The report says the Kennedy legacy isn’t what it used to be.
Seventy-six years ago, in 1932, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. gave a timely endorsement to - Franklin D. Roosevelt, and, as a reward, was appointed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (and later ambassador to the Court of St. James), from which perch he launched the political careers of his sons.
In 2008, his granddaughter Caroline (pictured) gave a timely endorsement to Barack Obama, and now he's elevated his rival, Hillary Clinton, from her Senate seat to his cabinet.
Caroline is claiming that seat for herself in an effort to revive and extend her family's political presence, which in light of the age and illness of Uncle Ted seems to be fading away.
A prime difference is that Grand-father Kennedy was amply qualified for the SEC post and endorsed Roosevelt on his own behalf, while Caroline's sole qualification for being a senator is her being a Kennedy, and she endorsed Obama less in her own right than in her dead father's name.
The only thing that seems to qualify Caroline is her DNA. How committed is she to working hard in the Senate?
We really don’t know anything about her. But then, we really don’t know anything about Barack Hussein Obama and he will be in the White House soon.
The following isn’t difficult to imagine: “Oh, please Uncle Teddy, can I have a Senate seat? Please! I’m bored and really want a Senate seat to play with!”
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