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Caroline's Secret Reason
NT Post ^ | Janueay 26, 2009

Posted on 01/26/2009 4:06:23 PM PST by NCjim

Caroline Kennedy's "personal reasons" for withdrawing from Senate consideration were not connected to damaging claims from Gov. Paterson's camp that she owed back taxes, had a nanny problem or faced a marital scandal, two sources close to her have told The Post.

"The reasons she withdrew had nothing to do with the reasons that have been cited by that person close to Gov. Paterson," said one of the sources.

SWISS HISS FOR GOV

"And Gov. Paterson knows it," the source, raising his voice in anger, continued.

The source said that Kennedy, who had been touted as the leading candidate to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton for some two months, would have taken the job if Paterson had moved more swiftly to make a decision, and would have said yes even as late as Monday or late Tuesday - because the family problem had not yet arisen.

A second source close to Caroline Kennedy's family confirmed that the "personal reasons" cited by Kennedy were not related to the three possibilities that would be leaked by an authoritative Paterson operative.

"Caroline learned on Wednesday that there was a specific and serious concern involving someone in her family, and it had nothing to do with taxes, nannies or her marriage," said the second source.

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


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To: GWMcClintock

And think how much more qualified she will be than Palin. Here’s the debate...

to Kennedy: Are you having a fun with this campaign?

to Palin: Who was the leader of Zimbabwe from 1945 to 1947?

to Kennedy: How is Ted doing?

to Palin: Please give us a ten minute synopsis of the economic system’s progress from 1825 to 2008.

to Kennedy: Are you hitting your stride?

to Palin: Please explain the role of slavery in our Founding Father’s personal lives.

Okay Carolyn, sorry to have pulled questions that were so much harder for you than Palin’s were.

Okay Sarah, you really are a lucky one aren’t you.

After debate commentary:

Well Kennedy seemed to be more relaxed tonight. I don’t care how she answered the question, she really is hitting here stride. And her familiarity with the topics, she really knew her stuff.

Well Palin has been here before. She still looks tentative. She should have know this material folks. If she isn’t more informed by now, I doubt she’s ever going to be ready. Yes, it’s sad to see someone just melt down like that. This could be it folks. I don’t think she’s going to be respected or taken serious after this lackluster performance.


21 posted on 01/26/2009 4:30:06 PM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
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To: airborne
The rumor was that she had an affair with Pinch Sulzberger of the NYT.

I believe the rumor.

In fact he is now going thru a bitter divorce.

22 posted on 01/26/2009 4:32:18 PM PST by JRochelle (Don't smoke the Hopium.)
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To: pabianice

Well put, sir. Even my laconic and generally lazy Golden Retriever/Boxer mix laughed his ass off when HE read it. (OK, OK, Sam, I’ll ask) He wants to know if your Norweigan Elkhound is a female? He saw some on “Animal Planet” and thinks they can get past the language barrier.


23 posted on 01/26/2009 4:35:07 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: BenLurkin
IIRC “John-John” never passed the bar either.

I think it runs in the family, fat teddy can't pass a bar either.

24 posted on 01/26/2009 4:36:41 PM PST by Not now, Not ever! (The devil made me do it!,.......................................................( well, not really.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Actually most in Congress today are “ just unfit to serve.”


25 posted on 01/26/2009 4:38:43 PM PST by MrLee (Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalyim!! God bless Eretz Israel.)
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To: Mean Maryjean

He failed the New York bar exam twice before passing on the third try.


26 posted on 01/26/2009 4:40:59 PM PST by kcvl
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To: MrLee

We agree on that.


27 posted on 01/26/2009 4:41:57 PM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
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To: JRochelle
The rumor was that she had an affair with Pinch Sulzberger of the NYT.

Why would that disqualify her? She is a Kennedy for crying out loud. They consider adultery to be an Olympic sport and sleeping with a Time’s reporter would qualify her for the medal round.

28 posted on 01/26/2009 4:45:54 PM PST by usurper (Spelling or grammatical errors in this post can be attributed to the LA City School System)
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To: JRochelle

But that sounds like a resume enhancer for a Democrat! ;^)


29 posted on 01/26/2009 4:46:24 PM PST by airborne (Support the "bi-partisan" Limbaugh bail-out plan! Put up or shut up, Mr. President!)
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To: Doe Eyes
You don't, he did.

Third try, alone in a back room in upstate NY. No proctor, no time constraints...

30 posted on 01/26/2009 4:50:17 PM PST by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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To: NCjim

Fred Dicker is the best political reporter in NY. He is tuned into everyone and everything going on.

IMO, he is probably got the rihght info.

What he hasn’t come right out and stated, is that the whole Caroline debacle, the rollout of the smear campaign and rumors, was a Clinton hit job. Has Clinton fingerprints all over iot.


31 posted on 01/26/2009 4:50:41 PM PST by Cincinna (TIME TO REBUILD * JINDAL* PALIN * CANTOR 2012)
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To: icwhatudo

So what? I think it’s ourtrageous to post these pictures. Her daughter is not in any way a public figure.


32 posted on 01/26/2009 4:53:04 PM PST by Ron Jeremy (sonic)
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To: NCjim

Could the secret real reason be that she endorsed Obama and Hillary did not want her to have the senate seat she just vacated?


33 posted on 01/26/2009 4:54:39 PM PST by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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To: NCjim

As with many moonbats, she’s not her father’s child.


34 posted on 01/26/2009 4:55:53 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The original point of America was not to be Europe)
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To: Texas Fossil
Speaking of Teddie: Did anyone else notice his entrance to the inauguation coronation last week. The tv anchor was giving us a rundown of every "bigshot" that arrived. When Teddie came in, the anchor said "And here we see Edward M. Kennedy ......" Sounded kinda flat. He's been Ted or Teddie for forever.
35 posted on 01/26/2009 4:57:01 PM PST by REPANDPROUDOFIT
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To: NCjim

“There’s a very good, compelling secret reason I was found with the company’s petty cash box in the private room with the dancers at Scores, but, unfortunately I can’t disclose it to you at this time...”

Yes, that’s pretty persuasive.


36 posted on 01/26/2009 4:58:22 PM PST by Philo-Junius (One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
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To: Not now, Not ever!

Yea, but that John-John could really fly....like a rock.


37 posted on 01/26/2009 4:58:38 PM PST by 9422WMR (When seconds count, the cops are only minutes away.)
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To: DoughtyOne

And don’t forget the question about the Bush Doctrine.


38 posted on 01/26/2009 5:01:09 PM PST by Faith
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To: sweet_diane

I’ll tell you what . . . In that second photo — with her eyes, those glasses, and that hair style and color — she looks nearly identical to one very attractive young lady I used to know. Damn, I wish she didn’t already have a boyfriend when I asked her out last year!


39 posted on 01/26/2009 5:01:10 PM PST by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: Mean Maryjean

It’s my understanding that he did pass the bar (3rd try).


40 posted on 01/26/2009 5:01:46 PM PST by mrs tiggywinkle
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