Ted Kennedy Jr. Demands Linda McMahon Pull JFK Ads

[Tx4obama]

Source: AP (via HuffPo)

HARTFORD, Conn. — A nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy is asking Connecticut's Republican candidate for Senate, Linda McMahon, to pull her political advertisement featuring the former president talking about tax cuts, saying it is misleading to voters.

The two-page letter from Edward M. Kennedy Jr., obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday, says McMahon "distorts the legacy of President Kennedy in order to mislead voters into thinking" that he would have supported her position on tax policy.

"Using President Kennedy's image in your ad gives your tax position false legitimacy," writes Kennedy, who lives in Connecticut. "I hope that you will also offer a retraction statement that clarifies the distinction between my uncle's policies and your own."

The 30-second spot has only appeared so far on McMahon's YouTube channel, where it was originally posted Sept. 16. A campaign spokesman said the ad will remain on YouTube. He did not rule out running it eventually on television.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/22/jfk-ad-linda-mcmahon-ted-kennedy-jr_n_735618.html

[Ken Burch]

1. Good for him. I'm surprise Caroline didn't step up to the plate on this, too.

n/t.

[Bitwit1234]

3. Maybe she didn't know it til it was called to her attention.

Can someone use another person's image and words without the family saying so.

[Merlot]

5. I think so, he's a public figure

Here in CA, meg-a-bucks whitman used Clinton talking about Brown out of context. Of course it got Clinton to endorse Brown, so it kinda backfired on her though she wouldn't admit it was misleading.

[24601]

24. Of Course you can. No Family owns the image and words of a

President or other elected official. Politicians run ads all the time with clips of their opponents making asses of themselves. JFK's Presidential images & words belong to history, not any select group of people, related or not.

[dflprincess]

7. I believe Ted Jr. lives in Connecticut

while Caroline lives in NYC. Maybe that's why he's the one doing it.

[Ken Burch]

9. Well, OK, but NYC isn't that FAR from Conn.

n/t.

[dflprincess]

10. I know that

but it is the Republican candidate for Senate in Connecticut running the ads. Perhaps they thought that Ted, Jr. as a resident of the state was the one who should speak out.

[Ken Burch]

11. Fair enough.

n/t.

[AuntPatsy]

2. Love what the Kennedys stand for in regards to politics...good for him..

[SDuderstadt]

4. I couldn't agree more....

AP.

[Fearless]

6. The corporate hack can shut up in general too. n/t

[defendandprotect]

8. Right wing lying and deception just never ends -- !! Thanks Ted Kennedy, Jr. !!!

[pinboy3niner]

12. Is anyone else having a flashback to Dan Quayle citing JFK?

And Lloyd Bentsen's reply, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy"?

[saigon68]

17. Ah yes Draft Dodger Quayle

Another turd who floated to the surface of the toilet bowl

[pinboy3niner]

18. You got that right, Brother!

Looks like his son is trying to eclipse him in jackassery.

[saigon68]

20. Yes the nut doesn't fall far from the tree

[chollybocker]

13. The Rethugs are doing all they can to NOT be like Rethugs.

First they're Teabaggers, now they're ultra-Dems.

That pesky (R) after their name is like a scarlet letter going into November.

[HillbillyBob]

21. Should be tattooed on their foreheads

in bright blood red with braille bumps.

[craigmatic]

14. I wish EMK Jr. would run for something.

[MBS]

23. He certainly is articulate. . has a real presence.

I think he has the potential to be very good.

[Tx4obama]

15. We need some Kennedy's back in office.

Remember when Caroline Kennedy was thinking of running and there was such outrage from the republicans that said she didn't have enough experience and wasn't qualified? And now all the republicans are so enthralled with folks like Joe Miller (AK), Christine O'donnell (DE) Rand Paul (SC), and others that really have no business holding office! Grrrrr ;(

[Prophet 451]

16. She won't pull it

I agree that she should but I've been around wrestling long enough to know that the McMahons have no concept of shame or decency.

[sandnsea]

19. Let's go back to JFK's tax rate

If they keep wanting to exploit Kennedy's tax cut, then let's just go back to the tax rate he proposed. It's twice what it is today. Maybe that's why we were able to get to the moon.

[No Elephants]

22. The Brown turd used that same clip from the beginning of his c ampaign for Ted Kennedy's seat.

[Canuckistanian]

25. Now there's a good idea

Return all tax rates back to the way JFK set them. They're praising him for doing it, right?

[BrklynLiberal]

26. The repukes, in general have no shame, no conscience, no limits to what

they will do to get elected.

Let her run it.. I hope it backfires..BIG TIME!!

[tulsakatz]

27. I read an article on yahoo about this....

in the article she says:

"No school of economic thought advocates raising taxes in the environment in which we currently find ourselves," McMahon writes.

And I would add to that, that no economist would approve of issuing tax cuts while in the middle of 2 wars as Bush did either....but that didn't stop him.

[Tracer]

28. Can't the AP get anything right?

"A nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy..."


Edward M. Kennedy is Ted's son, not his nephew.