ---period. You should go jerk off on Kennedy graves or something. ASSHOLE!

Next time, retard, just use Google if you are unfamiliar with someone or something and stop advertising your stupidity. In my post I was only pointing out that there already is a John Kennedy in the Senate. Don't get your dirty panties twisted because of that. And unlike you, Kennedy for all his right wing views, at least went to Oxford (as did Bill Clinton). You probably struggled to get through community college and probably found that too challenging. WINDOW LICKER!

I agree, R82. Kennedy's political instincts were so stupid/misguided at times, his ego was out of control. He should have drowned instead of that homely woman he was fucking and ultimately let die of suffocation.

Kennedy men will fuck anything with 3 holes. Bet you that the drooling ginger Joe has a piece on the side.

Once Ted Kennedy announced he was running, Carter should have called it a day and not have run for re-election. Carter is the one that brought us Reagan!

He's the rabid anti-marijuana guy. He's toxic.

I wish that Edward Markey wasn't so boring, but Kennedy would vote the same way and will get more press.

So which type of Kennedy is he? Dumb like JFK Jr? Rapey like William? Alkie and druggie like Patrick? Corrupt like the old man? A cunt like the old lady?

The kind the voters in Massachusetts will elect, R87. But of course, that doesn't matter to you because, obviously, they're all idiots and you are so wise.

So spew on - your bile won't change that.

I'll bet he's got a beautiful cock and his balls smell like fabric softener.

Markey would step aside for Kennedy but Markey's wife loves life in DC and she's a bitch on wheels. He's so whipped. I think she'd be angry if he stepped aside.

Don’t you people know the difference between shanty Irish and lace curtain Irish? Kennedys are definitely lace curtain.

What is America's obsession with this family?

R33 The Democrats will never run two white men together on any ticket. Pity Beto is not Mexican American, just sounds like one.

[quote] Don’t you people know the difference between shanty Irish and lace curtain Irish? Kennedys are definitely lace curtain.

Bullshit.

And I say this as someone who is of 100% Irish ancestors.

Old Joe's father ran a saloon and you can't get more shanty Irish than that.

Despite what people call themselves, you can dress them up but the shanty shows through.

You know with that red hair he smells "funny" down there.

Ayanna Pressley another AOC liberal ran against Massachusetts Mike Capuano in 2016. He had a record as liberal as hers yet she still won. Kennedy wins in a landslide.

Go Joe, Go! I'm so glad he is running.

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ginger anus

Go JOE!

He will be a great senator!

^^^ And Massachusetts' next US Senator.

Early polling put Markey behind Kennedy by 14 percentage points in a matchup

He's also the best looking Kennedy after JFK Jr, so I'm sure that helps.

Joe Crowley (the Dem who lost to AOC in the primary) is advising Kennedy's campaign. While AOC is supporting Markey.