Those "friends of the environment," the Kennedy Family, led by it's chief green warrior, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have been vehement opponents to Cape Wind. The Kennedy's legendary Hyannis Port compound is near the site of where Cape Wind would be built.
The limousine liberal set that inhabits Cape Cod for the most part are in the Kennedy camp. John Kerry comes to mind.
But it's not just a Democrat thing. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, now a Republican presidential candidate, also opposes Cape Wind.
This doesn't mean the end of Cape Wind, the developers aren't giving up on their plan to offer clean energy to New Englanders. But at least in this round, the "Not in My Backyard" forces have won.
Of course, the people who have vacation homes on Cape Cod for the most part favor wind farms. But they want them where you live, not where they party and spend their summers.
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