Posted on 12/20/2008 9:29:03 PM PST by raccoonradio
If her name were Caroline Schlossberg, her candidacy would be a joke.
History is repeating itself - and this time it’s even more farcical than in 1962, when Eddie McCormack, the state attorney general, uttered his famous put-down of then-29-year-old playboy Ted Kennedy:
“If your name were Edward Moore, your candidacy would be a joke.”
The difference between Massachusetts 1962 and New York 2008 is that Teddy had to run for the office. Forty-six years later, his niece Caroline expects - no, demands - to have a Senate seat handed to her, on a silver platter.
Elections? Kennedys don’t need no stinkin’ elections.
Apparently the U.S. doesn’t have a Senate anymore. We have a House of Lords. Instead of seats, we have peerages.
By now everyone has noticed that all the media hags who were so bent out of shape about Sarah Palin’s alleged lack of experience are touting Caroline’s deep hands-on credentials as . . . honorary chairman of the American Ballet Theater.
Not chairman, mind you. Honorary chairman.
Imagine a petulant, spoiled, rich 8-year-old dropped off with her dissipated relatives for the weekend. Imagine her plaintive cry:
“Uncle Teddy! I’m bored!”
At least out in Illinois, Jesse Jackson Jr. was pressured to pony up $1.5 million for his appointment to a Senate seat. Caroline wanted it the way her family always gets things: on the arm. If this is how they run things in Albany now, give me the Chicago way any day.
I’m sure she’ll be a reliable vote for higher taxes. Kennedys always are, except for when it comes to paying their own, especially estate taxes. Do as they say, not as they do. As Leona Helmsley used to say: Taxes are for little people.
Apparently, so is voting. Caroline’s got better things to do than stand in line at some sweaty precinct with the hoi polloi, enduring the foul breath of the plebeians.
She gets the seat, of course. Her main opponent is the state attorney general, scion of a lesser political dynasty. Andrew Cuomo happens to be the ex-husband of Caroline’s cousin, Kerry Kennedy. In a nice twist, Kerry has been making the case for her cousin on TV: “She’s a mother and a woman!” And you thought Caroline had no qualifications.
“We live in a country where one out of every five girls is sexually assaulted by the time she’s 21.”
Is this a good talking point for any Kennedy, male or female?
Here’s a bit more from Kerry:
“She hasn’t sought money . . . she hasn’t sought fame.” No, all she wants is a crummy Senate seat. The chumps in Congress say it shouldn’t be handed to her? Don’t they know who Caroline is?
Uncle Teddy! She’s bored!
We are now in an OLIGARCHY.
OMG not only do I hate living in NY, I think my head will explode soon.
Boy, you know the corruption is getting bad when the Boston paper writes about it.
Quite frankly, I don’t see why people on Free Republic care who the senator from New York is going to be. Ok if it was a red state...sure we should be upset with a liberal pick, but nobody seems to be asking who should be picked instead of Caroline...Would people here be happier with Cuomo? I don’t get it. If we believe that the senate seat should go to a Republican than we are fooling ourselves...that will not happen.
how come Laura Bush isn’t getting the senate seat then?
I had no idea that Laura was from New York. When did she move there? When did she mention she wanted the seat? I would believe that if Laura was interested in politics she easily could get the senate seat from Texas that KBH might give up...
Elections? Kennedys don’t need no stinkin’ elections.
When a person leaves the senate before the term is over there is no election. The governor picks the replacement. This does happen in some red states too you know...lol.
The headline says it all but the rest of the article is good too.
Who knew Hillary Clinton was from New York? When did she move there?
I forgot about the Cumo/Kennedy divorce. It should be a nasty race. Maybe Ted will drive them to there appearances. Hopefully he want cross the brooklyn bridge.
I know what you mean, but she did move there in time to run for the Senate. Oh and she did win pretty handily.
Enough sex?
Man she acts like one frigid ice cube. Sex? yeah right.
“she’s bored, cause she’s not getting enough sex.”
With her face... she should try a horse stable. her evil inside is reflected on the outside.
LLS
“We are now in an OLIGARCHY.”
IMO we have been since FDR was elected. Its just that we serfs are finally recognizing it.
Let's examine the record:
| President | War | Dead | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bush | Afghanistan | 620 U.S. | Taliban gone, terrorist training camps mostly gone. |
| Iraq | 4200 US | Hussein gone, 500 tons of yellowcake removed, Iraq safer than Chicago for American young men. |
|
| JFK | Bay of Pigs | 4000 dead | Disaster, embarassment and military humiliation |
| Vietnam |
60,000 US dead, |
Unmitigated disaster. After 10 years and thousands of US lives, Communists take over. | |
| Cuban Missile Crisis |
could have been millions |
Very nearly starts World War III over Cuba. |
| President | War | Dead | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bush | Afghanistan | 600 U.S. | Taliban gone, terrorist training camps mostly gone. |
| Iraq | 4000 US | Hussein gone, 500 tons of yellowcake removed, Iraq safer than Chicago for American young men. |
|
| JFK | Bay of Pigs | 4000 dead | Disaster, embarassment and military humiliation |
| Vietnam |
60,000 US dead, |
Unmitigated disaster. After 10 years and thousands of US lives, Communists take over. | |
| Cuban Missile Crisis |
could have been millions |
Very nearly starts World War III over Cuba. |
IIRC, it’s the Boston Globe which is the house organ of the Kennedy oligarchy.
This excellent article originated in the Boston Herald, which is to the Globe what the Washington Times is to the WaPo.
Anyway, I was in middle school when the `fresh, youthful, victorious young Kennedys’ were being ushered into the White House by a fawning media. The gushy, worshipful coverage of the Kennedys in 1961-62 makes Obama’s media look like a pack of jackals pursuing a baby antelope.
Of course at the time everyone loved little Caroline and her new baby brother. But what a difference: John Jr. mostly eschewed party politics and later died tragically. Caroline is now poised to step into a Senate seat as though it were a horsedrawn carriage.
Looks to me like she’s not getting enough to eat also .
Who we kiddin’? The wench just already won the damn seat. People don’t care about substance anymore. We’re a celeb-obsessed society.
God, these Kennedy women make Golda Meir look like Cindy Crawford.
Bay of Pigs had 4,000 dead? That statistic must reflect the thousands Castro has murdered during his 50 year reign of terror.
She seems to think that one of her big qualifications is that she’s a mother.
She’s just as qualified as Hillary was - though she’s actually spent more time in N.Y. than Hitlery.
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