Comments for My Dream Ticket: Barack Obama & Caroline Kennedy at http://atlanticfreepress.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://atlanticfreepress.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:03:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/4046-my-dream-ticket-barack-obama-a-caroline-kennedy.html#comment-5284 Even though I'm not so enamored of Obama as many others and doubt that he's really the "change agent" he purports to be, it occurs to me the ideal VP match for Obama would be Republican Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, the only GOP senator to vote against the war resolution in 2002. He lost his reelection bid in 2006 in spite of having a fairly progressive record, and not just with his vote on Iraq. - Jonathan Versen Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:25:32 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/4046-my-dream-ticket-barack-obama-a-caroline-kennedy.html#comment-5282 Why doesn't anyone want to accept the fact that there are some, like Caroline Kennedy, whose idea of public service is larger than what she can get out of it -- i.e., political motivations. Caroline Kennedy has made an invaluable contribution to the world of poetry, has helped the Academy of American Poets, and other literary organizations immensely, and is honoring her father's number one love---writing. Had it not been for his father, Joe Kennedy, Sr., Caroline's dad would have been happy to teach college English, and devote his life to his writing. That she has chosen to help Barack Obama out in his important campaign for the presidency is not a matter of personal ambition. Yes, Dorothy, there are some things higher, and more important in the overall scheme of things, than holding political office. Caroline's father, and our former president, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, would be HUGELY proud of all the good, unselfish, and important work his daughter has done for that much neglected literary form, one that was so close to his own heart, as well as the work she's done with the young people of this country. Her motive for joining the Obama campaign, like that of Tom Hayden and others, was prompted by her own children's interest, and excitement, about that candidate, not because of any unfulfilled dream of her own. Leave the Kennedys alone, please, and let them follow their dreams like the rest of us. - Jayne Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:01:57 +0100