Do you know Caroline Kennedy?

Do you know know Caroline Kennedy? She thinks we know about whatever she is talking about. Could you please enlighten us, Caroline? What the hell in the you know are you talking about?!

From what I've heard, Caroline Kennedy is a well educated woman. But from listening to her in interviews, it makes me wonder. What's wrong with her? Why can't she speak intelligently? How many times can someone say "Ya know" in a 2 minute conversation? Geeze!

The "ya know" is more annoying than Barack Obama's uhhs and umms. Even with all of Obama's umms and uhhs, he sounds more intelligent than Caroline. Someone commented that she sounded like some low class druggie. I think I have to agree with that. She does not sound like someone with an advanced education.

As for appointing her to the senate, I think we've got enough Kennedy's in Washington as it is. And I've said it before, and I will say it again: I am tired of this appointment bullshit. The American people should be able to choose their representatives to congress, even if a sitting senator steps down.

Blagojevich snubs Senate, taps Burris for seat

In defiance of U.S. senators who said they would not seat his pick, Gov. Rod Blagojevich today selected former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to succeed President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate.

Blagojevich praised Burris for his "unquestioned integrity" and "extensive experience," calling him a senior statesman.

"Please don't allow the allegations against me to taint this good and honest man," Blagojevich said.

Burris, who accepted the appointment, said he would next deal with the U.S. Senate's statement that it would not seat him.

"Faced with these challenges and challenged with these crises, it is incomprehensible that the people of the great state of Illinois will enter the 111th Congress short handed," Burris said. "We need leadership in Washington."

Burris said he spoke with Blagojevich Sunday night.

"I was asked if he would appoint me would I accept and the answer is yes," said Burris, who offered no comment on the governor's legal situation.

Blagojevich said he moved to appoint Burris after the General Assembly declined to approve legislation for a special election to find a new U.S. senator.

"To not fill the vacancy would be to deprive the people of Illinois of their appropriate voice" in the U.S. Senate, Blagojevich said.

Burris said he accepted the appointment because the nation is at a crossroads.

"Faced with these challenges and challenged with these crises, it is incomprehensible that the people of the great state of Illinois will enter the 111th Congress short handed. "We need leadership in Washington."

"I have faith in the record that I have forged over the last four decades. I accept this appointment," Burris said.

Tribune

Is Burris out of his mind? I wouldn't want to be involved in this scandal and I sure as hell wouldn't want anything to do with nutcase Blagojevich. If I wanted a seat in the senate, I'd run for the office like everyone else and be elected, or not, in an election. No more of this appointment bullshit. Hold a special election and let the people choose their representative for congress. Its the right thing to do. The fair thing.

Who's with me?

Jeb Bush considering senate run

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — the younger brother of the president — is weighing a run for the Senate seat currently held by Republican Mel Martinez.

Martinez announced Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in 2010. Asked whether he was interested in running for the seat then, Bush told Politico by e-mail Tuesday night: “I am considering it.”

A source close to Bush said he'll be thoughtful and methodical about the decision-making process. He will consider the impact a race would have on his family and his business and whether or not the U.S. Senate is the best forum from which to continue his advocacy for issues such as education, immigration and GOP solutions to health care reform.

In an interview with Politico immediately after November’s election, the former governor said the Republican Party should take four primary steps to regain favor with voters: Show no tolerance for corruption, practice what it preaches about limiting the scope of government (“There should not be such a thing as a Big Government Republican”), stand for working families and small business, and embrace reform.

Bush said conservatives should “do the math of the new demographics of the United States,” explaining that the Republican Party “can’t be anti-Hispanic, anti-young person — anti many things — and be surprised when we don’t win elections.”

Since Martinez's announcement Tuesday, Bush has received many phone calls and emails from Floridians and national Republicans urging him to run, the source close to him said Tuesday night.

Bush has kept a low-profile since leaving office in 2007, but he retains a strong following among Florida Republicans and would almost certainly clear the Republican field should he decide to run.

But he's in no hurry to decide, said a top adviser, and won't make a decision until after the new year.

Should Bush decide against a run, the field is wide open for Republicans who would consider bids for the seat.

Outgoing state House Speaker Marco Rubio – a close Bush ally and Republican rising star in the Sunshine state – told Politico in an interview that he’d almost certainly run for the seat.

"If he doesn’t run, I’d find it very difficult not to run," Rubio said of the former governor.

But Rubio, like other Republicans, is respectful of the place Bush holds within the Florida GOP.

"I think Jeb Bush should run and if he does I think he’ll win," he said.

Rubio, 37, hails from Miami’s powerful Cuban-American community and would command strong support from that influential bloc in a Republican primary. He has already set up a YouTube page and will be launching his own website soon in anticipation of a potential run.

Politico

Hasn't the Bush family done ENOUGH damage to this country? I wish these Bushes would go away and stay the fuck out of politics. What's next for Jeb? President run in 2016? Please. America has had enough with the Bushes. Don't vote them in for any office. Remember what the Bushes gave us the last eight years. I might be talking to the wall here, though, because America seems to have a short memory.