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Ambassador (Caroline) Kennedy: A star is born
Politico ^ | December 15, 2013 | Alexander Burns

Posted on 12/15/2013 8:22:26 AM PST by Zakeet

Caroline Kennedy is a long way from Syracuse.

The soft-spoken presidential scion, who four years ago this month toured upstate New York in a short and ill-fated bid for the U.S. Senate, has swept with force into her newest public role as President Barack Obama’s ambassador in Japan. And if the iconic daughter of American political royalty showed herself to be deeply uncomfortable as a glad-handing pol, she’s on her way to becoming something of a rock star in the more dignified world of diplomacy.

She has been swarmed by well-wishers in her public appearances, including Japanese men and women who offered their sympathies during the November anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s death. The Japanese TV network NHK delivered a live broadcast of her first appearance at Japan’s Imperial Palace, according to the AP, as throngs of onlookers crowded the streets. When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed Japan’s first female prime ministerial aide, his office mentioned Kennedy’s role in Japan as an inspiration.

Kennedy has been awed by the reception, according to her friends and political associates. Yet far from being overwhelmed, Kennedy has eased into the role of ambassador far more smoothly and naturally than she did in her last high-profile adventure, as a contender for Hillary Clinton’s vacant Senate seat.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; US: New York
KEYWORDS: carolinekennedy; foreignaffairs; japan; kennedy; massachusetts; memebuilding; newyork; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills
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I'm willing to bet that none of you Freepers can make it all the way through this Libtard puff piece about the a rock star in the more dignified world of diplomacy without tossing your cookies!

1 posted on 12/15/2013 8:22:26 AM PST by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet
without tossing your cookies!

Ask our Ambassador about that eating disorder!

2 posted on 12/15/2013 8:25:24 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Zakeet

A woman who is, y’know, so in love with, y’know, abortion that she, y’know, wrote a pretty fat, y’know, book, a love letter, y’know, to Roe v. Wade.


3 posted on 12/15/2013 8:26:01 AM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Zakeet

Like, she could like, you know, like barely speak English when she was like campaigning in New York. Maybe she uses an interpreter to speak in full sentences for her when she is on duty.


4 posted on 12/15/2013 8:26:38 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Zakeet

What’s Japanese for “you know”? Because without that she’ll be incapable of carrying on a conversation in the language.


5 posted on 12/15/2013 8:27:08 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Zakeet
Kennedy = "American political royalty"

CRIMINALS!


6 posted on 12/15/2013 8:28:04 AM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Zakeet

It sure doesn’t take much to be a “star” these days. Another Kennedy hasn’t done jack **** and she’s already a “star”.


7 posted on 12/15/2013 8:28:14 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Trust No One.)
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To: Zakeet
The soft-spoken presidential scion
Soft spoken? How about broken-spoken.
8 posted on 12/15/2013 8:30:25 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: DoodleDawg

Sote kata...


9 posted on 12/15/2013 8:31:00 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The accepted collective noun for a Kennedy reunion is a Plague of Kennedys.


10 posted on 12/15/2013 8:31:23 AM PST by gasport (Will operate for food.)
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To: Zakeet; thetallguy24

11 posted on 12/15/2013 8:32:35 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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"Positions as chief of mission should normally be accorded to career members of the Service. ... (Ambassadors) should possess clearly demonstrated competence to perform the duties of a chief of mission, including ... useful knowledge of the language ... and understanding of the history, the culture, the economic and political institutions, and the interests of that country. ... Contributions to political campaigns should not be a factor."

She speaks zero Japanese and has had no academic or professional background in foreign affairs.
12 posted on 12/15/2013 8:32:45 AM PST by Dallas59 (Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
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To: Zakeet

She is not bad looking, for a libtard feminist.


13 posted on 12/15/2013 8:33:53 AM PST by 2harddrive
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To: Zakeet

I can’t remember which one she is - is she the druggie, alcoholic, scizophrenic, murderer or rapist? Its so hard to keep it straight with the Kennedy’s


14 posted on 12/15/2013 8:34:00 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Zakeet

What are the odds she visits Fukushima anytime soon?


15 posted on 12/15/2013 8:34:16 AM PST by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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To: Arthur McGowan

“A woman who is, y’know...”

That constant ‘y’know’ from her was enough to make you want to scream y’know. Can’t believe she does that with her supposed education.


16 posted on 12/15/2013 8:34:41 AM PST by duckman (I'm part of the group pulling the wagon!)
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To: Zakeet
I recognize the last name, but does she really have what it takes to be a good ambassador?

Can she make small talk while eating exotic local food without vomiting?

And how many poses can she strike for selfies?

17 posted on 12/15/2013 8:36:57 AM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: Zakeet

White privilege and still dumber than Sheila Jackson. Embrace the you know!


18 posted on 12/15/2013 8:37:00 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Zakeet

This strumpet helped serve up a large helping of Obamacrap to the American public in 2008. Like the other low-lives in the detestable Kennedy Klan, she should just go away.


19 posted on 12/15/2013 8:46:29 AM PST by ZULU (Impeach that Bastard Barrack Hussein Obama the Doctor Mengele of Medical Care)
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To: Zakeet

But, ummmm, she is, umm, like a real, you know, like umm ambassador umm that um we need to umm serve japan and and like you know ummm be like umm the kind of ambassador that we need, ummmm.. to um, you know like do the umm things ummmm that um like umm amabassadors need to do, you know?


20 posted on 12/15/2013 8:49:03 AM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it. Period.)
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