The Princess Ascendant: Caroline Kennedy's Bid for the Senate

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
December 16, 2008

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/388/princess-ascendant-caroline-kennedy-senate-bid

Excerpt:

As I was deciding what I'd write about today, imagine my surprise and delight when I came across a certain quote in today's lead New York Times article about Caroline Kennedy's decision to seek Hillary Clinton's Senate Seat. Joel Klein, the Chancellor of New York City's public schools, favors her anointment (whoops, I meant appointment), and said that Kennedy's recent campaigning for President-elect Obama "got her blood flowing."

In other words if her blood has begun to stir, even at this late date, it would be an act of noblesse oblige, on the part of We, the People, to allow our dynastic princess this small boon. After all, she does know "everyone," they will all take her calls. And, her family has sacrificed at least three sons for this nation. In the grand tradition of the House of Lords, if the only peer left standing is a woman, with absolutely no formal political experience, duty still obliges her to represent her family in Parliament… (whoops! I meant the Senate).

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