Aselin

Well, what do you know. Really. At the urging of prospective senator Caroline Kennedy, apparently I know a lot. I listened to a series of dismal interviews lacking in substance but chock full of assertions - ya know. While we have not enjoyed a strong oratorial administration these past eight years, one would expect those seeking to represent us to have a minimum of verbal command.

What is intensely disappointing is how clearly the love-fest surrounding Kennedy reveals the current hypocracy of the media climate. While Sarah Palin was excoriated for her “lack” of credentials and comparably minor verbal gaffes, the heir of Camelot is lifted high upon media shoulders as she demonstrates a sucking vacuum of substance.

I know, ya know, we Americans love our celebrities. We hold them high under an diffusive light worshiping their images like the golden calves they are. Don’t some of us have enough substance to vote for leaders rather than politicians? Don’t we get how serious all of this politics is? Aren’t we more concerned about the content of someone’s character than say, who their parents were. To assert that Kennedy has special credentials because she moved into the White House when she was three is ludicrous.

Politics brings about strange bedfellows. Power is a heady elixir. I understand the enticement for Kennedy not to have to endure an actual election rather to assume power by appointment, but real power rarely comes from the title. As Caroline seeks to enter the rough an tumble world of the Senetorial jungle she might take a few lessons from the hockey mom of the north. And after a few tutorials together, who knows, ya know, this pair might actually stick. What would the media and N.O.W. do with a Kennedy/Palin ticket? I don’t really know, ya know.