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(Electoral Vote) Interesting Bobby Kennedy's son poised to enter race for Obama's old Senate seat. Bonus: current seat-warmer Roland Burris has raised a whopping $845 for his own campaign   (electoral-vote.com) divider line 47
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strangeguitar 2009-05-24 12:22:19 PM  
That em-Burris-ing.

 
globalwarmingpraiser [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 12:28:48 PM  
Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

 
CherryCokeHead 2009-05-24 12:31:54 PM  
He runs the Merchandise Mart. Can we please stop electing people because of their last name? It hasn't worked out well in the past.

 
DarnoKonrad 2009-05-24 12:40:53 PM  
In to see Rightwing Kennedy personality hate. Left satisfied.

 
holiday_inn_in_cambodia 2009-05-24 12:41:07 PM  
globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

Don't worry. Sirhan Sirhan's son is running on the republican ticket and is murdering him in the polls.

 
eddiesocket 2009-05-24 12:43:13 PM  
holiday_inn_in_cambodia: globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

Don't worry. Sirhan Sirhan's son is running on the republican ticket and is murdering him in the polls.


I'm totally voting for Sirhan Sirhan's son, Sirhan Sirhan Sirhan.

/not that funny
//still couldn't resist.

 
holiday_inn_in_cambodia 2009-05-24 12:44:59 PM  
eddiesocket: holiday_inn_in_cambodia: globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

Don't worry. Sirhan Sirhan's son is running on the republican ticket and is murdering him in the polls.

I'm totally voting for Sirhan Sirhan's son, Sirhan Sirhan Sirhan.

/not that funny
//still couldn't resist.


It's like Boutros Boutros Boutros Ghali

 
5_second_rule 2009-05-24 12:52:16 PM  
Subby should linked the story about how Burris says he was a hero on a United flight and a passenger is saying he's lying. Poor fool went from unblemished to embarrasing record time flat. Some of the members of the CBC should be ridiculed also for saying he had to be in the senate based upon his skin color. MLK weeps at their shenanigans.

 
Mistah Scrotie 2009-05-24 12:53:32 PM  
"I have a lot to keep up with: a brother who might run for Congress, a sister and a brother considering races for governor, a cousin who might run for Congress, another in Congress, an uncle in the Senate and a cousin-in-law, Arnold, who is thinking of running for governor."

--Chris Kennedy. Source (new window)

 
Nemo's Brother 2009-05-24 12:54:09 PM  
globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

The libs tried to throw one into New York and it failed. The Royal Family will not be without representative.

 
WaltzingMathilda [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 12:54:38 PM  
CherryCokeHead: He runs the Merchandise Mart. Can we please stop electing people because of their last name? It hasn't worked out well in the past.

Depends, can you stop writing people off just because of their last name?

 
Nemo's Brother 2009-05-24 12:56:11 PM  
DarnoKonrad: In to see Rightwing Kennedy personality hate. Left satisfied.

You didn't read the thread before posting your snark drivel, did you. The only one mentioning Kennedy Family stuff before you said: "Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that."

Ouch! Such hateful words.

/you whiny partisan sheep

 
Exodus2001 2009-05-24 12:58:20 PM  
CherryCokeHead: He runs the Merchandise Mart. Can we please stop electing people because of their last name? It hasn't worked out well in the past.

Agreed. No more people with last name Bush. Ever.

 
CTurnerJoy [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 01:04:27 PM  
globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

I wish there were more. I wish they could all be Kennedys. Barring that, I wish every Democrat would change their last name to Kennedy.

 
holiday_inn_in_cambodia 2009-05-24 01:06:08 PM  
CTurnerJoy: globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

I wish there were more. I wish they could all be Kennedys. Barring that, I wish every Democrat would change their last name to Kennedy.


and every republican would change their last name to Bachmann. to show the representative far-wing of each party and give people some perspective.

 
CTurnerJoy [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 01:10:07 PM  
holiday_inn_in_cambodia: CTurnerJoy: globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

I wish there were more. I wish they could all be Kennedys. Barring that, I wish every Democrat would change their last name to Kennedy.

and every republican would change their last name to Bachmann. to show the representative far-wing of each party and give people some perspective.


You really think Teddy is as unhinged as Bachmann appears to be? Or for that matter, that he's as far left as she is right?

 
Mistah Scrotie 2009-05-24 01:10:36 PM  
CTurnerJoy: I wish there were more. I wish they could all be Kennedys. Barring that, I wish every Democrat would change their last name to Kennedy.

The Kennedy party? Chris Kennedy (K-Illinois

 
Exodus2001 2009-05-24 01:10:50 PM  
CTurnerJoy: globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

I wish there were more. I wish they could all be Kennedys. Barring that, I wish every Democrat would change their last name to Kennedy.


No way dude, every Democrat should have the last name Marx, every Republican should have the last name Hitler, and Independent should have the last name Paul.

Fair?

 
globalwarmingpraiser [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 01:12:59 PM  
Exodus2001: CherryCokeHead: He runs the Merchandise Mart. Can we please stop electing people because of their last name? It hasn't worked out well in the past.

Agreed. No more people with last name Bush. Ever.


Jeb seem to be building his cred as a leader in the Republicans.

 
CTurnerJoy [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 01:17:58 PM  
Exodus2001: CTurnerJoy: globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

I wish there were more. I wish they could all be Kennedys. Barring that, I wish every Democrat would change their last name to Kennedy.

No way dude, every Democrat should have the last name Marx, every Republican should have the last name Hitler, and Independent should have the last name Paul.

Fair?


Okay by me.

 
tortilla burger 2009-05-24 01:33:23 PM  
holiday_inn_in_cambodia: Don't worry. Sirhan Sirhan's son is running on the republican ticket and is murdering him in the polls.

I dunno. I think the Kennedy kid has a shot

 
devioustrevor 2009-05-24 01:34:44 PM  
Republicans just hate the Kennedy name because they know if John Junior hadn't died he would almost certainly be an unstoppable political force in the United States. They couldn't run negative ads against him, he could always just respond with those images of him as a 2-year old saluting the coffin of his murdered father. How could they ever top that?

 
holiday_inn_in_cambodia 2009-05-24 01:35:34 PM  
tortilla burger: holiday_inn_in_cambodia: Don't worry. Sirhan Sirhan's son is running on the republican ticket and is murdering him in the polls.

I dunno. I think the Kennedy kid has a shot


teehee

 
winterwhile 2009-05-24 01:35:37 PM  
so what is the price tag this time around?

Do Dem Senate seats cost the runner over 1 Million or is it 100 Million each?

//culture of curruption

 
Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor 2009-05-24 01:36:20 PM  
DarnoKonrad: In to see Rightwing Kennedy personality hate. Left satisfied.

Say what?

 
holiday_inn_in_cambodia 2009-05-24 01:37:15 PM  
CTurnerJoy: holiday_inn_in_cambodia: CTurnerJoy: globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

I wish there were more. I wish they could all be Kennedys. Barring that, I wish every Democrat would change their last name to Kennedy.

and every republican would change their last name to Bachmann. to show the representative far-wing of each party and give people some perspective.

You really think Teddy is as unhinged as Bachmann appears to be? Or for that matter, that he's as far left as she is right?


No I believe precisely the opposite. I merely hold them each up as examples of what each side goes WHARRGARBL about (what is the liberal equivalent of wharrgarbl?), to show where the true crazy lies.

 
globalwarmingpraiser [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 01:37:43 PM  
devioustrevor: Republicans just hate the Kennedy name because they know if John Junior hadn't died he would almost certainly be an unstoppable political force in the United States. They couldn't run negative ads against him, he could always just respond with those images of him as a 2-year old saluting the coffin of his murdered father. How could they ever top that?

John Jr. was a reasonable force, and showed little interest in the political arena. He would have been a departure from the current Kennedy's in congress. He was even a likable guy. Ann Coulter even had great things to say about him as an employer.

 
HighOnCraic 2009-05-24 02:38:35 PM  
tortilla burger: holiday_inn_in_cambodia: Don't worry. Sirhan Sirhan's son is running on the republican ticket and is murdering him in the polls.

I dunno. I think the Kennedy kid has a shot


I heard he started out as a moderate, but then he moved back to the left.

Back, and to the left. . . Back, and to the left. . .

/You can have the aisle seat, I'll take the one by the window.

 
Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 02:40:46 PM  
strangeguitar: That em-Burris-ing.

thatswhatimsayingguy.files.wordpress.com

 
Kumana Wanalaia [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 02:42:24 PM  
Exodus2001: CherryCokeHead: He runs the Merchandise Mart. Can we please stop electing people because of their last name? It hasn't worked out well in the past.

Agreed. No more people with last name Bush. Ever.


The bombing begins in five minutes.

 
Forty-Two [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 02:45:40 PM  
devioustrevor: They couldn't run negative ads against him, he could always just respond with those images of him as a 2-year old saluting the coffin of his murdered father. How could they ever top that?

"How dare he salute the act of assassinating a President!!!"

 
RevMercutio [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 03:13:09 PM  
Nemo's Brother: DarnoKonrad: In to see Rightwing Kennedy personality hate. Left satisfied.

You didn't read the thread before posting your snark drivel, did you. The only one mentioning Kennedy Family stuff before you said: "Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that."

Ouch! Such hateful words.

/you whiny partisan sheep


Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

 
xbattlewax 2009-05-24 03:35:13 PM  
I would be happy if Bush, Clinton and Kennedy families would just go away.

 
HighOnCraic 2009-05-24 03:51:27 PM  
Exodus2001: CherryCokeHead: He runs the Merchandise Mart. Can we please stop electing people because of their last name? It hasn't worked out well in the past.

Agreed. No more people with last name Bush. Ever.


From 1976 to 2004, every Republican presidential campaign had either a Bush or a Dole on the ticket.

 
Farker T 2009-05-24 04:04:05 PM  
Sources familiar with Kennedian politics are predicting a close race, recounts, possible sudden death.

 
To The Escape Zeppelin! 2009-05-24 05:09:09 PM  
holiday_inn_in_cambodia: I wish they could all be Kennedys. Barring that, I wish every Democrat would change their last name to Kennedy.

and every republican would change their last name to Bachmann. to show the representative far-wing of each party and give people some perspective.


Kennedys to the left of me, Bachmanns to the right. Here I am stuck in the middle with RON PAUL.

 
King Something [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 05:50:10 PM  
I can't make any good Kennedy jokes. I haven't got the brains.

 
Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor 2009-05-24 06:25:15 PM  
King Something: I can't make any good Kennedy jokes. I haven't got the brains.

I may or may not be an associate in this dilemma.

 
HighOnCraic 2009-05-24 06:34:22 PM  
King Something: I can't make any good Kennedy jokes. I haven't got the brains.

I hate myself for seeing what you did there.

 
jpo2269 2009-05-24 08:27:46 PM  
CTurnerJoy 2009-05-24 01:10:07 PM
holiday_inn_in_cambodia: CTurnerJoy: globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

I wish there were more. I wish they could all be Kennedys. Barring that, I wish every Democrat would change their last name to Kennedy.

and every republican would change their last name to Bachmann. to show the representative far-wing of each party and give people some perspective.

You really think Teddy is as unhinged as Bachmann appears to be? Or for that matter, that he's as far left as she is right?


Your question is open to debate, but I bet Bachmann is a better driver (even for a female).

That being said, didn't Burress promise not to run for re-election?

This Kennedy, what are his qualifications? Not concerned about party, but is he accomplished enough to put himself out there to run for senate?

 
Terrified Asexual Forcemeat 2009-05-24 09:42:40 PM  
globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

We need that like a hole in the head.

/ba da boosh

 
VitruvianMonkey 2009-05-24 11:44:18 PM  
holiday_inn_in_cambodia: CTurnerJoy: what is the liberal equivalent of wharrgarbl?

Change.

\rimshot

 
TwistedFark 2009-05-25 01:09:04 AM  
jpo2269: This Kennedy, what are his qualifications? Not concerned about party, but is he accomplished enough to put himself out there to run for senate?

More so than our last President, for what that's worth...

 
Marquis de Sod [TotalFark] 2009-05-25 03:24:42 AM  
There's always room for Jello Biafra

 
WaltzingMathilda [TotalFark] 2009-05-25 10:36:48 AM  
jpo2269: This Kennedy, what are his qualifications? Not concerned about party, but is he accomplished enough to put himself out there to run for senate?

Well, he is at least 30 years of age, a citizen of the United States for at least 9 years, and will likely reside in the state he represents at the time of election, if elected - I'd say he's perfectly qualified if the voters elect him.

 
Hollerin Charlie 2009-05-25 12:57:23 PM  
globalwarmingpraiser: Great another Kennedy in congress. We really need that.

farm4.static.flickr.com

 
Ruffian 2009-05-27 11:54:13 AM  
He has no shot against Alexi.
That being said, I had a Kennedy in my car once.
Robert Kennedy Jr. rode in my '88 Corsica when I was in college. He was scheduled to speak at my college and I was on the lectures committee; I picked him up from the airport. He was a bit stand-offish at first until we mentioned that our last lecturers were Beck Weathers and David Breshears - being an avid outdoorsmen, his interest perked up and he was really cool.

 
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