Do we want another Kennedy in office?

[MacNut]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Caroline Kennedy has spoken to New York Gov. David Paterson about the Senate seat that will come open when Hillary Rodham Clinton becomes secretary of state, according to a person familiar with the conversation.

Kennedy reached out to the governor to discuss the Senate seat, according to the Democratic source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the conversation was private. The source would not disclose the details of the conversation.

Kennedy is the daughter of President John F. Kennedy and a niece of brothers Edward and Robert. Robert Kennedy held the New York seat from 1965 until his assassination in 1968.

As a prominent member of the Kennedy clan, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg is the kind of high-profile, historic figure who could overshadow many other New York politicians hoping to be Paterson's choice.

The governor has said he is in no rush to make a decision, and Clinton is not giving up the seat before she is confirmed as President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state.

"The governor has not yet reached out to any potential candidates," said Paterson's spokesman, Errol Cockfield. "He has been approached by several candidates. Any discussions related to that selection are private and the governor will not comment about speculation before a decision is made."

Word of the conversation comes days after Kennedy's cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced he was not interested in the job — a move that sidesteps any messy interfamily competition.

Whoever Paterson appoints would serve for two years and then have to run in a special election in 2010, along with Paterson and New York's senior senator, Charles Schumer. The candidate would then have to run again in 2012.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5haD2uvobabPn3ZeMiXfTC3vMza6AD94SPV303

[bradl]

I'd be interested in seeing Caroline in office. Since the whole fiasco with Ted, recall that people were more than cozy with the idea of JFK Jr. running for President. Apparently everything loved JFK and RFK.. I doubt she'd run afoul like Ted, so I'd be interested to see how she'd do..

BL.

[MacNut]

The Kennedys are like the Bushes and Clintons, career politicians. I would love all of them to go away.
Should be a law, one politician per family.

[NT1440]

If she has good ideas and leadership skills, sure why not.

That being said I have no idea what her views are.

She SHOULDNT get in just for her name tho.

[rdowns]

I have no problem with it. She has done a lot of good raising money for NYC public schools. Sure, there are NY pols who have paid their dues more than her but it's at the governor's discretion who he appoints. I think she could do a lot of good for NY and would certainly be able to hold the seat in 2 elections in the next 4 years.

[yg17]

The Kennedys are like the Bushes and Clintons, career politicians. I would love all of them to go away.
Should be a law, one politician per family.


If they're good, I really don't give a damn what family they come from.

[NT1440]

If they're good, I really don't give a damn what family they come from.

+1

If little Jimmy Hitler comes forward as a great leader with good ideas, Id welcome him with open arms.


too soon for a hitler referance?

[bradl]

The Kennedys are like the Bushes and Clintons, career politicians. I would love all of them to go away.
Should be a law, one politician per family.

Then you realize we wouldn't have had FDR and Teddy in office, right? Let alone Ben and William Harrison..

BL.

[MacNut]

Then you realize we wouldn't have had FDR and Teddy in office, right? Let alone Ben and William Harrison..

BL.Or G W or H C.;)

[NT1440]

Or G W or H C.;)

how bout we just agree we want good leaders and not crappy ones?

Who cares what their name is.

[yg17]

+1

If little Jimmy Hitler comes forward as a great leader with good ideas, Id welcome him with open arms.


too soon for a hitler referance?


I would totally vote for a Jimmy Hitler/Michael Bin Laden presidential ticket if I thought they were good candidates.

[Delta608]

Perhaps we should return to allowing the State Legislators appointing who will represent our states...That being said, perhaps when a Senator resigns his/her position in the Senate, the first looser (in their senatorial election)should then have the option of taking over that seat.. Since the first looser sure as heck got more votes than whoever the Governor wants appoint..Then the vacating Senator wont be that inclines to vacate as their seat would then go to the opposite party...Just my 2 cents...

[iJohnHenry]

I thought all that tea was wasted to protest the Monarchy??

Why does the States continually reward families beyond their abilities?

[Sun Baked]

Hmmm.....

Where is Chelsea living?

[iJohnHenry]

Hmmm.....

Where is Chelsea living?

With her baby fat ... she only 28!! ;)

[Sun Baked]

With her baby fat ... she only 28!! ;)

I thought she was a couple years older by now, oh well.

[iJohnHenry]

Nope, still just a child, really.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Clinton

[mysterytramp]

I've always had a lot of respect for Caroline. She's the one Kennedy that would get my vote for president.

mt

[stevento]

not ted kennedy if that's what you're getting at

[Anuba]

I thought all that tea was wasted to protest the Monarchy??

Why does the States continually reward families beyond their abilities?
The U.S. totally needs a royal family. Obviously there is a deep need to swoon over a first family and talk endlessly about how they dress. This would seem especially vital in the US where the "family values" mantra holds a disturbing power over people's minds.

In Sweden where we have a royal family, there is absolutely zero interest in the family of the prime minister. Most people barely know the name of his wife, or if they have kids and how many. If we dumped the king and became a republic, it would take about 2 hours before the prime minister's family was suddenly on every tabloid cover.

So in case anyone wondered why all these constitutional monarchies keep their inbred royal families around, there's your answer... they're decoys. A cartoonish family of idiots, sort of like a flesh version of the Simpsons, who can attract the attention of other idiots who for some reason need to keep track of what some family other than their own is doing.

[MacNut]

The U.S. totally needs a royal family. Obviously there is a deep need to swoon over a first family and talk endlessly about how they dress. This would seem especially vital in the US where the "family values" mantra holds a disturbing power over people's minds.You mean the Kennedys.:p

[Anuba]

You mean the Kennedys.:p
Well I guess the Kennedys are the closest thing you'll get, but they're all pretty smart... a royal family needs to be borderline retarded. In Sweden for example, they're exactly like the Simpsons; the balding father (http://gfx.aftonbladet.se/multimedia/archive/00001/NYHETER-28s12kungen_3_1351w.jpg), the mother with the big hair (http://www.blaskan.nu/Bilder/drottning_silvia_i201.jpg), two daughters and one son. The father is a bumbling fool, the son is a mischievous little bastard, the youngest daughter doesn't say much and the eldest daughter... well, I wish I could say she's clever like Lisa to make the picture complete, but she's actually thick as a brick.

[Counterfit]

The Kennedys are like the Bushes and Clintons, career politicians. I would love all of them to go away.
Should be a law, one politician per family.

I fail to see how two people who met in law school, and then married, make their entire family "career politicians".

[yg17]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21340764/

I guess we wouldn't have Obama as president if we said only one person from a family can be a politician.

[Queso]

Well I guess the Kennedys are the closest thing you'll get, but they're all pretty smart... a royal family needs to be borderline retarded. In Sweden for example, they're exactly like the Simpsons; the balding father (http://gfx.aftonbladet.se/multimedia/archive/00001/NYHETER-28s12kungen_3_1351w.jpg), the mother with the big hair (http://www.blaskan.nu/Bilder/drottning_silvia_i201.jpg), two daughters and one son. The father is a bumbling fool, the son is a mischievous little bastard, the youngest daughter doesn't say much and the eldest daughter... well, I wish I could say she's clever like Lisa to make the picture complete, but she's actually thick as a brick.
Tell you what. As you're so disenchanted with them, we'll swap. You can have the Windsors :D

[Anuba]

Tell you what. As you're so disenchanted with them, we'll swap. You can have the Windsors :D
Why don't we put ALL of the royal families of Europe on an island and film a special edition of Survivor? I guarantee you they'll all die within a week, while desperately searching for the button that calls the butler. ;)

[leekohler]

I've met William Kennedy Smith several times at parties. He's a very sweet guy. It makes me angry that he got charged with rape several years ago. There's no way he did that, so thank god he got acquitted. The Kennedy's have only gotten a bad name because of what Ted supposedly did. That doesn't make them all bad.

[Queso]

Why don't we put ALL of the royal families of Europe on an island and film a special edition of Survivor? I guarantee you they'll all die within a week, while desperately searching for the button that calls the butler. ;)
I'm sure they'd all have shot each other before that point :D

[leekohler]

Tell you what. As you're so disenchanted with them, we'll swap. You can have the Windsors :D

Can I have Prince Harry? Pretty please with sugar in top? :D

[Queso]

Can I have Prince Harry? Pretty please with sugar in top? :D
Yep. We'll even chuck in the army fatigues ;)

[leekohler]

Yep. We'll even chuck in the army fatigues ;)

Sweet. Make sure he's a little dirty when you deliver him. :)

[Anuba]

Sweet. Make sure he's a little dirty when you deliver him. :)
You can have him with blueberry pie, apparently. How's that for dirty AND sugar on top?

http://www.photoshoppix.com/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10002/gross_prince_harry.jpg

Seriously though. I try my best to support the gay community and all, but is it really true that the above picture of a ginger wingnut stirs something in you, but the below picture of princess Madeleine of Sweden doesn't?

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/purpleplatinum/europe/4Madeleine.jpg

Come on. Nothing?

[leekohler]

You can have him with blueberry pie, apparently. How's that for dirty AND sugar on top?

http://www.photoshoppix.com/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10002/gross_prince_harry.jpg

Seriously though. I try my best to support the gay community and all, but is it really true that the above picture of a ginger wingnut stirs something in you, but the below picture of princess Madeleine of Sweden doesn't?

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/purpleplatinum/europe/4Madeleine.jpg

Come on. Nothing?

Harry with blueberry pie? Are you trying to give me a heart attack? :) I don't care of he's a wing nut. I don't wanna discuss politics or play Scrabble with him. :D

What's this Madeleine person? No- she doesn't do a thing for me. She's female. Sorry. I'm a homo. Get it yet?

[Anuba]

Sorry. I'm a homo. Get it yet?
That isn't the part that's difficult to grasp. It's why, out of all men -- who are as attractive as potted plants to begin with -- you had to pick the ugliest troll out of a family of inbred retards, complete with red spikey hair, yellow teeth and a facial expression that says 1+1 equals hwatts fer dinner sister mama? ;)

[iJohnHenry]

but the below picture of princess Madeleine of Sweden doesn't?

She does, but I have to know if she's the Maggie or the Lisa in your little tableau. ;)

Not a fan of silly women, no matter how attractive.

EDIT: Good grief!! (http://www.madeleine-sweden.com/)

[Anuba]

She does, but I have to know if she's the Maggie or the Lisa in your little tableau. ;)

Not a fan of silly women, no matter how attractive.
By age, she's Maggie. Mentally she's the Lisa of this lot, but that doesn't say much.

Her elder sister, the crown princess, is the intellectual midget of the family and looks like she was made from spare parts of a boat:

http://gfx.aftonbladet.se/multimedia/archive/00042/NYHETER-04s11-victor_42194w.jpg

And this is Bart:

http://www.vip-gossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/princecarlphilip.jpg

EDIT: Good grief!! (http://www.madeleine-sweden.com/)
Yeah, I know. And unlike other beautiful women, she doesn't even have to work for a living.

[leekohler]

That isn't the part that's difficult to grasp. It's why, out of all men -- who are as attractive as potted plants to begin with -- you had to pick the ugliest troll out of a family of inbred retards, complete with red spikey hair, yellow teeth and a facial expression that says 1+1 equals hwatts fer dinner sister mama? ;)

Because he's smokin' hot. I love red hair. It's a particular weakness of mine. Plus, Harry's a bad boy. He's embarrassed the royals plenty, and I respect him a lot for that. He's got balls. He's an individual and stands out from the rest pf those stuffy ninnies. About teeth- I don't see the yellow. And by Birtish standards, he's got great teeth. :)



And this is Bart:

http://www.vip-gossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/princecarlphilip.jpg

He's not so good. What's up with the mullet hair?

[MacNut]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/purpleplatinum/europe/4Madeleine.jpg

Come on. Nothing?She is pretty but nothing to get excited about. In the US we would call her average.

[Queso]

She is pretty but nothing to get excited about. In the US we would call her average.
Even on the intelligence front? :p

[MacNut]

Even on the intelligence front? :pJudging by her Paris Hilton like look at me web site I can't say she is all that smart.

[Anuba]

Because he's smokin' hot. I love red hair. It's a particular weakness of mine. Plus, Harry's a bad boy. He's embarrassed the royals plenty, and I respect him a lot for that. He's got balls. He's an individual and stands out from the rest pf those stuffy ninnies. About teeth- I don't see the yellow. And by Birtish standards, he's got great teeth. :)
Fair enough.

He's not so good. What's up with the mullet hair?
Oh, that's the mandatory Stockholm jet set brat look. Long, slicked back hair and white shirt. Bonus points for white pants, loafers and a cardigan tied around the waist. The kind of look that apparently says I have a Porsche, a sailboat and rich parents.

She is pretty but nothing to get excited about. In the US we would call her average.
She is average, but we are talking royalty standards here, not all women. There are maybe 50 of them to choose from.

As for American vs. Swedish women, well, every American guy I've met in Sweden so far has had his tongue hanging to his knees, mumbling "the rumors were true" and "I'm never going home again" as the drool slowly rises to waist level.

[leekohler]

Oh, that's the mandatory Stockholm jet set brat look. Long, slicked back hair and white shirt. Bonus points for white pants, loafers and a cardigan tied around the waist. The kind of look that apparently says I have a Porsche, a sailboat and rich parents.

What says to me is that while he may have money, he has absolutely no taste and is therefore stupid. :)

[sushi]

The Kennedys are like the Bushes and Clintons, career politicians. I would love all of them to go away.
Agree.

We definitely don't need another Kennedy.

[Anuba]

What says to me is that while he may have money, he has absolutely no taste and is therefore stupid. :)
He has no choice, really. Not with the crowd of fellow brats he's hanging with. To show up without the mandatory 'do would be kind of like a gangsta rapper driving a Toyota Corolla and listening to Garth Brooks full blast.

[Counterfit]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21340764/

I guess we wouldn't have Obama as president if we said only one person from a family can be a politician.

I'm about that close to the Kennedys, I think.

[paddy]

She is pretty but nothing to get excited about. In the US we would call her average.

Average?!?! Are you serious?

[MacNut]

Average?!?! Are you serious?She is cute but not hot. She is a high 7 low 8 out of 10. 7.8

[paddy]

She is cute but not hot. She is a high 7 low 8 out of 10. 7.8

Jesus, come to Ireland and have your standards lowered! :o

[CalBoy]

Jesus, come to Ireland and have your standards lowered! :o

I don't know what you're talking about; the Irish guys are serious cuties. :D

[Anuba]

Jesus, come to Ireland and have your standards lowered! :o
He's American, shouldn't he technically be deep in the Irish gene pool already? ;)

Then again he could be from Minnesota where all the Swedes went. I sure hope Michele Bachmann doesn't have Swedish blood. Not that she's ugly, she's kinda hot for a 105-year old GMILF, but boy is she nasty in the brain.

[paddy]

I don't know what you're talking about; the Irish guys are serious cuties. :D

Yes, nothing like a red-faced, pot bellied Irish man with a pint in his hand! 12 pints a night, 3 nights a week (no bother!).

He's American, shouldn't he technically be deep in the Irish gene pool already? ;)

Then again he could be from Minnesota where all the Swedes went. I sure hope Michele Bachmann doesn't have Swedish blood. Not that she's ugly, she's kinda hot for a 105-year old GMILF, but boy is she nasty in the brain.

Yes, but fortunately it only takes one foreigner to kill the ugly gene forever! ;)

[Queso]

I don't know what you're talking about; the Irish guys are serious cuties. :D
I concur, but then I would say that seeing as I married one :D

[CalBoy]

Yes, nothing like a red-faced, pot bellied Irish man with a pint in his hand! 12 pints a night, 3 nights a week (no bother!).

I prefer the ones with cute freckles and red hair. ;):D
I concur, but then I would say that seeing as I married one :D

Lucky bastard. :D

[leekohler]

I prefer the ones with cute freckles and red hair. ;):D

Hey! Hands off my redheads! :D

[rdowns]

How'd we get from another Kennedy in the Senate to homos chasing ginger boys? :D

[leekohler]

How'd we get from another Kennedy in the Senate to homos chasing ginger boys? :D

You know- the same way you started talking about a matte penis in another thread. :)

[CalBoy]

Hey! Hands off my redheads! :D
Oh come on Lee, sharing is caring. :p
How'd we get from another Kennedy in the Senate to homos chasing ginger boys? :D

Any time you get 3 homos posting in a row, it all eventually ends up into one big horny thread. ;):eek:

[leekohler]

Oh come on Lee, sharing is caring. :p

No! I get them all! :)


Any time you get 3 homos posting in a row, it all eventually ends up into one big horny thread. ;):eek:

Yeah, it's just what happens. ;)

[Counterfit]

Oh come on Lee, sharing is caring. :p


Any time you get 3 homos posting in a row, it all eventually ends up into one big horny thread. ;):eek:

Do I have to get the hose?

[CalBoy]

Do I have to get the hose?

Is that some sort of euphemism? :p

I'm sorry, but the innuendo is just too easy. :D

[mactastic]

Personally I don't have anything against her as a Senator. But I just don't see what makes her the most qualified person for the position outside of a famous last name.

But hey, that's NY's problem.

[YS2003]

There should be more qualified candidates to fill the NY Senate seat other than Caroline Kennedy. It seems she is using her family name to get that seat. Gov. Paterson should appoint someone who is holding the elected office (Andrew Cumo?). If Carline Kennedy wants to run for a Senate seat, she should start from the primary to earn the seat.