Posted on 12/21/2008 2:16:31 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A Democratic congressman compared Caroline Kennedy to Sarah Palin, saying the would-be senator hasn't proved she has the "guts and the gumption" to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Rep. Gary Ackerman of Queens said on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday that the Kennedy legend and connections won't be enough to make her a successful senator if Gov. David Paterson appoints her to the U.S. Senate.
"Everyone knows who she is, but I'm not sure what she is," said Ackerman. "Eventually she has to get in the ring, and face the public."
Kennedy launched a kind of listening tour last week, in which she visited upstate New York but spent most of her time in private meetings. While some Democrats praised Kennedy's effort, others like Ackerman did not.
"DNA in this business can take you just so far," said the congressman, before cracking a joke. "Rembrandt was a great artist. His brother Murray, on the other hand, Murray Rembrandt, wouldn't paint a house."
Ackerman previously ruffled feathers among New York Democrats by comparing Kennedy to actress Jennifer Lopez, saying they are both big names, but that doesn't mean Kennedy would make a good senator.
New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein defended her as a talented and committed person.
"In her own quiet but very effective way, she's going to be able to bring new ideas at a time this country needs them," said Klein. "I think Caroline Kennedy has all of the right stuff."
As for charges she is an out-of-touch elite, Klein said her work raising money for the public school system shows she is focused on the needs of those less fortunate than her.
Klein said her courage was evident in her endorsement of Barack Obama during the Democratic primaries, going against Clinton, the home state candidate.
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Frau Schlossberg is NOTHING like Sarah Palin.
Except that Frau Schlossberg will not get the full-body-cavity search the media gave Palin.
Yes Caroline Kennedy is just like Sarah Palin. Except Sarah Palin has been a mayor and a Governor. And Caroline Kennedy actually is an airhead bimbo.
What?!? Hillary herself just got into the Senate seat as Bill Clinton's wife.
In sharp contrast to both socialist women, Sarah Palin earned her way up from regular citizen to Governor without using her husband's clout.
With Biden, we will have a drunkard one heartbeat from the Presidency.
Please, no more Kennedys, no more Bushes, no more Clintons, and just to be fair, no more Adams’s.
But did she send her kids to public schools? No? Gee, big surprise.
In this case, "less fortunate" means "middle class."
Herself, still the Cold and Joyless, has “guts and gumption”?
Maybe, but not the kind you want to put on public display.
More like a female Mafioso.
New York State has had no Senatorial representation for some number of years now. But Manhattan Island and the close-in bedroom communities do.
A. No, Palin never paid anyone to ghost write books for her.
Governor Palin has a brain. Caroline had Macaroni.
I hope people are picking up on what a “listening tour” is: It’s where the candidate is so busy “listening” that reporters who attempt to get the candidate to say anything get shoved out of the way by the candidate’s bodyguards.
If Caroline gave a rat’s ass about the less fortunate, she wouldn’t be an abortion enthusiast (like all Kennedys, John and Bobby included, we now know), and she would be in favor of liberating inner-city kids from the union-run hellholes they call “schools.”
Regardless of her terrible outside, there is the rotten, leftist, elitist, do-nothing-get-all brat inside. Her appointment to Senate represents everything that's wrong with this country.
She is no Palin. Sarah Palin is an elected, accomplished executive, proud American mother wrapped in a most sweet and beautiful package.
Kennedy could only hope to be compared to Palin. I say it is unfair to Mrs. Palin to even associate her in any way with a liberal ‘rat.
No.
Take a second look, Jim.
Princess Caroline isn’t qualified to wax Sarah Palin’s desk.
Caroline Onassis should go back to Greece!
OOOH, I never saw a photo like that of her. Yeah, that’s pretty bad. You sure it isn’t a photo of Grandma Rose about a week before she ‘passed on’?
I guess the MSM always photoshop the hell out of the ones of her that get published..... Or the ones I have seen are 20 years old. (I never really paid attention to anything about her)
I retract the first part of my original statement.
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