Yep — that’s Ted’s son, Patrick. I guess he just doesn’t have the “mix of gravitas, ambition and celebrity” necessary to pick up the flag. Maybe he got all the bad Kennedy traits and none of the good ones.
Spoof of Clarence Carter’s 1970s hit Patches
original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rhy2rBqrao
parody lyrics by me
My father was a drunk old man
I could see him with the Chivas in his hand
He put a blonde in the pond
Didn’t think he did anything wrong
Never spent any time in jail
Got re-elected without fail
Oh life’s not easy for a Kennedy
The booze and the broads and the pills you see
One night Daddy took me to his dyin’ bed
Poured himself a Chivas and with tears he said
He said, Patches I’m dependin’ on you son
To pull the family through
My son it’s all left up to youu