Posted on 01/27/2008 6:42:48 PM PST by blam
Kennedy clan backs Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton
By Toby Harnden in Columbia, South Carolina
Last Updated: 2:14am GMT 28/01/2008
The Kennedy clan is to throw its weight behind Barack Obama's bid for the presidency following his victory in the South Carolina primary.
The endorsements by John F Kennedy's daughter Caroline and brother Senator Ted Kennedy were a blow to Hillary Clinton, who suffered a 28-point humiliation in the Southern state.
Caroline Kennedy has made public her support for Barack Obama
Mrs Clinton had sought to get the Democratic establishment behind her bid to become America's first female president.
But Caroline Kennedy, previously a supporter of Mrs Clinton, made public her support for Mr Obama in a New York Times article entitled "A President Like My Father".
"I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them," she wrote. "But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president - not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans."
Sen Kennedy, who had been courted by Mrs Clinton, has privately made known his dismay at the Clinton campaign's negative tactics.
He is expected to announce his endorsement when Mr Obama appears in Washington today.
advertisementMrs Clinton, expecting a bad result, had left South Carolina before Saturday's polls closed. But the size of Mr Obama's win was a surprise.
It means that the pair go into the final stretch before next week's "Super Duper Tuesday", when 22 states vote, with two states each under their belts.
Campaigning in Macon, Georgia, Mr Obama said his victory showed that Americans were rejecting the politics of the 1990s, when Mrs Clinton's husband Bill was president.
"I do think that there is a certain brand of politics that we've become accustomed to... where we basically think anything is fair game," he said.
"There is no doubt that I think that in the '90s, we got caught up in a slash-and-burn politics that the American people are weary of."
right?
Hey Clinons’, you may want to put some ice on that.....
What would it cost to get all the Kennedys to go away forever? Surely not very much, in terms of the whole U.S. budget ...
Payback for the single-plane “accident” that killed Hill’s competitor in the US senate (D-NY) race?
Oh my! Remember when Bubba Clintoon gushed that JFK was his hero and he tried to be just like him too.
Rarely has the Kennedy Crime Family found somebody more ruthless than the Russian mafia - and that's She Who Must Not Be Named.
She’s right about the Clintons. This ain’t no Argentina and we don’t need no stinkin’ Evitas.
What an insult to JFK. I digress...
No honor amongst thieves comes to mind.
Thanks. I don’t recall ever seeing that pic.
We’ll see a few more indorsements this week, ahead of the super duper Tuesday. The Toons are disliked more than we all think.
Too bad Old Joe and his gang of rum-runners isn’t around any more. They’d show those backwoods hicks all about ugly campaigning and the underworld.
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For the Kennedys to raise their collective middle fingers to the Clintons is somewhat risky, they must feel pretty confident they won’t have to come crawling back, begging forgiveness in a few months.
Caroline shows a strong resemblance to her mother in this photo, who by most accounts was a decent person.
Kennedy Crime Family vs. Clinton Crime Family. Good times.
That photo is about the best Caroline has ever looked. Better with age, I guess. Or at least, better without her teeth showing.
But for the life of me I don’t know what Caroline is talking about. How is Obama inspirational to America like her dad?
Btw; sure is nice to hear from Caroline, last time was an awfully long time ago. I’m sure she’s a very decent human being.
Nothing like an endorsement from a alcholic, murdering, womanizer to qualify a democRat candidate to their base.
With friends like that..he might beat Hillary.
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