Video: Kerry Kennedy tries to make the case for Caroline, fails
posted at 6:16 pm on December 16, 2008 by Allahpundit
Because she’s an author and she’s raised money for education and, well, she’s just swell. And check out that clip of JFK at 4:20 declaring from the grave that he wishes his daughter could go into politics. You don’t want to kill the dream, do you? He’s a martyred president, for god’s sake! The least you could do is make his little girl a Senator.
Unless I missed something, there’s not a single mention here of the fact that Kerry’s ex-husband just happens to be Caroline’s chief rival for the seat.
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our goal as a nation should be to one day have 50 kennedy’s and 50 bush’s in the senate.
lorien1973 on December 16, 2008 at 6:18 PM
… you have to marry the President for that!
eucher on December 16, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Ha!
Good Lt on December 16, 2008 at 6:20 PM
I’m really tired of the Kennedys. Whoever owns Ted should just give up and call it even.
darwin on December 16, 2008 at 6:21 PM
“Because she’s an author and she’s raised money for education and, well, she’s just swell.”
Why stop at Senator then? Why isn’t she President? She’s the female Barack Obama.
But Palin. I mean, she was only the Governor of Alaska. Unprepared.
NoDonkey on December 16, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Must be good weed (4:20 reference?)
redrock on December 16, 2008 at 6:24 PM
Caroline will never make it into the Senate. She hasn’t killed anyone or been involved in rape cover-ups, or philandering.
Is she really a Kennedy?
EMD on December 16, 2008 at 6:24 PM
This wasn’t an interview. She spent 6 minutes doing nothing but reading off her resume. “She wrote a book, she’s mighty.”
chip91 on December 16, 2008 at 6:25 PM
Well I think she would be a good choice, Has less experience that Sarah Palin by a comfortable margin — will set the bar at the lowest possible level, for both, experience and intellect. How could anything go wrong after electing the man child.
tarpon on December 16, 2008 at 6:25 PM
What the hell. If Hillary can do it, any moron can.
whitetop on December 16, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Don’t you all understand. She’s a Kennedy. She’s better than us commoners. We owe her that seat. To paraphrase Animal House, “She’s a Legacy!”
Oh, the anguish!
/sarc off
kingsjester on December 16, 2008 at 6:26 PM
The case for “Princess” Caroline Kennedy being in the United States Senate is pretty much the same as the case for King George the Third ruling America in 1776 was. That’s about it.
MB4 on December 16, 2008 at 6:27 PM
The Founders are turning over in their graves, as the Kennedy family represents everything they tried to guard America from.
progressoverpeace on December 16, 2008 at 6:29 PM
None that we know of, at least. Don’t worry, though, I am sure the media will get right on digging up everything in her past, given that she has no political background is is a relative unknown (other than being an Obama watercarrier).
Instinct!
Wineaholic on December 16, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Wonderful. She cheated on him by screwing his best friend who also happened to be the husband of her best friend. She’s a real Kennedy. Slut.
Blake on December 16, 2008 at 6:29 PM
She hasn’t sought money or fame? Give me a break.
Conservalicious on December 16, 2008 at 6:30 PM
How hard is it to replace Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in the senate ?
They can both be replaced with an empty chairs that vote with their party 97% of the time.
They were both excellent democratic senators. Meaning they sat there and did nothing while eyeing another position.
Might as well name Bill Maher senator from NY.
DeweyWins on December 16, 2008 at 6:31 PM
Liberalism = who needs facts
Defector01 on December 16, 2008 at 6:32 PM
“Hon, that lorien from HA has forgotten America’s real royalty” ~ ~ Bill Clinton
Entelechy on December 16, 2008 at 6:34 PM
Any polling out there about whether New Yorkers, one of the more risible Americans there are, think about CK being a senator?
Apologetic California on December 16, 2008 at 6:36 PM
This country needs to wake up.
We’re killing ourselves.
notagool on December 16, 2008 at 6:37 PM
“Barry, that Entelechy from HA ain’t seen nothin’ yet. We is the real thing. Just aks the media” ~ ~ Michelle Obama
Entelechy on December 16, 2008 at 6:37 PM
I know the gutter and I know the stink of the street
For years I have pressed through this festering heat
All you royalty who lord above me
You who give me the smack of your rod
You will get the gutter
You will get the judgment of God!
PercyB on December 16, 2008 at 6:37 PM
I agree,after watching KK talk up CK,Obie sould do the right thing and step aside and let a real leader rule,I mean govern us the way it was ment to be.
budaside on December 16, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Well, why would there be a need to mention something like that? Don’t you understand that these people are Kennedys? They shouldn’t be questioned about petty things like conflicts of interest or driving women off bridges or being unqualified for the positions they hold or seek.
/sarc
meltenn on December 16, 2008 at 6:39 PM
Barak Obama gained a kingdom by not overestimating the American people. Conservatives and Republicans lost one by the opposite.
Don’t fool yourselves again. Kerry Kennedy’s (whoever she is) “case” is most likely good enough.
JiangxiDad on December 16, 2008 at 6:41 PM
She is a democrat, an author, and a community organizer. She’s in.
sherry on December 16, 2008 at 6:41 PM
What do you know? Is your students learning? HARVARD’S KENNEDY SCHOOL: IS COMPETENCE ENOUGH?
Ted Kennedy on Harvard
”In any productive relationship,” he said, ”you’re going to have these blips. I still have some criticisms. I’d like to see them pay less attention to techniques, more to the values of public life. But I’m proud to have our name on the school and I think my brother would have been too.”
Entelechy on December 16, 2008 at 6:42 PM
If Princess Caroline can indeed feel a pea under forty mattresses then she has a right to be given that Senate seat.
Cheshire Cat on December 16, 2008 at 6:45 PM
I’m swell too, so my hat is in the ring.
Cicero43 on December 16, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Qualification for a Liberal Politician!
Articulate and Clean!(Sarc!).
canopfor on December 16, 2008 at 6:50 PM
What the hel is up with the all of the kennedy’s voices?
they all talk like they just got punched in the stomach.
yomomma on December 16, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Remember, there are three branches of government. The Kennedy’s, the Bush’s and the Clinton’s.
grdred944 on December 16, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Ooh. That one had to hurt.
Count to 10 on December 16, 2008 at 6:51 PM
How tellingly sad for our country, and her future.
Entelechy on December 16, 2008 at 6:51 PM
I’m sure the Japanese could come up with a robot that could do the same … and you could program it to be ethical, or unethical.
darwin on December 16, 2008 at 6:52 PM
I am a registered voter and long time resident of Illinois, and I don’t know if you guys are aware of this, but my cousin Ed is one of my strongest supporters in my bid to be appointed Senator here in the great Land of Lincoln.
I’ve got a degree in Business Administration, a degree in Economics, specialized training at the ABA’s Commercial Lending School, decades of hands on business experience, a safe driver certificate (despite having actually nailed a jaywalking pedestrian once), no DUIs, despite an adulthood of sometimes conspicuous alcohol consumption, no drug arrests that you know of, and a flawless four year record of mortgage lending under the licensing requirements of Rod Baloneyvich and Lisa Madigan’s Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
I am a member in good standing of the NRA, and the local library, dues are current at the health club (OK, my wife works there, so I get in free), and my friends at church think I’m … OK, I guess. I volunteer at the homeless shelter.
I’m thinking, Senator, right?
Jaibones on December 16, 2008 at 6:58 PM
Caroline has such vast experience struggling with the problems of ordinary people, wondering how she would meet the bills coming due and rising above economic adversity. Obviously she is the best possible candidate to support the ordinary men and women of NY. sarc/off
Pat in NC on December 16, 2008 at 7:00 PM
I am qualified, make me Senator! My last name is the same as a famous Opera writer!
rob verdi on December 16, 2008 at 7:00 PM
What do you know?
Entelechy on Dec 16,2008 at 6:42PM.
Entelechy:
I do love this line from your linked article;
“We must get thinking out of the rut of regular academic
doctrine”, warned John kenneth Galbraith.
More mind-numbed Liberals in the making!:)
canopfor on December 16, 2008 at 7:01 PM
…do not make the mistake, as I did, of clicking on the Wiki link to check up on Ms. Kennedy, Kerry Cuomo as was…there you’re treated (as soon as your bandwidth can regurgitate it) to a picture of the creature herself….
…the picture itself stands as evidence that Robert Kennedy, back in the late ’50′s, did something distasteful and deeply unnatural with a prairie dog or a weasel of some sort…she has all the bad points of the Kennedy mug, without any of the…er…OK, she’s got the Kennedy mug, overbite and all, in spades!
…not to put too fine a point on it, this picture alone leads me to believe that Mr. Cuomo would be the superior choice for the open seat, given that a conservative Republican or Democrat stands no chance in this dimension…in these times we live in, we need a man who has the courage that facing those choppers and that mug naked demonstrates….
…I’m not normally given to judging women by appearance alone…but…eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww!
Puritan1648 on December 16, 2008 at 7:01 PM
That an outrageous accusation! How dare you!
King George III had a number of compelling arguments in his favor…
Jaibones on December 16, 2008 at 7:02 PM
Dude. But now that you mention it, what’s the deal with the clenched jaw?
Jaibones on December 16, 2008 at 7:03 PM
I suggest putting this worthless *itch to a qualification test. There will be one question: How do you clean the inside of a toilet bowl?
Pass/Fail
Jaibones on December 16, 2008 at 7:04 PM
…are you telling me that TWO men have actually made the jiggy beast with this woman!
…aren’t there any sheep in New York!
Puritan1648 on December 16, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Cute.
Count to 10 on December 16, 2008 at 7:06 PM
…I can’t say about the Kennedy men, but I have it on good authority that among divorced or spurned Kennedy women that it’s a reflex action…they don’t want to spit out what they feel is rightfully theirs….
Puritan1648 on December 16, 2008 at 7:07 PM
…yes…he died as mad as a football bat, but lived an honest man….
…let’s see a Kennedy pull that one off….
Puritan1648 on December 16, 2008 at 7:09 PM
The answer to any question that a journalist would ask about Caroline’s qualification to be a Senator is answered simply with:
“But,…she’s a Kennedy.”
Kind of like How Hillary Clinton absorbed Presidential experience through Osmosis from Bill Clinton.
By the way, why do all Kennedy women look like they’ve just spit out a lemon slice?
portlandon on December 16, 2008 at 7:10 PM
It’s so heartening that Obama is now a pioneer for completely unqualified people getting jobs of great consequence.
Thank God everything in the world is running like a Swiss watch or we might have to start worrying.
Chuck Schick on December 16, 2008 at 7:20 PM
I’m so sick of the Kennedy family…
liquidflorian on December 16, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Get ready…
TXUS on December 16, 2008 at 7:22 PM
It just never ends,
So Caroline, has “Used the Media”,I’m stunned!
“So decimated by the Bush administration”,more BDS as
per usual!
“Where woman stll only make 79 cents on the dollar made
by men,so I think that we need Carolines voice in the
senate and she’ll serve us well”!
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Somebody ought to tell Caroline,that on her team,team Liberal,that Obama is the ‘one’ engaging on paying his
female ‘sweety’ staff members what Caroline is accusing!
canopfor on December 16, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Wonderful. She cheated on him by screwing his best friend who also happened to be the husband of her best friend. She’s a real Kennedy
And she writes a book about being Catholic. It’s enough to make you puke.
Rightwingsparkle on December 16, 2008 at 7:28 PM
You don’t understand. Caroline went to Harvard.
It’s not like she went to Idaho or Eureka College. Heaven forbid!
ramrocks on December 16, 2008 at 7:29 PM
…you forgot the “bah, Bah, BAH” after the “Sweet Caroline”…but that’s understandable…it’s impossible to render in plaintext….
Puritan1648 on December 16, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Puritan1648, Jailbone… stop it! My sides are hurting!
Vince on December 16, 2008 at 7:35 PM
…ungentlemanly as it is to point out, Hilary didn’t exactly “absorb” her Presidential dosage…she received it by injection….
…then again, given his increasing use well into their partnership of sloppy-figured younger women, it may have been osmosis after all….
Puritan1648 on December 16, 2008 at 7:35 PM
Fake breaking news from Bendover Backwards News(BBN).
According to Obama,and Hopey’s campaign staff,they’ve
conducted an internal investigation and have concluded
that Caroline Kennedy is over qualified for Obama’s
Senatorial seat,however Carolines fond use of the phrase
‘Present’ is what put her over the top,and has made her
a’shoe in’ for said seat!——————–(Snark!):)
canopfor on December 16, 2008 at 7:37 PM
This skank slept with her husband’s best friend? Her husband’s best friend slept with his best friend’s wife? Her best friend’s husband, etc.?
Rather than royalty, I am starting to understand that Kennedys are a lower form of life.
Jaibones on December 16, 2008 at 7:38 PM
She will be selected senator because her name is Kennedy?
I thought her name was Caroline Schlossberg?
There were NO Sclossberg’s in Camelot.
DeweyWins on December 16, 2008 at 7:44 PM
I look forward to the day when no Kennedy or Clinton is anywhere near Washington DC.
ctmom on December 16, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Sweet Caroline was but 11 or so at the time and, fortunately, not in Uncle Ted’s car that night when he found himself so infamously swimming-challenged. But would he have dove in to save even her? Just a question…
Gawd, isn’t time to say, “Goodnight, Camelot”?
TXUS on December 16, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Haven’t most Presidential dogs written a book, supported early childhood education, and been loyal to their families?
Barney for President?!
Y-not on December 16, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Whoops, got a little ahead of myself there. Of course he will be qualified for POTUS after serving a couple of years in the Senate…
Y-not on December 16, 2008 at 7:54 PM
This damn family has become a political eye sore.
Dritanian on December 16, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Sarah Palin is MORE qualified, yet we listened for three months at the Left saying how unqualified she supposedly is. Now this.
ToddonCapeCod on December 16, 2008 at 7:57 PM
I look forward to the day when no one listens to anything that any Kennedy or Clinton has to say……………..
………….. just think of them forced to leave voice mails, and waiting for the call back that never comes.
It is the Christmas Season……………. I can wish can’t I?
Seven Percent Solution on December 16, 2008 at 7:58 PM
New Yorkers, like the Illinois voters would elect Rod Blagojevich types over a decent Republican. It took Mario Cuomo 4 elections to lose his seat and he seemed to do everything possible to tick off the voters of New York. Caroline doesn’t need anything more than the Democrat nomination. No amount of experience is enough if you’re a republican, but “no experience” is plenty enough if you are a Democrat in NY.
KW64 on December 16, 2008 at 8:04 PM
…slept with, who slept with, then together they slept with….
…royalty? They’re beginning to sound more like the Borgias! Or a party at Hef’s mansion!
…so, it’s more proper to refer to them as having familial papal delusions…in pyjamas….
…well…they are Catholic….
Puritan1648 on December 16, 2008 at 8:06 PM
So the Kennedys are keeping it incestuous, as usual.
Gina on December 16, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Gee I’m sold. Kerry Kennedy wrote a book also she can be a senator to. It’s great she has been on the Board of the Met that makes her grounded.
Fandango on December 16, 2008 at 8:08 PM
If all it takes to become President is to “run” for President, than I guess it is not too much of a stretch to “help” pick a VP and then become a Senator.
I went to the grocery today and picked a nice cantaloupe, can I be Govenor??? It’s a good piece of fruit.
momof2 on December 16, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Keep drinking the Kool Aid, Kerry. No sale here.
Blackacre on December 16, 2008 at 8:14 PM
She’s 50 years old, for crying out loud. If Caroline Kennedy wanted to go into politics at any time in the last 30 years she could have done so with the blessings– and aggressive assistance–of the DNC and the rest of the sprawling Kennedy family. If she hasn’t had the drive and the ambition to do it the hard way, why should she be so passionate about being senator now?
It’s like me getting toward my earliest retirement age at 55–what do I want to do next? I dunno. Why not give me Feinstein’s seat, okay? I could have fun playing with that, right?
Bob's Kid on December 16, 2008 at 8:17 PM
slept with,who slept with,then together they slept with
Puritan 1648 on Dec 16,2008 at 8:06PM.
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So,the Kennedys are keeping it incestuous,as usual.
Gina on dec 16,2008 at 8:06PM.
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Puritan 1648,Gina:
Good lord, wait till Obama’s Inaugration!
It’ll be like Culigula whats his name orgy at Hopey’s
Inaugral Roman Temple Pillar Party!
Me thinks,it would be hysterical,if there was a secret
Team Obama Toga Party,after the party,’Wink-Wink’!!
A hem!:)
canopfor on December 16, 2008 at 8:18 PM
In all seriousness, has Caroline ever held a job? And by job, I don’t mean raising money or sitting on a board.
V15J on December 16, 2008 at 8:22 PM
My collie says:
No, no. It was Bruce Colley (with a y on the end). Kerry Kennedy’s friend was Ann Colley, Bruce Colley’s wife.
My collie says:
But it DOES suggest (once again) that all threads somehow lead to discussions of gay marriage. We need to come up with a name for the phenomenon, you know, like “Godwin’s law”.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on December 16, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Some doofus on NPR gushed that she’s “smart aaaand pretty!!!!”
brobin on December 16, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Did I dream it..or did I read awhile ago and she and the hubby were estranged??? Not that it makes a difference…!!
Xango Annie on December 16, 2008 at 8:30 PM
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/congress/f/first_congress.htm
I just love it!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rainey
The Republican party is so far doing a lousy job of telling Americans how great a history it actually has. I would not be surprised, though,, should Republicans start airing commercials about it’s rich diverse history,, someone like McCain would stand up and tell it to stop offending Obama!
Also,,, I am tired of hearing how so and so is qualified to hold office because they were the head of some library,, met important people from around the world,, traveled the globe and visited 26 different nations,, or that they are,,, a lawyer. Nothing against lawyers, here.
I’d like to hear about the qualifications that matter. Have they kept a job? Did they provide for their family? Did they betray their wife/husband with 20 different affairs? Are they a liar? Cheater? Moron? Do they understand the meaning of the word “Liberty?”
I would rather have a backwoods hick with a twang as my Senator, his only education was from the Bible, but believed in America with all his heart,, understood and defending our freedoms at every opportunity,, never backing down from a fight,,, than a rich, celebrity graduate from Yale with a law degree loved by RINO’s and Dems alike!
JellyToast on December 16, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Aw shucks……..All for making her the next president after Obama say aye!
ThePrez on December 16, 2008 at 8:37 PM
You suppose she’d be stumping for Caroline if not for that nasty divorce from Evil Eyes?
JammieWearingFool on December 16, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Kerry Kennedy:
…by a Kennedy.
jgapinoy on December 16, 2008 at 8:47 PM
When I hear Cousin Kerry rattle off the names of all the boards that Her Highness is on, all the positions she holds, every one of them were gained with little more than her family name. With the sort of logic that is typical of children of privilege, she likely reasons that public office is a reasonable next step.
Caroline also represents a tired legacy that a bunch of middle-aged liberals on the East Coast love to keep propping up indefinitely. Let’s give her credit; she hasn’t gotten any of her lovers killed, or wrecked a car on public property. By that standard, she’s as qualified as any of her other cousins.
Or her uncle. Geeeezzzz.
manwithblackhat on December 16, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Just to clarify, he was swimming-challenged only in the water next to the bridge. He was Michael Phelps-like while swimming back to the mainland to get a good nights sleep and consult with his handlers before calling the police.
My question is: Will Caroline get one “free pass” to
killallow a woman to die? Or would she be allowed one man? As always, Mary Jo Kopechne is unavailable for comment.TugboatPhil on December 16, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Governor Palin in the libs’ heads?
You betcha!
Y-not on December 16, 2008 at 9:07 PM
Nuff said.
JellyToast on December 16, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Another pro-abortion “Catholic”. Nothing here — let’s just move along…
Isn’t “you betcha” owned by the liberals now?
When I first saw that, I nearly snorted an antler out my nose.
unclesmrgol on December 16, 2008 at 9:12 PM
AP: “Unless I missed something, there’s not a single mention here of the fact that Kerry’s ex-husband just happens to be Caroline’s chief rival for the seat.”
THIS ALL ABOUT STOPPING ANDY CUOMO, KERRY’S EX.
KERRY WAS MARRIED TO HIM AND WAS SCREWING AROUND ON HIM AND GOT CAUGHT.
SHE WAS SCREWING AROUND WITH A LOWLIFE POLO-PLAYING/PSEUDO-BRIT WOMANIZER.
THE PROBLEM FOR PATERSON IS THAT ANDY CUOMO IS HIS CHIEF RIVAL FOR RE-ELECTON AS GOVERNOR.
IF HE HELPS THE KENNEDY VENDETTA, THEN HE SCREWS HIMSELF.
HE SHOULD EITHER APPOINT HIMSELF, ANDY, OR MARIO CUOMO.
I POSTED MY SUGG THAT HE APPOINT MARIO A FEW WEEKS AGO.
APPOINTING MARIO – WHO WOULD THEN ANNOUNCE HE WOULDN’T SEEK RE-ELECTION – HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF CREATING AN OPEN SEAT THE NEXT GO ROUND.
THEN LET’S SEE CAROLINE TAKE ON ALL COMERS.
IF SHE CAN.
LET HER EARN IT ON HER OWN.
NOT THAT ANY KENEDY EVER HAS, BUT IT WOULD BE NOVEL!
reliapundit on December 16, 2008 at 9:31 PM
I hate the Kennedy’s ALL of them! I’m sick of this royalty cult to a bunch of losers who are corrupt-o-craps!
Mercy4Me on December 16, 2008 at 9:35 PM
This dumbass was asked 3 times (at least) what qualifies Caroline for the Senate Seat, and 3 times (at least) this moron came back with the SAME answer.
Gee, I think what puts Caroline over the top is the fact she runs a ballet company. Wow. I’m in!
SuperManGreenLantern on December 16, 2008 at 9:41 PM
When they cut back to Kerry after the message from dead John Kennedy, and the adjective “mighty” was used, I just heard, “And if you order now, we’ll even throw in this handsome new leatherbound edition of Kennedy: An Unfinished Life from Time Life Classics series on Presidents who served one year total.
chunderroad on December 16, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Look what got elected as President of this country.
And this overpriced pampered cow would go against the grain how???
I mean you see some one like Paris Hilton..never worked a day in her whole entire pathetic existence..she does have the ability to say ‘Yea’ or ‘Nay’….or ‘Present’…
Bring it on!!
I’ve been seeing alot of ‘Let’s get to Australia’ posts lately…
When I was in the Navy, I heard nothing but good things about the country…
Let’s Go….
BigWyo on December 16, 2008 at 10:07 PM
2008 qualifications for being a US Senator:
- a woman
- a mother
A perfect primer on how intellect can be terribly diluted with successive generations.
drjohn on December 16, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Since when is experience necessary for a Democrat to aspire and be qualifies for high office.
And, she’s a mother and a woman! Her cousin said so.
So there!!!
Amendment X on December 16, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Please. Let’s get with the program. Not that she’s almost ready to be appointed, she is CBK. Must be three initials.
Oink on December 16, 2008 at 10:47 PM
A couple of questions:
What was in the studio that smelled so rank that Kennedy was made to look like that?
What is more objectionable: Blagojevich’s craven bargaining or the possibility that Patterson might bestow a senate seat on Caroline Schlossberg because it would be just so cute?
thegreatbeast on December 16, 2008 at 10:48 PM
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