Category — Camelot

Raise your hand if you really care about political endorsements.  Politicians still fight for them.  The media still chatters about them.  But aren’t they the ghosts of a bygone era?  Before the Internet, databases, and almost instant access to information, an endorsement from a respected figure carried some heft.  Today, I just don’t see the value.  Nor do I know many people waiting breathlessly for their marching orders from George Clooney or Rush Limbaugh.

All of this brings us to the big political endorsement of the day—the Kennedy clan’s endorsement of Barack Obama.  Yes, Ted put the whiskey bottle down long enough to endorse Mr. Obama.  And don’t forget Caroline Kennedy (What has she done that’s noteworthy?) harkening back some 4 decades to Camelot by comparing Barack to JFK.  After all, they’re young, photogenic, and both used drugs although Barack used for recreational and not medicinal purposes.  With all those “wonderfully” similar qualifications, why not make Barack president?

But like I said before, I don’t think endorsements carry the weight they once did.  And I could care less what Ted Kennedy, a drunk with no character at all, has to say about anything.