Kennedy Brain Tumor Raises Question of Succession

AZCONSERVATIVE ^ | 25 May 2008 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

The announcement that Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) has a malignant brain tumor has raised the issue of who will inherit his seat. The assumption has been that under Massachusetts law, the sear would pass to his eldest son. However, experts in that state’s statutes said the succession is not so “cut-and-dried.”

“The commoners of Massachusetts anticipate that Edward Kennedy Jr. would inherit the seat,” said family spokesman, Lowell McGuff. “Actually, the law gives Senator Kennedy the right to name his successor.”

Those familiar with the Senator’s will, say that the document bestows his seat to his wife, Vicki. The bequest, must, of course, be approved by the Governor’s Privy Council, but that is regarded as a mere formality.

In related news, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took the announcement of Senator Kennedy’s illness as an opportunity to make a pitch for socialized medicine. “One of Senator Kennedy’s fondest wishes was that the government would take over the nation’s healthcare system,” she said. “He has done so much for this country. The least we can do in return is to enact universal healthcare as a memorial to this great man.”

[RFEngineer]

“Kennedy Brain Tumor Raises Question of Succession”

I think the Senator will make a fine replacement to succeed Satan, as long as he can solidify his support before Bill Clinton gets there.

[Lizavetta]

Is anyone idiotic enough to believe that the health care plan that senators give themselves is the same as the health care plan they will give to the common masses?

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[antiRepublicrat]

It is satire. But I’m sure people thing that way. Right now we have Hillary thinking she has the right of succession (although with a gap) to Bill.