[Vision2020] How Does This Sound?

[Kenneth Marcy]

On Monday 08 December 2008 07:15:10 Tom Hansen wrote:
> Senator Caroline Kennedy (D-NY)
> Thoughts, V-people?

Hereditary and ruling class come to mind, along with childhood pictures with 
her father, and the thought of a wealthy, ambitious grandfather extending his 
influence to the second generation of his progeny. She grew up never far from 
the limelight, and never far from the attention of those who concern was some 
aspect of the Kennedy family. When one types the name Caroline into the 
Google search box, the first suggested additional search word is Kennedy, 
with 9,410,000 links associated -- just one data point indicating she is part 
of the national psyche.

As the granddaughter of a man of wealth and ambition, and the daughter of a 
man of much public accomplishment, and a member of a larger family dedicated 
to public service, she has personal life experiences that can ground and 
motivate her own willingness to subject herself to the restrictions and 
rigors of public service. One hopes her academic experiences as a Harvard 
undergraduate and a Columbia law student have added to the depth and breadth 
of her understanding of world and American history, of economics and the 
environments that generate it, and of the history and utility of American law 
and the positive social influences it can be drafted to encourage.

From an understanding of her familial and educational background even a blind 
man could understand the value of the hereditary social iconography she would 
bring to a seat in the United States Senate. Whether all of this preparation 
and potential can prove itself practical and productive in the performance of 
a Senatorial role, only the rigors of reality will reveal to her observers. 
And as history continues, the influence of of one President's daughter on one 
or another Presidential daughter, not to mention everyone else, may reveal 
itself in the fullness of time.


Ken