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What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: fka ShastaGreen ()
Date: January 18, 2011 07:37PM

I admire the hell out of Bobby and Jack, but goddamn, what the hell is with the media total obsession with the Kennedy family? There's not a single Kennedy in national elected office, but somehow you would think they're the current ruling family of American government. All this fretting over "Ted Kennedy's seat," his kid's departure from Congress,the 50th anniversary of Camelot, constant reminders of Jackie's grace and style, encomium headed upon encomium. Give. Me. A. Break. Call me if you manage to do something worthwhile.

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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: bobinburke ()
Date: January 18, 2011 09:16PM

They're basically America's First White Trash.

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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: qutey ()
Date: January 18, 2011 09:23PM

We really don't have to worry much about that anymore. The remaining Kennedys lack the brains, inspiration and charisma that the latter generation possesed.
The hardiest thing they ever accomplished in life was being born, even that was easy with the silver spoon already in the mouth> JFK might have been an fair president but got away with alot of shit other presidents would not have. The luck of the Irish, I guess.

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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: WingNut ()
Date: January 18, 2011 09:25PM

bobinburke Wrote:
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> They're basically America's First White Trash.

Not white trash, "trust trash"..


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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: susy ()
Date: January 18, 2011 09:30PM

They make a big deal about southern stills and bootlegger. The patriarc of that family Joe, was a bootlegger and whoremaster. 5 will get you ten their name turns up in Wikileaks coverage of Tax evaders in one way or another.

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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: BrandonVA ()
Date: January 18, 2011 09:31PM

Kennedy gave us the first BOOM HEADSHOT moment on film.

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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: Header09 ()
Date: January 18, 2011 09:36PM

Ted got away with alot. I'm not saying murder but I was never satisfied with that ChappeQuitic incident. Well if there is a afterlife hes got alot of explaining to do. And Mary Jo is there to give her testamony.

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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: Conie ()
Date: January 18, 2011 09:47PM

We want to have heroes.

And the media makes sure they give us heroes.

Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley....who cares what they would have become.

It's so convenient to glorify them when they're gone.

I'm not saying Marilyn or Elvis, or Bobby or John didn't do some great things in
their time.

I'm just saying they were all "personalities", and they were all flawed...just like us.

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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: west0 ()
Date: January 18, 2011 09:51PM

You can be flawed and then again you can be really Flawed!!!

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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: Conie ()
Date: January 18, 2011 09:56PM

west0 Wrote:
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> You can be flawed and then again you can be really
> Flawed!!!


"Flawed" as in womanizing??...HMMM

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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: Jocko ()
Date: January 18, 2011 10:01PM

Women threw themselves at the Kennedy boys, Marilyn Monroe, Angie Dickinson, Judith Exter, I could go on for hours, they were men and they reacted. God bless those lucky bastards.

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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: Conie ()
Date: January 18, 2011 10:07PM

I could actually start a thread on this exact topic.

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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: Jocko ()
Date: January 18, 2011 10:12PM

Then why don't you? Could be revealing>

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Re: What's with the Kennedy Obsession?
Posted by: history buff. ()
Date: January 22, 2011 09:19PM

I think the next coin depicting a great women, should bear the image of Jackie Kennedy. I saw a story on her the other day and can't think of a more magnanimous First Lady (with the possible exception of Elinore Roosevelt) then her. What she endured in Dallas on that fatefull day in 63,I can't imagine. when the missle crisis was was in effect, she, when notified of what eventually might occur said, that she and her children would not hide, but would face whatever uncertainty happened on the white house lawn. Jackie, we will never see the likes of you again.

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