COSTCO AND THE KENNEDY KLAN

The Costco Corporation publishes The Costco Connection, a magazine for its members. On the cover of vol. 26, no. 10, October, 2011 are a trio of Kennedys: a blurred John F. in the background, a youthful Jacqueline, also in black and white in the middle, and billionaire daughter Caroline in color in the foreground.

The issue is ballyhooing a book by the billionaire about the Camelot family adapted from Jacqueline’s own observations. The caption beneath semi-beautiful Caroline’s picture says “Caroline Kennedy – keeping the flame.” In large letters above her one reads “A gift of history - Jacqueline Kennedy in her own word.”

Liberals – Costco is HQ’d in Seattle, so draw your own conclusions – never tire of cramming this family up and down our alimentary canals as some sort of archetypal group to be venerated, better, worshipped. It’s a rallying point for liberals, especially those that rely on the likes of the New Dorker and the New Dork Times for (distorted, concealed) information.

During his reign (He sought to certify his nobility by paying to have his own royal, Irish arms invented, so “reign” is not inappropriate.) John, the womanizing son of a womanizing bootlegger – how’s that for royalty – ran sluts in through the White House back door, while Queen Jackie was tooling around with Onassis on one or another of his yachts. The press did its best to royalize her, too, but among the truths it concealed was that her step-father’s main achievement was amassing a huge collection of pornography.

These are flames worth preserving, all right, and the queen’s words are a valuable gift.