Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey Too Aggressive Lobbying For Caroline Kennedy



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Note to Kevin Sheekey: calm the fuck down. Mayor Bloomberg's extraordinarily aggressive Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey is being a little too over-the-top in his wrangling for Caroline Kennedy to be the replacement for Hillary Rodham Clinton. From NY1:

"As Caroline Kennedy moved forward with her campaign to replace Senator Hillary Clinton Friday, an influential supporter may have done more harm than good by lobbying on her behalf.

"The daughter of slain President John F. Kennedy has a strong ally in Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey, a top political aide to Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

"With the mayor's approval, Sheekey phoned leaders to support Caroline Kennedy.

"But a source told NY1 that Governor David Paterson, who picks Clinton's successor, is unhappy with Sheekey's arm-twisting."

Sheekey, you'll remember, is the aide who pushed -- aggressibvely -- the idea that: a) Bloomberg was going to run for President in 2008 (he didnt), and, b) Bloomberg was willing to spend a billion dollars in the effort (he didn't). Clearly Sheekey, born before the Summer of Love, would love to see Amero-Celtic royalty like another Kennedy in the United States Senate -- the most aristocratic club in the world -- but he needs to calm the fuck down on the Greco-Roman wrestling in the Empire State's capital, Albany.