Turn out the Lights, New York: this Game is Over

Looks like NY Governor David Paterson is preparing to hire Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg to play house in my U.S. Senate. I take issue with such an appointment for severeal reasons, but here's my main quarrel:

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While Ms. Kennedy campaigned vigorously (as vigorously as one can without breaking a sweat) for Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign, she continually praised his work ethic, moral integrity, and inspirational qualities (blah, blah, blah). But most importantly, she put great emphasis on the hope Obama brings to our down-trodden citizens by proving that, even if you start out in life as humbly as little ol’ Barack you, too, can one day be a big-shot politician by studying hard and working harder.

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So why then does Caroline insist that she should inherit Hillry’s soon-to-be vacant Senate seat? I guess her philosophy about working your way up from the bottom only applies to OTHER people. She readily concedes that she has zero political experience and even she admits to being ashamed of pitiful voting record as a US citizen, further confirming her non-involvement in America. And surely she would agree that any of the other contenders for the NY Senate seat have more experience serving America than she does.

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Wouldn't her assumed Senate appointment, which would be granted simply because she started out in life with the last name of Kennedy, be a tremendous contradiction to the rubbish she spewed while campaigning for Obama? Her sense of entitlement contradicts Barack’s campaign message so fiercely that I almost expected him to issue a statement suggesting Caroline should earn her way into the Senate the hard way. But then I remembered that the pavement for Obama’s road to the White House was purchased by people just like Kennedy so I suspect he’ll have ‘no comment’ on this issue.