You gotta’ love this guy. He brings almost as much humor to the legislature as Bawney Fwank. I love when Patrick Kennedy uses the term “values” and “human potential.”
But here he loses it in trying to get taxpayers to pay for a bike path for $2 million. He advocates for it…vociferously shall we say. At one point he almost accidentally makes a point but veered insanely away just in time. Here’s the thing. Dude, you’re a Kennedy. You’ve got mad cash. If you feel this strongly pay for it. But no he doesn’t feel that strongly. He feels only strong enough for you to pay for a bike path in his backyard.
July 30, 2010 at 10:59 pm
This could be a parody skit about politicians. Except it's not. It's REAL. Which makes it more like a Twilight Zone nightmare!
July 31, 2010 at 12:23 am
Yikes! That rambling speech was one non-sequitur after another!
And he's part of our "elite"???
July 31, 2010 at 12:29 am
What the heck was he talking about? (And he was doing a bad imitation of his Uncle Jack too.)
July 31, 2010 at 4:03 am
I actually went to school for a couple of years in that disctrict.
Here's the thing, Patches, you've already got bike paths. There's one I used to ride on that went from Providence to Newport.
I know there are others, and besides, I do believe that bikes are still allowed on…wait for it… roads.
But it's fun to watch him get all excited like that, isn't it?
July 31, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Hmmm. Let me see, Bike paths vs Jobs. Uncle Willie had to sell his bike to buy bread. And next winter he'll have to tear up the asphalt to burn as fuel. Thanks Congress. Gotta love the deficit.
July 31, 2010 at 10:39 pm
So, if we fund bike paths we'll have smaller class sizes?
August 1, 2010 at 3:43 am
You said, "At one point he almost accidentally makes a point but veered insanely away just in time."
You were REALLY generous in your assessment there, Dude. REALLY generous.
Bike paths? Only get to first grade once? No dress rehearsal?
What the HECK?
August 2, 2010 at 12:32 am
I'm just speechless. I don't even think he knew what point he was trying to make. I feel dumber for having spend 2 minutes of my life listening to the guy.
August 3, 2010 at 7:25 am
What I heard didn't make sense, but his mouth didn't even match up with what I was hearing. Huh? Weird. And if that was truly Patrick Kennedy's words I was hearing, he comes off as a looney.