And The Beat Goes On

Any guesses about who will continue the Kennedy legacy of fighting for the poor, the downtrodden, the criminals, the illegal aliens, the perverts, the slackers? Let's see ... uh oh ... looks like there's really only one left - Caroline. Well, we can work with that.

Quick, somebody check the constitution and see if there are any restrictions on vacuous dilettantes running for office. No? Great!

Caroline, get over to Massachusetts and buy a house. Turns out you're going to be a Senator afterall (David Patterson, eat your heart out!) First, we'll get the governor, Deval Patrick, to override the Senatorial replacement law that Ted Kennedy twisted arms to pass. Then, we'll have old Deval appoint a political lackey in the job for six months while you settle in (maybe Teddy's current wife ... she's really qualified.) Then, when they have the special senatorial election, you "run" and all is well in the universe. Got it?

You know, some people say liberalism is a mental disorder. I don't agree. I think it is a crime that is perpetrated on us daily. The above scenario doesn't pass any sniff test, but the reality is that the Governor of Massachusetts is indeed about to reverse a law that Kennedy foisted upon the state when Kerry was running for President. Teddy feared that if Kerry won, the state would get a Republican Senator appointed by then Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican. While Kennedy was dying, he made an impassioned plea to reverse the bill he crafted so that the Democrat Governor could appoint either his wife or his niece (I haven't figured out who yet, but it is a decent bet that he'll chose Caroline after giving her a chance to establish residency.) Mrs. Ted Kennedy (Vicki) is only a Kennedy by marriage, after all.

There has been very little coverage of this in the mainstream media (shocking) and it's a good bet that the voters of Massachusetts don't think anything is wrong with this at all. My opinion? Business as usual.