The Next Kennedy (Kathleen Kennedy Townsend)

The Weekly Standard ^ | 08/05/2002 | Matt Labash

[IronJack]

As befits a member of the tribe ... she has no discernible body fat and is an avid outdoorswoman who once climbed the Matterhorn in the snow.

If she were truly carrying on the legacy, she would be a tub of squid guts like her uncle Ted and would pride herself on climbing a barstool in the Bronx.

If there is any family in this country least deserving of the title of American royalty, it is this swarm of Back Bay buccaneers.

[madprof98]

A devout Catholic who often discusses matters spiritual, Townsend shows no concern over the commingling of church and state.

Except, of course, where abortion is concerned, and there she has no problem at all supporting everything and anything up to infanticide. I cannot imagine how people like this can be called "devout," let alone "Catholic."

[Joe Boucher]

Just another liberal Kennedy turd.

[CARepubGal]

Tub of Squid Guts Teddy aka the Swim captain of Chappaquiddick BUMP!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Wonder how she feels about the blood on Uncle Ted's hands ?

[kayak]

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[Donna Lee Nardo]

To borrow a bit from that liberal hag ann richards, kennedy townsend is just a dried up weed from the kennedy family tree. Notice how the liberal press always laps up all liberal tribes in politics, but ridicules and cast aspersions on Republicans.

In other words, the liberals think it is utterly shameful and despicable that George W. Bush "used his ties" to his dear old dad, George H. W. Bush, to help obtain first the Texas governship, then the presidency. How dare that opportunist George W. do that, they thought! Meanwhile, the leftist media trolls fill the liberal papers and airwaves with unending sweet stories about the 50 or 100 or 1000 kennedy family knock-offs over the years who have capitalized on the family name with no shame either. Media bias is what it is, and I abhor it.

Another thing that pisses me off grandly is when the leftist media says that "W" was born with a silver spoon. Big friggin' deal, I say! I do not think algore lived in the bowery himself ( and algore had some help from his dad's political position and ties ). Anyway, better to have money before obtaining office, then to become millionaires while on the public dole like the clintoons so shamelessly did. Imagine that, the deceitful duo never owned a home in their own name before, and then boom! they now have what is it, 3 mansions? In so short a time after leaving the White House? Yeah, but they cared about the "little people," the dumb libs still say.

[oiljake]

I have lived in MD. all my life last year i saw her at a auction where she was acting as the auctioner. what a joke her state trooper was promting her on what to do.she has the personslity of a dead slug. any time she speaks someone from her staff must promp her to get through speech. I heard the only way she will debate is if her staff can have the questions in advance If this woman had to take a pi$$ test she would want to practice so she could get it right

[cva66snipe]

I can only think right off of one political family of which I would have voted for another one in the family and that's Jimmy Duncan R-TN. His dad only had one political black markwhich was his blind support of TVA. I rather detest the idea of family political dynasties as I think it encourages an atmosphere of political arrogance. That added to the I deserve this job because of family name attitude in the canidates while their records and stands on issues becomes secondary if considered at all.

[illstillbe]

Thank you, kayak ... for this *ping*!

Informative in a way surely not intended ... I was nearly ushered through menopause and beyond due to its length and misinformation ...

Selecting ... out of the veritable morass of shaded and silly comments made in this article, those relating to the Juvenile Justice System caught my eye ... since the reparations paid to the youthful offenders who were beaten nearly to death by untrained and idiotic prison guards ... cost this state nearly 600 MILLION dollars ... before anyone flames me ... I've no problem with a little behind-the-scenes discipline in prisons ... which is why I will never run for office ... but I do have a problem with a simplistic, out-of-touch elitist ... who, when confronted with a problem relating to the only duty handed her in the last eight years ... refused full disclosure and quoted her much quoted and dead dad and then signed off on the reparations.

The simple facts are these:

She has no record
She has never voted for or against a single bill or bit of legislation...
She refuses to debate ... though she says she will "after the General Elections" ... which says it all...
Her poll numbers are tanking ... which means I will soon be assaulted with TV promos by babs-my-whole-body-is-an-avalanche-of-design-flaws ... as is my political acumen...
Ehrlich was endorsed by the Maryland State Troopers ... 72%-27% ... this is HISTORIC in this state, for they ALWAYS go demo .... the Troopers work for little kathy ... obviously they have not been swayed by the glamour of the she DIDN'T get out of the cock-a-doody CAR, clan

Sorry I yelled ... she is just such a very genuine twit ... with big bucks ....

[Timesink]

Two years ago, at an address to Hispanic activists, she spoke of the need to hire people who "speak Hispanish" because "Hispanic is an important language to learn."

Remember this the next time a RAT makes fun of Bush for mangling a single word.

[Movemout]

Interesting article. Reminds me of a time when journalists actually excercised a few brain cells before putting ink to paper.

[vannrox]

Yet another Kennedy. Good Grief!

[aristeides]

Does their Ehrlich endorsement mean the troopers expect Ehrlich to win?

[illstillbe]

Does this mean...

It's unclear to me, at this point, ariseides ....I know they are thoroughly disgusted with what has been happening in this state lately ... and particularly in Baltimore City. This past week a perp, who was arrested and formally charged with the shooting of a 10 year old little boy who was sitting on his stoop in the evening ... the bullet entered this little kid's neck and exited his mouth ... taking out most of his teeth ... this, on the same night 5 other shootings transpired ... made bail ... because glendening's State's Atty.... the ever political Patricia Jessamy ... didn't send a single prosecutor to the hearing.

When asked about this obvious failure in the entire judicial system, little kathy said, "I don't think this is the time for me to tell you what I think about this ..."

This is far from the first time she has done this ... in fact, she never answers any questions ...

I think this was the last straw for the Troopers ... Ehrlich is showing a tremendous draw from counties normally demo ... he's getting cross-over votes ... though I will now tell you I was not happy with his vote on immigration ... but we are fighting for our very political lives, here is MD ....

[cubreporter]

Say what they want but there is NO family in American that is royal. There IS NO American royalty. The Kennedys were a large family and loved the press and the press loved them. So, somewhere along the line they became America's Royal Family. America doesn't need a Royal Family. Silly stuff, eh? We are Americans!

[Glenn]

I just had a vision of her and Hilarity in a cat fight at the Democratic convention. How entertaining.

[yoe]

I don't know whether it is the liberal press, the author of this piece or that Democrats never learn, they really have to have their heads in the sand or is it the glamour of a wealthy family with more soap opera going on for them than the actual Soaps. Whatever...Ms. Townsend has already cloaked herself with some bad news people like Martin and Clinton and watch Hillary try to weasel in to the picture somehow. All are groupies with the cavalier attitude of 'what you don't know can't hurt you' and character depends on your party; in this case apparently a little character counts but being smart has little to do with getting elected...other people can tell you what to do like they do Uncle Ted...be a nice girl and say little or nothing...being a Kennedy gives you the right to do whatever you want regardless of merit, you are entitled; she is an elitist with rotten relatives with questionable pasts. She is one of the rich Mr. Daschle, you gonna take her down in your class warfare? Where is Mr. Townsend?

[maica]

More comments here from a duplicate posting of this article - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/723269/posts?page=4

If this woman gets elected, Maryland will be run by UNELECTED AIDES to Kathy. It reminds me of European history with regents in power 'guiding' child kings. That the newspapers can ignore this scenario proves they are DEVOTED to the idea of Government by Democrat no matter what it might do to the state!!