Obama-Kennedy? Caroline For Veep!
By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved
While pundits debate Sen. Barack Obama’s VEEP recruiting, vetting running mates down to the wire, filmmaker Michael Moore questions the wisdom of hedging bets with some conservative, smart-ass White Boy who backed the war, like Sen. Joe Biden, or Sen. Evan Bayh, who also has blue collar appeal, or governor of Virginia, Tim Kaine.
So what if they can deliver big blocks of electoral votes if they don’t jive with with what he Stands for, asks Moore in an open letter to Caroline Kennedy asking the Obama running mate adviser to toss her hat into the ring. It could also chill gripes about Sen. Hillary Clinton and conjure excitement over party roots.
“Dear Caroline,” he writes, “we’ve never met, so I hope you don’t find this letter too presumptuous or inappropriate….I am sending this to you via the public on the Internet. I knew your brother John. He was a great guy, and I know he would’ve had a ball during this thrilling and historic election year. We all miss him dearly.
Barack Obama selected you to head up his search for a vice presidential candidate. It appears we may be just days (hours?) away from learning who that choice will be.
The media is reporting that Senator Obama has narrowed his alternatives to three men: Joe Biden, Evan Bayh and Tim Kaine. They’re all decent fellows, but they are far from the core of what the Obama campaign has been about: Change. Real change. Out with the old. And don’t invade countries that pose no threat to us.
Senators Biden and Bayh voted for that invasion and that war, the war Barack ran against, the war Barack reminded us was the big difference between him and Senator Clinton because she voted for the war and he spoke out against it while running for Senate (a brave and bold thing to do back in 2002).
For Obama to place either of these senators on the ticket would be a huge blow to the millions that chose him in the primaries over Hillary. He will undercut one of the strongest advantages he has over the Hundred-Year War senator, Mr. McCain. By anointing a VP who did what McCain did in throwing us into this war, Mr. Obama will lose the moral high ground in the debates.
As for Governor Kaine of Virginia, his big problem is, well, Obama’s big problem — who is he? The toughest thing Barack has had to overcome — and it will continue to be his biggest obstacle — is that too many of the voters simply don’t know him well enough to vote for him. The fact that Obama is new to the scene is both one of his most attractive qualities AND his biggest drawback. Too many Americans, who on the surface seem to like Barack Obama, just don’t feel comfortable voting for someone who hasn’t been on the national scene very long. It’s a comfort level thing, and it may be just what keeps Obama from winning in November (“I’d rather vote for the devil I know than the devil I don’t know”).
What Obama needs is a vice presidential candidate who is NOT a professional politician, but someone who is well-known and beloved by people across the political spectrum; someone who, like Obama, spoke out against the war; someone who has a good and generous heart, who will be cheered by the rest of the world; someone whom we’ve known and loved and admired all our lives and who has dedicated her life to public service and to the greater good for all.
That person, Caroline, is you.
I cannot think of a more winning ticket than one that reads: “OBAMA-KENNEDY.”
Caroline, I know that nominating yourself is the furthest idea from your mind and not consistent with who you are, but there would be some poetic justice to such an action. Just think, eight years after the last head of a vice presidential search team looked far and wide for a VP — and then picked himself (a move topped only by his hubris to then lead the country to near ruin while in office) — along comes Caroline Kennedy to return the favor with far different results, a vice president who helps restore America to its goodness and greatness.
Caroline, you are one of the most beloved and respected women in this country, and you have been so admired throughout your life. You chose a life outside of politics, to work for charities and schools, to write and lecture, to raise a wonderful family. But you did not choose to lead a private life. You have traveled the world and met with its leaders, giving you much experience on the world stage, a stage you have been on since you were a little girl.
The nation has, remarkably (considering our fascination with celebrity), left you alone and let you live your life in peace. (It’s like, long ago, we all collectively agreed that, with her father tragically gone, a man who died because he wanted to serve his country, we would look out for her, we would wish for her to be happy and well, and we would have her back. But we would let her be.)
Now, I am breaking this unwritten code and asking you to come forward and help us in our hour of need. So many families are hurting, losing their homes, going bankrupt with health care bills, seeing their public schools in shambles and living with this war without end. This is a historic year for women, from Hillary’s candidacy to the numerous women running for the House and Senate. This is the year that a woman should be on the Democratic ticket. This is the year that both names on that ticket should be people OUTSIDE the party machine. This is the year millions of independents and, yes, millions of Republicans are looking for something new and fresh and bold (and you are the Kennedy Republicans would vote for!).
This is the moment, Caroline. Seize it! And Barack, if you’re reading this, you probably know that she is far too humble and decent to nominate herself. So step up and surprise us again. Step up and be different than every politician we have witnessed in our lifetime. Keep the passion burning amongst the young people and others who have been energized by your unexpected, unpredicted, against-all-odds candidacy that has ignited and inspired a nation. Do it for all those reasons. Make Caroline Kennedy your VP. “Obama-Kennedy.” Wow, does that sound so cool.
Caroline, thanks for letting me intrude on your life. How wonderful it will be to have a vice president who will respect the Constitution, who will support (instead of control) her president, who will never let her staff out a CIA agent, and who will never tell her country that she is “currently residing in an undisclosed location.”
Say it one more time: “OBAMA-KENNEDY.” A move like that might send a message to the country that the Democrats would actually like to win an election for once.
Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com
We can’t wait to hear how she responds.
August 19th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Totally awesome idea. What a brilliantly written letter.
Obama 08
August 20th, 2008 at 1:40 am
That filthy scumbag needs to keep his mouth shut until he loses at least 300 lbs. Until that time, he needs to stay away from politics and fatty foods.
August 20th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I for one would say go for it, but Caroline has always kept to her self.I too would like to know how she responds.She was brought up buy a brilliant and beautiful woman Jackie .
August 20th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Obama has been slipping in the polls, lol. Maybe those delegates will have to go with Hillary afterall. Wouldn’t that be a hoot? lol
I’m sure though that won’t happen, because I’m sure they’ve already been paid and would have to give their money back.
I’ll never believe they weren’t paid, because it was around the time PA went for Hillary, that one by one they all went from Hillary to Obama. Coinsidence? Hmmmmm.
August 20th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
“White boy”? as in whitey? the name Michelle Obama loves to call us?
August 21st, 2008 at 5:42 am
There’s more to this than meets the eye!!!
August 21st, 2008 at 4:54 pm
He will go for Hillary, cause he has to win this thing come hell or high water.
August 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I am glad Obama brought up the house issue. Go Obama!
Now he can explain his shady deal for his house with Tony Rascal. McCain should counter with an ad on Obama and the Tony Rascal house deal. LOL
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:06 am
…”toss her into the ring”…
Or feed her to the lions?
I don’t much care for Michael Moore!!!
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:48 am
Who took this ‘perfect picture?’
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:35 pm
McCain doesn’t want to go to far cause of the keating five scandal he may have slipped out of being tried with them but he was in the mist of it all so he has nothing to talk about
August 24th, 2008 at 1:32 am
I’m gagging here Art, after reading this whole story, lol.
Sarafina, Tony Rascal, that’s funny, lol.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Joni,
Your comment in #5, is that all you know or think about? Please learn something new. This bs is old school!
September 1st, 2008 at 3:12 pm
EJ old news and untrue at thatjust like his buying his home he admitted he bought the lot next door from Tony R wife. So what Everything that happened was after the factAlot of the garbage put out here is from people who don’t check their facts correctly or go with the media.Most of you here should know better and know enough to fact check things on both candidates.McCains little Saddleback saying about the guard was just that a story for his political agenda.He should have said he was sorry for doing videos for the North vietanam propanga people denagrating the US IMO that was his greatest failing along with how he treated his first wife and all the affairs he had
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
EJ,
I just love you (I think)…you offer so much encouragement.
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:10 pm
jojobo1:
Please! Don’t ever consider a man of being “unpresidential” for having strayed. Did you think that was something new when accusing McCain of infidelity?
My first husband cheated on me, my second husband cheated on me and we are in the process of ending this joke of a marriage. (that, by the way, might explain my fiery comments sometimes)
Men don’t know when the stop when they have a good thing because their brain cells are clogged with oggling anything they can screw. The grass is greener on the other side, haven’t you ever heard of that? There is not a man on earth I would trust not to cheat. So leave cheating out of the picture when you want to demean a man. They are all pathetic idiots who drool at the site of anything that breathes.
Before I was ever married, someone wanted to marry me for the purpose of coming to the United States. I had met him briefly and when I went back to visit him again the following summer, all he talked about was whether I had made preparations for his passport and move to the US. In between the first and second husband I dated a man who spoke of growing old together and rocking on a rocking chair on the porch when we got old. I later found out he was married! There are so many similar stories I could go on and on forever. For nine years I dated a man who did nothing but lie and cheat on me while at the same time accusing me of being a bad person for arguing with him. Mental abuse and torture is what women go through when a man behaves like an a—-. John McCain was no different. The only reson I have spewed all this is that I cannot stand to let injustices go quietly, not that I am in love with McCain, although I will definitely vote for him.
If people any sense and were not “gaga” over Ossama, I am positive they could bring forward ladies who have been with the messiah. Let’s knock off those rose-colored glasses with the fake stars on them.
My Harris, if this is an insult to you, I apologize to you since this is your place.
October 9th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Jojobo:
About your comment of September 1st:
POWs are mistreated to the maximum and forced to do what they would otherwise never do and that is why some POWs do videos condemning their country. Would you be willing to trade a few hours with a POW and find out what they go through?
As for John McCain’s treatment of his first wife, according to the statistics, one marriage out of two ends in divorce for various reasons. McCain was not unique.
Obama continues to this day to say derogatory things about this country whenever he gets a chance and he puts it as mildly as possible. Remember his answer to the child who asked him why he wanted to be president? His wife reminds me of Angela Davis in her heyday. Be real and knock those rose-colored glasses off.
October 9th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Caroline Kennedy needs to retreat in shame and go back to her days of being inconspicuous. To me she has been a deep disappointment.
April 8th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
No deep disappoint heir.
A sweet, girl…a little lady…and just for her sake hope she hides her ‘tales of wow’ behind that curtain.
I’m so glad she didn’t make it!!!
April 12th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG3Xd7ENuyk
November 16th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
“Eggs and Bacon and Fame”
November 19th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Gee…the least 'they' could do is 'enable' 'the title' of what was deleted, I guess.
November 20th, 2009 at 12:52 am
Obama is looking ‘prettier’ everyday.
So far, I’d say that’s not a particular advantage.
January 29th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Obama is boring!!!!
April 25th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
There’s a story more than we know.
Not all about fortune…some Mothers know.
Came a time for the ‘bread’ to rise.
Has all to do with yeast and vinegar and a all saints…and devils, too.
“The Cider House Rules” was more…hope more is yet to come.