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WaPo Opinion Piece: Caroline Kennedy, Just Like Me!

Uh huh. The differences in media treatment of Sarah Palin and Caroline Kennedy are getting so obvious the liberal media must be ought to be embarrassed.

This is an opinion piece submitted by a freelancer -- but the WaPo gives its imprimatur by printing it.

Amid all the recent buzz about Caroline Kennedy's bid for a U.S. Senate seat, there has been a great deal of talk about her connections, her power, her wealth. But the way I see it, if you strip away the glamour, the name and the money, then Caroline is . . . me. And many of my friends. Maybe even you. If, that is, you happen to be a midlife woman raising kids and returning -- or thinking of returning, or hoping one day to return -- to the full-time workforce.

A great deal of the criticism around Kennedy's interest in Hillary Rodham Clinton's soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat sounds an alarm for women like me. We've been at home with the kids, sure, but we've also been busy with lots of other things. We've been working part-time, consulting, freelancing. Like Kennedy's, our resumes don't conform to the conventional, one-job-after-the-other sequence that recruiters expect. When I read a sniping post on Gawker.com that "Caroline has been a happy housewife since getting her law degree, published a few ghost-written books and sat on a few boards that used her celebrity to draw donations," I thought, hmm, wait a minute. Couldn't there be a more inventive way to look at her CV?

...

But that's when I caught myself, and my more out-of-the-box side spoke up: Kennedy had young children, and no matter how much child care her money could buy, she clearly wanted to be a very-much-there primary caregiver. Perhaps, like many women in her situation, she found stimulation and satisfaction in whatever tasks most easily fit her schedule and her life, and her kids' lives. You could say her work history was spasmodic; you could say it was scattershot. But you could also say that as her children have grown up, her focus on public life has intensified, culminating in her fundraising for the public schools and her participation in Barack Obama's presidential campaign. You could say that, consciously or unconsciously, she was preparing for this moment.

Rather than a privileged aberration, I prefer to view Kennedy as a bellwether, a case study in how things could be if only the workplace were more accepting of an unconventional CV, one that may brim with great experience and skills and talent but is also peppered with gaps and one-off projects and volunteering. ... Maybe now's the time to change our thinking about what constitutes the ideal CV.

...The reaction seems to be: If she hasn't followed a straight-and-narrow, logical path, we simply can't imagine her in the role under discussion.

Meanwhile, it is believed that Sarah Palin did some light volunteering work herself, raising the profile of Alaska by accepting the figurehead position of "governor."

Avoiding the press? Check.

Giving answers in a sometimes-unpolished vernacular? Check.

Unable at times to clearly answer questions? Check.

But Princess Caroline is just like other women, so she's qualified, unlike Sarah Palin, who's unlike many other women in the sense that she's been the governor of a state and has negotiated multibillion dollar deals with large oil companies and foreign governments.

Also note that with Sarah Palin off the stage (for the moment), it's safe once again for the MSM to begin pedaling the sexism card. Sexism was an important concern when Hillary was running; then not so much when Palin was being attacked; and now that Princess Caroline is running asking her relatives to make phone calls to get her appointed, it's back.

Funny how the timing always works out so joyously to liberals' benefit. Why, if I didn't know any better, I'd suspect some kind of double-standard or something.

In related news, Princess Caroline seems to accuse the New York Times of bias. Or something.

You know, um, it's not, you know, clear what she's objecting, you know, to.

Kennedy appeared to insult women's magazines when she responded to a question by one of the reporters to recall, for the sake of storytelling, the moment she decided that wanted to be the senator from New York.

"Have you guys ever thought about writing for, like, a woman's magazine or something?" she asked, to which the reporter countered by asking what she has against women's magazines?

"Nothing at all, but I thought you were the crack political team here," she answered.

The unscripted response was followed by Kennedy saying she wishes she could draw on a moment and will think about it a little more.

She has no answer because she, you know, thought if it, you know, three weeks ago.

But we are assured by the WaPo's guest opinion columnist that she has been preparing for this moment, consciously or subconsciously, all of her adult life.

Thanks to someone2.

VDH with More: Gettin' kinda embarrassing for the MSM. Not that they'd notice.


But, no, the real embarrassment proves to be the media itself that apparently can't see this weird unfolding self-incriminating morality tale: It is not just that Palin is conservative, Kennedy politically-correct (e.g., pro-abortion, gun control, gay marriage, etc), or Palin a newcomer to public attention, Kennedy a celebrity since childhood. Rather it is the aristocratic value system of most NY-DC journalists themselves who apparently still assume that old money, status, and an Ivy-League pedigree are reliable barometers of talent and sobriety, suggesting that the upper-East Side Kennedy's public ineptness is an aberration, a bad day, a minor distraction, while Palin's charisma and ease are superficial and a natural reflection of her Idaho sports journalism degree.

A few generations ago, Democrats would have opposed Palin but appreciated her blue-collar story, and applauded a working mom who out-politicked entrenched and richer male elites. But now the new aristocratic liberalism has adopted the values of the old silk-stocking Republicans of the 1950s—and so zombie-like worship rather than question entitlement.

Indeed, it was about, and continues to be about, social class. Obama's thin resume was greeted warmly by the MSM because (among the other obvious factors) he comforted them by being "of the right sort," as they used to say. He shared their values. Hell, he actually shared their alma mater, at least for a lot of them, and even though most reporters didn't go to Columbia or Harvard Law, they at least applied to those schools.

And Sarah Palin? Garishly blue-collar with her droppin' of -g's at the end of gerunds, believin' in religion and hard work and family and all those values of the workin' class.

Oh, and by the way: As Dennis Miller cracked in another context, Caroline Kennedy earned her admission to Harvard in much the same way that Elvis Presley earned his black-belt.

Dead Horse, Well-Beaten: I am overly fascinated with my own pop-culture insight that liberals, while purporting to be champions of the "common man," reflexively go out of their way to ostentatiously show their distinctions from the tastes and habits of the common man, thus setting themselves apart and (they think) elevating themselves by comparison.

Here is one of the several posts I've written on this.


Posted by: Ace at 11:43 AM



Comments

1

She seems to have lived most of her life unconsciously.  So she'd be a great choice for the most important deliberating body in the world.

Where's the nearest wall I can bang my head against?  I want to run for mayor.

Posted by: ushie at December 29, 2008 11:48 AM (XWJh5)

2 Why can't they make Spitzer the Senator from NY? He is an honest guy. He would pay the Senate Pages after fondling them. Caroline will probably mooch on them for free. After all, she never had to earn anything.

Posted by: Tushar at December 29, 2008 11:51 AM (PTWes)

3 Duplicity is so endearing in the MSM!

HTML anyone?  Maybe a "</a>"?

Posted by: Buttle Her at December 29, 2008 11:51 AM (hnq5i)

4

That article is a nice look at the truely twisted logic of liberals and the double standard they apply to everyone.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 29, 2008 11:51 AM (1Jaio)

5 Hello Kitty has more brains than this broad.

Posted by: MrsPaulsFishSticks at December 29, 2008 11:52 AM (PBGAP)

6 Compared to Princess here, Hillary's decision to parachute into NY and win a Senate seat based on her husband getting blow jobs in the Oval Office seems positively merit based.

That high pitched whistling sound you hear? That's Daniel Patrick Moynihan spinning in his grave, wondering what the hell happened to his Senate seat.

Posted by: DrewM. at December 29, 2008 11:52 AM (hlYel)

7 She should be senator.  Why?  Because she WAAAAAANTS to. 

Posted by: kevlarchick at December 29, 2008 11:53 AM (TNuqz)

8 Well, you know, i just, you know, i think that she, you know, is just sort of, you know, and i haven't really thought about this, you know, but i would, you know, guess that she is, you know, not the sharpest knife, you know, in the drawer. If you know what i mean, you know, and i think you do. Know what I mean, you know.

Posted by: mikeyslaw at December 29, 2008 11:56 AM (QMGr1)

9 Drew,
are you going to be at tonight's NYC moronmeet?

Posted by: Tushar at December 29, 2008 12:00 PM (PTWes)

10 Why not just give Uncle Teddy (D-Chappaquiddick) two votes and save everyone the trouble.

Posted by: CUS at December 29, 2008 12:00 PM (wOGfT)

11

Please. Elect.  Select. This. Woman.

Caroline in 2009 

Down side: another rubber stamp who votes with 99% concordance with Harry Reid.

Up side: Republican pickup in 2010 special election.

 

Posted by: Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate at December 29, 2008 12:01 PM (Hj9yW)

12 Whoever is selected, at least now I will accept Chucky Schoomer as the 'senior Senator'. He always looked like the Jr. Senator next to Hillary.

Posted by: Tushar at December 29, 2008 12:02 PM (PTWes)

13

This is an opinion piece submitted by a freelancer...

Who lives in France.

Posted by: Tinian at December 29, 2008 12:02 PM (Ohodx)

14

Yep.  At least Hillary ran a campaign for the seat.  Voters made a decision.

Caroline isn't even willing to go through the rigorous vetting a prom queen would endure.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at December 29, 2008 12:04 PM (VEBC3)

15

Math is hard. Let's be senators!

She's not aided by the fact that, true to her genes, she's uglier than a mud fence.

Posted by: railwriter at December 29, 2008 12:04 PM (nwEiU)

16 Posted by: Tushar at December 29, 2008 12:00 PM (PTWes)

Sadly, I can't make it. Please punch a hippie for me.

Posted by: DrewM. at December 29, 2008 12:06 PM (hlYel)

17

Couldn't there be a more inventive way to look at her CV?

Well, fuck yeah.  Say anything you want to about yourself.  That's how you get ahead.  I was a community organizer with an Ivy League law degree for fuck's sake.  Now look at me.  You don't need a record or actual convictions, just a catchy phrase, like, just for example, HOPE and CHANGE.  But don't use that one, it's already taken and I will sue your ass.

Posted by: Barry O at December 29, 2008 12:11 PM (knHvu)

18 I'm sorry I can't make it to the Manhattan Moron Meet, too. Gotta work, dammit.

Posted by: meep at December 29, 2008 12:11 PM (7uTCa)

19 Also, if GHWB was born on third base thinking he hit a triple, this broad was pretty clearly born in Disneyland and thinks it must be because she was the Super Bowl MVP. 

Posted by: Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate at December 29, 2008 12:12 PM (Hj9yW)

20 >>Sadly, I can't make it.

damn.

>>Please punch a hippie for me.

just one? It is NYC. all I have do is swing an arm around, and atleast 3 hippies get knocked out.

Posted by: Tushar at December 29, 2008 12:12 PM (PTWes)

21 So.. she is a real life example of the movie, 'Being There'..

never really left the house until being appointed to the Senate...

Posted by: Dave C at December 29, 2008 12:13 PM (MqD7D)

22

Fucking y'know douchebag y'know media, y'know!

Posted by: IreneFingIrene at December 29, 2008 12:14 PM (lhxhu)

23 >>Gotta work, dammit.

Meep, with current unemployment rates in NY area, count your blessings.

Posted by: Tushar at December 29, 2008 12:14 PM (PTWes)

24

Sure, she's an unqualified dunce -- but Paterson is gonna appoint whoever he wants to so I can't get too upset about this.

Instead, I'm going to focus on the amusement factor.

Democrats usually reunite quickly after their squabbles but this one is different. Whoever Paterson appoints, it's gonna leave a long lasting mark on a lot of Democrats.

Posted by: Tinian at December 29, 2008 12:17 PM (Ohodx)

25 How soon before Pravda starts running stories about how unfair the media coverage has been of the Princess? Which will be accompanied with the usual Kennedy sob stories.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 29, 2008 12:20 PM (1Jaio)

26 >>Anne Glusker is a freelance journalist living in France and the host of "Stir it Up," a weekly food program on Swiss radio.<<

I suppose that's an example of an "unconventional CV".

Heh.  Anne, I've got your unconventional CV right here.

Posted by: SlaveDog at December 29, 2008 12:28 PM (H6Jyg)

27

Just for the record:  The combined number of times Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John Calhoun, Harry Truman, Barry Goldwater, Scoop Jackson, William Proxmire and Daniel Patrick Moynihan used the phrase "you know" in a conversation:

ZERO.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 29, 2008 12:31 PM (B+qrE)

28 I remember how much it infuriated leftists to point out that Obama was arguably less qualified to be a VP then Palin was (which is why the media studiously refused the comparison). And now this.

I *hope* at this point that Caroline Kennedy gets the job. We will get a dogmatic leftist no matter what, so it might as well be one completely unqualified for the role.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 29, 2008 12:32 PM (7BU4a)

29 Yes, please.  Take away the good looks, the sexual charm, the intellect, the humor and humility; and Caroline is just like me.

Posted by: Fritz at December 29, 2008 12:34 PM (3Bqev)

30

It just amazes me that the leftist idiots in this country insist on electing or appointing the most incompetent baboons to public office. They must think this country runs itself.  Actually, on second thought, we would be better off if we let the country run itself.

Actually, at what point is it going to enter into the public consciousness that we need to reenact the French Revolution with corruptocrats like Rangel and jefferson.

Posted by: Harry at December 29, 2008 12:35 PM (AJPnu)

31 she clearly wanted to be a very-much-there primary caregiver.

Ohhh, bravo! She's like, you know, a saint or something! Just so long as she isn't staying home with a retard baby like some white trash politicians we know.

Gee, since I'm my kid's primary caregiver AND hold down a full time job along with some freelancing on the side, I guess I'm like, uhh, you know, qualified to be Emperor of the World.

Could the bar be any lower for leftists?



Posted by: Warden at December 29, 2008 12:36 PM (KXbGD)

32 Tinian @ 24..

Sure, she's an unqualified dunce -- but Paterson is gonna appoint whoever he wants to so I can't get too upset about this.

I disagree..   The person slipping Paterson the paper with whoever's name on it will be deciding on the appointment.   

Posted by: Dave C at December 29, 2008 12:36 PM (MqD7D)

33

with corruptocrats like Rangel and jefferson.

No need to be partisan when describing Congress.  Seriously.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 29, 2008 12:37 PM (B+qrE)

34 I'm glad this Palin thing isn't all about class.  I'm glad what we're dealing  with here is journalists' honest opinions.  Journalists do have honest opinions don't they?  Yeah sure they do.  Anyone interested in some prime real estate in the Everglades?

Posted by: The Obvious at December 29, 2008 12:41 PM (1g+FW)

35 Actually, at what point is it going to enter into the public consciousness that we need to reenact the French Revolution with corruptocrats like Rangel and jefferson.

I think that the Caroline Kennedy appointment is showing America's move to aristocracy. We really are moving towards a system where an insular, self-selected elite governs the country and tells we the people to go eat cake (I realize it wasn't really Marie Antoinette).

A key reason that the Republicans have had so much trouble governing when they have majorities - the governing class that makes up the federal bureaucracy belongs to the left...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 29, 2008 12:44 PM (7BU4a)

36 "The person slipping Paterson the paper with whoever's name on it"

Erm, in braille?

Posted by: someone at December 29, 2008 12:47 PM (1wXl7)

37 Google the author and check out the broad's wedding announcment in the national fishwrap.

"Rather it is the aristocratic value system of most NY-DC journalists themselves who apparently still assume that old money, status, and an Ivy-League pedigree are reliable barometers of talent and sobriety, suggesting that the upper-East Side Kennedy's public ineptness is an aberration, a bad day, a minor distraction, while Palin's charisma and ease are superficial and a natural reflection of her Idaho sports journalism degree." 
Gee, how Victorian.





Posted by: someone2 at December 29, 2008 12:48 PM (B9rRW)

38 Where's Veronica when you need her/him/it?  I'm sure she/he/it could enlighten us all as regards to the WaPo piece on The Princess of NY...

Posted by: billygoat at December 29, 2008 12:50 PM (WQqt3)

39 A key reason that the Republicans have had so much trouble governing when they have majorities - the governing class that makes up the federal bureaucracy belongs to the left...
Posted by: 18-1

Even Ronald Reagan could not get rid of the Department of Edumacation. We are stuck with the demons spawned by FDR and his political progeny. President Reagan should have ordered all DoE employees to stay home for four years. That would have produced an interesting fight.

Posted by: eman at December 29, 2008 12:53 PM (D6ZSd)

40 I've noticed a trend.  The only women who degrade Palin and minimize her HUGE umm.... accomplishments (whew!) are princesses who have never left daddy's castle.  Hey wait...

Speaking of Palin;  It still infuriates me to no end that McPussy never defended her.  What a tool box

Posted by: Melodic Metal at December 29, 2008 12:54 PM (0TU9n)

41 Hmmmm...a career built on nepotistic connections.

Ms. Glusker, 37, is keeping her name. She is a senior editor at The Washington Post Magazine. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. Her father, who is retired, was the art director at Gourmet and Life magazines and at the American Heritage Publishing Company, all in New York. Her mother recently retired as the copy editor at Food and Wine magazine in New York

You're right, Anne. Caroline Kennedy IS just like you!

Posted by: Warden at December 29, 2008 01:00 PM (KXbGD)

42

Math is hard. Let's be senators!

She's not aided by the fact that, true to her genes, she's uglier than a mud fence.

Posted by: railwriter at December 29, 2008 12:04 PM (nwEiU)

Damn shame that she got the Kennedy facial genes and JFK Jr. got the Bouvier facial genes.

Posted by: David in San Diego at December 29, 2008 01:01 PM (GF+6V)

43 Moron homework assignment: Rent the movie Idocracy.  It's by Mike Judge who wrote Beavis And Butthead and King Of The Hill.  It's actually more of a prophecy than a movie, and it's coming to pass before our very eyes.

Posted by: ol-dirty-/b/tard at December 29, 2008 01:05 PM (IoUF1)

44

Damn shame that she got the Kennedy facial genes and JFK Jr. got the Bouvier facial genes.

Posted by: David in San Diego at December 29, 2008 01:01 PM (GF+6V)

IMHO, she bears more resemblance to John Fuckin' Kerry than any of the Kennedy Klan.

Posted by: ol-dirty-/b/tard at December 29, 2008 01:07 PM (IoUF1)

45

>> Take away the good looks, the sexual charm, the intellect, the humor and humility;

 

too late, someone already did.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at December 29, 2008 01:12 PM (eiOZw)

46

Since the election, the Democrats have really had only two immediate responsibilities of importance. Fill the vacated Senate seat in Illinois, and fill the vacated Senate seat in New York.

Pretty easy you would think. Some minor politicking, and after a week or two of intra-party deliberations you get to promote a rising star in the party to a positions of prominence -- and more importantly, incumbency -- without even having to bother with that whole election thing.

But instead... wow. Talk about totally fucking up a good thing. Both times! If they can't even get this right....

It's really a bit scary.

Posted by: Lee at December 29, 2008 01:16 PM (TxTIh)

47 Just like you; Lots of disposable income and stupid.

Posted by: mare at December 29, 2008 01:18 PM (X1fsj)

48 We really are moving towards a system where an insular, self-selected elite governs the country and tells we the people to go eat cake.

Moving toward? Illegal Alien Amnesty 2006 and Illegal Alien Amnesty 2007 tells me we are there already.

Posted by: lmg at December 29, 2008 01:20 PM (A/vgC)

49 I can't wait until her coronation when she wears a pillbox asshat.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 29, 2008 01:27 PM (37Ghf)

50 Hmmm.

On the other hand it is NYC.

Last time I watched Ghostbusters I gotta admit that I was rooting for the Stay-Puft Man.

Posted by: memomachine at December 29, 2008 01:31 PM (kPJKz)

51

It is very kind that the MSM has decided that Princess was a committed hands on caregiver....how many toilets do you think she has cleaned in her entire life???

She is raising money for public schools that she would never consider letting her child attend...classic do as I say and not as I do. The MSM is obessed with their own agenda...facts be damn.

Posted by: ford at December 29, 2008 01:33 PM (Ki7fm)

52

Obama:“You know, this is not the … you know, the Caroline Kennedy, you know… I used to …know, you know”.

Dang this verbal tic is catchy… you know, I have it now, you know.. I need a smoke, you know, who has one?

Posted by: Sergei at December 29, 2008 01:34 PM (AGMH1)

53

Wow, that's some fine branding by the author: I hope Caroline is selected because I'm just like Caroline. You can be too, if you support her.

Caroline: the feel-good choice of the season for all socially aspirational women.

Posted by: Pigilito at December 29, 2008 01:49 PM (U2TXr)

54 But the way I see it, if you strip away the glamour, the name and the money, then Caroline is . . . me.

Wait, so according to this genius: if you take away everything that makes this woman who she is... she's just a woman? That's her logic? If you take away the experience, age, wealth, education, brilliance, and honors of Thomas Jefferson, he's just a regular guy! Well no kidding, Sherlock.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 29, 2008 01:52 PM (PQY7w)

55

But “How dare you question their journalistic integrity”. Hahahahahaha

 

One wonders if people who work for the MSM hide that fact from their neighbors. They have become a living parody of themselves and it has to be embarrassing. Of course if you are dumber than a creosote post its hard to get embarrassed.

Posted by: Vic at December 29, 2008 01:59 PM (f6os6)

56 But the way I see it, if you strip away the glamour, the name and the money, then Caroline is . . . me still not qualified to be Sarah Palin's receptionist.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 29, 2008 02:01 PM (5GNS+)

57 Oh yeah, a regular guy all right, with a <i>really hot</i> live-in girlfriend...

Posted by: comatus at December 29, 2008 02:05 PM (DAOx9)

58

Schlossberg has none of her mother's style or father's wit.  Her brother was at least fun to look at.  She's boring , dimwitted and as dry as toast.

I've become so disgusted with the political climate that I rarely watch the news anymore.  I get my news updates from selected blogs and find my general mental health to be much better.

Posted by: Nurse Cheri at December 29, 2008 02:10 PM (cz6lG)

59 It turns out that you actually CAN be TOO THIN  and TOO RICH!

Posted by: Dr Reginald P. Fingerbottom at December 29, 2008 02:15 PM (lB/5N)

60

It's gone about 5 levels beyond embarrassing how they are using anything to try and justify the unjustifyable. CK and her seeking the senate seat has become a cartoon weeks ago. This is actually an insult to women everywhere that have raised kids. Albiet, none of them had a nanny to pawn them off on like CK.

To much attention to this subject, can all be summed up easily. The only thing she is qualified to do is breath in through her mouth. There is just no way of making a silk purse out of this sows ear, no matter how hard the mentally unbalanced MSM want us to think otherwise. They have long passed the "give it up, your making as ass of yourself" point.

Posted by: bullshit at December 29, 2008 02:21 PM (lFi0+)

61

#40 Melodic Metal........me too. 

 McCain and his whole campaign staff weren't deserving of Palin and the energy she brought to his lackluster campaign.

Posted by: Nurse Cheri at December 29, 2008 02:23 PM (cz6lG)

62 "And many of my friends. Maybe even you. If, that is, you happen to be a midlife woman raising kids and returning -- or thinking of returning, or hoping one day to return -- to the full-time workforce.."


as your boss...the one without experience or, you know, qualifications

Posted by: Frank G at December 29, 2008 02:23 PM (P0rQD)

63

On Fox & Friends this morning, even the liberal in the pundit pit thought that Carolyn had a lot of work to do before she was ready for prime time. 

While I believe Jackie had a liberal arts degree, she was extremely well spoken and her voice was modulated.  Watching excerpts from the interviews, I was surprised by Carolyn's flat intonation and use of California 'valley girl' vernacular. She must be the pride of Harvard. 

Posted by: iowavette at December 29, 2008 02:34 PM (0JTac)

64

She never was in the full-time workforce in order to return to it!

My God, my writing skills have atrophied to the point where I'm like a journalist, just slapping words together all willy-nilly...

Posted by: ushie at December 29, 2008 02:37 PM (XWJh5)

65

Also, if GHWB was born on third base thinking he hit a triple, this broad was pretty clearly born in Disneyland and thinks it must be because she was the Super Bowl MVP.

That's beautiful.

All I can add is that Lester Hayes gets his words out with greater ease.

Posted by: FireHorse at December 29, 2008 02:39 PM (5KNeJ)

66 Ace, thank you for the nostalgic look back at an Andi Sullivan who wasn't full-out Metal Jacket-deranged.

Posted by: ushie at December 29, 2008 02:41 PM (XWJh5)

67

Of course if you are dumber than a creosote post its hard to get embarrassed.

Word.  This is the root cause of so much of the hypocrisy we see in the media and the liberal left (birm).  Sarah Palin is not only better looking than this Kennedy woman, she is also objectively much more accomplished, well-spoken, and clear-headed.  She also has more of those attributes than any of Obama, Biden, or McCain.

Posted by: sherlock at December 29, 2008 03:25 PM (8V5Ut)

68

 McCain and his whole campaign staff weren't deserving of Palin and the energy she brought to his lackluster half-assed preening campaign.

FTFY, Nurse Cheri

Posted by: sherlock at December 29, 2008 03:30 PM (8V5Ut)

69 I may be wrong, but I don't remember Hillary giving up her seat just yet. Doesn't she still have to be confirmed as SoS? I think the Dems are still waiting for the stolen seat in MN to be resolved before getting really stupid with all the appointments Obami is going to leave empty. And of course they are waiting on HIS suggestions for who should fill all the seats. Problem is the news slipped up and let the tie from HIM to Blago get exposed, now everything has to be done 'double-secretly'. Relax there is still plenty of time for bible toting gun thumpers to toss a couple of shoes and the ONE. Then the fun can begin in earnest.

Posted by: Eric at December 29, 2008 04:29 PM (MFvqO)

70 Republican pickup in 2010 special election.

Heh. Republican campaign slogan in 2010:

Selected, not elected.


Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at December 29, 2008 05:20 PM (okyEW)

71

So, Caroline is a woman of the people now? Yeah, if the people live on Park Avenue in New York City.

Posted by: Chas at December 29, 2008 07:26 PM (1XTjz)

72 One of the rich prilaged kennedys doing what they wants and getting what they want liberal demacraps all the way

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at December 29, 2008 09:28 PM (aYhmo)

73 Um, when was Princess Caroline of Hyannisport ever IN the workplace?

and

Um, isn't a bellwether the goat that leads the other goats into the slaughterhouse?

Posted by: richard mcenroe at December 29, 2008 09:28 PM (pEXyx)

74 If the Princess is going to come under fire the AP will attack Sarah Palin.


Two weeks ago, she took a quick upstate tour to talk to mayors but barely spoke to the media. Critics, including some Democrats, compared her lack of governmental experience to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's much-maligned credentials as a Republican candidate for vice president.


Yes, because only in a warped libtards mind is being a mayor and governor the same as doing nothing including not voting half of the time.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 29, 2008 11:31 PM (Sxhuh)

75 The WASHINGTON COMPOST gose gushing again

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at December 30, 2008 11:25 AM (Cr2Xz)

76 LOL@Ace.
At least Caroline waited until her kids were in college to involve herself in politics, rather than dragging them around the country to exploit as stage props and human sheilds at the states expense.
And...did Palins kids even go to college?
Track Van Palin-- high school drop out, GED.
Bristol Palin-- ungraduated single unwed mother.

/ghetto snap@Ace
u foolish

Posted by: griefer at December 30, 2008 11:35 AM (/k7Xo)

77 btw, my mom, lifelong republican, voted for Obama because of Palin.  She said Palin should stay home and take care of her children.  My uncles, also lifelong GOP, voted for Obama because of Palin.
Money quote from them?
"She's a dummie."

Posted by: griefer at December 30, 2008 11:45 AM (/k7Xo)

78 There's the polling disparity-- I suspect women approve of Caroline's grace in sheilding her children so they could grow up normally-- Palin put her children out there like chum for media sensationalism and as stage props to farm socon votes.

Posted by: griefer at December 30, 2008 11:52 AM (/k7Xo)

79

btw, my mom, lifelong republican, voted for Obama because of Palin.  She said Palin should stay home and take care of her children.  My uncles, also lifelong GOP, voted for Obama because of Palin.
Money quote from them?
"She's a dummie."

That's nice and all but what do they have say about Princess Caroline?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 30, 2008 01:27 PM (5GNS+)

80 They said......at least Caroline can read and speak english.....instead of Heartland Beauty Pageant Speak.
lol

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