Cooling The Kennedy Mystique

American Thinker ^ | February 8, 2010 | Phil Boehmke

Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 5:40:34 PM by Zakeet

The Kennedy clan has to be wondering lately, what the ____ (fill in blank) happened? The past year has not been kind to America's Royal Family. With yet another brutal winter storm having virtually shut down America's capital, our liberal friends in those snowy climbs will have ample time to pause and reflect on the demise of the Kennedys during the past year.

First Caroline met with unexpected criticism in her quest to fill Hillary Clinton's term in the Senate, whereupon she withdrew from consideration. What the ____ (fill in blank) happened? She's JFK's daughter! She's Teddy's niece! Her uncle RFK was a senator from New York! Qualifications? For a Kennedy?

Then came that dark day when Teddy passed away. The last Kennedy brother (with the exception of Barack Obama) was gone, and with him his political and family influence. As the Liberal Lion prepared to face divine justice for Mary Jo Kopechne and other lesser crimes, the family was preparing to lay claim to "the Kennedy seat."

Joe Kennedy, Jr.'s name was floated as his uncle Teddy's rightful successor. Joe Jr. had served in Congress and looked like the logical choice to maintain the Kennedy legacy in the Senate. Then out of nowhere came stories of Joe Jr.'s connection to Hugo Chávez. Mark Tapscott in The Washington Examiner wrote:


There are at least three reasons why Joe Kennedy should not be a U.S. senator from any state. First, he's not only a defender of a declared enemy of the U.S., but is also guilty of shamelessly using that enemy's resources in an unsuccessful attempt to polish his own image here in America. I refer, of course to Kennedy's deal with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez under which the latter gives the former heating oil which is then sold to "the poor" in America.
What the ____ (fill in blank) happened? For the second time in a matter of mere months, a member of America's Royal Family withdrew from consideration for a legacy seat in the Senate.

After Massachusetts Democrats had found a successor to "the Kennedy seat," the clan came out to lend their family clout to the campaign. Patrick Kennedy, the only member of the clan still in Congress, joined his stepmother in support of "Marsha" Coakley, but to no avail. Republican Scott Brown won the special election for the Senate seat belonging to the people of Massachusetts.

Patrick Kennedy has recently referred to the election of Scott Brown as "a joke," and like his fellow Democrats (former President Clinton and future former President Obama), he has placed the blame squarely on "Marsha" (really it's Martha) Coakley's shoulders. Meanwhile, Patrick has had his own "what the ____ (fill in blank)" moment as his polling numbers inexplicably point to a defeat in this year's elections.

Perhaps RFK Jr. will be the one who can restore the luster to the Kennedy name. RFK Jr. has been flying around in private jets, working to save the planet from pending disaster. David Freddoso writing for The Washington Examiner provides us with this heartfelt recollection of winter in the capitol from RFK Jr.


I recall my uncle, President Kennedy, standing erect as he rode a toboggan in his top coat, never faltering until he slid into the boxwood at the bottom of the hill. Once my father, Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, brought a delegation of visiting Eskimos home from the Justice Department for lunch at our house. They spend the afternoon building a great igloo in the deep snow in our backyard. My brothers and sisters played in the structure for several weeks before it began to melt. On weekend afternoons, we commonly joined hundreds of Georgetown residents for ice skating on Washington's C&O Canal, which these days rarely freezes enough to safely skate.
Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil and its carbon cronies continue to pour money into think-thanks whose purpose is to deceive the American public into believing that global warming is a fantasy.

As Washington, D.C. is grappling with yet another colossal snowstorm this winter, we can only hope that somewhere in the skies over the capitol, there isn't a delegation of Eskimos looking for a safe place to land.



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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: camelot; kennedy


For some unknown reason, the public's fascination with Camelot is diminishing despite the best efforts of the liberal media


1 posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 5:40:34 PM by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet
The entire Kennedy family milked the assassination of JFK to the hilt. Had that event not happened most of the country would not have given a hoot about the Kennedy name.
I hope the remaining places which chose to curse us with these drunks will wise up and remove them from office at the earliest possible opportunity.


2 posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 5:50:03 PM by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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3 posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 5:51:08 PM by JohnLongIsland ( schmuckie schucks)
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To: Zakeet
"snowy climbs"?

4 posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 5:52:31 PM by Does so (ObamaCare...I pay for medical-marijuana claims by millions of Americans?)
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To: Zakeet
The Kennedy Fraud was 100% bought and paid for by Joe Kennedy in one of the first manifestations of the Liberal Media.

Even money and a biased media can’t help the current Kennedy crop of losers, heroin addicts, paychopaths, criminals, alcoholics, and mental defectives.



5 posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 5:53:36 PM by FormerACLUmember (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
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To: Zakeet
Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil and its carbon cronies continue to pour money into think-thanks whose purpose is to deceive the American public into believing that global warming is a fantasy.
Either this is extremely labored satire or the writer has never heard of the word 'Anthropogenic'


6 posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 5:56:53 PM by agere_contra
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That would depend on your time horizon, wouldn’t it?



7 posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 6:06:38 PM by JLS (Democrats: People who wont even let you enjoy an unseasonably warm winter day)
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To: Zakeet
THE kennedys ARE YESTERDAYS NEWS.
They are gone forever . . . . .
GOOD RIDDENCE SCUM. . . . .

8 posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 6:56:10 PM by Voter#537 (Eeverything Is Broken (RL Burnside) & Zero still blames Bush-So pour me another Tequila Shiela)
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To: Zakeet
The entire essay from 24 Sep2008 is fairly amusing.

http://www.robertfkennedyjr.com/articles/2008_sep_Los_angeles_times.html

When self-righteous Warmists preach their doctrine of Ruin Is Near, they really don't know when to stop before lapsing into self-parody.

9 posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 6:58:29 PM by Nepeta
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To: FormerACLUmember
Even money and a biased media can’t help the current Kennedy crop of
losers, heroin addicts, paychopaths, criminals, alcoholics, and mental
defectives.
“Patrick, have you ever noticed that you don’t really look like the Kennedys?”



"My DNA test just came back. Watta surprise. If I only had a brain."


10 posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 7:11:25 PM by Liz (A person who smiles in the face of adversity probably has a scapegoat nearby.)
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To: Liz
“She’s JFK’s daughter! She’s Teddy’s niece! Her uncle RFK was a senator from New York! Qualifications? For a Kennedy?”

She is an idiot.

“Joe Kennedy, Jr.’s name was floated as his uncle Teddy’s rightful successor.”

He is an idiot AND a traitor.

“Patrick Kennedy has recently referred to the election of Scott Brown as “a joke,”

He is an idiot and a doper.

The whole family hasnt spent one day in a real job, they all live off trusts.They believe the media hype put out about them. They love to be philanthropists with government money and not their own.



11 posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 7:19:34 PM by Venturer
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To: Zakeet
Can’t put enough “Patches” on the Kennedy flat tire.



12 posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 7:20:10 PM by dancusa (Political Correctness is a firewall to the truth.)