Gothamist: Caroline Kennedy Offers Opinions on Issues, Like Gay Marriage, Abortion, Nafta

Spiritof76

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:44:27 -0500

[14] You really should look up the definition of "nepotism" one of these days. It's embarrassing to misuse the word so badly.

thefacts

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:14:38 -0500

Hello? She didn't bother to vote in half the elections. 'nuff said. A dilettante debutante.

HughGass

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:57:53 -0500

Anybody think she would have won an actual election?

Dude69

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:41:04 -0500

Difference between her and Hillary was only one person decides whether she would become senator, while the entire NYS decided Hil's seat. SAY NO TO NEPOTISM!

MFer

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:57:43 -0500

Isn't this how we got to this country's sorry state, that we keep looking for professional politicians? So instead we look to political dynasties?

Spiritof76

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:19:10 -0500

Anyway, a senator should have ... some other qualifications, like having ever campaigned for election or served as a legislator. You mean like Hillary when she ran in 2000? I would prefer to see this prize awarded to an official with proven electoral skills. Isn't this how we got to this country's sorry state, that we keep looking for professional politicians?

matthews

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:09:26 -0500

I'm intrigued by the TIMES report that younger voters confuse Caroline Kennedy with her late sister-in law. While her charismatic brother dated movie stars and celebrities, he was, according to many published reports, under pressure from his mother to marry a Catholic woman with a professional life of her own. He eventually married a woman with a biography very similar to his mother's and the same name as his sister. Fate intervened and we have no idea what life might have brought the other Caroline Kennedy. Nonetheless, it's disturbing to see that Ms. Kennedy's Senate "campaign" is so visibly haunted by the ghosts of both her father and her brother's wife. I don't doubt that she would be an effective advocate for New York, but I would prefer to see this prize awarded to an official with proven electoral skills.

starrygordon

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:50:22 -0500

She doesn't look bad for 50-something. Yes, caucs do show lines more than the less pigmentally challenged, but what are you going to do? I don't think people would appreciate her appearing in blackface, although the idea has a certain appealingly surreal humor to it. Anyway, a senator should have some maturity. And some other qualifications, like having ever campaigned for election or served as a legislator. I am especially concerned about the campaigning for election part. What if Giuliani should rise from the undead and begin stalking that Senate seat? Brrr.

dooWOP

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:36:45 -0500

Poor woman - she's not aging too well now is she? Now that's one downside to marrying a Caucasian woman. Sorry if I've offended anyone...

Felix Hoenikker

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:29:54 -0500

She's like an uglier, better educated Sarah Palin. See the strings? Blah blah blah Israel blah blah blah bailout blah blah blah Uncle Ted blah blah blah working families

ides_of_march

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:56:01 -0500

#5 She has no credentials to bash. Good thing she's a democrat; only republican women get grilled over pesky details like qualifications.

Pull My Finger

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:28:48 -0500

Yeah, she sounds smart when somebody tells her what to say. This state is so fucked

Kojak

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:16:59 -0500

Americans have a Royalty complex when it comes to the Kennedy's. We see what the British have and we want to emulate that here with the Kennedy's, the Bushes and now with the Clinton's. I won't bash her credentials though. She's a very smart woman, but this sense of entitlement the Kennedy's have is annoying.

Mr Mel

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:54:59 -0500

She is an amateur with a sense of entitlement.

Snoopy

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:45:06 -0500

She looks godd for 61, unfortunately she's 51. A little makeup will go a long way. It's one thing to do the natural look when you're young, but cosmetics do help as you age.

AvenueHebrew

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:25:37 -0500

Why is it that with every new photo of her during this whole brouhaha, she seems to have aged like 5 more years?

ides_of_march

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:22:54 -0500

Uncle Teddy, can I have a Senate seat to play with for Christmas?