How Caroline Kennedy Ended Her Bid

what’s the residency laws in the people’s republic of massachusetts? guess princess caroline’s gotta death watch on uncle teddy’s seat.

You beltway, east coast elites are so out of touch. Whether a Kennedy or a Cuomo or a Clinton, just move aside and let somebody else in. Can’t we move power away from these perennial elites?
Bushes are just as bad. Move aside people. Let others, more qualified serve. Period.

Reports are coming out now that she was told by Paterson on Tuesday that she would not be picked. That’s why she was so withdrawn at the Inauguration.
Given that every single poll showed that most New Yorkers wanted Cuomo, and with her numbers tanking every day, she must have been delusional to think it was in the bag for her.
My bet is that it’s Kirsten Gillibrand.

Good! The process reeked of nepotism from the very beginning. While I do not know Ms. Kennedy, I find it appalling that she almost became a U.S. Senator not because of her qualifications (which she did not have) but because of her last name. Welcome to America the thrid world country.

Oh sure. “Personal” reasons. Her rollout was a fiasco and Paterson would have looked like a fool if he had given her the job. Go back to having teas Caroline. You are better suited for that.

As I understood it more people wanted Cuomo rather than Kennedy, but the number was not a majority of New Yorkers. Nonetheless I am glad that Caroline withdrew, she has no background, and she is probably the only public figure who gives W a run for his money in “speechifying.”

She found out she wasn’t the heir apparent so she withdrew to save being embarassed. How awful NY would have looked if they put her in the Senate.

This was expected. She gave a 3 1/2 minute television interview in which she said “you know” 32 times. Ms Kennedy came across as very inarticulate and airheaded.

Skeletons in the financial closet she did not want exposed.

how can people say she had no qualifications? just being a lawyer is the basis upon which most young senators (including a former one by the name of Obama) run! i heard RFK Jr. on ‘morning joe’ today, and he said he thought “someone in her immediate family might have been reluctant.” tortured phrasing to be sure, but it sounds like her fam was upset by the whole process, so she pulled out.
i think she had ample qualifications, and i think she could have grown into a strong, capable senate leader. all the other lawyers in the running, who have similar qualifications, could do likewise. but none of them are any better than her. so quit being so petty about what the kennedys have that you don’t. it shows, and it makes you look ridiculous.

I’m going with the “Uncle Ted Deathwatch” theory myself.

Drats!! One less lib for the media to dote over. Guess they will have to content themselves by continuing to kneel for Lord Obama.

oh,good!!!

What a shme she is educated, intelligent and charitable…everything Palin isn’t and will never be. Cuomo is a good man though and he’s tough on Wall Street soething the right wingnuts hate.

I’m commenting on Partricks comment (pasted below) I’m curious about Partrick referring to the criminal statues in the grand commonwealth of Massachusetts! Are these statues made of bronze or granite? Where are they located? It might be fun to take a field trip (weather permitting)to view these criminal statues! Which criminal in Massachusetts is honored with the largest statue? Are they located in the capitol? Oh alright……back to the subject! Caroline Kennedy is, at the very least, smart enough to realize she had to withdraw…what was she thinking in the first place ??
Partrick: There is a residency requirement for Massachusetts but it does not apply to the Kennedy’s. Neither due our criminal statues. I thought everyone knew that.

fee clue to “kimster”: there are more than a million lawyers in the U.S. Does that mean they are all qualified to be U.S. Senator?
Snork!!! Let Caroline run for the office and let the voters decide. Otherwise she should just get the hell out of the way.

What does her uncle Teddy’s health have to do with it? These politicians really think we’re stupid don’t they.

With ted 1/2 dead ya know and Caroline the idiot ya know..being let go ya know it is a great day ya know…I like starting to like barry the magic negro change ya know…..

That’s it! She’s waiting for uncle Ted to die so she can inherit a seat closer to home!

Will someone list the “qualifications” one must have to be a U.S. Senator?

She, and her advisors, know she would have only served one term. The polls showed that most did not want her. She would have been crushed come re-election time. I’m guessing she didn’t want to go through all that and the surrounding controversy that would follow her throughout her term.

effinayright,
Somehow I doubt Ted will be visiting the same place as Mary Jo!!!

“A bad idea from the start. No qualifications and a sense of entitlerment makes for a bad Senator.”
Gosh, Patrick, you just described Hillary. Perfect.

Sorry, that was MD not Patrick.

Good. The last thing we need are more Kennedys, Bushes, and Clintons in politics.
Let’s move forward with this beautiful experiment in democracy called The United States of America. For the people, by the people.
No more entitlement and psuedo-monarchies. Basically…no more Oligarchy!!!

I meant “with speaking the English language like an adult.”

George you did a great PR job for the Kennedy’s as usual but we all know she was not going to come forward with all her financial information and that the Gov. was not going to pick her because of that in addition to all her You Know You Knows interviews and the fact that she made her first trip to Buffalo a few weeks ago. Here is a princess who has been to almost every country and city in the world but never been to upstate New York and she wants the job and acually almost got it and that’s the real story Mr. George Obama Clinton.

Kitty, kitty, kitty ! Did you not take your chill out pill this morning ? If W killed 4000 servicemen and women, does this mean LBJ killed over 51,000 in Vietnam? Are you aware of the fact that the hatred that exists within your being is more toxic to yourself than to the unfortunate individuals it lands on outside yourself. That hatred will eat you up from within! You might consider some other avenue to dispense all that toxic hatred (but in a positive way)

Not to worry George there is a death watch going on for her woman chasing drunk Uncle Teddy and those idiots in the Peopls Republic Of Massachusetts are more than willing to give her that job. The people in Massachusetts are such idiots they keep electing Kennedys and and the likes of their present Gov. Patrick who is nothing more than Obama Jr.. Massachusetts now has it’s token Pres. and token Gov. and just keep Teddy the drunk on life support. What a ship of fools.

Good she got smart, or she just may have ended up like the rest of them dead. for some reason people have had it out for the Kennedy’s and most of the family who got in to politics was killed. She better off staying out of it.

Good news!!
She didn’t belong in the Senate — but then — I can think of several Senators who don’t belong in the Senate.
At least teddy won’t be in the Senate for much longer. It just goes on and on and on……
WE NEED TERM LIMITS………….

“A bad idea from the start. No qualifications and a sense of entitlerment makes for a bad Senator.”
I can’t agree more.

At least the one advantage Caroline had over Hillary is that she ACTUALLY lived in NY for some of here life. The carpetbagging Ms. Clinton found that NY has such lax candidacy laws that she had to ‘reside’ her for 30 days! only to be eligable. She had no connection to NY, had never even been to most of Upstate NY (which is btw, the largest portion, much bigger than NYC really) EVER. She could not have possibly known any of the issues about NY whose constituency she represented, and was largely just trying to keep her name in the paper so that she could run for a bigger public office later. Oh yes, she did get that even if she failed at a presidential bid, well I guess it worked either way for her this election cycle.

czervik: I don’t hate anyone. I was responding to someone who had to bring up Ted and Mary Jo, as though that has anything to do with Caroline Kennedy and her bid for the senate seat. Although I think Kennedy should have spent time in the slammer over Mary Jo Kopechne, why is he the “bad guy” and Bush can have 4,000 killed in Iraq over a pack of lies and he’s not the bad guy. And YES I make the same argument about Vietnam — I was in the Army at the time too.

To a citizen a citizen a citizen
Kitty is not filled with hate it’s the liberals like you that hate and it showed in the low class way they treated Pres. Bush at the inauguration. LBJ didn’t kill 51,000 in Vietnam but JFK and then LBJ certainly did.

A thunderous quake upon the landscape,how will we ever recover.

beth: Sorry, I don’t take chill out pills, never have, never will. I don’t have an ounce of hatred in my being. It’s just that the subject is Caroline Kennedy and her senate bid. The subject is not Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne but everyone seems to want to bring that up — seems to me those are the ones who have been harboring hatred for many, many, many years.

Gee Kimster, being a lawyer makes you qualified to be a national leader? You can thank lawyers for the high cost of doing business in the US. You can thank lawyers for the high cost of health care in the US. Most Senators and Representatives are indeed lawyers and we have almost 11 trillion in national debt. Being a lawyer in my opinion should disqualify you from being a senator. The lawyers have destroyed the nation. Start electing common sense business leaders and managers and we may have a chance to make things better. Electing lawyers like Obama and Kennedy is a sure recipe for more disaster. The dumbest things I have ever heard from so called leaders were spoken by Harvard educated lawyers. These are not smart people. The average high school dropout janitor is smarter than many of these people.

The true reason is that she will lose the seat to Republicans in 2012 if she is picked.

“A bad idea from the start. No qualifications and a sense of entitlerment makes for a bad Senator.”
No, actually, that’s perfect qualifications for a senator if you look at our current crop. Really, all you need is a sense of entitlement and you’d fit right in.

“I Barack Saddam Hussein Obama do solemnly promise to wipe out the Zionist and drive them into the sea”.

I am relieved.

Ms. Schlossberg strikes med as a very private person much like her mother. Her Uncle is a total politician like his brothers and father and with john-john gone he felt obligated to push his niede into politics. It is clear she detested the idea but felt a family responsibility to try. She has obviously concluded that her judgement re opting for politics was a ghastly mistake, and she can now return to the private life she enjoys and apparently as a wife and mother is very good at. Blessings on you my dear you have made the right if difficult choice.

Ms. Sclossberg, Kennedy, whatever; cannot and never will hold a candle to women like Sarah Palin! Sarah is the real deal, what you see is what you get.
Caroline is all smoke and mirrors and no substance to speak of.

She propbably decided to go shopping a the mall instead of being a Senator. Ok who’s the next democrat with absolutely no experience to attain this high position…. Obama, he’s taken…Hillary, she’s left… Caroline, she backed out… How about Paris Hilton? She has the typical experience the dems are looking for. She’s be perfect. They would just need an extra chair in the Senate chamber for her poodle. That would be HOT!

Kristen Gillibrand – she’s my congresswoman and is just beginning her second 2-year term in the House. She has no experience to be Senator. Her grandmother (it is rumored) was the long time squeeze of Mayor Erastus Corning of Albany and that’s how she got this job in the first place. And Randi Weingarten – loud mouthed rabble rouser from NYC – no. Gov Patterson is proving he is not only blind but dumb. Upstate New Yorker.

Maybe Caroline realized that she was not cut out for the job. She is a smart lady with years of philienthropic (sp) experience. That does not mean she has what it takes to be a politician. She cannot handle the pressure of the press. This does not mean she is stupid. The President (a former Constitutional law professor) and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court two men who should know the Constitution messed up on Tuesday. They are not stupid. They were nervous. Caroline has spent her whole life hating the press and hiding from them. She cannot make friends with them over night.

Isn’t it ironic that the commitment and wisdom she exercised in withdrawing her name for the NY Senate position are the very attributes we seek of our political leaders! She showed them, didn’t she!

“Will someone list the “qualifications” one must have to be a U.S. Senator?”
Posted by: swimmer | Jan 22, 2009 8:47:08 AM
Take a math test from a reporter. Bush failed that one and went on to be the worst president in American history.
Posted by: DelegateMath | Jan 22, 2009 9:25:51 AM
A very astute answer DelegateMath. However, it doesn’t really have anything to do with the question.

I knew the Good Lord would not give us Obama and Kennedy in the same cycle. We are being punished, but God is not a sadist.

when you’re insulated you begin to believe your own press–or the press about your family.
The truth is, today most people don’t care about/aren’t awed by the kennedy name and many people, especially young, don’t really know or care about the Kennedys.
What’s more, with Ted ill–and he being the last Kennedy with any clout–modern politicians (such as Patterson) have no fear of retribution/cannot be threatened into complying with ridiculous ideas of naming a Kennedy to the senate simply because she’s a Kennedy
It’s over….thank God

Jenny,
If you don’t see the difference between Sarah Palin and Caroline Kennedy…you deserve the intellect you were graced with.

Kitty,
An individual is always blinded by the kind of hatred you exhibit. That measure of hatred always “blinds” its owner. You accuse others of unfairly dragging Teddy and Mary Jo (you are justified in being angry about that) into the equation of Caroline’s bid for that Senate seat….but take a look at how you do the same thing with the Bushes with your prior comment…and I quote from you ” It is scary though that the next generation of Bushes might somehow qualify for political office ” Ya see, Kitty…….you will always accuse others of what you do yourself. You might want to re-visit your statement of not “hating” anyone. Put some thought into it……think about it.

Sounds like Paterson was blindsided by Kennedy’s withdrawal.

Ken – I can just see Barney in the tiera. Queen Camalot and Princess Barney. Hey we had Gopher and Cooter at one point. They were Repoublicans though.

Yeah they were “personal” reasons all right. Like she couldn’t “personally” believe that she wasn’t accepted in an Obama-like coronation.

Exactly Patriot! This country has turned into a psuedo-monarchy with a ruling class that consists of a few families and elites. We need to do away with the Oligarchy. I can appreciate upstart politicians on both sides of the aisle. Using a family name is just dispicable and our Founding Fathers would not approve. Our country is meant to be For the People, By the People.

Thank God Camelot is finally over. The media jumped the shark back then and again on the 20th.

George:
Nice puff piece. Now how about some real reporting?
There is no rule that says you have to suck up to every Democrat. Caroline was an idiotic choice for US Senate and you don’t have to keep kissing her butt anymore.

With Obama leading the USA to socialism, increased class envy/class warfare, fewer individual freedoms, less incentive to achieve, more ‘victimization,’ increased government, increased taxing and spending, closing Gitmo, and no new coal or nuclear plants allowed to be built, this decision is probably the most intelligent one that has been made so far! God help us, because the Democrats sure won’t.

I like you Viv.

“A very astute answer DelegateMath. However, it doesn’t really have anything to do with the question.
Posted by: jd | Jan 22, 2009 9:36:47 AM”
An estute answer to an estute question.

“A very astute answer DelegateMath. However, it doesn’t really have anything to do with the question.
Posted by: jd | Jan 22, 2009 9:36:47 AM”
An astute answer to an astute question.

ok. there ya go.

Um…Sara Palin: no name, no experience, nice person….media bash. Caroline Kennedy: big name, no experience, nice person…media suck up.

hegel321 – enough Palin bashing already! True, Gov. Palin didn’t have millions to pay for an “elite” education; she had to work her way through college. However, you don’t know that she is less intelligent than Caroline Kennedy (from what I’ve heard Gov. Palin is extremely intelligent), and there is a good chance that she gives a higher percentage of her income to charity than Caroline Kennedy does – for sure she has less left to live on.

Could we please put this charade of her being a senator to rest, she did not have the qualifications, her name is not magic anymore, it also does nothing for the Obama Change scene, she could not even carry Massachusetts for Obama when her and Unc endorsed him.
She is a PRESS story and that is it they make her news her qualifications don’t.

I believe she will be going for Ted’s seat. The people in that state have elected, and re-elected a murdering drunk for years and years. They put up with Barney Frank, who let his gay lover run a prostitution ring out of his house. Those idiots will put up with anything, and I believe they could be pushed to put up with much more if the right person came along (a Kennedy)peace be upun her grace.

I guess they’re right when they say money doesn’t buy happiness. That picture of Caroline…my, my. Doesn’t look any happier than the waitress she would have been had she not been born with a Kennedy silver spoon in her mouth.
Have you seen her husband? Oh, my God! Does she need glasses, too?!
A case could be made that she is, or has been, a New Yorkerette, however, as she lived there with Mumsy “my-eyes-are-six-inches-apart” Jackie O for a few years.
As for old Ted Kennedy, I hope that boy gets what he deserves after he’s dead.

Umm…Just wondering why you think even a few normal people would be remotely interested as to her reasons for withdrawing her NAME oh yeah! HER NAME!! thats the only interesting part of her she is so FAKE

So, does she revert to being a Schlossberg again or is that moniker still not fitting for an elite lady?

DEPRESSION is hard to ovecome.

Hey, at least you New Yorkers didn’t have their new Senator appointed by a Governor who got arrested by the FBI for trying to sell that Senate seat and is now facing impeachment.
I’m all for more women in the Senate. But competant women, not blue-blood Princesses who think they’re entitled.

Hail Queen Caroline, you need to get a grip.

Caroline needs HELP!
She is barely looking over
the “cup” and seems to be
sinking even futher into
depression.
Once a person can no longer
see over the “cup” the
“airplane” crashes into the
ocean!!!

Well, I guess that filled her time for a while. I think were going to have to have time limits for Congress. That’s why our Congress doesn’t work the way it ought to. Also, JOE BIDEN, you got in the Senate through the death of your father and your weren’t even 35 years old. Too many of you folks think it is your entitlement to keep that seat for your family over decades. It needs to stop, JOE BIDEN, and all of you folks who think this is your family’s God-given seat.

My take on it is that neither she or the Kennedy family wanted to be obligated to support Paterson for election in two years. Reports that Paterson would have the full support of the Kennedy family, including resources and political organization, should Caroline get the seat were probably the deal breaker. The Kennedy’s would never give that comittment, they would, however, expect it from someone else.

Good. The Senate has enough dimwitted, unattractive women as it is. Men too.
Bring back the term limits argument, please.

Anyone who feels compelled to bring Sarah Palin into this issue is certifiably insane.
What on earth does Caroline Kennedy ending her Senate bid have to do with Sarah Palin?
You REALLY need to come to grips with the true source of your rage.

Hey George, here is the real story: When Caroline heard that many people didnt want her to be their senator , she said “let them eat cake” .

I have a feeling she was probably told that she wasn’t going to be picked. Since she was a KENNEDY they probably told her she could withdraw her name to make it seem as if it was her choice and even probably started rumors that she was the one who would have been senator. Please don’t compare her to Hillary Clinton. Hillary has been involved in politics for years and was aware of what was going on. Caroline Kennedy didn’t even vote in certain elections, didn’t know what was going on in New York and Obama was the first person she ever endorsed for president. You can’t take a job on name only – she was way inexperienced.

Caroline Kennedy would have fit right in with the other low IQ Democrats. Folks, this is what you get for a government when you allow the bottom third of the class to run it. “The audacity of hope.” I mean: What the hell does that mean to the legitimate English-speaking world? How about the “pretentions of candidacy”?

If Obama, who won election by a clear cut majority!,can’t ‘get!’ two ladies whom are more than qualified! for the senate,from states lead by Democratic Party Governors! what?, does the prot-end for our 44th President ability to get more harsh tasks??,done!

“She has no business being a legislator, and no experience.”
Well, she’s had a lifetime of exposure and surely knows Washington inside and out in a way many on the Hill don’t even.
As for Obama not having experience…well, many of us value a brilliant mind at work over “experience.”

You know…I suspect that she uh you know just decided it would be too much uh you know work. Getting up in the morning and you know going to work with stinky you know politicians.

Just how brilliant is Obama when he doesn’t notice all of the corrupt people he was working with?
I for one don’t like working with corrupt brilliant people. Maybe you do.
I want to work with virtuous people who I can trust.

“DelegateMath,
That’s not even a word. I hope you’re being sarcastic.
Posted by: jd | Jan 22, 2009 10:05:08 AM”
The original question was astute because it makes no sense to write a list of qualifications for some one to be a US senator. If you really want one, I’ll just give you that one again. Passing a simple math test given by a reporter is no guarantee that you are going to be a good senator. But if she fails this one like G. W. Bush, she is surely incompetent and should not even be considered.

I can’t believe how mean and self-satisfied we are. As if we know who Caroline really is beyond the Camelot fairytale we’ve created for her. And how dare her step out of that story we love to recite. Caroline’s talents will still be used to benefit many without her subjecting herself to all this public scrutiny. And many of these people who criticize her will be served by those talents. I’m glad she made it out of the lion’s den of public scrutiny before she was dismembered.

Just another stupid democrat wasting this nation’s time and energy for her own personal agenda. Go away for good Kennedy family – American royalty – my a#@!

The public did not warmly embrace her as NY Senator, nor did the media. She was harshly criticised on several fronts, something she is unused to having happen. She would have to open her personal life (marriage is shaky) and financials (including settlement with her brother’s fiance’s family) to the public…..she had never been in a kitchen, and did not realize how uncomfortably hot it got in there.

You know, it could be that she is just the moron she appears to be, you know?

BTW, I agree with those who suggest that Ted Kennedy’s health may have played a role in this decision. But if Princess Caroline moves to Massachusetts to take Uncle Teddy’s seat when he passes away, that will be just about the lowest the Kennedy family has ever stooped to.
As for intelligence and New England universities, its long been my experience that people go to Harvard and Yale because they were too dumb to get into MIT.

I agree with the Silver Fox ,just above. The nastiness on this forum is just incredible. Do any of you personally know Ms. Kennedy?
Do any of you all know what the constitutional qualifications are to be a US Senator? Do some reading.
Good luck Caroline, I hope you continue to do all the good works you’ve devoted your life to.

Is this the first time any of you have watched liberals and their politics?
This is some of the many reasons they are referred to as left wing loonies.
They have a thought, they act on it, they have another thought that contradicts the first thought, they know they are always right, and so they act on it. They then have another conflicting thought. By now they have another “cause” to crusade for so they need to appoint a committee to investigate it as they have no time to waste on that.
Hence the word “loonies” has become one of the more civilized phrases used to describe them.

My guess for the reason she dropped out: This is the first time, as a Kennedy/Camelot scion, that she’s actually faced harsh criticism. She’s never had to work a day in her life; could pick and choose which charities and causes she’d donate to (and receive gratitude and worship) and support; and now, facing the REAL public instead of her hand-picked fellow elites, the harsh glare of reality finally hit her square in the face. What average, everyday people face every minute of their lives, she couldn’t take anymore.

What a NOSE! Marvelous!! I can fix it!!!

There’s way too much women-bashing in these comments. I don’t think Caroline Kennedy was qualified to be U.S. Senator, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton worked hard for the state of New York. We don’t need to bash her or Sarah Palin, and we women don’t need to bash each other, either.
Stop with the woman-hating!
Maria Houser Conzemius
Former upstate New Yorker in Iowa City

As a lifelong New Yorker, I am thrilled by this news! I always felt Hillary used our State to gain higher power in the US Government, and suspect Princess would have done the same. She is not at all qualified and would have been chosen solely becuase of her family. I like Governor Patterson overall, but he should never have considered her.

“They have a thought, they act on it, they have another thought that contradicts the first thought, they know they are always right, and so they act on it. They then have another conflicting thought. By now they have another “cause” to crusade for so they need to appoint a committee to investigate it as they have no time to waste on that.”
What you and your dense, freakshow mouthbreathers interpret as a lack of conviction, is what rational people consider “adjusting according to new information.”

“She’s nothing but a vapid socialite living off her dead father’s reputation.”
You have no idea what you are talking about. Wow…talk about vapid.

Thank you for standin’ up for me, Gene. After all, I’m just a poor, victimized woman who needs all the help I can get. That’s why Todd is a fixture in the governor’s office, God bless him. And yes, I have led somethin’ pretty large. I was mayor of a town of 6,000 and am currently governor of the 4th smallest state in population; less than half the size of the Bronx. And the media’s treatment of me has been hee-nee-us-ly brutal; I’m actually very intelligent. I went to 3 community colleges and 1 university –twice even – and progressed my education so that I got my bachelors in journalism after only 6 years. Not bad for someone who doesn’t read newspapers or magazines! I know I can count on your vote in 2012. Thank you very much, Gene.

Sarah P.,
Congrat on that $8,000.000.00 book deal to be announce next week – not bad for 2 months of week.
Trig must look adorable with eye glasses.
Take care.

Hillary had some influence over this. ya know, the clintons and Kennedys aren’t exactly, shall we say “friends”.
Every one who has the money and name can go to Harvard and get a degree no matter how stupid they are. It took John John 3 attempts to finally pass the NY bar. There’s a difference between being educated and slick.
Since the liberal press shoved Obama down our throats they will stand behind him no matter how he goofs up the country.
I miss the 43rd White American President already.

i smell “drug problem”…by the by , is governor patterson still doing blow at the days inn?

Yes, Jean, I’m looking forward to the new book also. I am a bit apprehensive though about the ghost writer they keep talkin’ about. I’m scared of ghosts!

She probably realized that she really did not have the stomach for politics. She also likely saw the writing on the wall that her appointment was not going to be readily accepted by the people of New York, who wanted Cuomo over her.
She seems like a decent, albeit pampered person who had no background in politics and did not have the motivation to work for it.

“She seems like a decent, albeit pampered person who had no background in politics…”
Well, aside from the masters program afforded her by the exposure she got through her family.

Yes, GD America! That brings back fond memories also of Joe Vogler of the AIP, God bless ‘em. “The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government and I won’t be buried under their damn flag,” he said.

WHO CARES, NEW YORK DESERVES HER!!!
LET HER TAKE THE SEAT, POLITICS IS SO INCREDIBLE CORRUPT WHO CAN TAKE ANY OF THIS SERIOUSLY.

It is personal, because her documented screwing around with the NY Times biggy would have been part of the political news.
This was about protecting her privacy and dignity.

Good ridance Caroline!!! America does not need another unqualified socialite mucking up the system. We have Obama for that.

UNCLE GEORGIE MY MAN, MY 22 YEAR OLD GRANDSON IN COLLEGE HAD THIS FIGURED OUT
A WEEK AGO. HE SAID WHY WOULD CAROLINE WANT NEW YORK’S PROBLEMS WHEN SHE CAN GIVE A LOT MORE THOUGHT TO OLD MAN UNCLE TEDDIES JOB THAT’S GOING TO BE GIVEN UP SOON, BECAUSE THE GUY CAN’T POSSIBLY HOLD HIS JOB ANY LONGER,( PREVIOUS DEATH WATCH COMMENTOR )SHE WOULD BE A SHOO-IN IN MASSACHUSETTS WITH HER NAME AND SHE PROBABLY OWNS PROPERTY THERE ANY HOW..

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Thanks Julie, I needed that.

I’m no Demoncrat, but Maloney would make a better senator than Cuomo (and I’ve heard the femnazis DEMAND a woman fill “Hillary’s seat”). If Maloney or Gillibrand (sp?) get it, they are a shoo-in for re-election against King (R). If Cuomo, I am not so sure. And while we’re whining about Bushie nepotism, how about Beau Biden being handed the Delaware Senate seat in 2010? Funny how you libs love political incest when it’s on your side of the aisle.

Well, you know, Caroline Kennedy would have made a good, you know, Senator, because, like, she has experience and has, you know, written books. She like, knows about, you know, how to raise kids, and things like that, you know?

This blog should be renamed “Stephy’s Tabloid”

actually, what you are all upset about is that any governor is, ever, empowered to make such an imperial appointment of a U.S. Senator. that’s a legit beef, but it’s a beef with state laws in general.
CK was as qualified as anyone, has written books on American History and the Constitution, has run foundations and raised a ton of money, and could easily have excelled in this job. it just is not, at the moment, an elected office. it is an appointment, and it will be an appointment, whether Paterson appoints your paperboy or my mailman to fill the spot. a ridiculous controversy about nothing.

Why is it “hating women” just because many of us felt Caroline Kennedy was unqualified for the job?
Just because I am vocal in my opinion that Roland Burris was unqualified to receive his appointment (albeit, I do think he was more qualified than Ms. Kennedy), does this mean that I also “hate blacks”?
Evidently, to read some of these comments, it does.
What is wrong with wanting the simple demand that people who hold public office be actually qualified for the job, instead of placed out of some sense of political priviledge or entitlement? ESPECIALLY when the job is appointed, and not decided upon by the voters?

She resigned from consideration and the usual trailer trash republicans should respect her privacy. Surely after 8 years of torture, Anti-Reaganite big government communist spending under President Tiddly Winks and republican bigotry under the bushies, Trailer Trash Republicans can find some other pressing issue to spout on.

Thanks to Neo Republican Bigotry and Anti-Reaganite big spending, racism and torture, we are NOT discussing a possible Republican Appointment to New York. Stupid Trailer Trash Republicans.

Silky: ‘As for Obama not having experience…well, many of us value a brilliant mind at work over “experience.”‘
I have an IQ of 159 (which is probably higher than Obama), but I have no medical experience whatsoever. Let me know if you have any surgical needs, I’m sure I can bid less than the “experienced” surgeons.
By your argument results won’t matter. All that will matter in the long run is whether or not people “felt good” about him. How can he possibly fail with everyone fainting at his majestic image? Our country, on the other hand, certainly will. Obama has no management experience at all. He hasn’t even been a manager at WalMart, and now he’s the Chief Executive of the entire country. How much sense does that make?
If he’s so “brilliant”, and that’s all that matters, why doesn’t he fly Air Force One all by himself?
Face it, you wouldn’t trust a doctor, pilot, plumber, or carpenter who didn’t have experience. Yet you’ll put someone into the office of President of the United states just because he’s 1) Black [let's be honest here], 2) Has a pleasant smile, and 3) Is capable of making a good speech [according to some at least]. That alone qualifies someone, at least in your mind, to make decisions for the entire country.
I think a lot of people think like you do. That is why, as far as the country goes, the patient is near death and the plane is spinning out of the sky. Our country is in serious, serious trouble because we’ve entrusted it to the people with the biggest advertising budget. And that goes for BOTH parties.
We deserve every bit of what is on the horizon right now.

How could the democrats not appoint a black woman? Why would they appoint a rich white woman from a family of criminals?
There are no black women in the Senate. Isn’t this the time to have one in there?

For the first time in the history of the World the Democrats cannot find an American to be their candidate so they cooked someone, nobody knows where he was borned, to be their candidate and now leader of socialism, of the libs
Cheeers,

I think she did the right thing.
A person with that much money can do just about anything she wants. She probably didn’t relish the prospect of schmoozing, bickering, cajoling, and sitting through a few thousand mind-numbing committee meetings. She’s still plenty young enough—and plenty wealthy enough–to enjoy life.
For a person with a strong desire to serve the public, a senate appointment may have made sense. But lacking that, she could well have turned out like her uncle— squatting on a senate seat for decades only to push others around, satisfy his ego, and perpetuate his family’s “contribution” to the political landscape. Instead, she graciously declined for her benefit as well as ours. That, my friends, is class.

“A bad idea from the start. No qualifications and a sense of entitlerment makes for a bad Senator.”
Well said…Minnesota Democrats don’t understand this, so we are on the edge of having a circus clown as a U.S. senator. NY, save yourself while you still can!!

don’t you get it? she is waiting for uncle Teddie to drive off that ramp into the great Chappaquiddick in the sky, so she can take his place in MA. duh!

Now the question becomes: What is she getting instead?

Well, there are plenty of other perfectly qualified Kennedys left. How about George Kennedy? He was great in “Cool Hand Luke”.

Let’s give Sarah Palin an anal exam but give Kennedy a pass. How stupid the American public must be not to see past this obvious liberal slanted view. Caroline Kennedy couldn’t carry Sarah’s
handbag. America is headed down a very
dangerous path paved with liberal social
paving blocks.

“Patterson originally viewed Caroline as his ticket to a second term, but massively negative public sentiment quickly persuaded him that she would instead guarantee his defeat. Plain and simple.”
It was rumored from the beginning that he didn’t want her.

The qualifications to be a Senator:
(drum roll, please…)
Clause 3: No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
Anything else that you put in there as a qualification, such as IQ, race, sex, family name, position on choice, guns, gay marriage, whether they like real butter or butter flavored substitute on their popcorn on thursday, is immaterial.
As long as Gov. Peterson adheres to the Constitution of the United States of America and the laws of New York for choosing a replacement to Sen. (now Sec. of State) Clinton, he is well within his rights. Just ask Gov. Blagojavich. (I buthchered his name, please forgive me.)

sorry, george, but you’ve got better and more important things to write about that didn’t she/why didn’t she; she may be kennedy, but she’s just caroline, a lovely person i’m sure, but let’s move on; sarah wasn’t qualified, and neigher, apparently, is caroline; let’s all try to seek out what really matters

“THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A LIBERAL (REAL) MAN!!!”
Is that right, Gomer.

Neil,
I thought a Communist killed her father, a Palestinian killed her uncle, old age killed her mother, and stupidity killed her brother.
Facts seem to trump stupidity.
Har Har!

She’s better not having to deal with all
the bs inherent in our daily political scene. Smart move Caroline.

Isn’t that the “people from another state that want to be President” seat?
Perhaps it should go to Ah-Nold! Just ignore Jeff in Sherwood. He knows not of what he speaks…
Har Har!

Speaking of meetings. How about Democrats meeting the 55 million young Americans they put to the sword under the enlightenment of Roe v Wade. And we wonder why the economy is going into the abyss 35 years after its passage.

Wow, thanks George…a whole seven sentence incicive investigative report!
Now ladies and gentlemen, THAT’s journalism! But I guess the liberal press figured they better at least give it some notice…(just don’t dig too deep and offend a Kennedy)
I wonder though, just how many sentences would have been added had it been a story about Gov. Palin withdrawing from the VP spot?

Silly,oops, Silky, so black hispanics are also African-Americans?
you know, we who are first generation citizens want to understand how stupid some laws are here

“Speaking of meetings. How about Democrats meeting the 55 million young Americans they put to the sword under the enlightenment of Roe v Wade. And we wonder why the economy is going into the abyss 35 years after its passage.”
Yeah, just think of how much better off we’d be with 55 million more unwanted children and the brilliant people they tend to become. That’s really not the way to make the argument you’re trying to make.

“Silly,oops, Silky, so black hispanics are also African-Americans?
you know, we who are first generation citizens want to understand how stupid some laws are here”
It’s not a law. In the US, you are by and large refered to as what you look like. And in this particular case…Obama…to suggest that he doesn’t qualify as an African-American in the context of him being the first African-American President is asinine.

“George cried at the inauguration, I am waiting to see him cry at Caroline’s decision to step down. JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE LEFT WING MINDLESS, GUTLESS MINDSET…”
Yeah, in this analysis it is GEORGE who is mindless. Being mindless is the M.O. of the right. That’s your THING.

He is not black, he is a mixture of black and white. What do you call black hispanics? Obama is not black for his own sake and African-Americans who want to think it is their turn to be in power are dreaming, they have to find a black. This guy came from a white background and his skin color is not like for his wife

Oh my! Now I’m giving Obama a chance to before I criticize him, but have any of you heard his press conference today for his executive orders? He is like a puppet, just parroting back to the media what his lawyer says, after he stops mid sentence and asks his lawyer what HIS OWN EXECUTIVE ORDERS SAY!!!
It is sort of amazing.

can anyone tell the difference between a good senator and a bad one? Is robert byrd good? was obama good?

Maybe she didn’t want the headache of representing rat town!

aw geez Silky, are you serious? LOL! It’s not even worth an explanation.
I told myself I wouldn’t criticize. (laughing in head)

“aw geez Silky, are you serious? LOL! It’s not even worth an explanation.”
What isn’t?

LOL! Just look up the word Bamboozled in the dictionary. That’ll clear things up for you.
And by the way…you all leave Barack alone! He is from a humble background and clawed his way to the top. His mother got a Doctorate from the University of Hawaii, his birth father had a Masters Degree from Harvard, and his step dad had a consulting job for Mobil Oil. He came from nothing, and should be revered for his hard work. There was no silver spoon like all other politicians. LOL!

LOL! ok, Silky, ok.

“LOL! ok, Silky, ok.”
No, really.
And who ever said Obama came from nothing?

You know, uh, I mean, you know, I withdraw but, you know, I don’t, uh, I do… what a mess!

she is a nobody with a legacy name

Kitty: Will you people ever stop hating? Do you make the same argument for JFK and LBJ sending 50,000 men and women to their death in Vietnam? Are they getting their just desserts? Perhaps FDR has met the 1,000,000 who died in WWII. For all of George W. Bush’s failings, securing our country after the worst attack on U.S. soil in our history, is not one of them.
________________________________________
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

Word.

LOL! I wasn’t going to say anything, because you are seriously outgunned in this conversation, but….”Minute details”?!!!
Like what? Like what they are going to do with all the prisoners when they shut down Guantanamo? You mean tiny, little details like that?!!! LOL!!! Yeah, you’re right, that’s just a teeny, tiny, minute detail of the order. Geez Louise!

“The process reeked of nepotism from the very beginning.”
Posted by: Stu | Jan 22, 2009 8:17:03 AM
Stu, you can’t be serious. If it was nepotism, we’d be hearing the name “Cuomo” by now…

ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) NEWSWIRE
OFFICIAL StATEMENT FROM CAROLINE KENNEDY:
IT’S UH, LIKE UH, YOU KNOW, THAT I AM, YOU KNOW, ASKING TO HAVE MY, NAME FROM, YOU KNOW, BEING CONSIDERED FOR, UH, THE, YOU KNOW SENATE JOB. I, HAVE, YOU KNOW, DECIDED TO, YOU KNOW, CONCENTRATE ON, LIKE OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW.

Ever ntice how the leftys can’t defend their own person’s record, so they attack Bush instead? Bush is irrelevent to this discussion. If Caroline had been named Caroline Smith, or Caroline Matasuki, or Caroline Hernandez, we wouldn’t even be talking about her.

Shrek wrote: “What a shme she is educated, intelligent and charitable…everything Palin isn’t and will never be”
— and Palin is a four-time elected public official who had the guts to take on her own party and BIG OIL (and win), subject herself to the MSM on a national basis (not hide behind her name), AND earn the HIGHEST APPROVAL RATING of any Governor in the Country — something Caroline will never be able to claim.

Should appoint the author of “Dreams of My Father,” William Ayers

The qualifications of Mrs. Schossberg (as opposed to the Caroline Kennedy tag that was used to grab a Senate seat), I mean, like, you know, what’s up with this.
Caroline, you know, is not a terribly, you know, person. She has, you know, wealth and everything. She feels a, you know, right to governance. See, you know, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg is, you know, brilliant because she descended from the, you know, Kennedy name.
George W. Bush, on the other hand, you know, had his degree from Yale and Harvard bought by his father.
Caroline, you know, is totally different.
If this woman was not so pathetic, it would be, you know, funny!

Could it be she is ending her bid because she has nanny problems, an affair with the publisher of the NY Times (who endorsed her!!!), and a little problem with tax havens?

No that’s not what I’m saying, because I know the POTUS authors the Executive Orders, hence the name. So I was shocked when, as the press was asking him questions, he didn’t know the answers. You have to hear it for yourself. Then you’ll see what I mean.
Now don’t get me wrong. I know he has a lot going on, but these were questions he should have known.

the skeltons in the closet that she does not want exposed could well involve family finances, but word on the street in Greenwich Village is that a “very close” family member (hubby?) has a fondness for young men…which would be quite an embarrassment for Kamelot!

Awwwwwwwww. What ever will we do with the fast approaching Kennedy void in government?

Thank you for standin’up for me also, SilkPony. After all, I’m just a poor, victimized woman who needs all the help I can get. That’s why Todd is a fixture in the governor’s office also, God bless him. And yes, I am an elected public official also. I was mayor of a town of 6,000 and am currently governor also of the 4th least populous state; less than half the size of the Bronx. And the media’s treatment of me has been hee-nee-us-ly brutal also; it’s costin’ me my stellar approval rating. The people of Alaska used to love me but now they prefer Murkowski 57% to my 33%. And I’m actually very intelligent also. I went to 3 community colleges and 1 university also –twice even – and progressed my education so that I got my bachelors in journalism after only 6 years. Not bad for someone who doesn’t read newspapers or magazines also! I know I can also count on your vote in 2012. Thank you very much, SilkPony. –wink-

*Cough, cough*…”personal reasons” is often “politician speak” for, “Oh, you mean I have to disclose records of all my questionable financial dealings to be a senator? Oh, well, never mind…”

George Stephanopoulos can’t be trusted on this issue: http://www.mofopolitics.com/2009/01/22/george-stephanopoulos-cried-on-inauguration-day/

Wow. Can you say “vitriol”? To what nether-region has sanity fled? Caroline was smart to take a pass on the job. Although I’m particularly un-fond of the Kennedys in general, she has done nothing to deserve the venom directed at her in this forum. On the contrary, her gracious generosity is enjoyed by many, quite apart from the “Kennedy Center” tributes.
Shame on both sides for the hateful rants displayed here.
That said, next time we have the opportunity, let’s turn all the rascals out and start with a clean slate. Vote every incumbent out. It has to be a better choice than to keep so many corrupt lifetime politicians at the public trough.

Silky????

Whoa, Caroline, babe! Look at that huge dent on your enormous nose!! My father has a totally awsome set of tools. I can fix it!!

Silky????
Do you have a job? If you aren’t gainfully employed, then there are various volunteer organizations that you could be giving your time to. It is very unhealthy for you to be sitting this long at the computer! You should consider setting a timer to remind yourself to take a break (every half hour is good)and stop regaling us with your searing “wisdom” Remember?….Obama told us to be ready to offer up ourselves to service for the ‘greater good’.

“Silky????
Do you have a job?”
Not that it’s any of your business, yes, but I’ve spent the vast majority of the day on conference calls. I don’t sit in front of a computer in my free time. And, in my adult life, when not working for Easter Seals and American Cancer, I have volunteered plenty of my time. But thanks for the thoughts.
Yeah, Col…people need to me more like Marines. That’s it.

Silky!
My last post was 9:42am. (Except for the one I sent to you this pm) I went to work and got home about an hour ago. So, yes I have job.
Conference calls ?? Ummmmmm…ok but when did you have the time for that or even to fix yourself a lunch ? (unless someone else fixes your lunch) You have 35 postings on this site starting at 10:25am I still suggest volunteering for you…….all that sitting is bad for circulation ! I probably won’t be able to respond to any more posts because I am off again to help with a Red Cross blood drive.

“Silky… I can see you sitting at a desk, your hair pulled back in a bun, little tiny black-rimmed glasses, no lipstick..”
Posted by: Jim | Jan 22, 2009 5:35:55 PM
I too see him sitting at a desk, with tiny black-rimmed glasses, no lipstick. I don’t picture a bun however.

This broad has 100ml in her trust fund. What is her tax liability? Nada.

Governor Paterson will make his choice known at 11am Friday… wonder who it will be?

“I sense a lack of understanding of what most people experience in their lives. Have you ever had to make a payroll? Have you ever had to justify capital purchases based on ROI?”
Not with my own money, no. But I had a job during college when I did the payroll for an internet startup, so I do know how that goes. And you actually think “most people” have ever had to make payroll or had to justify capital purchases based on ROI? Talk about detachment from reality.
And I am not a woman. I am a well-hung man of youth, virility and thick sausage. I am Silky Johnson to your Buck Nasty. Most of you all are sexually-repressed Matt Drudge/Rush Limbaugh slurping dooshbags, who have never had an original thought in your lives.

“Conference calls ?? Ummmmmm…ok but when did you have the time for that or even to fix yourself a lunch ? (unless someone else fixes your lunch) You have 35 postings on this site starting at 10:25am I still suggest volunteering for you…….all that sitting is bad for circulation !”
Talk about pathetic…you went back and counted my posts? And I walk the perimeter of the property twice a day and work out at lunch three times a week. I’m 6′, 190. Pretty much a model of fitness. Well, aside from the 5 gallons of Guinness I drink a week. But that’s on doctors orders. How about you, beth?

Wow, Silky! You really caught me by surprise. Who would have ever thought that a big ‘ol stud muffin of a fella like you would go by the moniker of “Thilky”? Anyway, the subject of our lengthy thread here has been replaced by someone who has absolutely no national name recognition. I’m bored, so bye now.
Oh, and Silky, a mind is a terrible thing to waste… better slow down on that Guinness.

Carolyn is a lawyer, written books, and worked on NY educational system. If she has to come back, she needs to organize an election campaign, extensively debate on issues, give speeches, and prove to the bloggers such as here her worth. I am sure she wants to follow on her father’s path, and there is no better way of doing it than to work hard on this path.

This feedback site has gone to hell with the sleezy talk. Let’s keep it political. Let’s make ourselves sound credible and maybe someone will listen.