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Originally Posted by chelsea24
Any American that has so much disdain for the Kennedy family always confuses me. This family, practically the entire family, has devoted it's life to public service. I believe that is why the majority of American people and people all around the world still have great admiration for them. They have always truly stood for "Country First". It's not just a "slogan" to them.
As for Jackie, I've always admired her lifting the American spirit through the arts. “Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.” This is not her quote, but one I've always liked.
Have you asked yourself "Why does Caroline Kennedy want this job?" Do you think it's for the money? She doesn't need it. Do you think it's for fame? She certainly has that already and never sought it. But I can guarantee you most of the other people seeking the job, are seeking money or fame. She wants to give back. To do the public service she was raised to do.
As for Palin, sorry but I don't find "Rough edges and blunt talk" just will not cut it. We've just had 8 years of this and there's no turning back.
“A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.”
No, sorry, you can't cram to be President. Palin is in her 40's. She should have been much more well versed in world affairs by this time. I just don't think she's intellectually up for the job and never will be. I don't think she stands a chance. Just my opinion.  |
Our differing opinions of the Kennedy clan probably have a lot to do with proximity to their actions over the years. Growing up within inner-city Boston of a different ethnicity than the ruling "political machine's" primary base, and watching the "royal family" operate was souring. The media gave them a free pass over many of their antics, and so the rest of the nation was presented a glossy and romantic image of a patriarchal rum runner who tried to obtain legitimacy for his criminal activity vicariously via his progeny. However, the progeny had nothing over the much-publicized youthful and later actions of the current President.
I've never been much for celebrity adoration, especially when the celebrity is created by media accent on the positive with total obliteration of any reference to the negative ever happening or being weighted. It gets worse when the negative involves a death, and demonstrates the difference between "them" and "us" when it comes to accounting for actions and conduct.
Ms. Caroline Kennedy's reasons for seeking public office in any fashion are her own, and conjecture on what those reasons may be are beyond my clairvoyant abilities. Why super-wealthy seek a public position which pays less than their car(s) cost(s) is between them and their conscience. However, "to protect and serve" is definitely not the sole and continuing reason.
Whether the "majority of Americans and others around the world" have great admiration of the Kennedy clan is questionable and subjective, unless "great admiration" includes reluctant recognition that in many Northeast jurisdictions the Kennedy's can live and operate without concern that the law applied to the general public will be applied to them.