Caroline Kennedy says Obama like her father JFK

This must be a huge personal blow to Senator Clinton, who so clearly patterns her political career after that of her hero, Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Wow! The more I LISTEN or READ what Obama's camp writes, the more I'm inspired.

America can turn it's back on this opportunity, but if we do we will be in for 4 years of "yelling" or (in the case of McCain) boring pronouncements.

Obama supporters wake up. Obama is running a racist campaign.

Obama's camp compared their vicotry over Clinton in Iowa to OJ's murder of his wife.

That was waaaaaay back in January. And the media covered it up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

I like the idea that Barack Obama says what he believes and does not have to run everything through speech writers and advisors. This tells me alot about a persons honesty and sincerety.

Obama is a good man. It's time to put a different kind of politician in the WHite House. It's time to end the Clinton's and the War Candidates era of power.

John Edwards will make a great Attorney General.

I was happy to hear of Caroline Kennedy's endorsement of Senator Obama yesterday! Now, if her Uncle Ted just comes out for him, that will be "icing on the cake"! America is in dire need of a Hero, and I believe Obama is it! He's young, energetic, smart, well educated and compassionate ~ all of the traits we so admired in President Kennedy. It's time that we have a president we can look up to once again!

48 years ago I was in high school and not very interested in politics. JFK changed all that for me. I experienced that whole beautiful time period of hope and purpose, and was proud to be an American. I served in the Peace Corps. No other administration has ever come close to unifying Americans and inspiring them so positively.

I have that same feeling again ..... Thank you Caroline for affirming what I too feel. Barack Obama will change the course of this nation.

This is no small feat, or gesture coming from one of the Kennedys. I knew that the media would minimize her statement and not give us the full account of what she said, but only what THEY wanted us to hear. So, I decided to look up what she said on NY Times Website. PROFOUND, ASTOUNDING! And THIS, after NYT endorsed Hillary!

A person’s character is shaped and tested by their experiences which is why our next President's character should matter as much if not more than their experience.

1969 – While Barack Obama was being raised by a single mother and experiencing a life of racial and cultural diversity , Hillary Clinton was learning the art of triangulation and writing an admiring college thesis on Saul Alinsky whose fifth rule of political agitation was, “Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.”

1979 – While Barack Obama was actively involved in the South African divestment movement to end apartheid, Hillary was reaping profits of almost 10,000% in the futures markets and leaving taxpayers with her real-estate losses in the Savings & Loan bailout.

1989 – While Barack Obama served as the Harvard Law Review’s first black president in its 104 year history, Hillary Clinton then wife of the Arkansas governor was receiving payments from a law firm that was doing the state's business and receiving board of director payments from Wal-Mart where she remained silent about Wal-Mart’s anti-labor union practices.

1999 – While Barack Obama was securing bipartisan support for health-care reform and passage of low-income tax credits and child care subsidies in the Illinois legislature, Hillary Clinton was urging her husband to bomb Yugoslavia and supporting his Iraq “regime change” policy in order to divert public attention from the president’s marital, legal and ethical infidelities.

2007 – While Barack was promoting a restoration of balance between work and wealth and criticizing special interests for distorting U.S. tax codes, Hillary and her husband were liquidating their blind trust of the nearly $50 million amassed during their years in public office.

The U.S. needs a uniter not a divider for President as the global economy teeters on the brink of economic meltdown not unlike the Great Depression.

Afterall the Roaring Twenties decade that preceded the Great Depression, like the Irrational Nineties that preceded our current decade, were both a golden age for technology, scandal-plagued politicians, corporate greed, and unrestrained personal debt and speculation.

Please! When you cast your vote, think beyond the "categories that supposedly define us." It's time to end the divisiveness and come together as country. It would be a mistake to "overlook the urgency of the moment." There is one candidate who can bring our country together at this critical juncture, and that person is Barack Obama.

Barack Obama:

"...we're also up against forces that are not the fault of any one campaign, but feed the habits that prevent us from being who we want to be as a nation.

...A politics that tells us that we have to think, act, and even vote within the confines of the categories that supposedly define us. The assumption that young people are apathetic. The assumption that Republicans won't cross over. The assumption that the wealthy care nothing for the poor, and that the poor don't vote. The assumption that African-Americans can't support the white candidate; whites can't support the African-American candidate; blacks and Latinos can't come together.

...The choice in this election is not between regions or religions or genders. It's not about rich versus poor; young versus old; and it is not about black versus white.

It's about the past versus the future.

It's about whether we settle for the same divisions and distractions and drama that passes for politics today, or whether we reach for a politics of common sense, and innovation – a shared sacrifice and shared prosperity."

Caroline's endorsement for Obama is wonderful! I'm sure she gave her decision a lot of thought before announcing it. Also, I would like to say that the large number of white voters who turned out for Obama just goes to show that my state, Iowa, wasn't just a fluke and that people of ALL races recognize the great potential of this man. However, I was dismayed this morning when someone called in on CSPAN with the same old tired argument that Obama won't wear a US flag (where is it written that we HAVE TO?? I don't like pins either; they make holes in your clothing) and that he won't pledge allegiance to the flag. For those who STILL believe these things, here's a website for you to go to to set the matter straight;snopes.com

Reading Caroline's endorsement gave me goosebumps. Obama is the one who can take this great nation of ours into a completely new direction.

I too feel that we now have a presidential candidate who is very like John F. Kennedy. I have felt this way from the beginnning of this race, and I'm glad to be confirmed. Obama is heads above the democratic fray in caliber of character, so I'm hopeful he'll win. We should have no place for petty politics and dirty political tricks in this Country. "YES WE CAN"! GO OBAMA

Barack Obama won SC in a landslide. As soon as I heard that Caroline had written an op-ed endorsing Obama, I read it and came away feeling a quiet, yet powerfully overwhelming sense that "Yes, we can"

Comparing Obama to her father, JFK, speaks volumes, especially to those over 50. It will have a positive impact on this election.

Didn't President Kennedy CUT income tax rates? Didn't President Kennedy FIGHT America's foes?

How does the higher taxes, surrender-to-anybody Barack H. Obama resemble John F. Kennedy?

And who other than the "Fishwrap of Record" would give a Caroline Kennedy a whole op-ed space to spout off?

Caroline must have really lost her mind! Although I was never a great fan of any of the Kennedy people I can't help but feel that JFK's remains must be spinning in their grave. If John Kennedy ran for president today he would not pass muster for the Democrat party. His policies are better fitted to a moderate Republican today. This said I have to quote that time worn phrase with a slight change. Obama is no John Kennedy!

I hope Caroline feels bad for making Hillary cry (again). LOL

Bruce...He also said:
Never negotiate out of fear, never fear to negotiate. A large difference to the smug administration now in power. By the way...they also give room on the fishrap for you to post your fish entrails.

RNC Gadfly Bruce,

Quit lying about Senator Obama.

The problems with America are laid at the feet of Dubya and his sycophants.

Look down.

This is one of many reasons that I am a Republican will vote for OBAMA.

wasn't Caroline a little girl when here father was killed...how much would you remember about that...let me remind you of your father, he was a Catholic not a Muslim (why would I vote for a man where I can't worship with) and of course he should win SC so did Jesse Jackson...the media is BIAS...They hate Hillary and it shows

Just Like Her Daddy and Worse

The Princess Royal of the Kennedy clan, who has herself accomplished nothing in life except being born to wealth and privilege, has draped her father's moth-eaten cloak on Barack Obama, who, in her father's White House, would have been a footman or cook. Say what you will about Obama, he got there himself without the benefit of a rich daddy or corrupt political machine. He may be more unprepared to be president and more disastrous for this country than was JFK, but we hope, at least, that he will be impervious to "love notes" from middle-aged political camp followers who are still trying to be influential without ever being relevant.

Do not be fooled. When Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was elected, he runs the simliar slogan "chang"--It was inspiring that time, however, I have not seen any changes but his troubles.

Probably the most admiring point of Obama is that he speaks of "WE", not "I" like Billary. The Clinton machine has blown a gasket and resorted to interjecting race as an issue to play against ignorant bigots still remaining in this nation. Note to the Clintons - America has awaken and we want a change. You two can not provide it.

Spoken like a true Clintonite, Bryon. Thanks for reminding us of the race-baiting tactics the Clintons have used shamelessly over the last few weeks--"Obama is a secret Muslim" (he's not, but so what if he was--do you hate all Muslims?) and let's not forget Bill's disgusting comment Saturday morning about Barack "of course" winning SC because even Jesse Jackson won the state in the 80s.
Young, old, black, white, rich, poor . . . they have all come out for Obama in the first four states. Don't let the politics of hate divide you. SC rejected the politics of hate, the rest of the country will follow.

In response to Byron Holmes comments, Caroline Kennedy didn't refer to her personal memories of her father. She stated what others have said to her her entire life regarding how he inspired THEM. Also, Barack Obama is NOT a Muslim, he is Christian.

BYRON HOLMES, January 27, 2008 11:13

It's as if paulo, john d, bruce and jerry white all came together in one ignorant, prejudicial and completely insane post.

We can now add Byron to the list of paid RNC bloggers.

And like Kennedy, Obama is, among the candidates, the one most likely to be assassinated by a moron wacko.
Obama should stay in the Senate for life and be a (far) smarter version of Ted Kennedy.

I'm a 62 y.o. white female who supports Obama because he is the best candidate for America. It's been a L-O-N-G time since we've had a candidate who speaks to the best in us. I invite my fellow boomers to return to hope and action.

Racists Ppl like Clintons and Byron Holmes make me so ashamed of being White ..First of all, Obama is not a Muslim guy..that was a dirty trick played by those Clintons.
He is just an American who happened to be black. And for your kind information, even blacks are Americans.
People like you will never give Whites a chance to prove that even we believe in being together and brotherhood...
I am a white American who will proudly vote for a black guy because I believe in change- I believe in him...

My guess Byron is that if you were old enough to honestly remeber Kennedy, that makes you very old, and it shows in your memory. Write this down so you remember next time you put your teeth in to talk..
Obama is not a Muslim, and quite frankly I doubt you worship anywhere because I don't think you are supposed to lie or you're just a hypocrite.

well... caroline kennedy probably thinks that 'terminator' arnold is like her father as well...
from her choice of the republican arnold for husband... i doubt we can rely on her for good judgement...

robert kennedy jr adn ted kennedy hold more weight....

Ms. Kennedy is right.

There is something going on here, you can feel it. We have a candidate that speaks to your prosperity, a canditate that speaks to our aspirations.

Democratic contests have seen record amounts of turnout. There is a landslide of possibilities. These numbers will carry over to the general election to take our democracy back. Young people like myself are waking up to the future of our country and are now taking a stake in what the outcome will be.

Obama mentioned there may be bumps in the road such as New Hampshire, but the train is steadily picking up steam on the tracks straight towards unity. As Obama said, 'we are one'.

Alison LaVigne wrote, Obama is A Christian, they why did he insist on taking his oath of office with his hand on the Koran?

Obama? Putin, Kim Jung Il, Ahmadinijad, Sarkosy, Musharaf and the radical Arabs will all easily make chopped liver out of Obama. He's well-intentioned but naive and inexpeienced.

Holy Crap! I agree with a Kennedy!
The fact that a 49 yr old Republican can identify with inclusive message of the Obama Camapaign along with Caroline is really great for our divided country!
Keep the slimy, lying Clinton Duoacracy out of OUR White House!
I am switching to Democrat to vote in the primary.

Thank you South Carolina, thank you Caroline Kennedy.

Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush . . . err maybe, just maybe, Clinton is not the next answer. I know the baby boomers love Billary but maybe its time to pass the torch.

Now if only Caroline would be his running mate....

And please, Teddy DON'T endorse Obama

I have read her books as well as all of Barack Obama's and have admired the work of Caroline Kennedy throughout her life... I again find the future opening in a way I have not experienced since I voted for her father long, long time ago... We need to restore America to its roots and rebuild the ethical center that has maintained us. I would love to see Caroline as V.P. or Attorney General.

Barack's beliefs worry the vast majority of main stream Americans.
We don't want a Quran in every motel room across America and we don't want, 'In Allah We Trust' on our currency...

Vote for a Christian!

Paulo

Posted by: Manuel A. Tellechea | January 27, 2008 11:17 AM

You must be one of those "great" Americans. What an A hole!

I'm sorry. Carolyn Kennedy did not really know her father. She walked on the beach with her Dad, played hide and seek with him in the oval office, and ran to him as he disembarked airplanes--and more. I'm sure JFK was a good father to a pre-school age girl. Many men are good fathers. Most of what she knows of him is from what others have told her, or what she has read.

I do not think Obama is ready. He admits he would have others take care of the mechanics in the WH--that he is not a detail person. Neither was Jr. W. Bush. That is why he had Cheney. Big trouble I think. Obama is A LOT like Bush. Obama's mentor in the senate was Joe Lieberman. Joe Lieberman seems to always be pushing for us to bomb Iran, and to do much of the bidding in the Mid East. Joe Lieberman says he is a Dem, yet votes often like an Repub. How much of Joe Lieberman is in the mind of Obama?

What are the nuts and bolts of Obam's CHANGE? He only has verbalized the outline of sunshine, flowers, and hope--for what? Why the 1960s JFK comparison when he is suppose to be all about change and new beginnings... No way do I want to go back to the 1960s. Do not vote for Obama as a reaction to the current WORST president in history--just as, IMO, W. Bush was a reaction to the whole moral, honor and Lewinski thing with Bill C.
Reactive voting only gets us another extreme of someone or something-- possibly dangerous in the same degree--only in an opposing direction. Moderation might be a good thing now--a healing thing. I think John Edwards would fit the bill here.

Caroline is a sympathetic figure. She lives in a bubble though--as do Hilary (who is suffering the mysogynist backlash right now) and Obama--unfamiliar with the plight of common people. John Edwards LIVED it. OVERCAME it. MADE a living out of helping the poor. Barack did it for 3.5 years to get his bonafides and a different way to earn a living.
That's okay. Not everyone is as good on their feet in a fight. Edwards is THE ONLY candidate who can beat EVEN McCain if he's the nominee. LJB knew he was giving up 2 generations of dems in the south by signing the civil rights act. 8 years from now, and a lot of hamburgers and fries with that later the 2 generations will be gone. Or disabled. Nothing switches a die-hard redneck to democratic status than a disability.
Obama could learn a lot from John. We know he's got cult status and can have the media eating out of his hand. That won't last long in the White House. All the better to start learning about REALLY serving in Washington under Edwards. The big corporate media (with ties into all kinds of different industries, among them war profiteering) hates Edwards--count the number of times the third viable candidate is mentioned in these pages. Doesn't that tell you something.

Didn't President Kennedy CUT income tax rates? Didn't President Kennedy FIGHT America's foes?

Posted by: Bruce | January 27, 2008 10:42 AM

Wrong again, Bruce, so let me explain.

Kennedy learned from the pre-emptive strike on Cuba, aka "the Bay of Pigs." He wasn't all blood and guts for no reason. By the end, it was very likely he was going to pull U.S. forces out of Vietnam.

What he didn't realize is that the "industrial military complex" that his predecessor, Dwight Eisenhower, warned about would commit treason and end his life. After that, they got their war in Vietnam - thanks to Hillary's champion, Johnson - and we got our butts handed to us by the Viet Cong - thanks in part to the Kessinger-Nixon-Ford retreat.

Staying in Iraq offers another promising quagmire. Under McCain, we will stay until we decide to leave. But how many tours of duty are you willing to do to make McCain's "vision" become a reality, Bruce.

I'll give you time to put on your pants so that you can answer.

Yes, the few absurd and negative postings here about Obama sound like gnashing of the teeth to me. Obama is a force that cannot be stopped - not even by the Machiavellian Clinton political machinery. That he survived the onslaught heaped on him by Billary and co. and came out smelling of roses shows mettle and power. He's being prepared for facing the Republican machinery in the race for the general election.

A 'know-nothing' first-time US SENATOR named 'BARKY' OBAMA gets endorsements from CAROLINE KENNEDY AND SENATOR TED'ill have another chivas rocks'KENNEDY - WOW!!! Let's see both CAROLINE + TED'chivas rocks' backed JOHN'the-Fraud'KERRY and thought JFKjr. was a 'good pilot' - not exactly great track recors in who to have faith in what??? As far as OBAMA his name will be an interesting question on 'JEOPARDY' twenty years from now - Who was the BLACK MAN who was HILLARY's first pick for her VP in 2008??? Ha!!!

Caroline did say she bases her opinion on what others have told her. But, she is who she is--to many people--based on the extention of her being her father's daughter. She knows this. Her comparing Obama to her father--then endorsing Obama for pres could be seen as a conflict of interest. She would gain by Obama's being in the WH. Why the big deal about her op-ed? Why not give another museum worker/editor an explosive roll out regarding their opinion on who would make the next best pres?

So the torch is being passed from Sen. Ted Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy, the remaining survivors of the Camelot White House, to Sen. Barack Obama, the candidate who offers hope and provides inspiration.

Fitting.

It should also help Obama with the Latino vote, big time.

Adelante Caroline y Ted!

Viva Barack Obama!!!!

The Kennedy's endorsement. Does that mean three words: "Vice President Kennedy"? Sorry Oprah.

I am a keen observer of your election (British and living in England) and have close friends in Chicago, I am very impressed by Obama and think he is streets ahead of Hillary Clinton. Obama's oratory is excellent and he speaks wisely, I dont think many people in England will be disappointed if he wins the presidency.

I see Ted "the murderer" Kennedy supports Obama as well. Wow if I were Barack I woulod not accept the support of the murderer Ted Kennedy. How can you pretend to be of moral value when you have a murderer speaking out for you. Tedd Kennedy is responsible for the death of a young beautiful woman yet Obama thinks his support means something. Just another example of that great judgment exhibited by Obama. You know that same great judgemeant that brought us Stroger, Blago, REzko and snorting coke in his 20's.

President John F. Kennedy himself once said:

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."

Thanks to Carolyn and Ted Kennedy for helping us to look towards the future in their endorsements for Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States.

An endorsement by a public figure known for integrity & honesty (Caroline)is worth paying attention to. On the other hand, Ted's endorsement is meaningless. I'll bet Hillary is experiencing an emotion other than crying. Glad Bill's there to comfort and protect her (LOL). I'd pay to have heard her reaction.

Another white female, 64 years old, who's taking another look at Obama...in a quandry...Hillary or Obama? I appreciate her experience and all her work to help children, however, loathe Bill. Maybe she could make him a "Roving" ambassador? I really think she should monitor his remarks. He lost SC for her...no doubt about that!! Obama might have won anyway, but not by much...would have been very close, I think.

Obama really appeals to me because of his sincere desire to want to bring people together...no respector of persons... definitely not a racist.

No, I don't think I'm in a quandry...will vote for Obama in the CA primary and just keep listening!

The Kennedy's have a long and distinguished record of public service to this country. Caroline Kennedy, like her mother, is an intelligent and accomplshed woman, whose advocacy for a quality education (and a hundred other accomplishments that we will probably never know about)I admire. But, I disagree that Barack Obama is like her father. True, John Kennedy's record in the House and the Senate were admittiedly thin, but his record of accmomplishment was still greater than that of Sen. Obama's. He also brought otgether a constellation of the greatest minds of that generation: acheson, Schlesinger, Macnamara, etc. Obama's star appeal, much like JFK is great, but his written and verbal statements read more like that of a bright undergradaute, than a presidential aspirant.

To mita: Caroline Kennedy is not Married to Arnold Schwartzenegger. That would be her cousin, Maria Shriver. Get your facts right before you spout off.

I have to give Obama one thing. He can sure speak. He is inspiring but what is he actually telling us? We all have dreams, what will he do for us to realize those dreams? We all don't want war, but what will he do to safeguard this country? Does anyone really know is tendencies when it comes to voting? Present doesn't tell me a thing. Many of you are voting for a preacher in a pulpit that is telling you feel good things but can he get anything accomplished? He has NO track record at all, just black and sounds different from the rest. New ideas and different from the rest. Well, at least Obama's wife will not let him run around like JKF did on Jackie. I'm sure she have a piece of him if so.

To wondering....You said Obama hasn't got a track record.well
the last time I checked he was
vociferously against the iraq war which is the most important issue in recent times.Also the recession the country is going towards is not unconnected to the iraq war spendings,thanks to hilary for voting for the war.Now she wants to fix it after she helped start it all.She did not even accept her mistake and learn from it,all we hear is denial, denial and denial,but the records are there. What exactly has hilary done?Well the last time I checked she was put in charge of the health care service which she competently botched,the records are also there.So what track record has hillary got?Any bill she passed?guess what?she cant pass none cause she is all about division.

Statement from Kathleen Kennedy Townsend:

I respect Caroline and Teddy's decision but I have made a different choice. While I admire Senator Obama greatly, I have known Hillary Clinton for over 25 years and have seen first hand how she gets results.

"As a woman, leader, and person of deep convictions, I believe Hillary Clinton would make the best possible choice for president. She shares so many of the concerns of my father. Hillary has spent a lifetime speaking out on behalf of the powerless and working to alleviate poverty, in our country and around the world. I have seen her work up close and know she will be a great President.

"At this moment when so much is at stake at home and overseas, I urge our fellow Americans to support Hillary Clinton. That is why my brother Bobby, my sister Kerry, and I are supporting Hillary Clinton."

Keith,
Get your facts straight! It was Keith Ellison, the Minnesota Democrat in Congress, who took the oath of office using the Koran. He is an admitted Muslim and what is wrong with that?!

No offense, but Caroline Kennedy's endorsement carries more weight to me than Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. Even with two very prominent names - Kennedy, nationally and Townsend, locally in Maryland, she managed to get trounced in 2002 by the GOP underdog, Bob Ehrlich, for the Maryland governorship ending the Democratic party's 36 year hold on the Maryland State House. She was awful!

The Kennedy's are not with out stain.If President Kennedy had not named Robert as attorney general he might still be alive today. You don't go to sleep in a den of vipers.
Their father used the mob to get rich and to advance John's election to the Presidency. Lets not forget that Sammy Davis Jr. was excluded from the Presidents party.But years later they put their arms around Shirley Franklin in Atlanta. What hypocrits!.One other side note Mr.Dean Martin saw through it all and refused to go to the party.He saw them for what they are.

To Mita: Sorry,but I think you're getting Caroline Kennedy-SCHLOSSBERG mixed up with Maria Shriver, who married Arnold Schwarzenegger. Check your facts before you bring on the hate. PS Maria is also neighbors with Oprah, one of Barack's biggest supporters. He's got a lot of good people on his side-- Caroline and NOW TED Kennedy are two of them, and over 200,000 voters voiced that same opinion in South Carolina and Iowa respectively. In the words of Sam Cooke, "A Change is Gonna Come." You better get ready for it.

Wake up mainstream media. Not all the Kennedy family is supporting Obama. Please remember about fair and balanced reporting and at least acknowledge the other Kennedys who are endorsing Clinton. If all the Kennedys are not going in the same direction then you cannot use the term ‘Kennedy Dynasty’ as supporting Obama.

http://www.netnewspublisher.com/?p=3393

I think she has stepped over her bounderies with her statement. She was 5 years old when her father was President. Its a crock of SH&^ to say she remembers when her dad was president. That angers me. I was 3 years older than her, she sure and hell didnt "REMEMBER" much at the age of 5. She may have memroy loss, she sure and hell doesnt remember. U hate when people in the public eye lie to us. She just lost my vote for him!
Politics as freggin usual!

BARACK IS AN INSULT TO YOUR FATHER. NEVER COMPARE HIM TO YOUR DAD AGAIN, I GREW UP IN E BOSTON,MA, ON WEBSTER ST. YOUR DAD WAS A LIITLE KID AND PUT HIS INTIALS ON MY AUNT'S WINDOW SILL.WE THE PEOPLE KNOW IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE TO VOTE GOV PATRICK IN MA, THATS WHY WE VOTED FOR HILLARY IN THE PRIMARYS . ALL DELEGATES AND SUPER DELEGATES MUST GO TO HILLARY, THAT IS WHAT THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF MA VOTED FOR