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Ted Kennedy: I'd like wife to take seat
NY Daily News ^
| May 22, 2008
| IAN BISHOP
Posted on 05/22/2008 4:31:34 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Ted Kennedy has made clear to confidants that when his time is up, he wants his Senate seat to stay in the family - with his wife, Vicki.
Multiple sources in Massachusetts with close ties to the liberal lion say his wife of 16 years has long been his choice to continue carrying the family flame in the Senate. Kennedy won the seat in 1962; his brother John held it from 1953 to 1960.
"There's no question that he'd like Vicki to continue in his seat," said one Massachusetts Democrat with ties to the Camelot clan who spoke to Kennedy recently, before his health crisis.
"She's smart, and smart politically."
The 54-year-old Victoria Reggie Kennedy, a former hotshot Washington lawyer, is a Louisiana native and the daughter of a politically active judge.
She was hailed for holding the family together when John F. Kennedy Jr. was killed in a plane crash in 1999.
By favoring his wife, Kennedy, 76, is bypassing his late brother Robert Kennedy's eldest son, Joe, a former congressman.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 110th; kennedy; ma2008; tedkennedy; vicki; victoriareggie
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
05/22/2008 5:22:46 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Kimmers
[ sigh with an eye roll ]
Sigh with head turn and eye roll..
62
posted on
05/22/2008 5:23:26 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: stevio
June 2, 2006: Sen. Ted Kennedy waves behind his grandson, Teddy Kennedy, during the state Democratic convention in Worcester, Mass.
63
posted on
05/22/2008 5:23:44 AM PDT
by
ETL
To: ETL
He has that arrogant Kennedy look down pat.
64
posted on
05/22/2008 5:27:25 AM PDT
by
stevio
(Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
"The news about Kennedy's cancerous brain tumor has led to quiet speculation about whether he may try to handpick a successor..."
65
posted on
05/22/2008 5:29:00 AM PDT
by
ETL
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Ted Kennedy has made clear to confidants that when his time is up, he wants his Senate seat to stay in the family - with his wife, Vicki. Will she be a regent for his oldest son, or rule in her own right?
66
posted on
05/22/2008 5:38:56 AM PDT
by
nina0113
(If fences don't work, why does the White House have one?)
To: gate2wire
Not to mention the fact he is worth about $500 million yet the American taxpayer has been PAYING him these last 46 years. He gives his senatorial paycheck to charity, though IIRC it's one administered by his family.
67
posted on
05/22/2008 5:42:06 AM PDT
by
nina0113
(If fences don't work, why does the White House have one?)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I would like to see Mary Jo's family get it.
Just FYI.
Thank John Skerry for the requirement of a special election. The Mass legislature was scared then Governor Romney would appoint a Republican to replace Skerry if he won they passed a law that requires a special election to replace any member of congress who does not complete his or her term.
I LOVE IT
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posted on
05/22/2008 5:42:39 AM PDT
by
DeaconRed
(GOP- You Left Me----- and Many More Just Like Me.)
To: nina0113
Well, I guess that’s nice of him, er, ah, the American taxpayer.
To: Ezekiel
“he wants his Senate seat to stay in the family
Inherited titles, sigh. Royalty rules.”
Yeah, wonder if the massachusetts legislature will rescind their recently passed law calling for a special election whenever a seat become vacant in congress? This looks like an opportunity for Mitt Romney to me...
70
posted on
05/22/2008 5:46:16 AM PDT
by
snoringbear
('Just so to get the terminology correct; it goes like this; the federal government is the Pimp, the)
To: Jim Noble
Obscure reference of the day award.
71
posted on
05/22/2008 5:47:47 AM PDT
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
To: Ezekiel
That sentence just REEKS of “royal succession”.
72
posted on
05/22/2008 5:50:11 AM PDT
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
the liberal lion the liberal weasel
the liberal snake
73
posted on
05/22/2008 5:51:12 AM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(I have Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance policies.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
The daughter of one of Edwin Edwards Louisiana crooks. Boy, she’ll make a perfect fit for his seat.
To: gate2wire
>> True, but look who they “give” votes to in MA...kennedy, kerry, barney frank...
They don’t call it the “Commonwealth of Masochistics” for nuthin’.
75
posted on
05/22/2008 5:53:53 AM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(La Raza hates white folks. And John McCain loves La Raza!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
The swimmer and Robert KKK Byrd are prime examples of the need for TERM LIMITS for all congresscritters. I don't give a flip if it requires a Constitutional Amendment, it is time to limit the damage they can do to this country. It may be too late already, but we need to limit their time in DC.
The same goes for Turban durbin, Leaky leachy and the others that were grilling the big oil execs yesterday. They have no clue to what supply & demand does to the markets.
Other parts of this Comment # -- self censored by Arrowhead1952.
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posted on
05/22/2008 5:56:36 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Typical white person, bitter, religious, gun owner, who will "Just say No to BO (or HRC).")
To: neb52
We have Dynasties by Appointment? snort
77
posted on
05/22/2008 6:03:20 AM PDT
by
bboop
(Stealth Tutor)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Maybe he should give it up to a Kopechne?
ML/NJ
78
posted on
05/22/2008 6:06:29 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Okay, all you Massachusetts FReepers ... don’t let this happen. Vote early, vote often. ;o)
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posted on
05/22/2008 6:13:59 AM PDT
by
al_c
(Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Absolutely disgusting! The gall to think that its “HIS SEAT”.
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