The only living Kennedy in the world, Caroline, has put the rumors to rest and is now officially targeting Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat, which will be vacant after Hillary bribes the Senate with Kazakhstani pipeline profits for her Secretary of State confirmation. Kennedy is calling everyone in the Democratic party and asking them to give her this seat, which is a fuckin’ valuable thing. We have very little to say about this person asking to be a Senator except NO, no, no, no Senate seat for you, what the hell, no, go back to wherever, no, and lastly, what is the word… no. Well, maybe, who cares. [NYT]
Some Kennedy Publicly Seeks Hillary’s Senate Seat
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Side-by-side with Our Glorious Omnipresent Floating Head Campbell Brown, it looks like a “this is what aging 30 years, fake tanning and tacky orange oompa-loompa hair can do for you” cautionary tale
Arianna Huffington’s hairdo comes to Washington?
Campbell Brown publicly seeking senate seat from the state of Wonkette commenters.
Caroline, just make sure you are standing directly in front of the governor when he makes his appointment.
Sarah Palin is more qualified to take the Senate seat.
I mean, c’mon.
I hope the Feds arrest Paterson for blatant nepotism if he picks anyone other than Campbell Brown for the seat.
Whose looming, smilin’ Big Brother head is that in the background? Is it the Clenis? Is Big Bill lurking in the shadows behind L’il Caroline, pulling strings like a puppet master?
Just askin’.
Kennedy – I think I’ve heard that name somewhere before. Sure, I bet she’d make a good Senator.
Really, everyone gives us poor Canadians/Brits shit for having unelected heads of state who are succeeded by their chilluns (except we in Canada get a sexy surrogate:http://www.gg.ca/media/pho/index_e.asp?GalleryID=218&Sequence=2), but really, they don’t do very much.
Seriously, though, unless you’re a Kennedy, Bush, Clinton, or Daley, you’re kinda SOL. And I don’t look forward to Presidents Jenna Bush and Malia Obama and digging around to find more Kennedys to stick in the Senate. Really, America? That whole “throwing off the monarchy” didn’t seem to work so well, since you sort of have replaced it with a 3.5-headed monstrosity.
She looks so much like her Aunt Lee in that shot.
If she wants to run for Senate all power to her. I would probably even vote for her. If she wants to be appointed Senator, that is a completely different matter. At least Sarah Palin let the voters decide.
It should go to Campbell Brown, obvs.
I’m going with “who cares?” FMAZ!
For another perspective, I would just say, HELL no. We love you, America’s Princess, now go back to your freaking charity work and your upper East side apartment your Boston home or wherever the hell you call home. If you want the seat, fucking run for it like everybody else who isn’t named Kennedy or Clinton or Bush or Cuomo.
What’s this country coming to when a Kennedy can’t beg, borrow, or steal their way into a senate seat without breaking a sweat?
I love the hindi matchmaking service ad, BTW.
Hillz got her Senate seat because her husband cheated on her; Caroline’s entire nuclear family is dead: that’s gotta be worth something!
The Kennedys throw Clinton under a bus and then a Kennedy takes her seat. Bwaahaha. Actually, that’s kind of pissy. Can we just have a fucking election, please? Just sign me, “Sick of Entitlements Until I get Mine.”
[re=199166]NoWireHangers[/re]: And we are to blame.
Who killed the Kennedys? When after all, it was you and me.
We owe it to her.
Haven’t we already met our Kennedy quota?
Upon reviewing the comments in the NYT, I don’t think Caroline is getting this one. Comments are running at least 4-to-1 against, and Paterson’s a practical guy. Anybody who announces that he’s had affairs in the Days Inn on the day he becomes governor probably isn’t too vulnerable to celebrity awe.
[re=199105]shortsshortsshorts[/re]: She graduated from Harvard (in four years) and has a J.D from Columbia. Member of the NY bar. Was chief executive for the Office of Strategic Partnership for the New York City Department of Education. I have no clue what that position entails, but she’s way, way, way more qualifed than Sarah Palin. But you’re right – still not qualified to be Senator.
Go back to your Fifth Avenue penthouse honey and have a martini. We kinda need qualified public servants. If there’s anything to this Darwin thing, your life expectancy is measured in months anyway.
Yes Campbell, I said it. Now stop looking at me like that.
Wait a minute, [re=199162]CorkPopper[/re], didn’t all those people you mentioned get elected? Seems like Campbell Kennedy is the only one who’ll maybe get appointed for two years, and then have to run if she’s going to stay on. We shouldn’t consider Harvard undergrad or Columbia law degrees — she’s a Kennedy so she must be doing it on name alone, not based on whether she can do the job. Your logic is about as sound as never going to a doctor whose parent was a doctor.
Well someone on the XX side of the aisle needs to make the Senate more attractive. When the hottest looking female senator is manly Lisa Murkowski, there is a problem! As for the mens, there is John Thune and I am more than happy with him and his beautiful head of hair, which I jack off into nightly to make more beautiful and lustrous.
Y’know, she absolutely should have the seat. Because I was just thinking that politics and the rich aren’t quite insufferable enough, and what would really do the trick is more rich people demanding high-powered sinecures for themselves and their loved ones as though they were little girls on Santa’s knee. Now please excuse me while I go bake the Constitution into a pie.
Entitlement much? It looks like somebody has grown tired of “editing” insipid children’s books & collections of essays about women politicians, or whatever the hell it is she’s known for. Other than being a survivor, damn it!
[re=199179]Freja[/re]: Yeah, the Founding Fathers went to all the trouble to have a revolution against the inefficient and illogical “hereditary rule” system, and yet we keep electing Kennedys and Bushes. What is that?
I’m going with ABC. Anybody But Cuomo. Pompous Prick.
Yeah, all of you are right. The last thing Democrats need is smarty pants woman with instant name recognition and an ability to raise big fat campaign dollars. A Kennedy? A Kennedy to energize the party? How absurd! What we really need is a some boob with flood pants and a personality disorder, to enhance our credibility. Of course.
Stop playing!
Why is there a picture of Rose Kennedy at age 119 on the top of this post?
The Soup Nazi: No Sen Seat for you; move along.
Is the 119 year old Rose Kennedy a hottie? Can I see the granny-pic?
What has she every done, except be a Kennedy? Is she as talented as Paris Hilton?
Is there a Paris Hilton-esque sex tape that I can see before I decide?
I’m totally in favor of Campbell Brown taking over my seat.
If you know what I mean.
And I know you do.
Campbell Brown can totally take over my seat.
If you know what I mean.
And I know you do.
Miss McConnell could give Caroline some of those just-among-us-Senators secrets for keeping skin young and youthful.
Silly people, Kennedys don’t need qualifications aside from being born.
http://democralypsenow.blogspot.com/
Now that Teddy is a hair away from death’s chilly embrace it was up to either Caroline or Bobby Jr. to fill the Kennedy gap. It has been scientifically proven that a Kennedy-less Senate will implode, creating a black hole which will destroy us all.
Question:
Isn’t anyone who takes this seat going to be appointed? I don’t think there will be some special election regardless of it’s a Kennedy or not. Am I wrong here?
[re=199224]Mojopo[/re]: I’m with you. Little Princess Caroline looks good to me. I mean, as a choice for senator. Who they got that’s better? If you say Cuomo, I’ll punch you right in the face.
[re=199298]Lascauxcaveman[/re]: Cuoma! OW! Stop hitting!
Yes, who else are they going to select? Jesus, do we have to dick around with some goob or can we just move onto someone cool? How is that hard?
[re=199224]Mojopo[/re]: I’m with you. Name recognition. Money: bring — trust funds mean more left over for everybody else. Get. 25% babe factor. (There’s always sand-blasting for your skin, dearie.)
Plus apparently she did Good Stuff on Hopey’s campaign. Not to mention that she’d raise the mean IQ in the Upper Chamber by about 10 points. (Admittedly not hard to do.)
Anyway. All this bitching about dynasties. Cuomo? Hello?
C.K.’s qualifications for the Senate:
1. Bigger teeth than Campbell Brown.
2. Editted “The Best-Loved Poems” of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
3. Has been never caught wearing pants suits.
4. Before December 5, when asked who Blagojevitch is, she responded, “Yugoslavian war criminal?”
Unfortunately for her, she looks like her DNA is like 33% Coulter.
Don’t we owe Caroline a Senate seat, at minimum, for remaining out of the public eye for 50 years? She has to start thinking of her children, especially John “Jack” Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg, future President of the United States. But someone please tell her this is a public office, involving “elections” and “voters” at some point in the future.
Chicago Sun Times wrote that Bobby Kennedy’s son is high on the list in Illinois for senator.
I forgot. Is Shirley Chisolm dead? She owns that seat.
Well, Merry Wonketeers, we could throw our collective weight behind The Caroline, and get her the appointment, if we could get something good in return. Like maybe a couple dozen commenters get appointed to various editorial boards. Or we get some solid lobbyist contracts, representing Truck Nutz, and Walnuts Growers, and the homeless Chicago Cubs.
Qualifications
1. She can see New York from Hyannisport or Martha’s Vineyard
or somewhere
2. She had a pony named Macaroni
Al Sharpton a la 1988 with the track suits and gold chains is my choice.
I don’t imagine really haven’t been to many people seeking Hillary’s seat. Could be the pants suits?
[re=199132]Canmon (the Inadequate)[/re]: You seem unaware of the fact that New York does not have special elections in these cases and that whoever the replacement is will be appointed.
[re=199154]gurukalehuru[/re]: Awright, I’m saying Uncle and asking. FMAZ?
I’m old. I’m tired. I’m off to break a hip in the shower
Are you sure she’s a Kennedy? She seems normal (no donkey teeth), doesn’t appear to be a criminal, didn’t get caught cheating at university, isn’t sleeping with anyone of the opposite sex with a pulse, apparently would report a fatal accident, isn’t a nazi supporter and doesn’t seem to believe that the world owes her anything she wants.
Maybe she isn’t really part of that disgusting family.
[re=199620]glamourdammerung[/re]: No, I am aware that the position is appointed. There are plenty of Democrats who have held elected office in the state who could go into the role. Caroline Kennedy has never had to sit for a serious interview or been in a debate. Sarah Palin looked good at the Republican convention but it took Katie Couric to take her down. The only interview I’ve seen from Caroline was one celebrating the Profiles in Courage award. In it, she got her father’s famous “ask not” line backwards.
It’s times like this I’m glad John-John is no longer with us, or our Congress might be up to 21% Kennedy.
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