Posted on 01/19/2009 1:34:16 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
I dont know what to say, except that I never really thought it would happen. Surely someone or something would intervene a power play by Andrew Cuomo, maybe, or a crescendo of popular sentiment against an obviously unqualified pick to blast through the nexus of money, influence, and backscratching thats pushed this dial tone to the brink. As cynical as we all are about politics, were not so cynical that we seriously believe the governor of New Yorks going to appoint Caroline Kennedy to the Senate.
But I guess we should be.
The contenders based their conclusion on the view that Paterson, after nearly two months of indecision, would greatly embarrass and entirely humiliate Kennedy, anger her prominent political family and even offend President-elect Barack Obama by picking someone other than President John F. Kennedys daughter
Despite claims that hes still undecided, Gov. Paterson is certain to pick Caroline Kennedy to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton in the US Senate, several unhappy contenders for the job have told friends and associates in recent days.
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After all, someone has to look out for the "little people".
If she was raised by her mother, who her cousin called the biggest whore in Washington, KEEP HER OUT ODF GOVERNMENT!
Like you know, I really want someone as unqualified as her to, you know, to be like my senator, you know.
Actually it’s the best a conservative could hope for out of New York.
The new senator is going to be a liberal democrat, best to have a very lazy one that calls it a day by the time her 3-Gimlet lunch rolls around...
Maybe you’re thinking of her father.
*bump*
“Maybe youre thinking of her father.”
No way, he told us the entire story personally.
Many years ago we used to play bridge at least one night a week with my wifes aunt and uncle, Jaclies cousin, and got a real earfull on a lot of subjects and super ritch in the NE that he grew up with and was related to.
Consolidate your resources and/or reduce your opponents.
To ensure that government of the Kennedys, by the Kennedys, for the Kennedys, shall not perish from New York.
Does Princess Caroline not consider the fact that every loser in an actual election has some feelings of embarrassment? If the daughter of a Mafioso wants to be Senator, should the Governor pick her so as to not anger her family?
If America is going to resort to hereditary entitlement as a means of selecting leaders, let's admit it and then clean out the Kennedy rif-raf by limiting the selection to those that can document Plantagenet ancestry.
You aint’ seen nothing yet. Next week she is going to cure cancer, translate the human genome in her kitchen using a wooden spoon, swim the English channel and apply to New York so that she can be granted a medical and legal license without taking the exams. The licenses would be gotten through New York’s reciprocity status with heaven.
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