Surely, the party "aristocracy" regrets that the voters of Massachusetts have any say in Kennedy's senate seat succession since the legislature changed the rules when JFK (Kerry) ran for the presidency in 2004.One brilliant commenter suggested:
Kwango May 22, 2008 4:23:57 PM
Saint Theodore the Obese, evidently thinks he's a member of the House of Lords where he can assign a relative to his hereditary seat in the senate. The last I read, the people of Massachusetts have the final say on that matter.
Ted Kennedy: I'd like wife to take seat
BY IAN BISHOP
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Ted Kennedy has made clear to confidants that when his time is up, he wants his Senate seat to stay in the family - with his wife, Vicki.
http://www.ytedk.com/index.htm
It's not yet clear how long he will stay in the Senate while battling a usually fatal cancer.
http://www.ytedk.com/epilogue.htm
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This was the weekend of the Apollo 11 moon shot which featured Neil Armstrong setting foot upon the moon. Talk about busy news cycles!
Lounge at poolside with a print out of Jack Gargan's Chappaquiddick recollections...seems too many folks forgot about a Massachusetts felony long ago. http://www.ytedk.com/epilogue.htm
"Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law?
Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?"
- Senator Ted Kennedy, 1973
This could be a tricky question. But, if there was a cure for Mr. Kennedy's brain tumor ... should he be told about it?
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