For Bill Clinton, the Ties to JFK's Camelot Have Been Severed

[babylonsister]

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For Bill Clinton, the Ties to JFK's Camelot Have Been Severed
Submitted by mark karlin on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 4:27pm. EditorBlog
BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG

Mark Karlin, Editor and Publisher, BuzzFlash.com

January 28, 2008

A keystone of Bill Clinton's presidential image was a photo taken when he, as a high school member of the Arkansas "Boys State" delegation, visited Washington and he shook the hand of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States:


So, it must cut to the bone that the Kennedy family is endorsing Barack Obama for president, instead of Hillary Clinton.

First, there was the eloquent, emotional and compelling letter of endorsement written by Caroline Kennedy in the Sunday, January 27, New York Times:

"I want a president who understands that his responsibility is to articulate a vision and encourage others to achieve it; who holds himself, and those around him, to the highest ethical standards; who appeals to the hopes of those who still believe in the American Dream, and those around the world who still believe in the American ideal; and who can lift our spirits, and make us believe again that our country needs every one of us to get involved.

I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. 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."

While Bill has, at least at this point, sacrificed his legacy in an attempt to get his wife elected to the office he once held, others were indeed still holding onto the American Dream of hope and change that he had abandoned due to a political strategy that backfired, as it should have.

Meanwhile, in a second blow to that photo that symbolized the passing of the JFK mantle to Bill Clinton and was shown repeatedly throughout his campaigns, it has been announced that Senator Ted Kennedy -- the only surviving Kennedy brother -- will formally endorse Barack Obama on Monday.

Furthermore, in a New York Times article previewing the Ted Kennedy endorsement, it notes:

It was on a November day in 2005, near the end of Mr. Obama’s first year in the Senate, when he was asked to deliver a keynote address at a ceremony commemorating the 80th birthday of Robert F. Kennedy. The invitation was extended by Ethel Kennedy, who at the time referred to Mr. Obama as “our next president.”

“I think he feels it. He feels it just like Bobby did,” Mrs. Kennedy told me that day, comparing her late husband’s quest for social justice to Mr. Obama’s. “He has the passion in his heart. He’s not selling you. It’s just him.”

It is painful to see how someone of Bill Clinton's stature so squandered his legacy in such a short period of frenzied, ill-advised campaigning.

Hillary Clinton may yet be the Democratic nominee for president. But for Bill Clinton, the ties to Camelot have been severed. It was his loss -- and a loss to us all -- that he stopped believing in a town called Hope.

A BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG

[CorpGovActivist]

1. K&R n/t

[aquart]

2. Obama never shook hands with JFK a short time before he was murdered.

Couldn't. It was just another event for which he was not present.

The Kennedy family may endorse whom they choose. What that handshake meant to William Jefferson Clinton is his forever. And it will never be Obama's.

Yet I see an attempt to take even that and debase it.

[fightthegoodfightnow]

3. OH.............GOOD GRIEF

No one is 'taking' anything away from Clinton.

[matcom]

4. do you ever leave the basement?

have you ever smelled a flower?

walked on a beach?

said hello to someone?

had sex?

WANTED to have sex?

THOUGHT about sex?

no?

I'm so sorry.

[babylonsister]

8. Whatever was said must have been a real corker.

I can just imagine. :eyes: 'Ignore' really IS my friend!

[VolcanoJen]

6. Bleaaaaargggghhh

:puke:

Stop it. Honestly. I beg of you.

[VolcanoJen]

5. Know what?

I'll always love that picture.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. There's that Camelot reference again.

Camelot brings thoughts of King Arthur and the laws he forged which he had to apply to his own spouse.

Us newsjunkies know that at some point, we need to understand why the sale of nuclear secrets started around 92. It was probably because it happened in a department that the White House wasn't concerned about at that time, but probably should have. I know the Energy Department hated Bill Clinton, and I think it's obvious why. By the time Bill came into office, they were probably already breached, and wanted Bush to serve another term so they could pursue their nefarious plans. Since it was Bill, and not Bush, they probably went ahead and let things happen the way they did. I know something was up, because a neighbor of mine who was basically an investor in warehouse overhead, once found nuclear detonators in an auction. He brought it to the attention of the authorities and got a certificate from the Energy Dept. for his patriotism. And then he told me that they verbally trashed Bill Clinton for the oversight. I always thought that was odd. I don't think Clinton was at fault, personally, but I do believe that strange things were happening during his presidency that he may not have been aware were even happening under his watch. When you have the entire GOP after you, those things tend to happen.

Anyway, I'd like to know more about who was at fault with all these nuclear indiscretions, and I've always wondered if Hillary could make an Arthurian decision if she became president, and would she investigate her husband's term in office in an objective manner. I'm sure he was not directly involved, but if someone is skittish about these things and refuses to uncover every rock, we will never learn the truth.