Posted on 01/24/2009 3:23:19 AM PST by Zakeet
She lost him at "hello."
Gov. Paterson was completely underwhelmed with Caroline Kennedy from their first conversation about Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, a source close to the governor said.
Paterson's thinking has become clearer in the two days since Kennedy withdrew her name for the Senate seat that Friday went to upstate Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-Hudson).
Friends said Paterson was adamant that she was never going to be appointed, even though she was considered the front-runner.
Paterson was turned off when Kennedy first called him and asked if she "could" be considered for the seat.
By asking if she could, rather than saying she wanted to be considered, Paterson immediately felt she wasn't really interested, the source said.
In meetings, the governor and his aides decided she had no political depth, the source said.
She had no firmly held views and little idea about why she wanted the job, the source said.
Her abysmal public rollout cemented the governor's fears that she had no political instincts.
The governor felt the sheltered Kennedy had no communication skills and absolutely no empathy with the voters, the source said.
He was amazed that she went upstate for a day to meet with political leaders but didn't walk around to chat up regular people.
"She just lived in a bubble," the source said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
Yes, him. Hard to believe, isn’t it?
Ethel had broken her leg skiing (the Kennedys used to come up here to NH for skiing, drinking and debauchery back in those days) and my sister’s best friend was Ethel’s private nurse at the hospital in Plymouth. She didn’t have any kind things to say about Ethel.
I’ll have to ask her about that again when I see her. I’m sure she remembers it, even though it was at least 35 years ago. Thank goodness the Kennedys don’t ski here any more. They moved to running into trees in Kalifornikator some years ago.
The story at this link says “no romantic involvement”.
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=163219
Okeydoke.
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