Sunday, December 28, 2008

Questions Caroline Kennedy Should be Asked By Catholics and Others Related to Bobby and JFK

As you might notice from the post below I am following the saga if Caroline Kennedy shall be appointed United States Senator to replace Hillary.

Over at the Weekly Standard I they have some questions that I think would be great to be asked of her:

Caroline meanwhile is trying to run on the legacy of her father and Bobby, while embracing a post-60s Teddy-type platform strikingly out of step with that of her father and late uncle.
Would Jack, who threatened pre-emptive war over missiles in Cuba, have really opposed a war with Iraq after Saddam defied U.N. resolutions? Would Bobby, who made his chops busting corrupt labor unions, have supported the end of the secret ballot in union elections? What would Jack and Bobby have said to the feminist social agenda, up to and including late-term abortion? And what would Bobby have said of gay marriage?
If Caroline wants to run as a legatee, she should explain which Kennedy legacy she supports, and why she supports it (including the tax cuts put in by her father.) She could start by reading her father's inaugural and seeing if there are any parts she believes in. Would she "bear any burden and pay any price" to ensure the survival of liberty? If she wouldn't, she should tell us why
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Read the whole thing.

The fact that this Robert Kennedy's old seat in a very Catholic state brings forth some additional questions Catholics should be asking of her.

Bobby is the great what if in Catholic circles. If he had not been killed in some alternative universe the democrat party would have easily meshed with Catholic moral and political thought. See for instance The Death of the Bobby Kennedy Coalition

Questions related to this should be asked I think.

2 comments:

Carlos Echevarria said...

Very interesting analysis, you are totally correct, great post.

BTW, did you see this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081228/ts_afp/ugandaunrestrebelsdrcongosudan

take care

James H said...

Thanks Are You getting ready for the New Year. Oh sorry about the Miami Loss in the Bowl game