Don't count the Kennedys out of running for elected office is the message loud and clear from one of the most promising young pretenders.
Anthony Kennedy Shriver, 45, said Friday. “I don’t count anybody out. I’m still young. But the time’s got to be right.”
Shriver,pictured above,is the founder of the highly successful Best Buddies International which fosters one-to-one friendships between people with and without intellectual disabilities may seek office in Florida in the near future friends say.
First however,he told the Boston Herald he will think long and hard about it
“People think hard about it,” he said. “Marriages can be strained. I think a lot of us want to avoid having our kids deal with the things that we had to deal with.”
However, the son of Eunice Shriver says his generation's turn may well come. “It’s not like my mom’s generation is the only one with talent,”
Shriver lives in Miami Beach with his wife and five children. He says you have to be born to politics.
“If you don’t have a candidate that can articulate that and connect with voters, you’ve got to throw the key away.”
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Monsoonman | Aug 14, 2010, 12:39 PM EDT
Show me a moral Kennedy who has made it up the ladder through intelligence, dogged determination and against all odds, instead of having political positions given to them because they are a kennedy....and I will show you the next president. Until then the kennedy clan will be wandering the desert, eating their manna falling from the kennedy trusts.
Monsoonman | Aug 05, 2010, 09:53 AM EDT
So with all of the kennedy scandals, criminal acts, drunkeness, drug addledness and general dysfunctionality, you put them on a royal pedestal and dream of the day they will be coronated king/queen of the USA. Yet you have the hypocrisy to say Sarah Palins kids behavior would bar her from being president? Don't you see your double standard or are you too blinded by your partisanship?
Cherishfan | Aug 03, 2010, 10:38 AM EDT
Since the Kennedy name seem to drive some people crazy, then maybe Anthony Shriver and everyone else should drop the Kennedy part and ask what this particular man can do for our country. Prejudice, against a race or a family is always short sighted and wrong. Think objectively and don't condemn the man because of his relatives.
clonmel21 | Aug 03, 2010, 07:42 AM EDT
Yes we need more kennedy's, more corruption, more drunks & rapist, more more more. Kennedy get your face out of our lives, we own you nothing. Go away
Monsoonman | Aug 02, 2010, 11:06 PM EDT
Yes the Shrivers were a decent lot, but this whole "royalty" thing about some of these familys is so anti American...We don't need royalty or dynastys to rule us that's why we had the revolutionary war. We got the best politicians money can buy. The chinese had it figured out long ago, usually the tycoon is the epitome of a family after that the generations go downhill, it is classic, the chinese call the cycle mandarin-beggar-thief-mandarin-beggar-thief
Cherishfan | Aug 02, 2010, 09:36 PM EDT
Shriver had a wonderful Mother and Father who worked hard to help others (Remember the Peace corp?) and instilled that in their children during their family meals each evening. I would love to see what he could do. The Kennedys are a large family as you know. It's not fair to judge them all by the misdeeds of a few.
MaryM232 | Aug 02, 2010, 09:19 PM EDT
The Kennedy's time has long passed. We had the amazing John F. Kennedy, and then Robert. Both were fit for office, but since we've seen fat, drunken murderer, corrupt Teddy, and the drunken, druggie Patrick, the rapist murdering sons, cousins and nephews, the deranged, spoiled daughters. Sorry, but no. The US isn't a monarchy, there's no "born to it", in all candor, I'd recommend that Shriver take up that dual Irish citizenship, and run for office there, as the Irish are far more easily duped than American citizens, at least we've woken up.
willieboy | Aug 02, 2010, 07:38 PM EDT
I SECOND HANCOCK
hancock | Aug 02, 2010, 06:57 PM EDT
God help us.
DLW12183 | Aug 02, 2010, 02:18 PM EDT
rebelforce-I seem to remember that one recently decided not to run for office. I was trying to recall if he also had a drinking problem like uncle. AND there was that one while in Florida that seemed to force himself on a young woman. I guess the younger generation of the Kennedys have already started making their mark lest you forget. I suspect you chose to remember what you want to remember.
FLlrish | Aug 02, 2010, 12:31 PM EDT
Considering some of the people we have running for govenor, he would be a better choice.
wjb1tex | Aug 02, 2010, 12:12 PM EDT
If someone said the same about the Bush family I suspect Rebelforce and the author of the article would be at the head of the line letting everyone know how bad they are.
irishwxman | Aug 02, 2010, 11:54 AM EDT
God I hope not. That family is one of the most corrupt families in the US. Even the Irish in Ireland hate the Kennedy's.
mayoman | Aug 02, 2010, 11:52 AM EDT
God bless the Kennedys!
jdi2269 | Aug 02, 2010, 11:33 AM EDT
PLEASE SAY IT ISN'T SO !!! AMERICA SAW ENOUGH OF THESE CORRUPT MURDERERS AND DRUNKS !!!
Monsoonman | Aug 02, 2010, 11:24 AM EDT
Yes we're haters for seeing reality for what it is: No one should get extra points because of their name. They should earn the points for what they do. Our nation would be a much stronger safer country if we would realize that. I can already hear the cries for a draft chelsea for president.
rhunter67 | Aug 02, 2010, 11:13 AM EDT
A bunch of haters....
Rebelforce | Aug 02, 2010, 11:01 AM EDT
Well we all know the remarkable impact that many of Joseph Patrick and Rose Kennedy's nine children had on American and world politics. The Kennedy family put Irish-Americans at the very pinacle of power and influence in this country. I seriously doubt begrudgers like katieherk, wjbltex, monsoonman, DLW12183 and milton e dunn will ever be able to say as much. As to whether the younger generation of Kennedys will make their mark on the future, that remains to be seen. But let's remember that none of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's six children or their decendants has ever made much of a mark in politics since the end of the Roosevelt era.
katieherk | Aug 02, 2010, 10:36 AM EDT
I say... puleeze... enough is enough. Why do they think they're so darn wonderful? Do us all a favor and stay put!!
wjb1tex | Aug 02, 2010, 10:08 AM EDT
Interesting that some people think charm and talent are what we are looking for as leaders.JFK, Bobby, and Teddy certainly were charming. However the talent they displayed had more to do with themselves than the good of our country.
Monsoonman | Aug 02, 2010, 09:47 AM EDT
Oh joy! Another generation of dysfunctional trust brats who have never had to go out and make a living under the laws they impose on the rest of us.
DLW12183 | Aug 02, 2010, 09:46 AM EDT
Hopefully not during my lifetime. I have suffered enough!
miltonedunn | Aug 02, 2010, 09:12 AM EDT
I for onefeel that the world has had too much of all the gang before, so end it now byby
breffney | Aug 02, 2010, 05:45 AM EDT
I would LOVE to see a Kennedy become a major player again within US politics. Whether we will ever see one with the talent and charm of JFK, Bobby and Teddy is hard to say. I wish,whoever might pursue that goal, the greatest success ever.