There are reports that Ted  Kennedy, Jr. (the brother of Patrick “Patches” Kennedy the former congressman from Rhode Island)  might want to run for Joe Lieberman’s seat (Lieberman will be retiring) in Connecticut.  Howie Carr – one of the few voices of sanity in Massachusetts – and  a consistent Kennedy family critics – gives his take and a confession.

by Howie Carr

As he left office this week, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger confessed that he had become “addicted” to power.

Now it’s time for my confession, about the Terminator’s in-laws, the Kennedy family: I have been “addicted” to them for years.

Whenever I needed a quick column, or an incoherent sound bite, I knew where to turn. Weather’s turning cold? Head south, to cover a Kennedy rape trial in Palm Beach. Want a free summer vacation on the Vineyard? Rent the “party cottage” on Chappaquiddick and broadcast from the scene of the crime.

So I’m begging you, Ted Kennedy Jr., please, for the sake of America’s tabloids, run for Joe Lieberman’s Senate seat in Connecticut.

The Kennedy era ended, at least temporarily, last Friday night, not with a bang but a whimper. The last of the line, retiring Rep. Patches Kennedy of Rhode Island, appeared on “Nightline,” or as ex-Rep. Joe Early used to call it, in true Kennedy-esque fashion, “Nightlife.”

Patches was asked about the Tucson shootings, and he had the usual Democrat talking — or in his case, stumbling — points.

“This is the culmination of something that was brewing.”

Brewing — bad choice of words for you, Patches, given your history of bad-ice-cube ingestion.

As you know, Patches’ uncle Jack wanted to explore outer space. Patches is into inner space.

“The moon shot to the mind — we gotta do it.”

Is the moon shot to the mind anything like a Jell-O shot? But Patches was already reminiscing about his old man, the Hero of Chappaquiddick.

“When his light shined on me alone, there was no better feeling in the world.”

So Patches, when your dad’s light “shined” on you, were you . . . lit? That led the interviewer to ask Patches about some enchanted evening on Capitol Hill when he claimed he was on his way to a vote in the House, at 2:30 a.m. He had gobbled a couple of Ambien and then headed out for last call.

“I don’t recall much about that night.”

Patches could say the same about most of his evenings, I daresay.

Now, retired at age 42, Patches circled back around to how the threat of violence is allegedly driving his ex-colleagues out of politics. “It steals from democracy.”

Kinda like what Uncle Jack and the Democrats did in Illinois in the 1960 presidential election, right?

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Read the rest here: I’m Howie and I’m a Kennedy-holic

by Dara Kelly

The late U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy’s son, Ted Junior, is now among the names being considered as potential candidates for the Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman’s seat in 2012.

The middle child of the late senator and his former wife Joan, Ted Junior, a 49-year-old attorney who lives in Connecticut, is being called a great candidate by his Democratic supporters.

“No one knew Lieberman would be getting out. I think Teddy would be the odds-on favorite were he to enter the race,” a source told the press this week. “But I don’t know if this is the right time for him.”

Other Kennedy insiders strongly believe that Ted Kennedy Junior is a natural for the soon to be vacant seat. “Why wouldn’t he be interested in the seat?” said once source. “He is his father’s son.”

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Read the rest here: Ted Kennedy’s son may be eyeing Senator Joseph Lieberman’s seat