Yesterday, Caroline Kennedy displayed about as much political gravitas in launching her campaign to become a US senator as Sarah Palin did in launching her campaign to become vice president.
Which makes the prospect of Governor Patterson of New York coronating Caroline to the seat vacated by Hillary Clinton (just because of her “royal” heritage) almost as unseemly as Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois selling the seat vacated by Barack Obama to the highest bidder.
Therefore, I hope Gov Patterson will show real profile in courage by disabusing Caroline of her fairytale dream of effectively inheriting a seat in the US Senate without much further ado.
After all, this is hardly the kind of royal (or dynastic) ambition we’d want our children to aspire to here in the 21st Century. Not to mention that there are far too many, far more qualified candidates who have been campaigning for years for the opportunity to become a US senator from New York.
That said, my reliable cynicism informs me that Caroline’s fairytale will come true….
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