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"The political world was set on its ear last week by the report that Caroline Kennedy might be interested in Hillary Clinton's Senate seat in New York. ... Bear in mind that Caroline has never done one thing politically in her life until endorsing Barack Obama earlier this year. But, because of her last name and her family's history, she can call Gov. Patterson just 'for informational purposes about the Senate.' ... Caroline has three children who are almost grown up and, according to a source in yesterday's New York Post, 'She's looking for a mission in life. Preferably in politics.' So someone from a 'royal' political family in the midst of a mid-life crisis can just choose whether or not she can be a U.S. senator. Only in America. This is, of course, a total farce. Serious people who have worked in the political vineyards are aghast as this recent trend in American politics: the Bushes, the Clintons and the Kennedys all have dominated national politics because of the power of a name. ... America was created as a rejection of inherited power. Yet, somehow, we keep drifting back to it", John LeBoutillier (JL), 8 December 2008 at http://newsmax.com/john_leboutillier/Caroline_Kennedy/2008/12/08/159436.html.

"'What really draws me to the notion of Caroline (Kennedy) as senator, though, is the modern-fairy-tale quality of it all. ... Caroline has always been part of my consciousness: The lucky little girl with a pony and an impossibly handsome father. ... In this fairy tale, Caroline is our tragic national princess.' So gushed Ruth Marcus, the hard-as-nails political scribbler for the Washington Post (WP), even as the circulation of the [WP] continues to slide. ... She is playing 'My Little Pony' on the front page , as a substitute for adult analysis about Caroline Kennedy for Senator from New York, a job for which her previous life as Little Princess of the Kennedy Clan has obviously qualified her. ... Nothing could better prove the bottomless triviality of the liberal media as they say goodbye to their monopoly power in American politics, having thrown up in the very act of dying the farthest Left president in American history. The media terminate their monopoly with a final, giant finger to the American Republic. I will not mourn their passing. ... There is nothing new about goo-goo liberalism. ... It is not even a substitute for thinking. Like much of the media today, it is gaudy pink lipstick on the snorting pig of media decay. ... If [Barack Obama] turns out to be a Jimmy Carter, or worse, the voters may find themselves having to grow up fast. Vladimir Putin and Mahmoud Ahmandinejad will not be impressed with My Little Pony", James Lews, 9 December 2008 at: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/12/the_fairy_tale_school_of_polit.html.

Why is JL complaining? Isn't this how the Democratic People's Republic of Korea operates? Didn't Kim Jong-Il follow Kim Il-Sung? Further, didn't Raul follow brother Fidel Castro in the Republic of Cuba? JL protests too much. Apparently JL didn't realize Caroline's assumption of Hillary's NY Senate seat will be only temporary. Temporary? Chelsea will be 30 in 15 months! Besides, Caroline is qualified to be US President. She went to Harvard then Columbia Law School! Lock and load. Peasants, get your pitchforks. Viva la revoluccion!

Lewis has got it.