by Matthew Hay Brown
Perhaps it was a coincidence. Or, perhaps, the Obama campaign wanted to remind anyone who might have been paying attention Saturday that they've got Kennedys, too.
Two e-mails relating to the Democratic dynasty landed in our inbox Saturday afternoon. First came the news from the Clinton campaign that the Maryland State Democratic Committee had elected former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and a Hillary supporter, an automatic delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
Just 96 minutes later, and another Kennedy heard from: Townsend's cousin Caroline, daughter of John F. Kennedy, writing on behalf of Obama.
"My father called on Americans to ask what they could do for their country," she said.
"Those who answered his call built a movement that transformed our country and brought out the best in our national character.
"Barack Obama has followed in that tradition - dedicating himself to public service as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago and then as a state and U.S. Senator."
What follows is a pitch for the Obama Organizing Fellowship, for which the campaign is seeking students and recent graduates who "will be trained on the basics of organizing & campaign fundamentals and then placed in a community to carry out grassroots activities."
In Democratic circles, Caroline Kennedy, the sole surviving heir to Camelot, might be the more influential of the two cousins. As of Saturday, however, Kennedy Townsend is the one who gets to vote at the convention.
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Comments
Obama is a horrible candidate. He should bow out of the race. He may be leading, but when America sees who he really is, he will stand no chance of winning in November.
Obama, please drop out. American deserves better.
Posted by: Jerry | May 4, 2008 8:13 AM
when is an insult an insult.
REV. WRIGHT GOT UP THERE AT NAACP SPEECH and ridiculed JFK and his most famous speech, and yet Caroline is still backing Obama without even asking him to insist on the Pastor making an apology?
YUP, this is your regular freak show, and a bunch of polygamist wives seeing and but dont see and hearing they do not hear?
Posted by: JFK insulted!! | May 4, 2008 8:13 AM
Jerry--I hope this means you're willing to vote and or WORK to get Hillary elected!
Townsend is AMAZING! A real WORKING person involved in politics.
As opposed to princess Caroline, who sneered at Susan Malveaux, WORKING JOURNALIST with the tight pink top revealing cleavage Michelle. Go Katherine Kennedy Townsend!
SAVE THE COUNTRY!
Posted by: Vote for Hillary! | May 4, 2008 10:12 AM
I am very interested as to why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn't jumped on the "GoBama" bandwagon.
Perhaps he's aware of what Elme posted elsewhere?
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Wanna BUY an old obsolete nuclear power plant? YES? OK, then, just VOTE for Obama.
The nuke industry is planning to build 29 new nukes. ONE of them in North Carolina. (Those Plans are Far advanced - with licensing hearings already scheduled for the first few)
(See Map at NY Times LINK: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/washington/31nuclear.html?_r=1&oref=slogin )
Excelon Corp, (largest nuke operator on the planet) headquartered in Illinois, has been one of Obama’s largest contributors ever since he first ran for office.
Obama voted FOR the Cheney Energy Bill of 2005 (H.R. 6) - which ENABLED the nuke industry to start planning to build nukes. (No new nukes have been built for the past 30 years because the banks would not loan the money - too risky.)
The Cheney Energy Bill solved that problem for them by GUARANTEEING Taxpayer PAYBACK of any of the nuke loans that default (The Congressional Budget Office rated the risk of default on the nuke loans at 50% or greater).
GE, Westinghouse, CHENEY, the nuke industry are planning to Reap $BILLIONS --- RISK_FREE from building those nukes, AND, $BILLIONS more from the HIGHER Electricity RATES produced by nukes ... for the next
30--40 years.
Here’s the kicker: Obama has been getting BILLIONS of Dollars worth of FREE Sales PROMOTION *Campaign HELP* From: NBC & MSNBC, and CBS … because GE owns NBC/MSNBC and Westinghouse owns CBS.
(If you check on the NY Times MAP you will see that GE & Westinghouse are planning to build the reactors at most of the planned nuke sites.)
Clinton Voted AGAINST the Cheney Energy Bill & says we can consider nuclear in the future IF they can MAKE IT CHEAPER, and, find a way to dispose of the nuke waste Safely.
That’s the reason WHY the MEDIA has been rabidly PUSHING to SELL you an Obama & slamming and smearing the Clintons on TV all day everyday.
COPY & PASTE and Pass the Word to everybody on your email list and to any blogs, TV, Radio, newspapers you can....particularly in all the upcoming PRIMARY States.
p.s. McCain is pro-nuke too & voted FOR the Cheney energy bill. Its the NEXT Big Cheney MONOPOLY POWER ----Energy Ripoff---- just waiting in the wings for Obama OR McCain to get elected.
“GOING FROM COAL TO NUCLEAR IS LIKE GIVING UP CIGARETTES TO TAKE UP SMOKING CRACK”.
We Need NEW Clean Renewable CHEAPER DE-Centralized, off the Grid, NON-Monopoly energy.
Does it make a lick of Sense to CONTINUE building an extremely complex, expensive, and dangerous technology -Nuclear power plants ... to SPLIT ATOMS ... to Make STEAM? --- When we can INSTEAD, for example, use newer versions of Solar Power Towers like the one in Odeillo France:
http://www.stacey.peak-media.co.uk/Pyrenees/Odeillo/Odeillo.htm
http://www.technologystudent.com/energy1/solar4.htm
Mirrors concentrate solar energy on a Tower. At the focus point the temperature is hot enough to melt steel. The concentrated heat from the sun can be used to make STEAM. Simpler, Cheaper, Safer.
All the good Energy Technologies suitable for our future will be starved, neglected, UN-Developed in order to GET the MONEY for Nukes & MAINTAIN the existing Large -Scale MONOPOLY Power Energy Grid - While most of the rest of the world becomes Cleaner, Greener, And RICHER than U.S.
Say NO to NUKES ... go Forward, NOT BACKWARD
Posted by: bobby's kids rock | May 4, 2008 8:31 PM
Caroline is supporting Obama because her children want her to??? That is intelligence???
She is not alone in this...there is Bob Casey of PA, Amy Klobuchar of WI....how pathetic!
Posted by: Sean McM | May 5, 2008 6:49 AM