Senator Ted Kennedy Endorses And Backs Obama..And...

I pay no attention to who is backing whom at all. I vote for who I want to vote for regardless of that. I watch, listen and vote for who I feel is the right candidate that suits my views and who I feel may benefit our working class and country as a whole., not who is backing the candidate.

well I wasnt going to vote for him anoy how. and a KEnnedy indorse ment does nothing fo rme. NOw I liked Prez Kennedy and I also know whwere I was when it happened and stayed clued to the tv at that time. If he had lived we might not ever got into the shape we are in now. hmmm Fat or ugly head thats funny what does obama translate too. ? and no I dont think they should get away with anything they do they are people like the rest of us if we did half these things we would be in jail the rest of out lives. I dont follow the news about them much but its a crime how they get away with things Just how do they do it ? Yup feel sorry for the women

Ted Kennedy makes me ill. It still bothers me today how he can get reelected over and over, yet still never answer for murder, or at least manslaughter! He has no morals, so if I were Obama, I wouldn't want him to endorse me. I mean really, his opinion is not something I would not want associated with me.

I agree with you - I remember when I was young looking up to the Kennedys thinking they were really special people. Sad thing is they have over the years taken advantage and used their name time and time again for nothing but to better themselves.

Well, when I heard it, I was a bit dismayed, as it will carry some weight... I'm pulling for Hilary (if she could handle Bill, she can handle any political crisis that might come up ;o)) Oh, and you forgot to mention the reason why your granddad might have thought Joe was scum... he was a rum-runner, wasn't he? I didn't know the tranlation for the name, but now that you mention it, they all did have large heads...

I lost all respect for Ted Kennedy in the last presidential election when I saw him resort to name calling and bashing. I totally agree with you on this. I wasn't voting for Obama anyway, or Clinton for that matter. But I did have some respect for Obama until I heard that. It definately didn't raise my estimation of him.

Hey pw, Yeah,I saw that too about kennedy backing obama & I wasn't impressed.I think he's crooked & if obama is affiliated w/ him he's probably crooked too.I don't really want him to get elected but I don't vote so I guess I can't complain. +'s |:)

Admittedly, I'm not a US resident, so, obviously, I won't be voting in your election. But, from what I can tell Ted Kennedy is a buffoon, and wouldn't sway me to vote for Obama. I'm curious..who do you think will win? Who you people vote for has a lot of impact in my country (Canada).

Hmmm.. I wonder if this a ploy to hinder Obama. I am not a fan of either Kennedy or Obama, but I just wonder if this is a way to further turn many against Obama. I may be totally off base, but it just reeks of well... it just reeks to me. (of course politics in general reeks to me) How do you know any of these people that are running for office? They all say things they think we want to hear. I just don't trust any of them.

that is interesting about the translation - the kennedy's did have a common trait of a large head, didn't they? I am also no fan of ted kenedy, though I think that president JFK was a decent president with good ideas and I am sorry that he was assassinated, I think our country would have been better off if he had not been. my feeling is that public figures should not be permitted to use their celebrity or fame to endorse candidates publicly.

I agree with you--not a Kennedy fan here either. Although I did like John Kennedy as President at the time. I think his assasination has probably "sainted" him, though. I don't know who I'm going to vote for. Although he sounds and acts good, I keep wondering is Obama is a militant Muslim in disguise....I do know I am sick of the campaigning already and we still have a year to go!

I have no fondness at all for the Kennedy's. ed would probably rank the lowest since he is still living. This state will always love the Kennedy's because MA is a blind faith democrat state. Mindless fools following the party laws and never bothering to think for themselves. I don't hold the womanizing against them since all men do that, married or not....It is depressing, but not much to do about it.

I have never understood what clout the Kennedys have. I feel the only reason we have ARnold as the senator of CA is because he married an Kennedy. I would back a politician because of my own ideas and my own mind not because someone else backs them. I feel we need to make up our own mind and not back a person becaue an actor or someone else backs them.

JFK Junior was pretty hot. I just needed another reason not to vote for Obama. Now I have it. I don't like him to begin with and now the political machine known as the Kennedy family is backing the one man I never wish to see as president.

Well Pywacket, I certainly don't have any animosity for the the Kennedys but Ted Kennedy & Caroline Kennedy's endorsements strike me as being rather meaningless. I give as much credence to them as I give to the endorsements of John Kerry & movie stars & basketball players etc. I've already made up my mind and I'm supporting Hilary Clinton. In the end I think it will come down to Hilary vs John McCain whom I also like but I want a female president. I think the bottom line in this upcoming election is whether or not women will support a female candidate. If they do, she's in. If they don't, there probably will not be another female candidate in the life time of any living person. As for the Kennedys, they got a Catholic into the Whitehouse and as an Irish Catholic myself, that was a good thing. I can remember my father stopping a family friend who asked if my 8 year old brother "wanted to grow up to be president" and telling the man not to say that because no Catholic would ever be president. By the time my brother was 10 that had changed thanks to JFK. Of course, they never asked little girls that then and they probably don't now but I'm hoping that will change in the next year. I will agree that JFk's affairs were reckless but nobody knew then. I think I'd be willing to cut Bill Clinton a lot of slack based on JFK's history. At least he wasn't playing around with Mafia molls and threatening national security but then Kennedy did pay the ultimate price. I guess I just would rather remember him as the first (and only) Catholic president. He had a lot of charisma and he broke barriers. For a while, at least, he made us feel good about ourselves and that was not a bad thing. It might just be that that kind of magnetism even if it is based on an illusion, is the only thing that can break barriers. I guess that that is something else that will just have to be tested in this year. Barrack and Hilary are both trying to break barriers. He's heavy on charm and she is heavy on experience and substance. Be interesting to see what happens.