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PERFECT FOR YOUR FESTIVE
WEEKEND.
THAT AND MORE THIS MORNING ON
THE RHODE SHOW.
AND THIS MORNING WE CONTINUE
OUR ELECTION SERIES, COFFEE WITH
THE CANDIDATES, TO HELP YOU GET
TO KNOW THE CANDIDATES IN THE
UPCOMING ELECTION AN -- ON A
MORE PERSONAL LEVEL.
JOINING YOUS IS THE NOMINEE FOR
DISTRICT 9.
SORRY, DISTRICT 4.
THANKS FOR COMING IN, IT'S GREAT
TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
THAT IS BUSY TIME OF YEAR AS
YOU'RE RUNNING.
DO YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THIS,
DOES IT MAKE YOU ANXIOUS?
A LITTLE OF BOTH.
WE HAVE A TWO-YEAR-OLD AND A
ONE-YEAR-OLD, SO IT WILL BE NICE
TO HAVE MORE TIME WITH THE KIDS.
THAT'S BEEN ONE HARD THING, IN
2010 WHEN I RAN WE DIDN'T HAVE
KIDS UNTIL THE END OF THE
ELECTION, SO I'M DEFINITELY
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 7TH SO I
CAN SPEND MORE TIME AT HOME.
HOW IS THE FAMILY REACTING TO
YOU GETTING INTO THE LIL ARENA?
I'M SURE THEY'RE VERY
SUPPORTIVE, BUT IN THE BACK OF
THE MIND, WILL BE GLAD WHEN THIS
IS OVER SO HE CAN COME BACK
HOME.
ABSOLUTELY.
MY WIFE HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS
ONCE BEFORE.
SHE'S BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.
WE MET DURING A PUBLIC POLICY
DEGREE, SO SHE HAS A VERY STRONG
NINTH THIS AREA.
I'M OUT A LOT.
MY SON, HE'S TWO, HE'S A
CAMPAIGN VETERAN.
HE'S PASSING OUT STICKERS AT
DAY CARE.
ABSOLUTELY, GIVING TALKING
POINTS.
YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
AND YOU ARE A MARINE.
SOME PEOPLE SAY FORMER MARINE,
BUT ONCE YOU'RE A MARINE YOU'RE
ALWAYS AN E MARINE.
PLUS I'M STILL IN THE
RESERVES.
HOW HAS THAT AFFECTED YOUR
DESIRE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE
POLITICAL ARENA?
MY FATHER WAS IN THE AIR
FORCE, SO SINCE I WAS VERY YOUNG
I REMEMBER HIM STILL ON ACTIVE
DUTY, I HAD THIS IDEA OF
SERVING.
MY BROTHER WENT INTO THE NAVY.
ALL THE MEN IN MY FAMILY ON BOTH
SIDES HAVE SERVED IN THE
MILITARY, SO I'VE HAD THIS SENSE
OF SERVICE, AND MY MOM WAS A
SOCIAL WORKER AND HIGH SCHOOL
ENGLISH TEACHER, SO MY FAMILY IS
OR YEPTED IN THAT DIRECTION, AND
MY TIME IN THE MARINE CORPS
ADDED SOMETHING, I THINK I WANT
THIS AS AN IMRIERKTS GOALKICK
DOWN THERE AND ADD SOMETHING IN
NATIONAL SECURITY AND BUSINESS
AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR A
COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN COME
HOME.
YOU HAVE A GREAT BACKGROUND,
SCHOOL, MARINE.
ALL THAT ASIDE WHAT DO YOU DO
WHEN YOU JUST TAKE IT EASY WITH
THE FAMILY AND CHILL OUT?
I DO A LOT OF READING.
I USED TO WORK OUT A LOT.
I COULD RETURN TO THAT.
NO TIME FOR MUCH OF ANYTHING.
ASSOCIATIVE A LOT OF THINGS ON
THE TO-DO LIST WHEN I FINISH UP,
AND THAT'S GOING TO KEEP ME
OCCUPIED FOR A WHILE.
SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT
KEEP YOU INTERESTED, YOU LIKE TO
WORK OUT.
TV SHOWS YOU'RE WATCHING ON TV
NOW?
BOARDWALK EMPIRE, BECAUSE
THAT'S EASY, IT'S ONCE A WEEK
AND SHOWED MULTIPLE TIMES, SO
WHEN I MISS IT I CAN CATCH UP.
THANK GOD FOR THE DVR.
EXACT.
I AND OTHER THINGS YOU LIKE
TO DO WITH THE FAMILY?
YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE YOUNG
ENOUGH THAT SO MUCH OF IT IS
JUST THE DAY-TO-DAY GROWTH AND
DISCOVERY, THE OLD LEARN A NEW
WORD, OR START WAVING, LITTLE
THINGS, AND EACH DAY IS FUN.
EACH DAY IS A LITTLE BIT AVENUE
ADVENTURE.
AND WHAT DO THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE KNOWN YOU ALL YOUR LIFE,
FRIENDS, GROWING UP, HIGH
SCHOOL, NEAM YOU KNOW, THINK
ABOUT YOU GETTING INTO THIS
REEND OUT IN PUBLIC AND WORKING
SO WELL IN THE POLITICAL ARENA?
PEOPLE HAVE KNOWN I'VE BEEN
INTERESTED.
WHEN I WAS 16 I WAS A PAGE IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, I
SPENT MY JUNIOR YEAR WORKING ON
THE HOUSE FLOOR.
I SAW THE PEOPLE IN COONGD I
SAID, I CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
THERE ARE SOME GOOD, SMART
PEOPLE THERE AND SOME LESS
IMPRESSIVE FOLKS.
I'VE BEEN INTERESTED, I THOUGHT
WHEN I WAS OLDER I WOULD GET
INVOLVED, BUT PEOPLE KNOW I'VE
BEEN ATIEWPPED TO POLITICS AND
POLITICAL EVENTS AND NEWS FOR A
LONG TIME.
IF YOU DIDN'T DO THIS THEY
REALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOCKED.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
EXPECTED ME TO DO IT YET.
GOOD STUFF.
THANKS FOR COMING IN, GREAT TO
HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.
AND WE ALSO INVITED HIS
OPPONENT, JOE KENNEDY, TO BE
PART OF OUR COFFEE WITH THE
CANDIDATES SERIES BUT HE
DECLINED.