There will never be another Camelot...

Love that Kennedy hair...

I'm an Irish Democrat from New England.  As such, I harbor a deep and abiding love for the Kennedy family (I think it's in the water here or something).  The politics, the tragedy, the hair -- I get swept away by all of it. A poster of JFK and Jackie (see right) was on my dorm room wall throughout college, sandwiched between Eminem and the cast of The Breakfast Club.  All great American heroes.  Once, when I didn't have internet or TV at my house (which I did for an entire year -- you know you're impressed) I watched an entire episode of Biography: Jackie Kennedy in YouTube on my cell phone.  And it wasn't a fancy iPhone, it was an old Palm Treo. 

Today, on the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's historic inauguration, it's important to take a minute to remember the hope he gave to a generation of Americans, and how resonant his half-century's old words are today.

We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans -- born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

(If you want more Kennedy history, check out this awesome website HKS put together.)

Can Katie pull off Jackie?

Also, I think this is the right moment to mention how horribly disappointed I am by the casting of Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy in the now temporarily defunked (and rumored salacious) eight-part mini-series, The Kennedy's.  Lookwise, I totally get it, but this isn't a teen rom-com -- this is Jacqueline Kennedy! Seriously, we couldn't do better than Joey Potter?  Maybe Mrs. Tom Cruise will surprise me -- if we ever get to actually see it -- with her acting chops, but count me among the skeptical.

xo kate