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  Posted By: jwtrotman @ 12/18/2008 3:19:21 PM

  What is all this nonsense about "SOMEBODY'S SENATE SEAT"? The furniture as well as all other material items in the Senate, White House and House of Representatives, BELONGS TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. We, the taxpayers, have provided the funds to purchase all of it! Regardless of tenure in any of the various branches of the federal government, the SEATS are not personal property. Those elected to occupy the seats are federal employees of the people of this nation. The ONLY way to get rid of this nonsensical notion of seat ownership is to ALLOW THE VOTERS OF AMERICA TO SELECT NEW TENANTS FOR THOSE VACATED SEATS.

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  Posted By: paulte @ 12/18/2008 12:05:53 PM

  If Caroline Kennedy wants to be a Senator, then let her run for the Senate. What qualifications does she have anyway? The cheek of this woman! And trying to get Hillary's seat after she supported Obama and most probably blackballed Hillary as a VP choice on the Obama search committee.
  
  I'm no fan of Hillary Clinton but I think that Hillary should just up and slap Caroline across the face! A slap on the cheek for her cheek! You go for it, Hillary girl! Slap her one for me too! If she turns her cheek after you slap her, give her another one! I know Jesus said to turn the other cheek but this gal deserves a good slap on the cheek!
  
  And it would not suprise me one wit if the dimwitted, disabled, adulterous black governor, Paterson of NY, appoints Caroline Kennedy to Hillary's seat based upon her qualification of being a woman!

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  Posted By: whiterock @ 12/17/2008 2:51:35 PM

  This is a recylced article that is incorrect. For more details go to: http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/3/30/13655/6958
  
  (Excerpt) The Washington Post provides the accurate history:
  A more accurate version of the story would begin not with the Kennedys but with a Kenyan nationalist leader named Tom Mboya, who traveled to the United States in 1959 and 1960 to persuade thousands of Americans to support his efforts to educate a new African elite. Mboya did not approach the Kennedys for financial support until Obama Sr. was already studying in Hawaii.
  
  During his 1959 trip to the United States, the 29-year-old Mboya raised enough money for scholarships for 81 young Kenyans, including Obama Sr., with the help of the African-American Students Foundation. Records show that almost 8,000 individuals contributed. Early supporters included baseball star Jackie Robinson, who gave $4,000, and actors Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier.