Thursday, August 27, 2009

Senator Ted Kennedy

This sorry youngest brother of John F. and Robert Kennedy has proven that he is nothing more than a political hack and elitist unto his dying breath. Literally. He has written to Massachusetts state lawmakers asking them to change the law to allow the Governor appointment of his replacement.

Senator Ted Kennedy, who is gravely ill with brain cancer, has sent a letter to Massachusetts lawmakers requesting a change in the state law that determines how his Senate seat would be filled if it became vacant before his eighth full term ends in 2012. Current law mandates that a special election be held at least 145 days after the seat becomes available. Mr. Kennedy is concerned that such a delay could leave his fellow Democrats in the Senate one vote short of a filibuster-proof majority for months while a special election takes place.

"I therefore am writing to urge you to work together to amend the law through the normal legislative process to provide for a temporary gubernatorial appointment until the special election occurs," writes the Senator.

What Mr. Kennedy doesn't volunteer is that he orchestrated the 2004 succession law revision that now requires a special election, and for similarly partisan reasons. John Kerry, the other Senator from the state, was running for President in 2004, and Mr. Kennedy wanted the law changed so the Republican Governor at the time, Mitt Romney, could not name Mr. Kerry's replacement.

This bothers me so much because this man who is being lionized by so many for his long "service" is nothing but an elitist prig. He's shown that he doesn't think that the voters can choose a competent replacement.

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