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…and why not. No, that isn’t a question.
“I know she’s interested,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The Associated
Press in a telephone interview Friday. “She spent a lot of her life balancing
public service with obligations to her family. Now her children are grown,
and she is ready to move onto a bigger stage.”
Now, I have no interest one way or the other on this one, but the whole “dynasty”
line is just silly:
But if Kennedy were, say, Caroline Smith, do you think that Governor David
Paterson would have even taken her call?
We don’t penalize people in this country for coming from a famous family,
especially one whose members have given their lives in public service, which
certainly applies to the Kennedys. It’s not like a black sheep Bush snuck in
and dismantled the Constitution, you know. Something for which Jeb Bush should
not be punished either, by the way, if he decides to run for the Senate in Florida.
The ignorant and uninformed also seem to think Caroline Kennedy has been sitting
around eating bonbons her entire life. You wouldn’t believe the drivel coming
into my inbox. In fact, I wasn’t even going to write about this until I saw the emails. The unhinged fringe lives on.
It is outrageous that an empty headed dingbat, like Caroline Kennedy, who
has never been gainfully employed is being considered for the Senate. Ms.
Kennedy only supported Obama because her airhead children told her to do so.
[...] Another reason to oppose Caroline Kennedy that it would offend Hillary
Clinton. … I would think that Obama would want not to offend Hillary by
nominating this woman who did everything in power to defeat Hillary. – Reba
Oh, but wait! Another drags in a Sarah Palin comparison, I kid you not:
I am not impressed by this choice and I hope as an upstate New Yorker, Governor
Paterson does not pick her. I feel strongly that to fulfill Hillary’s legacy
of public service, he should choose a woman who the people of New York have
elected to office – not some aristocrat who is not exactly qualified to hold
a United States Senate position. [...] The NOW
organization has endorsed Rep. Maloney and I hope she gets the job. I know
they are two different people, but didn’t we learn with the pick of Sarah
Palin who was not qualified to hold the office she was running for?? … – Lynn
Meow. And who says it’s anyone’s job to “fulfill Hillary’s legacy?” HRC can take care of that herself. This is a New York Senate seat.
Shameful how women can sound so shallow, vindictive and uninformed about someone
like Caroline Kennedy, not even caring to get the facts about her before throwing out judgments. Hey, but women tend to be the cruelest on their own sex, blind to their own pettiness.
Over
at the WSJ, one woman had the grace to give Caroline Kennedy credit where
it was due.
Caroline has an undergraduate degree from Radcliffe College/Harvard University
and a law degree from Columbia Univeristy. She passed the NY bar exam on the
first try. She has written books on constitutional law. She has led an exemplary
and inspiring life of community service. She has reared three children, who
are now in college or prep school. How could anyone compare her eduation and
life experiences to Sarah Palin? Caroline is as qualified as most Senate first-termers.
Run, Caroline, run. – Comment by Mary – December 5, 2008 at 6:26 pm
If your only objection to Caroline Kennedy for Senate is that she is a Kennedy,
or that she didn’t support HRC during the primaries you’re not emotionally equipped
to weigh in on the subject.
The fact is that Caroline Kennedy has a first rate mind and class. She would
bring both to the Senate. She’s dedicated to education, a real New Yorker, and
a woman who has raised her family, hoping now to give back to her country in
a manner that is mutually beneficial to all, including New York state.
Few women get a chance to go back into the work force after their children are grown to do serious work equal to men. But there are many others in line for the seat who have worked
hard to get where they are, sacrificing too. Patterson’s got a tough choice
to make. I just hope he replaces HRC with another woman. That does seem important,
especially with so many qualified in the running and the gender balance in the Senate still tilted male.
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