See: Israel Dumps on Delahunt
I knew it as soon as he spoke out against Israel.
But does he have to lie about the reasons?
"Delahunt won’t seek reelection; Says ‘it’s time’ after long career, and Bishop case not a factor" by Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | March 5, 2010
WASHINGTON - Representative William D. Delahunt will announce today that he will not seek reelection to Congress, ending a nearly 40-year career in elected office and giving Republicans hope of capturing the district, which stretches from Cape Cod to the South Shore.
“It’s got nothing to do with politics,’’ the seven-term Democrat from Quincy said yesterday....
“Clearly, since [ the late senator Edward M. Kennedy's] death, there’s something missing. There’s a void. With the void, you feel the need to be here because there’s much to do,’’ Delahunt said wistfully in an exclusive interview.
But the congressman said he concluded that after nearly four decades in public service, the grueling House schedule was taking its toll on his personal life....
That's the oldest cover story in the book.
Voters in Delahunt’s 10th District gave Republican Scott Brown his best margins in the state in the Jan. 19 special election to fill Kennedy’s seat, giving the GOP hopes of breaking the Democrats’ lock on the House delegation. But Delahunt said the wave of anti-incumbent anger demonstrated by the surge for Brown also had no affect on his decision....
Well, I guess he's a politician so he can't help but lie.
Delahunt told Obama about his decision yesterday at a bill-signing ceremony for a travel and tourism promotion measure Delahunt wrote with Representative Roy Blunt, Republican of Missouri. The president said he understood and wished him well, said Delahunt.
Many Democrats - including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House majority leader Steny Hoyer - urged Delahunt to stay another term, worried that the volatile campaign environment could give the GOP a chance at the seat. Joseph P. Kennedy III’s decision earlier this week not to seek the seat makes Democrats even more nervous. But the congressman - while declining to name a favorite potential successor - said he is “confident it will stay Democratic.’’
Out of touch, too.
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Delahunt established himself in Washington as a leading voice on Latin American and Caribbean issues, traveling many times to Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela, where he negotiated with President Hugo Chávez to provide discounted oil from Venezuela, the fourth-largest supplier of foreign oil to the United States.
Yeah, at the same time that AmeriKan oil companies were gouging the f*** out of you while reaping record profits, Americans!
Who has your best interests at heart again, America?
He also hosted a “Grupo de Boston’’ weekend on Cape Cod with Venezuelan government and opposition leaders, hoping to end the feuding by having them spend time together in a neutral place....
Well, he tried I guess, huh?
Related: Delahunt out, field opens
Who cares?
Also see: Democrats' Despair
Democratic Drop-Outs
No one likes to lose, readers.
That's why the Democrats are bailing out now.
