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(Princess Caroline) Kennedy says 9/11, Obama led her to public service
AP ^ | December 26, 2008 | LARRY NEUMEISTER

Posted on 12/26/2008 4:33:52 PM PST by maggief

NEW YORK – Caroline Kennedy emerged from weeks of near-silence Friday about her bid for a Senate seat by saying that after a lifetime of closely guarded privacy, she felt compelled to answer the call to service issued by her father a generation ago.

She said two events shaped her decision to ask Gov. David Paterson 11 days ago to consider her for the position if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is confirmed as secretary of state: the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and her work for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: carolinekennedy; kennedycrimefamily; obarf; rumrunners
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"Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever," a relaxed Kennedy said as she ate a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich and sipped coffee at a diner in Manhattan. "When this opportunity came along, which was sort of unexpected, I thought, `Well, maybe now. How about now?'"
1 posted on 12/26/2008 4:33:52 PM PST by maggief
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“Public Service” could mean many number of things. But of course to Princess Caroline, no feeding the homeless, or any other service. Noooo, we just jump all the way to US Senator. Birthright and all.


2 posted on 12/26/2008 4:35:20 PM PST by autumnraine
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To: maggief

Talk about an undeserving heir! I bet many NY Democrats really resent her jumping in.


3 posted on 12/26/2008 4:36:46 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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4 posted on 12/26/2008 4:38:19 PM PST by maggief
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Go Caroline! You can do it!


5 posted on 12/26/2008 4:38:33 PM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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I wonder when the last time was, if ever, that she saw the inside of a diner?


6 posted on 12/26/2008 4:38:33 PM PST by Batman11
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To: maggief

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=11262466&ch=4226716&src=news

Audio ... “you know.”


7 posted on 12/26/2008 4:41:08 PM PST by maggief
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Oh barf already!


8 posted on 12/26/2008 4:41:11 PM PST by PistolPaknMama (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
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The Princess may actually regard taking a mere $169,000 salary as “public service.” What the MSM are attempting to frame as “privacy,” however, is a cover for the embarrassment of not having uttered a single public statement of substance or acted in any political capacity whatever. How that translates into a Senatorial seat is something I shall let the Democrats explain. It ought to be good for a few laughs.


9 posted on 12/26/2008 4:41:42 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: maggief

She has man hands. Her brother got the looks in the family.


10 posted on 12/26/2008 4:42:01 PM PST by nobama08
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Who do N.Y. Democrats kneel down before famous people who want these high elective positions?

Her uncle, Bobby Kennedy, was a carpet bagger who was elected Senator.

Hillary Clinton went on a half baked listening tour to show how much she wanted to learn about upstate New York, and the Democrats pushed aside serious competitors and allowed Her Highness Hillary to run for that office.

Now Caroline Kennedy wants to be a Senator, with no previous record in elective office or public policy matters?

New Yorkers have this reputation for being so rough and tough, but they fawn all over somebody famous who wants to be in politics, and take these shortcuts to the top?????

Caroline is free to run, and has been free to run for office all along. Why in the sam hill does she want to be “selected, not elected”? Why does she rate special treatment that real N.Y. Democrats, who have been in the trenches of politics for years, don’t get that treatment?

Why did Hillary get special treatment?

Why did Bobby Kennedy get special treatment?


11 posted on 12/26/2008 4:43:21 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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“Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever,” a relaxed Kennedy said as she ate a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich and sipped coffee at a diner in Manhattan. “When this opportunity came along, which was sort of unexpected, I thought, `Well, maybe now. How about now?’”

I’m gonna hurl......


12 posted on 12/26/2008 4:44:50 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MERRY CHRISTMAS!!)
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The Democrats will have to explain why Caroline is a good Senate candidate.

Heck they had to explain the same about Hillary Clinton, and Hillary was comfortably elected twice. What’s with N.Y. voters? They have a reputation in New York that they are so rough and tough, but they fawn over any celebrity who wants to say they are from New York and represent them.


13 posted on 12/26/2008 4:44:55 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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Buzzard barf on all these disgusting people.


14 posted on 12/26/2008 4:45:02 PM PST by unkus
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Saw her walk the other day. Definitely librarian material.
15 posted on 12/26/2008 4:45:23 PM PST by AGreatPer (Obama is not my president until we see his birth certificate. A real one.)
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To: maggief

Called to service?? Color me skeptical since her service only seems to have been as director of the Office of Strategic Partnerships for the the New York City Department of Education from 2002 - 2004. (along with some board memberships)


16 posted on 12/26/2008 4:46:05 PM PST by PurpleMan
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She better watch her calories and cholesterol eating grilled cheese and bacon. Why is she not eating the trendy yuppie food?


17 posted on 12/26/2008 4:46:19 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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"When this opportunity came along, which was sort of unexpected, I thought, `Well, maybe now. How about now?'"

Words to inspire across the ages. Words to be engraved in monuments, and taught to little children. Words to guide the Republic.

To be honest, to be a Democrat Senator, all you have to do is vote the party line 100% of the time, like Barry Whats-his-name did.

18 posted on 12/26/2008 4:46:33 PM PST by TonyStark
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a relaxed Kennedy said as she ate a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich and sipped coffee

Oops! That is one of my staple meals. Maybe 3-4 times a week for breakfast or lunch. You know, maybe I could run for NY senator too! Seems the qualifications aren't that stringent. And I don't even live there, never have, but neither did Hillary.

19 posted on 12/26/2008 4:46:37 PM PST by PistolPaknMama (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
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"When this opportunity came along, which was sort of unexpected, I thought, `Well, maybe now. How about now?'"

Words to inspire across the ages. Words to be engraved in monuments, and taught to little children. Words to guide the Republic.

To be honest, to be a Democrat Senator, all you have to do is vote the party line 100% of the time, like Barry Whats-his-name did.

20 posted on 12/26/2008 4:46:55 PM PST by TonyStark
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