[Rhodes22-list] Political- Caroline's disappointing day.

[Herb Parsons]

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Bill Effros wrote:
> Ben,
>
> This was just the first day in her run for the Presidency -- she'll not 
> answer questions better in the future.
>
> Those of us who were older enough to be involved in politics before 
> Kennedy was shot did not love him.  He was the playboy son of a 
> gangster, totally without qualifications for the Presidency.  A media 
> darling who was completely ineffective in both the Senate and the 
> Presidency.  Everybody was mad at him.
>
> It looks like we're going to get a repeat, and Caroline would like to 
> make it a three-peat.
>
> Bill Effros
>
> PS -- This is not a joke.  I understand now that I have to differentiate 
> jokes from reality for you.
>
>
>
> Ben Cittadino wrote:
>   
>> Folks;
>>
>> In the article posted below a reporter is said to have asked Ms. Kennedy
>> what she would say about her qualifications for the job of US Senator from
>> NY. Surely she knew the question would come, and surely she must have
>> thought about her answer. It is reported that "an aide" stopped her from
>> responding. What's up with that?
>>
>> I was 14 years old when her father was killed, and a sophomore in high
>> school. I was just getting interested in politics and government. I know now
>> he was deeply flawed, but we loved him and were terribly affected by his
>> death.  I wanted so much for her to do well, but I must say this is not an
>> auspicious beginning.
>>
>> Somebody joked that this was just a strategy to keep her cousin Kerry's
>> ex-husband Andrew Cuomo from getting the job. I dimissed it, but now I'm not
>> so sure.
>>
>> How do you not answer reporters who ask the obvious question in this
>> circumstance? Who the heck is advising her? What a letdown.
>>
>>
>> NYTimes Online 12/17/08
>> In Appearance Upstate, Kennedy Says Little 
>> By JEREMY W. PETERS and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
>> SYRACUSE — In a carefully controlled strategy reminiscent of the
>> vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, aides to Caroline Kennedy interrupted
>> her on Wednesday and whisked her away when she was asked what her
>> qualifications are to be a United States senator.
>>
>> In her first public appearance since letting it be known that wants to
>> succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ms. Kennedy emerged from a closed-door
>> meeting with Matthew J. Driscoll, the mayor of Syracuse, where about a dozen
>> reporters were waiting. 
>>
>> She offered a 30-second statement saying that she would respect the process
>> undertaken by Gov. David A. Paterson to fill the vacancy.
>>
>> Then, as reporters asked why Ms. Kennedy was seeking the Senate seat and
>> whether she was ready, she did not answer, then walked away, heading toward
>> a waiting black sport-utility vehicle.
>>
>> When one reporter asked what she would tell New Yorkers who question whether
>> she has the qualifications for the job, Ms. Kennedy, 51, started to respond.
>> But then an aide stopped her from saying more, and led her to the waiting
>> vehicle.
>>
>> “Hopefully I can come back and answer all those questions,” she called out
>> as she got into the S.U.V.
>>
>> It was the first stop in an orchestrated tour of upstate New York. Ms.
>> Kennedy has plans to visit with officials in Rochester and, possibly,
>> Buffalo, a first stab at getting skeptical upstate voters used to the idea
>> of being represented in Washington by yet another down-stater.
>>
>> The area has already expressed wariness of her, with some officials and
>> newspapers questioning her abilities.
>>
>> The tour has been kept somewhat secretive, reflecting, in part, the delicacy
>> of the situation. No schedule was given, though details percolated rapidly
>> through political circles in New York. An aide accompanying her said she was
>> headed to Rochester after Syracuse, but declined to say where.
>>
>> Technically, there is no seat open, since the current holder, Senator
>> Clinton, has not yet been confirmed to be secretary of state. And there can
>> be no true campaign, since there is no true election: the only vote that
>> counts if that of Governor Paterson.
>>
>> In her brief statement, Ms. Kennedy said: “As some of you may have heard, I
>> told Governor Paterson I’d be honored to be considered for the position of
>> United States senator. There’s a lot of good people in this community that
>> the governor is considering. He’s laid out a process and I’m proud to be
>> part of that process.”
>>
>> As the S.U.V. pulled out of downtown Syracuse, she gave a wave and a smile
>> to the disappointed reporters who had gathered. 
>>
>>
>> Ben C.
>>   
>>     
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