Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Son Daughter of JFK


And as if US politics were not already exciting enough, have a look at what the New York Times has just landed in my email In box.

Caroline Kennedy, eh?

Hmm.
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5 comments:

  1. Ampersand DuckDecember 17, 2008 at 8:19 AM

    I wish Americans would stop pretending they dislike monarchies...

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  2. M-HDecember 17, 2008 at 9:03 AM

    Fascinating stuff. Its been quietly discussed in the press for a week or two. Clearly Ted Kennedy's illness hasn't dulled his political ambition, and she's the only Kennedy left with any balls.

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  3. Kerryn GoldsworthyDecember 17, 2008 at 9:03 AM

    My very thought, or one of them. Caroline has always been my favourite Kennedy, though.

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  4. M-HDecember 17, 2008 at 9:07 AM

    Mine too.

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  5. Kerryn GoldsworthyDecember 17, 2008 at 9:11 AM

    Whoops, comments crossed -- mine was a response to the Duck. M-H, she's practically the only Kennedy left, period.

    I was reading around the Wikisphere last night looking for Kennedy info and got a disturbing picture of Jackie Kennedy's reproductive history. From what I can gather, and no doubt this isn't the whole story either, there were at least five pregnancies in eight years: 1955 miscarriage, 1956 stillbirth of Arabella, 1957 Caroline, 1960 John, 1963 the birth and two days later the death of Patrick. All this while married to a notorious womaniser with intermittently life-threatening injuries and illnesses.

    Apparently the poor woman hated her own wedding dress; can you think of a worse omen?

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