Massachusetts Senate Primary: You Literally Can’t Go Wrong Here
Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy are both solid choices.
[This column is SER's opinion only; it does not reflect the opinion of Wonkette or its publisher and editrix, who thinks Joe Kennedy is a spoiled jerk and primarying a really good progressive is a crap move of crapness.]
Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy would like to be a senator. It's somewhat of a family tradition. His great-uncles Jack and Teddy were senators from Massachusetts. His grandfather, Robert, was senator from New York, but no one's perfect. Unfortunately, no Republicans hold Senate seats from his state, so he has to primary an incumbent Democrat. That's a little ho-hum because the balance of power, the fate of the nation, doesn't mesh with his ambitions. He should've moved to Kentucky.
Kennedy has struggled with a rationale for challenging incumbent Senator Ed Markey. There's no clear ideological distinction, like when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez famously upset Joe Crowley. Markey is currently ranked as the most progressive member of the Senate, above even Bernie Sanders from Vermont and Elizabeth Warren, also from Massachusetts. Markey is 74, so Kennedy, who turns 40 in October, could appeal to the tastes of a new generation, but Ocasio-Cortez herself has endorsed Markey.
Gather round I've a tale to tell you...
A few years back Charlie Baker tried to privatize the MBTA machinists union who worked on their buses. All told it was about 700 men and women who were being threatened with layoffs, despite the fact the machinists had 97% success rate for keeping their 14 year old shitbox buses on the road. After serving the MBTA for over 100 years the machinists were under attack. The move failed, mostly because it was just right before Baker's re-election bid, and they didn't want the trouble of machinists showing up everywhere they went.
So, looking back I saw Kennedy at many of our rally's speaking for us. I saw Markey once, and when spoke he hemmed and hawed, but nothing really of substance. Mike Capuano spoke also and was mediocre at best. He was defeated by Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley in the September 4, 2018 primary election. New blood is needed in both parties from time to time and Monday I mailed my ballot for Kennedy. I remember who tried to help us when we were down, and he will make a great senator and make all the Massholes of America proud...
Getting off my soapbox now.
"Do me like Bobby and Jack did Marilyn!"