I used to see Joe a lot when he was a congressman, and he was dreadful at that relatively easy job, and on top of that, a complete and utter moron. We thought him to be the dumbest man in Washington, which is saying something. And we remember Patrick as a spoiled teen, tooling around Washington in his hot red convertible (think it was an Alfa) that Teddy gave him for his 16th birthday, coked out of his brain, and suspecting that along with being falling-down drunk (literally), Teddy was doped up too, we wondered if father and son did lines together. Wisely, Patrick has talked publicly about this--blaming it of course on his pass-out-in-the-gutter MOTHER's bad genes--so he can wind up in the Senate some day, and though he has repped Rhode Island for years as a congressman, which I repeat is about the easiest job in the world after modeling, if he wanted to run for Mass Senate and replace his Dad, and carry on Dad's legacy, well, you can be sure Massachusetts would not deny him of this. So what if he was the kid who roused cousin Willie out of slumber and took him to a Palm Beach nightclub... He's reformed, rehabbed, a man you can count on! I say Patick in '10.
@Swordfish: This is really the craziest part of the story, that the children of these storied politicians (who had their flaws, big ones, but who knew their business) are absolute morons with little or no political skill or savvy. There must be close to 50 Kennedys of that generation (including Smiths and Schrivers, etc.), and if Joe and Patrick are the picks of the litter, oh my God, what happened? It's enough to shake your belief in genetics.
I'm suggesting a parallel between Caroline and Toro, the Man Mountain of The Harder They Fall. Both evolved in a coccoon, inside which they were nurtured by positive vibes and venal scribes until they believed their own respective sheltered workshops were reality inscribed. And then they walked out into a public prize ring.
By golly, I like it. But that would give the Bogart part to Patterson. Needs a rewrite already.
I liked Caroline before she tried to swipe the Senate seat with absolutely no fucking wish to actually, you know, talk to the gross masses that would be her constituents. Then she went and handled the whole thing in the most obnoxious way possible.
And um, yeah, the Kennedys are totally above stuff. Like scandals and weird deaths and fucking dead starlets and all that. (and I love the Kennedys but come on!)
The New York Senate seat is old news People. The Infighting among the Kennedy Family For "Dead Man Walking" Ted's soon to be vacated seat is heating up..
Joe "Joe for Oil" Kennedy seems to be the heir apparent to the Seat his namesake and Grand Father bought and paid for way back when.. But watch out for Teddy's Wife Victoria, word is she fancies herself qualified to be a U.S. Senator. Boston Talk Radio is all abuzz today with tales of this latest battle of the titans.. It stands to reason that they all secretly hate each other.
@stanhalen: Is there some School for Right Wingers that teaches Random Capitalization? I ask This because I don't see that many Left Wing Nuts who make the same Error.
@lacieca01: It comes from ransom notes originally. And just where are all the Left Wing Nuts? I mean, the equivalent of the dazed lady at the Magoo town hall who drooled, "Ah thank he's an Arab." Funny how all the cretins seem to be on their side of the aisle.
Well, in a way she was above it, because she had generally steered clear of running for office, which I found admirable. So in that regard, I see her daughter's point. But if she did expect to get seated because she's a Kennedy, then no, she was officially no longer above it.
And yet such an awesome, glib bit of TNT detonated in the belief system of the boomers who helped suck the life out of our country. And so now I am feeling kind of lighthearted and motivated all of a sudden.
No clue from Mladen yet? Might as well contribute one:
The seether was Louise. (How I-love-the-90s is that?)
But for me the puzzling thing is where Caroline could find operatives so stupid they would spin her dropping out by saying it had to do with a downturn in Ted's health.
For one thing, Ted being alive is close to the only thing keeping Robert Byrd alive. If there's a downturn in that guy's condition we know who to blame.
You gotta marvel at Byrd, though. Over 60 years ago he was in the Klan, searching and searching for black folks to bother in the overwhelmingly white Mountaineer State. This week he lunched with one minutes after the latter became President.
Ain't that America. (And speaking of that, was anybody else surprised at how rockin' Mellencamp was on Sunday?)
This is harsh--somewhat accurate, but harsh. The clearest sign of the waning influence of the Kennedy brand was that even after every Kennedy of note endorsed Obama for President Hillary still overhelmingly carried Massachusetts in the primary.
"How 'bout this? 'Killing Puppies -- It Doesn't Bother Me' ...
That's me, Frank Noland, and I LIKE dead puppies! Frankly, I'm totally
in favor of using federally supported municipal bonds to pay for forced
busing of Soviet Communists to come into your homes to kill your
puppies! Give me a call, won't you? The lines are open."
05/06/09
And we remember Patrick as a spoiled teen, tooling around Washington in his hot red convertible (think it was an Alfa) that Teddy gave him for his 16th birthday, coked out of his brain, and suspecting that along with being falling-down drunk (literally), Teddy was doped up too, we wondered if father and son did lines together. Wisely, Patrick has talked publicly about this--blaming it of course on his pass-out-in-the-gutter MOTHER's bad genes--so he can wind up in the Senate some day, and though he has repped Rhode Island for years as a congressman, which I repeat is about the easiest job in the world after modeling, if he wanted to run for Mass Senate and replace his Dad, and carry on Dad's legacy, well, you can be sure Massachusetts would not deny him of this.
So what if he was the kid who roused cousin Willie out of slumber and took him to a Palm Beach nightclub... He's reformed, rehabbed, a man you can count on!
I say Patick in '10.
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By golly, I like it. But that would give the Bogart part to Patterson. Needs a rewrite already.
05/05/09
And um, yeah, the Kennedys are totally above stuff. Like scandals and weird deaths and fucking dead starlets and all that. (and I love the Kennedys but come on!)
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Joe "Joe for Oil" Kennedy seems to be the heir apparent to the Seat his namesake and Grand Father bought and paid for way back when.. But watch out for Teddy's Wife Victoria, word is she fancies herself qualified to be a U.S. Senator. Boston Talk Radio is all abuzz today with tales of this latest battle of the titans.. It stands to reason that they all secretly hate each other.
Stay tuned.
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Remember their model is the Crawford Cretin, who was all three of Dorothy's companions in one.
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That was way harsh, Pareene!!
And yet such an awesome, glib bit of TNT detonated in the belief system of the boomers who helped suck the life out of our country. And so now I am feeling kind of lighthearted and motivated all of a sudden.
Thanks, babe!!
01/23/09
01/23/09
The seether was Louise. (How I-love-the-90s is that?)
But for me the puzzling thing is where Caroline could find operatives so stupid they would spin her dropping out by saying it had to do with a downturn in Ted's health.
For one thing, Ted being alive is close to the only thing keeping Robert Byrd alive. If there's a downturn in that guy's condition we know who to blame.
You gotta marvel at Byrd, though. Over 60 years ago he was in the Klan, searching and searching for black folks to bother in the overwhelmingly white Mountaineer State. This week he lunched with one minutes after the latter became President.
Ain't that America. (And speaking of that, was anybody else surprised at how rockin' Mellencamp was on Sunday?)
01/23/09
01/23/09
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01/23/09
That's me, Frank Noland, and I LIKE dead puppies! Frankly, I'm totally
in favor of using federally supported municipal bonds to pay for forced
busing of Soviet Communists to come into your homes to kill your
puppies! Give me a call, won't you? The lines are open."
01/23/09
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