Caroline Kennedy, 'you know'

Is anybody else interested in the job? Are they being held to the same measure? Or are we just picking on her?

Caroline should get interviewed by the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board - They will fall for her-

Ms. Schlossberg, as she usually calls herself when she isn't angling for a senate appointment, failed to vote in half the NY elections in the past 20 years.

Didn't even show up....

If her maiden name was (you know) Schlossberg, she'd (you know) be laughed off the stage. The LAST thing she desires is (you know) to be "held to the same measure" as other candidates.

If you read some of the reports, read how she cannot articulate a reason for running other than "i want it," read how she refuses to elaborate on policy and positions, you realize she is completely not qualified for this job.

And for the poster who thinks people are picking on her, please. CK is getting much, much kinder treatment than Sarah Palin ever did. And I think Sarah Palin (whom I did not vote for, by the way) is infinitely more qualified than CK.

There has to be someone pulling her strings. There just has to be! Someone convinced Caro K-S that she should run for Senate and the woman fell for the blandishments hook, line and sinker. I don't believe she came up with the idea to run for Senator of NY all by herself. It isn't possible.

Give her the job and if she's isn't right for it, New Yorkers can vote her out of it. She was there for Barack and most of you commenting doesn't think he has enough experience for that job, so give people a chance and let's see what happens... As if Bush had any experience, He's the real screw up and you voted him in twice.. Texas was so stupid they did it 3 times..

1.Does anyone remember the attacks on Palin,yet she is more "qualified" than this nothing,you know.She is only a media invention as was her dad,she is a joke,running around spending someone else's money,doing orchestrated "good deeds",the "required" book that some one else writes as usual,this formula is getting old and stupid,of course didn't Hillary do the same?You know.

Criticize Ms Kennedy/Schlossberg, all you want. All I have to do is mention, George W. Bush !! Enough said about qualifications, entitlement, intelligence or even, compassion. What's that great line the sanctimonious Republicans like to beat the voter over the head with : Don't do as I do, do as I say !! And, just look at the mess they find themselves in, sniping after a woman !! That's known as the foundation of Republicanism: do-do !!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

Donahue Johnson: Are you suggesting that we hand out high ranking governmental positions to people that, by all accounts, appear unqualified for the job and just let time determine if they can handle it? I might be able to understand that philosophy were it not in regards to a Senate seat for New York. Filling positions for government officials should not be conducted like an experiment.

Don Fitzgerald, I've long respected you and what you have to say. But, really, do you want to compare Caroline Kennedy to George Bush? And, I'm sorry, my friend, I didn't hear your outrage about the absolutely vile misogyny slung against Hillary and Palin. No one is even coming close to "sniping after a woman" when it comes to the mild criticisms of Caroline. And Mr. Donahue, I appreciate your candor that the only reason you think Caroline should be given this office is because she supported Obama. Turning on HIllary, however, is the great reason she should NOT be selected. Let Caroline actually run for office in 2010, then the people of NY can decide for themselves.

Criticize Ms Kennedy/Schlossberg, all you want. All I have to do is mention, George W. Bush !!

Posted by: Don Fitzgerald, Chicago | December 29, 2008 10:20 AM

Don, your argument is an example of the "red herring" logical fallacy. We're not talking about whether GWB should be president or have any other office; that's a whole other subject. We're talking about whether CKS should be the junior senator from New York.

Given the New York residency requirement for senators of one day prior to selection, (that's how Hillary and Caroline's Uncle Bobby got to be senator) Governor Paterson has over 300 million people to choose from, many of whom have got to be more qualified than CKS, but without the famous name.

The first Obama/Kennedy news conference:

BO: Ahhh, it is uhh my uhhhh great pleasure to ahhh...introduce the next uhhhhhhhhhhhhh Senator from New York, uhhhhhhh Caroline Kennedy.

CK: Thank you Mr President. You know it is great to be here, you know. I look forward, you know, to working with my fellow Democrats to bring, you know, change to our land and fulfill, you know, people’s hopes.

Caroline Kennedy has a law degree however has never practiced law ever.

She is not qualified for anything in Government. She cannot even speak properly when in public.

Washington needs a good FLUSH, you know. A Bush FLUSH, Clinton FLUSH, and a Kennedy FLUSH.

Bush was a governor. Palin was a mayor and is a governor. At age 51, Caroline Kennedy suddenly wants to be a senator. What's wrong with this picture?

I'm not concerned nor worried about the "you know's" and "um ...". A 10-hour session and one-week practice with a public-speaking trainer or speech therapist would fix that.

But I am VERY INTERESTED in the CONTENT OF CHARACTER and mindset of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg. Those have direct bearing on where and how strongly and effectively she stands on public issues, and how she responds to crises.

Texas was so stupid they did it 3 times..

Posted by: Donahue Johnson | December 29, 2008 10:05 AM
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I know how important facts are to democrats. Assuming that we are counting the presidential terms and two terms as governor, Texas voted for Bush 4 times.

The Tx governor that preceeded George Bush, just about took the average homeowner to the brink of bankruptcy with her Marxist school financing plan. No amount of tax money to the state's school districts could ever have been enough. Taxes out of control, students dumber than ever, one hell of a system.

Sorry for your anguish, sorry that there weren't more terrorist attacks against the major cities of this country, sorry that your income taxes could not have been increased, sorry that there was 6 - 7 years of economic growth, but the 45th Governor of Tx, a practicing socialist democrat, that preceeded George Bush, absolutely had to be dethroned. If it is any consolation to you, we are still paying for the miserable school system that she wrought. There is certainly no question about the legacy of Ann Richards.

Not sure why CKS wants the position, whether someone is pushing her into it, or maybe she sees Teddy slipping away and wants to carry on the family tradition. I like Caroline, but I think there are other people who have risen through the system who are more qualified and deserving of the position.

I counted 142 occurrences of "you know" in the December 27 interview with the NYT.

A Daily News flashback.
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This reminds me of when Chicago Columnist Mike Royko (then with the Chicago Daily News) was banished from City Hall press conferences because he used to quote Mayor King Richard I verbatim... replete with the "deezes", "dems", "dozes" and "ya knows" plus the garbled synatax.
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All the other journalist's used to edit Daley's words into some coherence.

Obama supporter. New Yorker. I feel it is DREADFUL to pressure Paterson this way. The Obama machine took the dem party to Chicago. they control the purse strings now.
Who should get it?
Some Dem woman who worked her keister off licking stamps and shaking hands who persuaded the Dems to put money into her campaign. Or a man who did the same. Not the CHILDREN of those who did so.
That's what Caroline is. The CHILD of a man whose father ran rum and ended up at the top of the heap to put HIS SON into the white house. Sorry what happened to John and Bobby. I really am. But the Kennedy grand kids have behaved ABOMINABLY.
Jimmy Carter coulda had a 2nd term were it not for the BOORISH behavior of TEDDY leading the nieces and nephews on a mannerless rampage through New England. Old memories die hard about how the clan behaved during that race.
And Caroline is putting Paterson in the untenable position of risking his re-election should he appoint her or never being properly supported by the Harvard/Obama DNC.

Ms. Kennedy's first response as to why she wants to be a Senator is that the country and her are both at a unique point.

I'm at a unique moment in my personal life, too. That doesn't mean I should be New York's Senator.

The only thing Ms. Kennedy's ramblings prove conclusively is that eloquence is not genetic.

Caroline Kennedy should be treated in the same fashion that Sarah Palin was treated.

The media should be demanding that she make herself available for interviews, the media should be dispatching bus loads of investigative reporters to New York, the media should be demanding to see her tax returns and financial records and delving deeply into the personal matters of her husband and children.

But then the media treats Democrats differently from republicans, don't they!

The more Caroline Kennedy opens her mouth, the more convinced I am that if we didn't permit trusts to exist in America the present day Kennedys would all be broke.

There would be a helluva lot of rich bartenders and hookers up and down the East Coast.

And Caroline would be behind the counter at a Madison Avenue boutique, and not a customer.

Any comparisons between Sarah Palin and Caroline Kennedy are totally out of line.

Palin has actually run for office (and won) a bunch of times. She has successfully run both a city and a State government. And she is wholly self-made.

Kennedy on the other hand is a typical member of this generation of her family-- great educational resume (although I think we all know how they got into those schools), light on brains (remember her brother took a few times to pass the bar), heavy on press-fed mystique, and carrying a huge load of entitlement.

Someone once called the Royal Family of Britain England's most famous welfare family. Except that it's Joe's bootleg money, and not taxpayer's funds, the Kennedy's are our's.

People are sniping at Gov. Paterson for failing to appoint her quickly, to end these attacks on her. Our Governor-by-hooker is showing himself to be a pretty adept politician. He is simply waiting, letting this incompetent dilettante burn herself out in the press, then he can pick whom he chooses.

Smart Governor.

Typical Kennedy.

Uh, you know, Caroline Kennedy, you know, makes you know, Sarah Palin you know, look you know, like a you know, rocket scientist you know! Let's see how Charlie Gibson and Katie handle her in an interview.

It's almost as hard to break the "you know" habit as it is the "you betcha" habit.

Her qualifications have nothing to do with whether or not she can formulate answers to the stupid questions being asked of her. There are already too many people in public office who are excellent at the sound bite, but terrible as leaders.

It is a very hard habit to break because the person isn't even aware how often they say it. I listened to the interview and found it horribly distracting. She really has it bad. The thing about Obama is that often I want to finish for him since I know what direction he is headed. His is sort of funny because sometimes he does digress, but for Kennedy it breaks up every thought.

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