Posted on 11/22/2009 11:40:20 AM PST by Baladas
WASHINGTON -Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.
There's talk the Kennedy political bloodlines are running thin. Some say the younger brood lacks the grit and zest for political combat that drove the liberal Democrat to become one of the leading politicians of the last 40 years.
Yet it's probably too early to write off one of America's most powerful and popular families. A new generation of Kennedys, many of whom are active in humanitarian and political causes, could emerge to extend the dynasty.
Stephen Hess, author of "America's Political Dynasties," said such dynasties often ebb and flow. And while no obvious family successors to the late senator are apparent, there is a pool of about two dozen Kennedy cousins. Some of them could go on to make their mark in national politics.
"To be a dynasty, one of the things that is very helpful, almost necessary, is a lot of children," said Hess, who has been a consultant, adviser and speechwriter to presidents dating back to Dwight D. Eisenhower. "That name, or that legacy, is going to inspire some of them to go into elective politics, particularly since it obviously gives them an advantage."
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Oh Gawd - please get these people off the stage - they’ve done enough damage.
Yeah, a tough act to follow. How can anyone find another philandering, manslaughtering, oafish buffoon like Kennedy who can still get his sins covered by the media and serve 40 years in the US Senate?
And they call the Senate the world's "greatest deliberative body"? Not when it's filled with Kennedys (abysmally low moral character) and Patty Murrays and Dick Durbans (IQs equivalent to high school basketball scores).
Sheesh.
Old Joe Sr and Honey Fitz had the blackmail on everbody. Trouble is, if you don’t keep the files updated, everybody who can be threatened is dead. The cousins are too fat, lazy and stupid to care.
No...Leave them on it. Theirs is the first generation that will be paying for the bailouts!
How about a truce? No more Kennedys, and no more Bushes.
Sounds good to me.
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