Drawing on his family's violent past, the Democratic congressman told roughly 75 people gathered at a private health-care forum Saturday morning that opponents of Democrat-backed health-care legislation had gone too far. He cited, as an example, 10,000 signs distributed at a recent Washington protest that read, "Bury ObamaCare with Kennedy."Teddy's dead. The mawk pushers demanded that the healthcare fiasco be named after him. The healthcare fiasco is now dead. I see nothing wrong with the slogan.
Patrick Kennedy is the last member of his storied family to hold federal office.
We're almost rid of the lot of them...
His father, U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, died one month ago after battling a brain tumor. His uncles, former President John F. Kennedy and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, were assassinated. "My family's seen it up close too much with assassinations and violence in political life.
... he said, waving the bloody shirt...
" It's a terrible thing when people think that in order to get their point across they have to go to the edge of violent rhetoric and attack people personally," Kennedy told the nurses, union officials and AARP members finishing their breakfasts at the invitation-only event in the Providence Marriott hotel.
That sorta name calling never happened before Chimpy McBushitler...
"It's fine for people to debate the issue and attack the issue, but when they go and stoop to the level of the vitriolic rhetoric that we've seen this debate turn up, it's very, I think, dangerous to the fabric of our country."
Somehow the country seems to muddle through. The vitriol poured upon Jefferson, Andy Jackson, and Lincoln was even more rancid than anything being dished up by the Dems today...
In a subsequent interview, Kennedy went further in warning that angry opposition could create physical danger for elected leaders.
Young ladies of good breeding used to come down with the vapors, too. Then they stopped wearing their corsets too tight. Perhaps Baby Kennedy should give that a try?
"I will note that there were a number of prominent security people in this country who spoke very openly this past week that ... that there are consequences in terms of trying to protect public officials. There are consequences to violent rhetoric," he said. "Some people can see through TV ratings and right-wing talk show hosts that just try to create some theater, but unfortunately, there are some that can't see through it.
"You know how simple-minded the populace is..."
"And that's the danger in it. There is definitely freedom of speech, but freedom of speech does not allow yelling 'fire' in the middle of a crowded movie theater."
Apparently it doesn't allow hollering "No, thankew!" at a crowded political rally.