One of the enduring mysteries of the 2008 campaign was what got Ted Kennedy so mad at Bill Clinton. The former president's entreaties, at some point, backfired, and the explanation has never quite emerged.
I've finally gotten my hands on a copy of Game Change, in which Heliemann and Halperin report:
[A]s Hillary bungled Caroline, Bill’s handling of Ted was even worse. The day after Iowa, he phoned Kennedy and pressed for an endorsement, making the case for his wife. But Bill then went on, belittling Obama in a manner that deeply offended Kennedy. Recounting the conversation later to a friend, Teddy fumed that Clinton had said, A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.
What a bunch of bull. I don't if I beleive teddy told him that and if he did teddy was never all there anyway. Of course no can ask teddy if really said told the guy that how great. I wonder what books will be out once Obama is out of office when the truth really comes out.
Teddy had only himself to blame for never being becoming POTUS, I think he always resented both of the Clintons and ultimately chose Obama over Hillary because he could control Obama.
Well, Caroline was NEVER going to endorse Hillary is my guess. I hate to say it, but we women can be so jealous and frickin' petty sometimes. We don't want other women to succeed for some reason. Ticks me off big time for women to do this to other women.
And if Bill said that, I'm sure it wasn't meant the way they are trying to make it out to be - which of course is "play that race card." My guess? Bill meant that Omoron was a junior senator with so little experience it was unbelievable that Kennedy would even think of endorsing him. Ted Kennedy was never going to endorse Hillary Clinton either. I think we ALL know that. Too much jealousy that a Clinton woman might achieve what he himself never would.
Kennedy was a fat disquesting sexist pig who was also a murderer. Kennedy as well as a lot of other Kennedy's got away with murder for what. NO Kennedy got the civil rights bills passed that was Johnson. So what does anyone really care about this silly family. What does Obama care anyway he picked the most racist man in DC and put him on the ticket so cry me a damn river. I basically said that in my comment on this site.