Darlin' and I have been discussing this very thing on another thread:
Isn't that what they always do? It's SOP for the Kennedys.
First they have to call ALL their advisors in and brainstorm how to handle it; then he'll come on TV, probably in a living room setting, and have a "heart to heart" talk with all of the country.
I'm so tired of this long therapy session we've had with this family for the last 30 plus years.
Isn't that the truth ? ! They'll probably give the interview to Barbara Walters or Diane Sawyer... soft focus lens, soft lighting, cozy room, lots of old "Camelot" clips and photos. We have dysfunctional families in all walks of life but this particular family has become a pox on this country. Its time for ALL of them to give up their driver's licenses, retire from public life and set up a rehab center at that vaunted Hyannis "compound". The country needs a break from their endless soap opera and all of the Kennedys need therapy.
So....you've seen this "show" before?
I'm picturing soft yellow sofas, perhaps a fireplace in the background, are you?
Or they could go for the Gold and have him sitting in a Adirondack chair on the lawn of the "compound" in Hyannisport, with the sound in the background. Perhaps a dog or two. Open collar buttondown shirt, maybe yellow to highlight the redness in his hair.
What do you think? How I'm doing?
The interior option should have lots of family photos in silver frames on every table and a bronze bust of President Kennedy.
The exterior option would surely have the camera pan slowly past the flag pole out to the water where a graceful sailboat bearing the simply initials JFK passes by. Of course, the crowning piece of stage craft would be the sound of a new generation of Kennedys romping through a game of touch football.
Aw, heck, it all just to heart tugging and memory invoking to choose, they'll have to do a two part segment, one inside, one outside.
Well, he'll probably have to do a two parter anyway; the first "explanation" never works. (See last night for example.)
The Kennedy bust is a brillant touch; but since we already have that, perhaps a small plane circling it he background OVER the sound to, of course, invoke the memory of John John.
And, of course, the pictures in the frames would be Rose (not Joe) and Jackie (not Joan).
I dunno, thought about including the sound of a plane but just couldn't go there.
LOL. Uncharacteristically bad timing on the part of his handlers. In light of the Goss resignation he could have just layed low for a few days and polished up his act.
You guys are cracking me up- the entire office is wondering why I'm laughing! Excellent descriptions!!!
have him sitting in a Adirondack chair on the lawn of the "compound Asylum" in Hyannisport,
There I fixed it.
I remember the Ted Kennedy "speech to the nation" was used in a news package when Kennedy was running for President. It was on NBC Nightly News and they aired parts of that infamous fireside speech.