Kennedy vs. Kennedy-Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Endorses Hillary Clinton

[kpete]

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Endorses Hillary Clinton!
by wandering i
Sun Jan 27, 2008
Looks like it's becoming Kennedy vs. Kennedy in the endorsement wars. Now this is getting interesting! Immediately after Teddy Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy announced their endorsements of Barack Obama, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend has now offered her endorsement of Hillary Clinton:


"I respect Caroline and Teddy's decision but I have made a different choice. While I admire Senator Obama greatly, I have known Hillary Clinton for over 25 years and have seen first hand how she gets results. As a woman, leader, and person of deep convictions, I believe Hillary Clinton would make the best possible choice for president. She shares so many of the concerns of my father. Hillary has spent a lifetime speaking out on behalf of the powerless and working to alleviate poverty, in our country and around the world. I have seen her work up close and know she will be a great President. At this moment when so much is at stake at home and overseas, I urge our fellow Americans to support Hillary Clinton. That is why my brother Bobby, my sister Kerry, and I are supporting Hillary Clinton."

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/27/192621/545/42/444397

[skipos]

1. I can't blame her. Everyone makes mistakes. nt

[CreekDog]

2. That's fine but it kind of amplifies that Teddy is the big prize and KKT, not so much

see what I mean?

it's kind of like me saying I have a Corvette and you saying, well I have a Chevette. Both are Chevrolets but...well you get the idea.

[KittyWampus]

3. Clintons must be desperate to trot this out the day Ted makes his move.

[rodeodance]

10. there it is again -that word desperate. It get so so old~~~

[Joe the Revelator]

29. If the shoe fits.

[Maribelle]

33. The shoe? Hillary supporters need full body mud waders to get through the slop Obama slings.

[FrenchieCat]

42. Month old endorsement revived!

12.17.07
Environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr., human rights activist Kerry Kennedy, filmmaker Rory Kennedy and former Maryland Lieutenant Gov. Kathleen Kennedy are backing Hillary Clinton, according to The Politico.
http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/2007/12/baker-thurmond-and-irvin-endorse.html


:rofl:



Quelle desperation!

[loveangelc]

6. lmao

[MADem]

7. Nor is Caroline, for that matter. NT

[rodeodance]

4. RECCOMD

[jab105]

5. I'm not a huge fan of Teddy...but for Carloine to endaorse, and to endorse like THAT

all I can say is...WOW!!

[Tatiana]

8. Damn. This is really getting interesting!

For once, I can truly appreciate the whole "political theater" aspect of politics.

[Tashca]

22. I agree with you

While everyone else seems to be getting their panties in a bunch over these endorsements.....I am finding intrigue in all this.

The plot thickens.

[MADem]

9. Three of Robert Kennedy's kids...interesting. NT

[calico1]

11. Never mind.

Should have read the piece before asking.

[avrdream]

12. That family reminds me of DU.

They can't make up their minds either.

[calico1]

15. Must make for some interesting family

reunions. :D

[MADem]

32. They aren't the BORG. CKS was raised out of country half the time.

She didn't interface much with the RFK cousins, who were raised in the US and saw their father's political career at a slightly older age before his murder.

Not all cousins are alike. The RFK cousins go one way, Uncle Ted and CKS go another.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

13. wow big one

[gmudem]

18. LMAO

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is a "big one" but Ted Kennedy is just some drunken old fool right? The only time I hear about KKT is when she ran a horrible campaign for governor in Maryland and couldn't even beat a Republican in a blue state.

[cali]

41. bwahahaha

murky strikes again. After dismissing a sitting Senator and the daughter of JFK, murk touts an ex-lieutenant gov and daughter of RFK as the BIG ONE.

:rofl:

[Maribelle]

14. Kathleen's endorsement of Hillary is of substance, concrete remarks, what this country needs.

Caroline's endorsement was well written puff, much like Obama's speeches. And Ted's was hot air.

[mrmx9]

16. And Kathleen Kennedy Townsend knows all about how to lose an election from a clear winning position

If she had run a better campaign Maryland wouldn't have had to suffer a Republican governor for four years. No disrespect but Ted and Caroline Kennedy have a lot more credibility!

[Maribelle]

19. What Caroline said about her children was incredulous.

And using the grandchildren of JFK as political pawns, as she did, is unforgivable. I truly pray she did not play this forward.

[CreekDog]

17. What was the text of Teddy's endorsement since you say it's hot air?

Please give us the full text of it.

Alternatively you can simma down na and wait for him to actually give the formal endorsement.

[Maribelle]

25. From the boston globe

Kennedy believes Obama can ``transcend race'' and bring unity to the country, a Kennedy associate told the Globe. Kennedy was also impressed by Obama's deep involvement last year in the bipartisan effort to craft legislation on immigration reform, a politically touchy subject the other presidential candidates avoided, the associate said.

[CreekDog]

30. that's not the text of the formal endorsement

you are comparing a news item with a quote to an a crafted endorsement paper. not the same.

but i'll take Teddy's record over KKT's record any day of the week.

[Maribelle]

31. Oh naughty naughty me. Jumping the gun on a Kennedy.

You're totally daft if you think after this trickle down Kennedy pomp I will even bother to read your critical "formal" rant.

When you start to remove a valve, and steam starts gushing out, you really don't need to remove the rest of the valve to dudce there is probably a lot more steam down there.

[CreekDog]

34. i think you need to simma down na

i am very simmad down.

if Teddy had endorsed Hillary Clinton I would have said more power to him. i've always admired him.

but you take it personally.

sorry. teehee. :spank:

[Maribelle]

35. Sorry, back to you.

I do sound like I am taking it personally.

[Sadie5]

27. A bunch of hot air

Is Caroline saying that JFK had reagan policies and just never had the chance to endorse them? Is she saying that all we need in a president is the ability to help immigrants and mediate civil rights legislation? Obama should be angry at being exploited because he is Black.I didn't hear of Obama doing much about civil rights until just lately. Gosh-he's going to need to haul out his tattered copy of Reagan do's and don'ts and see what the Gipper would do for civil rights. Didn't he say that he admired reagan and the GOP for setting precedent???

[Maribelle]

36. I truly tried to make sense of Caroline's endorsement.

The dots didn't connect.

[oasis]

40. Exactamundo. (eom)

[dailykoff]

20. It's nice that RFK Jr's sisters are supporting him.

I'm guessing he made a deal with the Clintons to get their support for her senate seat. I would have warned him not to do business with snakes, but what the hay.

[ruggerson]

26. bozo

[dailykoff]

28. stooge

[never_get_over_it]

21. See this is what I like good family in fighting

for example - me - voting for Edwards - my sister stunned being that I have been a feminist since I was a toddler lol - she hardly one shred of interest in politics is voting for Clinton - her husband nearly a repunk but really seeing the light after the last few years - Edwards

My brother most likely McCain - we don't even speak to him roflmbo

1992 election my mother's three children

me - Clinton
sister - Perot
brother - Bush the senior

mommy tie breaker - Clinton

this really makes me laugh.... can I have more turkey and gravy please....

[calico1]

23. Yes, if you really think about it the Kennedys

reflect a lot of families in the U.S. I don't know any that vote in block.

[cali]

44. My family:

Mother: Long involved in CT dem politics, has attended 4 conventions as a delegate: Obama
3 Sisters: All politically active: Obama
Son (age 21) Obama
brother: Obama
SiS: Obama
3 BiLs Obama


No infighting in my family.

[ruggerson]

24. Let's see how much press this gets

[FrenchieCat]

45. It's like OLD!

12.17.07
Environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr., human rights activist Kerry Kennedy, filmmaker Rory Kennedy and former Maryland Lieutenant Gov. Kathleen Kennedy are backing Hillary Clinton, according to The Politico.
http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/2007/12/baker-thurmond-and-irvin-endorse.html

[flordehinojos]

37. Good!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

38. RFK Jr also endorses Hillary

[FrenchieCat]

46. Everyone knew that......

12.17.07
Environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr., human rights activist Kerry Kennedy, filmmaker Rory Kennedy and former Maryland Lieutenant Gov. Kathleen Kennedy are backing Hillary Clinton, according to The Politico.
http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/2007/12/baker-thurmond-and-irvin-endorse.html

[mahina]

39. Never even heard of her before.

Glad Hill has some friends though.

When I look at him, I don't see a black man, I see a great leader. When I look at her, I see a smart, super competent woman who has given her life to serve.

When he speaks, he lifts our hearts. When she speaks, it sounds like she's reading a Saturday morning to-do list.

She doesn't inspire me. This just in.

[TheDonkey]

43. she endorsed a long time ago and no one cared

[FrenchieCat]

47. !

:rofl:

[Lucinda]

49. Sun Jan 27, 2008

Yesterday was a long time ago?

[FrenchieCat]

50. That's not when it happened.

But Hillary can just say "Sike" to you, I guess.

12.17.07
Environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr., human rights activist Kerry Kennedy, filmmaker Rory Kennedy and former Maryland Lieutenant Gov. Kathleen Kennedy are backing Hillary Clinton, according to The Politico.
http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/2007/12/baker-thurmond-and-irvin-endorse.html


get it?

[Lucinda]

52. That may be...but her statement was from yesterday.

:)

[FrenchieCat]

54. You are being bamboozled. You know, Hoodwinked!

:rofl:

[Lucinda]

55. What part of "I respect Caroline and Teddy's decision but I have made a different choice"

are you having trouble with?
Ted JUST announced his endorsement.
The Kos article said she made her remarks right afterwards.

[FrenchieCat]

56. But why is she commenting?

Who asked her? Did Ted Comment when she "stomped" for Hillary? I don't think so.

Plus, there is an endorsement on Hillary's page dated 1/27/08.

I'm telling ya. It's pathetic.

Kind of like when Hillary feels compel to say...."we have so many people in the other room".....at her events. Like that's supposed to tell us that she got big crowds. Or when she changes the faces of her backdrop from old folks in Iowa to Young Folks in NH. Like we are just too stupid to know that it is all spin and artificial positioning.

I'm not stupid.

Are you? :shrug:

[Lucinda]

57. Is this your first campaign?

Just curious.

[Lucinda]

48. Well....if we end up with a brokered convention now, we could let the two

Kennedy factions play football against each other. Winners candidate gets the nomination.

[MonkeyFunk]

51. LOL

their next big family dinner oughtta be fun.

[dkf]

53. KKT is such a big endorsement that no one realizes she did it a month ago!

And from KKT, RFK Jr's mom:

A year later, near the end of Mr. Obama’s first year in the Senate, Ethel Kennedy asked him to speak at a ceremony for her husband’s 80th birthday. At the time, she referred to Mr. Obama as “our next president.”

“I think he feels it. He feels it just like Bobby did,” Mrs. Kennedy said in an interview 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.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/us/politics/28kennedy.html?em&ex=1201669200&en=e799ff05bbf92f47&ei=5087%0A

[Leopolds Ghost]

58. Kathleen Kennedy Townshend is an embarrassment to the MD Dem party who picked a Repub running mate

Over a black man as Lt. Governor and lost a sure-thing election to
Bob Ehrlich, a bumbling suburban country-club Republican resembling
Moe from the Three Stooges, as a result.

She is persona non grata in Maryland.