August 23, 2012
— Slublog Sean Bielat, candidate for Congress in Massachusetts 4th Congressional district, participated in a conference call this evening with a number of bloggers. In 2010, Bielat ran against Barney Frank. Unfortunately, Frank won that race but clearly he was scarred by the experience of actually facing a competent opponent and recently announced his retirement from Congress.
Faced with an empty office in DC, panicky Massachusetts Democrats hit the "DEFAULT" button and scrounged up...a Kennedy. Joseph P. Kennedy, III to be exact. Like Howie says, this is Peace Corps vs. Marine Corps. In one corner, a former Marine, businessman and guy who did build that. In the other, a...guy with a famous name who regards the press the same way a vampire looks at the sun.
In the call, Bielat talked about his commitment to constitutional values, fiscal responsibility and economic growth. He framed this election as a choice between "the visions of government presented by Mitt Romney and those of Barack Obama." He said that Obama has criticized the Paul Ryan plan, but hit the SCOAMF for not offering one of his own.
Bielat's district includes Scott Brown's hometown, so this is a winnable race. He has a chance with independents and Brown voters. What he really needs are the resources to run ads in the expensive Boston media market.
In 1979, Roger Mudd asked one of JoJoJo Kennedy's relatives why he wanted to be president. That interview...did not end well. When asked why he wanted to be in Congress, Bielat had a much better answer.
"I got into this in 2010 because like many Americans I was frustrated with what I was seeing in DC," he said. " My congressman was Barney Frank and he had not had a competitive race since 1982 and I saw we had a chance in the 4th district." Bielat gave Frank the most competition he'd had in years, and now says he's running again for the same ideals, but with much more personal motivation.
"I have a nine month old daughter and a two year old son, so for me this idea of making us sustainable for the next generation is important," Bielat said. "We need to change now and part of the way we do that is send people to Washington who arenÂ’t worried about their next election...I will focus on substantive policy issues. If [Kennedy] wants to talk about issues, I want to have that debate."
Bielat struck me as an impressive, serious guy who can win. His opponent is a Kennedy who's not hurting for funds. To compete, Bielat needs our help. So shake those piggy banks and let's make this happen.
Every time one of you donates, a Kennedy's tears waters down their Chivas. Below, a video that shows the difference between a guy running on the hope that voters like his name, and a guy who is running on actual change. Let's do this, morons.
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Posted by: logprof at August 23, 2012 05:44 PM (Khf/F)
Posted by: buzzion at August 23, 2012 05:45 PM (GULKT)
No, I think the disappointment with his own candidate's campaign was the hardest hit for Truman.
Sean, just win, baby.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at August 23, 2012 05:46 PM (sJTmU)
Whatever it was it almost blew his face off.
I can keed now that he's better right otherwise I plead Moron.
Posted by: DaveA at August 23, 2012 05:47 PM (Ve9V9)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 23, 2012 05:48 PM (Q/1Jp)
Posted by: jewells45 at August 23, 2012 05:48 PM (UljOc)
Posted by: rickl at August 23, 2012 05:51 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2012 05:53 PM (UOM48)
Doesn't it say something.....remarkable.. about this country that some guy with actually no aptitude or preparation can get a preferred party nomination to run for office just on his .....family name?
I'm always impressed when various people deride "the South" or "the Midwest", or "what's the matter with Kansas?". And then allegedly 'smart' state like Massachusetts elects John Kerry and Ted Kennedy to Senate term after term. And then the majority party sends up this .....person... to run for Congress who has done really nothing in his life to indicate he is in the least capable.
What does that say about how smart the voters in Massachusetts really are?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at August 23, 2012 05:54 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Ted "Splash" Kennedy at August 23, 2012 05:54 PM (Wp4rQ)
That way they are closer to your feet.
Posted by: fluffy at August 23, 2012 09:45 PM (4pSIn)
Why you gotta be so mean?
Posted by: taylor swift at August 23, 2012 05:54 PM (iSSOe)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 05:55 PM (sM159)
Posted by: Ted at August 23, 2012 05:56 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 23, 2012 05:56 PM (0CiTm)
Dude, you have any idea how many chicks my brother nailed when he was prezzie? And check it out, the Secret Service brings 'em to you, so, ah, no need to take that risky drive to a discrete location, ifyaknowwhatimean, Roger.
::winkwink::
Posted by: andrew at August 23, 2012 05:57 PM (65QIv)
Why you gotta be so mean?
I'm happy for you and Ima let you blow him, but John and Jackie had the best first date OF ALL TIME!
Posted by: fluffy West at August 23, 2012 05:57 PM (4pSIn)
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Yep. And both of them could have given the same, much shorter, answer:
"It's what I've been groomed for."
Posted by: mama winger in Paul Ryan's district at August 23, 2012 05:58 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2012 05:59 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: andrew at August 23, 2012 05:59 PM (65QIv)
Posted by: NeoKong at August 23, 2012 05:59 PM (w5v/W)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2012 05:59 PM (UOM48)
NO MORE DYNASTIES!!! NO MORE KENNEDYS!!!!
although doesnt chelsea clinton live in that district? she would do good
Posted by: navycopjoe (looking for that sweet sweet dem cash) at August 23, 2012 05:59 PM (Shrag)
What does that say about how smart the voters in Massachusetts really are?
We're 49. In 1990 or so, Joe Early floated about 122 checks on the House bank. The voters chucked him. Barbara Boxer floated about 125 checks.
Cali is 50.
Posted by: fluffy at August 23, 2012 06:00 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: DangerGirl at August 23, 2012 06:00 PM (GrtrJ)
http://tinyurl.com/cd7vw82
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 23, 2012 06:01 PM (CrOSO)
Posted by: taylor swift at August 23, 2012 06:03 PM (iSSOe)
Joe Kennedy Sr. knew what he was doing when he married Rose Fitz.
Her father, Honey Fitz, was the Irish Democrat Kingmaker in Boston. Wedded to his connections and with Kennedy's money (of which he made a lot selling short and helping to drive down the Stock Market after 1929), he had great plans for his sons, politically.
Fast forward a couple generations and that's all they are good for. They are too stupid and venal to do any honest work. At least Joe Kennedy Sr. was plenty smart. Every generation after him just gets dumber. It's all make-work until they get elected to be a Massachusetts ward-healer. And that's why the people in that state are just plain stupid for buying into this drivel time after time.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at August 23, 2012 06:05 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 23, 2012 06:05 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Ktgreat at August 23, 2012 06:05 PM (Iji74)
Posted by: mama winger in Paul Ryan's district at August 23, 2012 06:07 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Zombie Leslie Nielsen, Let 'er rip! at August 23, 2012 06:07 PM (mxnUd)
Posted by: Donna V. at August 23, 2012 06:07 PM (EflcN)
Comcast is seeing the writing on the wall? Heh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2012 06:08 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2012 06:08 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Ronster at August 23, 2012 06:08 PM (d/8+y)
Posted by: Mary Jane Rottencrotch at August 23, 2012 06:11 PM (pqYYP)
Posted by: F-ing Chuck Todd at August 23, 2012 06:12 PM (YOZSv)
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:13 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 23, 2012 06:14 PM (f/VCX)
Bing "Mormon human sacrifices". I'm sure there's a bunch of stories in the works on the brutal Aztec influenced "secret" human sacrifices performed by mormons on a daily basis.
Serial killers? All Mormon, its a fact.
Cannibals? All Mormon, its a fact.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 06:14 PM (sM159)
Mr spelling says ward-heeler.
Perhaps ward-limo-tirer would be more appropriate in this case.
Posted by: DaveA at August 23, 2012 06:14 PM (Ve9V9)
If my name were Kennedy, I'd wear a chastity belt when I went out on the town.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo at August 23, 2012 06:15 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2012 10:04 PM (UOM4
Um uh you know like um, uh you know, I um uh don't like know you know what you're talking about you know?
Posted by: Caroline Kennedy at August 23, 2012 06:15 PM (YOZSv)
And Joes favorite son was his oldest,Joe Jr who died piloting a B-17 guided bomb.(They needed a pilot to take off and fluy part of the distance to the target,than the pilot would bail out and it would be radio controlled.)Supposedly Joe Jr signed up because he was jealous of JFK's PT -109 incident making him a hero.Old Joe was devestaded by his death.
A few details are off. Joe Jr was definitely the heir apparent. He was probably quite driven and was seeking high profile risky missions. John commanded a torpedo boat. He was the lowest rung of the officer corps.
At least when John fucked up and put someone in the drink, he stuck around and tried to save him.
Posted by: fluffy at August 23, 2012 06:15 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: Molly K at August 23, 2012 06:15 PM (iSSOe)
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 06:16 PM (ruiF1)
Lookit, he worked for Clinton/Gore. He worked for Louise Slaughter. His parents are fucking Democrat bundlers.
He's bad news.
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:17 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein, Brattleboro VT at August 23, 2012 06:17 PM (WItBr)
Posted by: navycopjoe (looking for that sweet sweet dem cash) at August 23, 2012 09:59 PM (Shrag)
Yeah and Jeb F'n Bush is speaking at the RNC. I'm sure Rove has plans. Screw all the establishment RINO's too!!!!
Posted by: Sod Aching at August 23, 2012 06:17 PM (Bm4aK)
Posted by: The Kennedy Men at August 23, 2012 06:18 PM (YOZSv)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 23, 2012 06:19 PM (f/VCX)
Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2012 06:19 PM (6o4Fb)
63 yep
and now the RINO party is running the RINO romney for pres?!!!
our only hope is teh Sarah Palin!!! for president / her sweater puppies for vice president
Posted by: navycopjoe (Dem God of RINO war) at August 23, 2012 06:20 PM (Shrag)
Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2012 06:20 PM (6o4Fb)
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Is that Johnson County Illinois?
I graduated from Anna Jonesboro High School.
Posted by: mama winger in Paul Ryan's district at August 23, 2012 06:21 PM (P6QsQ)
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That's almost poetic.
Dumb as hell, but still, almost poetry. The "Limbo" is a particularly nice touch.
Posted by: andrew at August 23, 2012 06:21 PM (65QIv)
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:21 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 23, 2012 06:22 PM (f/VCX)
You know what this country needs more of?
Dead Kennedys.
Holiday In Cambodia
http://tinyurl.com/2a8jp8
Posted by: garrett at August 23, 2012 06:22 PM (9tluB)
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:22 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:24 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: teej at August 23, 2012 06:24 PM (K4AdI)
77 Not a guy who switched parties from D to R when he moved into the state in 2007, and has voted exactly three times since then
ummmm, you mean like reagan did in california?
RINO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: navycopjoe (Dem God of RINO war) at August 23, 2012 06:24 PM (Shrag)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 06:25 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: mama winger in Paul Ryan's district at August 23, 2012 06:25 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Adam at August 23, 2012 06:25 PM (/YJYi)
In 2010, he publicly rejected the endorsement of Sarah Palin. Like, went out of his way to trash her.
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:26 PM (I2LwF)
Boy if we had a dime every time we uttered a sentence like that...
Posted by: The Kennedy Men at August 23, 2012 10:18 PM (YOZSv)
Yep with all those dimes you could have paid for a ski instructer, a private pilot, a chauffeur and a competent lobotomist.
Posted by: Molly K at August 23, 2012 06:27 PM (iSSOe)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 23, 2012 06:27 PM (f/VCX)
I do have a face and a kidney. Thank you!
Sean Bielat is a fraudulent creepy little grifter who has had the Todd Akin treatment from the Democrats and the press (BIRM) for four years.
He doesn't even live in the district. He lives in a house that the campaign is renting for him through an intermediary.
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:28 PM (I2LwF)
And he shouldn't have because the Massachusetts electorate at large loves them some Sarah Palin. Right?
Posted by: SFGoth at August 23, 2012 06:29 PM (dZ756)
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I'm doin' just fine! I only lived there for the one year - Sr yr in high school, but I have fond memories of driving over to Vienna or Dongola in an old Chevy pickup truck.
So pretty down there.
Posted by: mama winger in Paul Ryan's district at August 23, 2012 06:29 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: maineconservative at August 23, 2012 06:29 PM (k9W0l)
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:29 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:30 PM (I2LwF)
Send this man to the beltway; he knows the ropes!
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 06:30 PM (ruiF1)
You know which GOP candidate has flat-out refused to say that he would support the winner of the primary if it isn't him? Sean Bielat.
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:31 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:32 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 06:33 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:33 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: mama winger in Paul Ryan's district at August 23, 2012 06:33 PM (P6QsQ)
Sean Bielat isn't the slimiest bastard to crawl out of the mud in the GOP, but he is the least-qualified slimebag running.
Fuck him. He can't win anyway.
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:34 PM (I2LwF)
Sean Bielat is a craven sociopath. I'd rather have Kennedy for two years and then go for the open seat again in 2014 when Kennedy takes over for a retiring John Kerry.
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:34 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 23, 2012 06:35 PM (f/VCX)
You know which candidate held a big round of fund-raisers for 2012 at the end of the 2010 cycle, and then split town saying he would never be back? Sean Bielat did that.
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:36 PM (I2LwF)
Jesus fucking Christ, I've been banging the fuck out of the morons and cobloggers about this since maybe January.
I worked for Sean in 2010. I wanted him to win. I couldn't vote for him since I was in another district prior to redistricting. But God Almighty, he's a fraud.
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:37 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:38 PM (I2LwF)
I did my research since I worked for his primary opponent, David Steinhof, for about three months this summer as a chief staffer.
I'm not saying any of this because I worked for Steinhof. I worked for Steinhof because I knew what Sean Bielat was.
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:40 PM (I2LwF)
Or... I knew a fraction of what Sean Bielat had done.
Anyway, there's much better places to throw your support. And please, cobloggers, stop pimping this guy. It's worse than a waste of your time.
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:40 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 23, 2012 10:05 PM (BVkEs)
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Do you think we'll hear the word "muslim" on NBC when the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs {WTF???} hosts the jumah Congregational Prayer in Charlotte on the Friday before the Democratic National Convention?
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 23, 2012 06:42 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 23, 2012 06:43 PM (f/VCX)
Posted by: Truman North at August 23, 2012 06:47 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 23, 2012 06:48 PM (f/VCX)
Posted by: Molly K at August 23, 2012 10:27 PM (iSSOe)
And a golf pro.
Posted by: Michael Skakel at August 23, 2012 06:49 PM (QjSgY)
"Are you filing for "butt-hurt" status?"
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 23, 2012 10:48 PM (f/VCX)
I think he's filing The....Rest of the Story. And it's pretty goddam enlightening.
Posted by: Edgy Paul Harvey Zombie at August 23, 2012 06:53 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Boulder Hobo at August 23, 2012 06:57 PM (QTHTd)
Not that I care - I'm a concern troll / hobo who lives in a toilet, as is well documented - but there are going to be people who do care that there is unsourced allegations in the comments.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo at August 23, 2012 06:59 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 23, 2012 07:00 PM (f/VCX)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 23, 2012 07:10 PM (f/VCX)
Posted by: Dictionary Bitchez! at August 23, 2012 07:11 PM (HNn1q)
Posted by: Brad Marston at August 23, 2012 07:12 PM (J9ObL)
Posted by: Brad Marston at August 23, 2012 07:21 PM (J9ObL)
Posted by: George at August 23, 2012 07:25 PM (lAt5X)
Posted by: Brad Marston at August 23, 2012 07:30 PM (J9ObL)
Posted by: Bacon Industry at August 23, 2012 07:48 PM (OKy03)
Posted by: ace at August 23, 2012 08:02 PM (fxHyG)
Posted by: George at August 23, 2012 08:02 PM (lAt5X)
Posted by: ace at August 24, 2012 12:02 AM (fxHyG)
Ace, he mentioned up above that he worked for the Steinhoff campaign. Comment 110 and 111.
Posted by: buzzion at August 23, 2012 08:04 PM (GULKT)
If only there were some large, easily searchable database of candidates' prior statements that he could turn to.
It would have to be enormous. Worldwide, even, and possibly organized as some sort of web.
Posted by: Andy at August 23, 2012 08:07 PM (OZPoa)
Posted by: TooCon at August 23, 2012 08:30 PM (W7oRI)
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Posted by: SamAdams at August 24, 2012 03:53 AM (gBve9)
No middle ground here. Either prove the allegation or go fuck yourself. Sources for the rumor would be a good first step, but proof is required eventually.
Posted by: Russ from Winterset at August 24, 2012 07:30 AM (T4kFH)
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