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Bob Kerrey's wife, Sarah Paley, rues his political career, disses Nebraska in Vogue essay
The Washington Post ^ | July 10,2012 | The Reliable Source

Posted on 07/11/2012 10:14:24 AM PDT by Hojczyk

Here’s an interesting twist on the adoring political spouse: Does it matter to voters if a wife or husband really, really doesn’t want to be part of the campaign?

The former “Saturday Night Live” writer, 55, met the glamorous bachelor in 1995 when he was still in office. The two fell in love and then “I lured him to my hometown, New York City, when he decided not to run again,” she wrote. They married in 2001 and settled in Greenwich Village where they’ve raised their son Henry, now 10.

Describing herself as “secretive” and “so private,” Paley said she doesn’t much like politics — or anything that requires social interaction. (“My idea of a good time is when people cancel.”) What do you think about Nebraska, Ms. Paley? “The Midwest is a strange land for an Easterner of my ilk,” she wrote, describing anti-abortion billboards and the deer carcasses her son frolics among. Oh, and take note, Cornhuskers: She doesn’t like football.

Is this Paley being funny? Or is it — as some critics suggested — a condescending, East Coast put-down? A few Nebraskans noted that her essay wasn’t written for voters, but for Vogue, for whom she posed wearing a Narciso Rodriguez dress and Manolo Blahnik heels.

We reached out to Paley, who did not respond to requests for comment. Kerrey told the Omaha World-Herald that while it might appear his wife is “making fun of Nebraskans,” she is just a comedian trying for laughs.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: bobkerrey; greenwichvillage; henrypaleykerrey; manoloblahnik; narcisorodriguez; nebraska; newyorkcity; omahaworldherald; sarahpaley; saturdaynightlive; snl; vogue
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To: bigbob
Kerrey traded on his war record and “moderate Democrat” credentials in the past, but I think Ben Nelson cured Nebraskans of that disease.

I believe that's true of the majority of the state (the red part). Unfortunately, Omaha voted for Obama in 2008, so heaven only knows if OPS indoctrination will work again.

41 posted on 07/11/2012 1:53:37 PM PDT by Heartland Mom ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Hojczyk

Oh man, just dawned on me:

Harry Kerrey = Harry Carey...

Poor kid, that must have been his moms idea of a joke too.


42 posted on 07/11/2012 1:58:42 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Hojczyk; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; randita; Clintonfatigued; Perdogg; GOPsterinMA; unkus; ...

Don’t worry Sarah, you’ll be taking his ass back home to NYC in a few months.


43 posted on 07/11/2012 4:00:00 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: StAnDeliver

“Age has not been kind to Skeletor, has it?”

Name me one Lib who has aged well.......


44 posted on 07/11/2012 4:10:12 PM PDT by GR_Jr. (Vote Obama out now.....deal with Romney later.)
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To: Impy

Why wait ? They might as well go home to NYC now. Kerrey will be lucky to get within 20% of Deb Fischer.


45 posted on 07/11/2012 4:28:42 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: Impy; All

The guy looks dead...he’d fit in perfectly with Lautenberg...but it ain’t happening.


46 posted on 07/11/2012 6:49:13 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (The Glove don't fit.)
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To: txrefugee
well, in all fairness, I'm sure many Nebraskans don't like New york City either or the entire east coast

And, she's the wife of the candidate, not the candidate itself..

47 posted on 07/12/2012 12:39:42 AM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: tuwood

That a great line! Elections have been won with much less.


48 posted on 07/12/2012 1:09:10 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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