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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: thundley4 on May 20, 2009, 02:37:39 PM

Title: RFK's son considering Senate bid from Illinois
Post by: thundley4 on May 20, 2009, 02:37:39 PM
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CHICAGO (AP) - A spokeswoman says a son of the late Robert F. Kennedy is seriously considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.
Spokeswoman Kasey Madden didn't say Wednesday when Chicago businessman Chris Kennedy would make an announcement.

The seat Kennedy is interested in is now held by Sen. Roland Burris, who was appointed by ousted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.


Chris Kennedy's father was a U.S. senator when he was assassinated in 1968. He is a nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy and current U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts. His cousin, Caroline Kennedy, earlier this year dropped a bid to be appointed to a Senate seat from New York.
Link (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98A5E2G0&show_article=1)

Wonderful, just  :censored: wonderful.  A Demonrat, that if elected will hold office for life.  :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Title: Re: RFK's son considering Senate bid from Illinois
Post by: Mike220 on May 20, 2009, 02:39:06 PM
And people say we don't have hereditary aristocracy in this country.
Title: Re: RFK's son considering Senate bid from Illinois
Post by: franksolich on May 20, 2009, 02:39:20 PM
Well now, if a Kennedy wants that seat in Illinois, shouldn't it be a Smith?

Weren't the Smith in-laws the ones who ran the Merchandise Mart in Chicago?
Title: Re: RFK's son considering Senate bid from Illinois
Post by: thundley4 on May 20, 2009, 02:53:21 PM
Quote from: franksolich on May 20, 2009, 02:39:20 PM
Well now, if a Kennedy wants that seat in Illinois, shouldn't it be a Smith?

Weren't the Smith in-laws the ones who ran the Merchandise Mart in Chicago?

I found this on wikipedia, which in this case, I'll trust.

"In 1945, the Merchandise Mart was purchased for $12.5 million by former Ambassador to Great Britain Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., the father of future U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Later managed by Sargent Shriver, the building was owned for more than 50 years by the Kennedy family through Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. until 1998, when MMPI was acquired by Vornado Realty Trust for $450 million in cash and a $100-million-plus stake in Vornado. In early 2007, the building was valued at $917 million.

It looks like the Kennedy clan made some big bucks off of the sale.
Title: Re: RFK's son considering Senate bid from Illinois
Post by: DixieBelle on May 20, 2009, 02:55:14 PM
Yeah, what happened to the charges of that eviiiiiiiil Bush cabal?? :whatever:
Title: Re: RFK's son considering Senate bid from Illinois
Post by: franksolich on May 20, 2009, 02:55:57 PM
Oh, okay, it was the Shrivers, not the Smiths.