Ted Kennedy: Hey, how about giving my senate seat to my wife?
posted at 12:35 pm on May 22, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Why not? Why not just go the whole nine yards and convert it into a peerage? They’ve held the seat for 55 years, except for a brief period in the early 60s when JFK’s college roommate held it. Give it to Ted’s wife, then Caroline can have it after she establishes Massachusetts residency, and then Patches will get it provided he doesn’t crash any more cars in the meantime. Although, of course, that never hurt Teddy, did it?
One nice thing about this idea: It adds a rich, glossy nuance to Obama’s arguments against the Clintons’ dynastic politics.
Ted Kennedy has made clear to confidants that when his time is up, he wants his Senate seat to stay in the family – with his wife, Vicki.
Multiple sources in Massachusetts with close ties to the liberal lion say his wife of 16 years has long been his choice to continue carrying the family flame in the Senate. Kennedy won the seat in 1962; his brother John held it from 1953 to 1960.
“There’s no question that he’d like Vicki to continue in his seat,” said one Massachusetts Democrat with ties to the Camelot clan who spoke to Kennedy recently, before his health crisis.
“She’s smart, and smart politically.”
Exit question: Had he lived, where would JFK Jr. be today? Already a congressman? Preparing to step in here for TK? Or locked in a death struggle with Obama for the Democratic nomination?
Update: No worries. Teddy’s shoes are already being filled.
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Ummm,shouldn’t you have to run for the seat,kinda
like an election or can you just put it in a will
who you would like to see take your spot,so to speak!
canopfor on May 22, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Why is he always “the liberal lion”? Is it his big head and resemblance to the guy on the Wizard of Oz?
bobthepeeler on May 22, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Good one, bobthepeeler.
from the Politico piece:
And that piece of purple, slanderous rhetoric by the Tedster against Bork is worthy of praise??
Ted Kennedy is shameless, and his recommendation that his wife succeed him speaks to his bloated ego. (Just what Congress needs: another lawyer making laws.) The less I hear of the Kennedy mystique and the family compound, the less the acid in my stomach churns.
Something is wrong in our government when incapacitated senators, whether by illness or age, are able to keep their seats. Byrd, the one from S.D., Specter, and now Kennedy come to mind readily. Term limits and anti-nepotism amendments seem to be appropriate legislation in keeping with the vision of our Founding Fathers.
By the same token, legislators running for executive positions should resign from their seats.
onlineanalyst on May 23, 2008 at 2:03 AM
I always suspected Teddy figured that Massachusetts was his own personal 3rd world dictatorship. This rather proves it. “Dynasty” indeed. (Don’t Dynasties always die nasty?)
{^_^}
herself on May 23, 2008 at 6:50 AM
I did my best to hold back but couldn’t.. had to get some shots in while the old bastard is still alive so maybe he can hear them..
even had a post deleted on MM :)
DaveC on May 23, 2008 at 8:55 AM
that one really grinds my gears..
campaign for a new job while the old one is safely in place..
DaveC on May 23, 2008 at 8:57 AM
Um, can things get worse? Make the substitution!
I am sorry for anyone with this disease. Even Ted.
That said, his behavior and ideas make much more sense now.
Harry Schell on May 23, 2008 at 9:48 AM
My collie says:
CyberCipher on May 23, 2008 at 10:48 AM
The founders never intended for Congressional seats to be lifetime appointments.
Term limits now.
abcurtis on May 23, 2008 at 11:47 AM
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