Caroline Kennedy Education Dept. Record Questioned

Yidwithlid ^ | 12/23 | Yidwithlid

[Shellybenoit]

Supporters of Caroline Kennedy point to her record in the NYC Department of Education as proof that she has the experience to be Senator from NY. But on close examination, that argument doesn't really work. During her 22 month tenure as fundraiser for the NYC School System Ms Kennedy rarely showed up to her workspace and did little to raise funds, she was a figurehead whose job it was to ad "star power" to the efforts of others:

[massgopguy]

Kennedy: No financial disclosure ever!

They own TWO oil companies, yet make Hugo Chavez a hero inseatd of donating the oil to Citizens Energy themselves.

[Aquinasfan]

I watched this personally one day at a special Olympics event in Washington DC. The kids were there doing their thing, trying their hardest, when of a sudden things stopped: Ted Kennedy and the Shriver woman arrived,they came in and hugged the kids while the camera’s clicked and 15 minutes later they were gone. Like a quick gust of wind.

Nice work, if you can get it.

[Shellybenoit]

She was paid One Dollar/Year

[DPMD]

The linked article says, among other things, the following:

“she averaged about only about three hours in the office every day.”

“For months after she started, even some high-level (education) officials said they were not quite sure what she did.”

” ‘ She got some of the icing, but other people baked the cake,’ Morgridge joked.”

It’s obvious. She’s been a senator all along.

[benasawin]

Now if we could just get our congressmen and senators to do the same ...