Entries from December 2007

December 30, 2007

Op-Ed: Give Peace A Chance in `08

PEACE ON EARTH
(Unless you happen to live in Iowa or New Hampshire, that is…) 
Over the holidays, voters in Iowa and New Hampshire will no doubt be bombarded with political advertising and nonstop lobbying from candidates in last-minute efforts to convert them.
Imagine your phone ringing off the hook with campaign calls during holiday meals, or while you are trying to [...]

December 22, 2007

New Kennedy Books for the Holidays

For many of us, the holidays are a perfect time to catch up on our reading. All that time spent traveling or relaxing at home is often accompanied by a good book. There’s nothing quite like curling up under a blanket on a cold winter night with a new book you’re eager to devour, and for readers of [...]

December 19, 2007

Kennedy Family Split On Endorsements

Interesting story from Politico this week:
KENNEDY FAMILY SPLIT ON ENDORSEMENTS
By Carrie Budoff Brown
Like any other American family, the Kennedys are a house divided when it comes the 2008 presidential race.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and her sister, Kerry, have hit the trail for Hillary Rodham Clinton. So has their brother, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Old hands to President [...]

December 16, 2007

RFK Jr. Interviews Hillary Clinton

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for nearly an hour on his Air America radio show this weekend. In a Ring of Fire exclusive interview with the candidate Bobby has formally endorsed for president, he compared those who engage in Clinton-bashing to the Roosevelt haters of the 1930s and `40s. (See related story: “Kennedy [...]

December 16, 2007

Kennedy Attacks the “Hillary Haters”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a few choice words for ”Hillary Haters” this week.
In a Dec. 12th article he blogged at The Huffington Post, RFK Jr. compared Clinton-bashing to the intense hatred many Americans felt towards President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s and `40s. He argued that this same “vast right wing conspiracy” is still alive and [...]

December 8, 2007

Waterkeeper Benefit/Celebrity SkiFest Airs on CBS Dec. 16

CELEBRITY SKIFEST TO BENEFIT KENNEDY’S WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE

Several members of the Kennedy family will gather in Park City, Utah this weekend as Deer Valley Resort kicks off its winter ski season with a celebrity ski race to benefit Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Waterkeeper Alliance.
The Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest takes place place December 8 and 9, and will be [...]

December 4, 2007

RFK Jr. Feels The Chill In Iowa (And Everywhere Else)

 
IOWA AIN’T THE ONLY PLACE THAT’S GETTIN’ COLD 
The good news is: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has recieved more ink in the past week for his endorsement of Hillary Clinton than in the five months since his headline-hogging speech at LIVE EARTH.
The bad news is, much of the ink was thrown on him. From the New York [...]

December 1, 2007

Op-Ed:”This Endorsement Stinks”

We present below a very provocative editorial from DailyKos and Op-Ed News regarding Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign this week.
While the author is clearly an RFK Jr. fan and takes care to choose his words carefully, he doesn’t mince them, either. After all, how much clearer than “this endorsement stinks” does [...]