[UPDATE] Open Thread * BREAKING NEWS: Caroline “It’s Mine Because I Want It and I Have That Name” Kennedy And Forget About My Real Last Name …
By Lena Grove aka nasuS on December 15, 2008 at 2:23 PM in Current Affairs, Open Thread
… or my husband, um, what’s his name again?
Huh. The New York Times has the scoop — that Caroline has decided she wants, she really wants, to be a U.S. Senator — and it’s breaking news just announced on TV cable news networks.
[UPDATE: It just hit me. It all fits. Her birthdate is November 27, 1957. She will not even be 60 years old in 2016. She can run for president in what will be her second term as U.S. Senator from New York state. She will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States, and she will become the first female president of the United States.]
The NYT story does NOT even mention her husband’s name, which she took when she married what’s-his-name. Nor is the word “husband” mentioned in the entire NYT story.
And, you know, this is a salute to the new political era in which we live: EXPERIENCE and QUALIFICATIONS are so yesterday.
In this new era, all we need to do is BELIEVE! And it shall be! (Or have that name.) I can’t help but wonder what her mother would have said to her. I tell you what. I think her mother would have told her not to do it. I believe her mother would have found it unseemly. That’s my strong hunch. Because her mother grew up and lived in an era in which experience and qualifications DID matter, and her father had vastly more experience than he was generally given credit for. (Ask Bud White.)
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Oh well. He was useful as a sperm donor.
(P.S. Sperm donor’s name is in the Wiki entry: Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg.)
(i’m laughing so hard. This is the height of absurdity.)
WELL, THANK GOD she wasn’t “flashy” about it:
The decision came after a series of deeply personal and political conversations, in which Ms. Kennedy, who friends describe as unflashy but determined, wrestled with whether to give up what has been a lifetime of avoiding the spotlight.
Ms. Kennedy will ask that Gov. David A. Paterson consider her for the appointment. The governor was traveling to Utica today could not immediately be reached for comment.
If appointed, Ms. Kennedy would fill the seat once held by her uncle, the late Robert F. Kennedy.
Ms. Kennedy has been making calls this morning to alert political figures to her interest. …
POOR Governor David Paterson.
First, he is grotesquely mocked in an odious anti-disability SNL skit. Now this.
The man is being given ZERO choice.
That is not right.
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Not right indeed!
Will they start investigating her now like they did Palin? Will they ask her what books she’s read lately?
A woman should be appointed to Hillary’s seat, but not a woman who colluded with the boys club to cheat another woman.
Caroline Kennedy is not fit to fill the pinky finger of Hillary’s glove.
Hillary’s staff said she is not ready.
She will do their bidding, on Obama’s list of approved candidates, I would think.
Didn’t Rove try to stack Congress for Bush, too?
AMEN!
“In this new era, all we need to do is BELIEVE! And it shall be! (Or have that name.)”
…you mean… you mean… like CLINTON??? *gasp*
This is like high school all over again. We have the two clicks in combat with each other. Republicans and democrats. On one side, Palin, on the other Kennedy. I’ll just go back to playing world of warcraft.
b b b benny and the jets?
After Blago, and Obama, I can only wonder how much she paid…
we know how much she paid. this is the way it is done “legally” — she paid by coming out fully, campaigning for Obama, and making sure that lots of money from the kennedy fundraising machine went to Obama. this is why bribery prosecutions are such a cham.
if you know what you are doing, you can buy any seat, any ambassadorship, any vote from a politician, without getting prosecuted. you just have to have the old money and a genteel machine to do it; only the clumsy, or the noveau rich get caught/prosecuted.
and by the way it all makes sense now — this is why Obama offered the Sec of State position to Clinton. they didn’t want her becoming the Lioness of the Senate (Teddy’s old job); they want it for a a Kennedy in the new Camelot.
Banish the stain of the Clinton’s, those upstarts, who actually earned what they got, through hard work.
Bill and Hillary Clinton look better to me every day!
The price was Ted Kennedy’s endorsement of Ohblahblah. Now Patterson has no choice because it was a deal and he will do nothing to make Ohblahblah look bad.
Nothing like ability or qualifications.
And to top it off the Clinton’s are finished. Hillary is now tied to Ohbambam and as he stumbles and sets up the US for failure she will take the blame and be vanquished to the dustbin of time.
It ain’t right but it is true.
Breaking News……
Another BUSH to seek the White House, to continue the legacy of father and son. But, it’s not Jeb Bush, whom all had presumed to be the one to pick up the Texas Torch for the next generation.
Today, Jenna Bush announced that she would be seeking the Presidency in 2012. In making her announcement this morning, Jenna cited her experience being named Bush and the fact that many items including some ballots and other memorabilia, could be re-used.
She also had the following comment regarding the announcement of Caroline Kennedy (Scholss-something-or-other) that she would be seeking the Senate seat now held by Hillary Clinton. “America needs to send a real Texas cowgirl up there to slap some sense into that B****. The Kennedys are so yesterday, doesn’t she get it?!”
Response to Jenna’s announcement was mixed. Comments at the ‘Boots Up Saloon and Firearms Emporium” in Amarillo, Texas were generally favorable. Also non-plussed by the announcement were the owners of the “Old Ebbitt Grill” near the White House in Washington. Their response, “So, we stock some more Jack Daniels, not a problem.”
whew! Jenna I could live with.
Jeb not so much
That is so funny
She also announced her campaign slogans: Yes Jena CAN & JENA IS A WINNA!
Thanks I needed a laugh.
LMAO!
WANTED…..One senator…no experience necessary….good pay and benefits……..hours of work…only if you feel like it……no need to apply unless you your name is Kennedy.
Wow, the sense of entitlement! Many of RFK’s and Shriver’s children have at least used their name to do good so far. What has this woman done, trying into waltz in here for a glorified retirement? Another of Obama’s pay to play evidence. This time it is Teddy, Caroline and Obama and no wiretap is necessary.
no wiretap is necessary…
LOL
I think I’ll just change my last name to Kennedy and waltz over to New York and demand my senate seat. I’ll claim I’m JFK’s granddaughter from a fling he had with an intern.
Do these people think a senate seat is a freaking string of pearls? Mom wanted me to have them? Sarah Palin has more integrity than all the Kennedy money can buy.
saves us from having to read her resume. But if ever there was a time to get something with a light resume this would be it! The Audacity of Arrogance!
So why not! This is the election where you don’t need experience to be Qualified- so why should we demand qualifications now.
I think anyone who wants the senate seat should have it. Better yet, I’m sure there’s a homeless person who needs a job- let’s give it to one of them.
Stop the hate!
This was mentioned at RD about a week ago quoting NYPost article:
Is that blackmail? Looks like Kennedy is starting to push the envelop.
See recently updated article at:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12072008/news/nationalnews/ted_wants_caroline_143048.htm
Umm, isn’t that trying to buy a Senate seat? Fitzgerald, are you listening?
*****A
No experience, no prob…especially if you’re a Dem. If you’re a female and a Repub, they’ll make a t-shirt with the C word on it to pay tribute.
Has Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg ever held a paying job?
Actually, Fran (”The Nanny”) Dresher, who is also interested in the seat, is probably about as qualified than Kennedy!
Yes, and Fran has the advantage of being born in Flushing, Queens, and is NYC to the bone. She’s also VERY funny, and God knows, we’ve seen a whole lot of her, and she clearly has nothing to hide. I hope she has a closetful of that wonderful wardrobe she wore on The Nanny–give that stodgy old U.S. Senate a bit of REAL glamour. Caroline Kennedy? PUH-LEEEZE! Nanny Power!
At least Fran Dresher is a feminist who supported HRC. She’s also a better public speaker than CK.
Give Fran a Chance…I’ll go with someone that has common sense and knows and sees every day people.
Go Fran Go
Fran Drescher has travelled overseas as an Ambassador for Cancer Research, and she is engaged in many philanthropic projects. Fran, I believe, is qualified to run for Senate.
I love Fran she is real and she was out there campaigning for Hillary up until the very end. She is a hard working American, business woman (in her own right), beautiful with a heart of gold and she also brought out a very painful part in her life to bring/give courage to other victims of rape.
Fran is my SHERO!
Go Fran GO!
Go Fran!!
She’s also a cancer survivor and is a spokesperson for that cause.
And knows when to say “Talk to the Hand”!
Wouldn’t ya love to here that voice on the Senate floor giving a speech on the value of Pork?
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I had read that her marriage is now one “in name only”.
I’m sure old Joe Sr. the Nazi appeaser rolled over in his grave a few times when his granddaughter married an Orthodox Jew.
This is absolutely ridiculous. A few months after Teddy was diagnosed it was rumored that he wanted his wife Vicky to take his seat.
Wanted: Inexperienced political candidates. Must have famous name. Unknown surnames need not apply.
At least Hillary ran for election twice and won twice.
this is great —
Vicky Kennedy (after all, her daddy was a politician in Louisiana, I think he was convicted in some bribery scheme) takes over in Mass;
Biden’s son takes over in Delaware;
Michelle takes over in Illiois;
I think it’s time that Presidential/VP candidates resign their congressional seats if they run for another office. if they lose, it’s the price of going national and end up with nothing, so be it. it’s a stain on Democracy, to have their successors selected this way.
Actually, I wish Bill Clinton or Chelsea Clinton would take HRC’s Senate seat.
Really, why not Chelsea?
Chelsea is not old enough to be a Senator constitutionally.
As someone who was born and raised in NYC- (Lower East Side) I LOVE the idea of C.K. as our Senator. Its a shame about her brother “John John”- he would had been even a better choice…But then again we would probably be talking about President Elect John John and his VP Obama
Why would have John Jr been a better choice? I never saw anything exceptionally talented about him
look dear, this isn’t american idol. please go back to your tv. i am sure you will feel better then.
Well I’m from NY, born and raised, and I won’t vote for CK. I will vote for any Republican who runs against her.
I don’t like what she did to Hillary.
I don’t like the fact that she has NO EXPERIENCE and has not EARNED IT.
But go ahead, make her the Senator and give Ted’s seat to his wife. The Senate and the whole Congress is a big fat joke anyway.
I have zero respect for any of these people.
Lets see if the loonie left call her a c****.
A “Carol?” That would be so rude to shorten her name like that.
In some ways it’s an `out of the box’ selection, but in others I don’t know that she’d do much regional representation; she’s more of a national figure. Then again, maybe she’d be good and an example of someone who can bring opposing sides together. It’s hard to know. It seem to me the majority of a Senator’s job is scutwork representing your constituency. CK has mostly been a society maven and boardmember, though she does have work in her uncle’s office and she’s campaigned for other candidates. Once in the senate, she might be a light to fast-track legislation and help usher in an era of good feeling reestablishing better behavior. But then again, you wonder how the rest of the Senate will feel. There are a lot of stodgy, longtime senators proud of their seniority.
CK’s using Obama’s playbook — the Senate as a stepping stone to the Presidency.
I’m so over the Kennedy’s — I will never vote for CK for Prez. Palin’s got my vote.
What “work” did she do in her uncle’s office—supervise the cocktail shaker crew?
The Senator should represent the interests of the people of New York, not the nation. Since she was such an Obama supporter I don’t se her bringing any good things to the Senate. I think they should call her Carpetbagger Caroline. She is an awful choice.
ABC just had this breaking news between my soaps and Kennedy not Sclossburg or something sclose to that)
Oh geez, what is Sonny and the stupid mob up to now? LOL
well he married claudia to be in charge of the zaccoros (sp?) Jason has sonny’s family everything else exactly the same, oh Laura is out of her 20 year coma got out of her rocking chair lol
You can’t say the last name! You know that’s racist!
Caroline Kennedy ??????????
Stop the hate you racist NQ’s!
I served in the military and years ago took a tour of the White House…..where do I sign up ???
After me, I’ve taken the same tour twice:-)
Stop the hate!
Ha ha ha. Just substitute “thinking” for “hate”.
Scares the Obots to no end, the thought of someone thinking for themselves.
Did you see my update? Above the fold?
I do not think I’m going out on a limb. I think that it has all been planned. Uncle Teddy very likely won’t be alive to make it happen, but he knows that once she’s in the Senate, the ball will be rolling, and she is UNSTOPPABLE.
(Why, god, why is that photograph of Hillary right next to my comment as I write this? The woman who SHOULD have been the first female president and who truly DID have the experience and qualifications?)
Why, indeed? I wish you hadn’t spelled it out so brazenly. Take it down, NQ. It is depressing. May be I will be in India, enjoying my own retirement.
No! Keep it thee NQ!! Hillary is just about the only thing in US politics that seems worthwhile these days!
PUMA!!
Susan,
I said months ago – when Kennedy’s supported “The One” that something was up. I KNEW this was the “rest of the story” the way the family congregated in Hyannis after it was made KNOWN Teddy had brain cancer.
Ted and family KNEW when he had a blood clot removed in 2007, what he had – they just withheld the info for a year.
Yes PAY TO PLAY big time. Sorry Larry giving crooks, and possible murders a chance to “get it right” is something I personally can not do. I believe the American people are more reslient and it will hurt this country much much more if we allow these criminals to skate.
Since we have had sooo much practice with elections the last 18 months – I am all for rounding up the crooks and putting them away and extending this interminable election another 4-5 months.
Also just one law – any so called journalist who DOES NOT do their job, and report news that is factual, raw and unfiltered goes to jail with the crooks as collaborators in treason.
I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!
Yes, and I do, too, Nell.
Its gotta stop. Now.
I do not think Caroline will get selected.
Late last week Congressman Peter King announced that he will seek the GOP nomination for Senator. King is a tough campaigner, is very well liked and known downstate and upstate.
With that announcement Democrats cannot take a chance on a novice like Lady Caroline who (if she has a base) only has support downstate.
Hillary’s people came out opposed to her and Congressman Gary Ackerman said that all she has is name recognition like JaLo has name recognition.
Patterson has an election in 2 years and cannot afford an unelectable novice on the ticket.
Also, Ted Kennedy may be well regarded but he is from Massachusetts – not New York. Mario Cuomo is still a very popular New York figure and former Governor.
I think it will be Andrew Cuomo.
Didn’t Andrew have a run in with the Kennedy family, via his divorce from Kerry?
Kerry Kennedy started have an affair with Bobby Kennedy Jr.’s friend Bruce Colley which caused her divorce from another one of Bobby’s friends Andrew Cuomo. Bobby sides with his sister and he became enemies with Cuomo. Lot of very bad blood.
I will vote for Peter King.
That seals it.
The Dems will never get my loyalty ever again.
I will do everything to undermine them.
Cuomo would be great, but Peter King is not bad. isn’t King a moderate Repub?
King is an independent Republican who did not vote in favor of impeaching Bill Clinton. He thought the whole process was a waste of taxpayer money.
Yay – PUMA. Worked well in November. Keep it up. 60 is after all the new 50.
No, 60 would be your IQ. Now kindly vacate the premises.
I hope you’re right. I read elsewhere too that there is a lot of opposition from upstate.
Speaking of Ladies,
Ms. Lynn Rothchild, Help!
Hey, if
SoetoroObama can use different last names, so canSchlossbergKennedy.It’s all in the
crimefamily.“Unstoppable”?
Tell that to the fates. The Kennedys have really really bad karma. She should stay home and take care of her children, like they told Palin, except for different reasons. Like every time one of the Kennedys grab the spotlight something bad happens.
well this leaves the door open for Kermit the Frog and Winnie the Pooh now. Apparently name recognition not experience is the only criteria for making decisions that affect millions of people. But then a large portion don’t worry about that now so she’ll fit right in.
Well, we already have Elmer Fudd going to the WH, Wile E. Coyote, super genius, in the office of VP, with Tweety Bird reporting on MSNBC and Foghorn Leghorn Limbaugh around for comic relief. Hell, why not a few more cartoon characters?
[...] Open Thread * BREAKING NEWS: Caroline “It’s Mine Because I Have … She also had the following comment regarding the announcement of Caroline Kennedy (Scholss-something-or-other) that she would be seeking the Senate seat now held by Hillary Clinton. …. GOLD BOX DAILY DEALS … [...]
We have descended from kleptocracy and crony capitalism into nepotocracy and incompetence.
…you get whatever you choose
Out of 300+ million Americans, though, you think they could find better selections from which to make our choice. Oh, we did have the two best choices eliminated, HRC in the first round and McCain in the finals. Never mind. You’re spot on.
I don’t know, Fred, seems to me Obama was foisted on us, much like Bush.
IMO, the popular vote in the primaries WAS for Clinton.
I didn’t pay attention to the general, after I saw McCain protrayed as befuddled on my evening news, I knew he was toast.
And that is the fault of the corporate press.
I’ll do the thinnin’ around here babamooie!
I agree, ultimately. Though we did have two competent choices out of the bunch-HRC and McCain. The rest were cardboard cut-outs like That One. And guess who got elected? Yep, the corporate subsidiary, what’s-his-name.
69.5 million votes “foisted” Obama on you. More votes than any other Presidential Candidate.
Democracy is great.
That’s a lot of soup for 2009
Bon Appetit!
^^foist.
Hurry up and look that word up! now. It won’t be too long before they hijack this definition, as well.
Distraction. Bamboozle. Hoodwink. Notion.
Contact. Pie.
Takes the One to know one.
ProudLiberal:
First the total for Obama was 66,882,230.
Second Obama didn’t break any historic records more votes percentage-wise which is the real measure given population grows
(in case you didn’t know).
And finally- by the way- the count for Missouri is finally done and Obama-Biden lost it. Yep, McCain-Palin has finally been declared
the winner in Missouri.
“in terms of more votes percentage-wise”
How many of those were dead, pets, or voted often?
Uh, weren’t the Obots saying “No Dynasty” when describing Clinton.
The hypocricy is just sickening. I don’t know if I can ever vote dem again in this lifetime.
Your moniker makes my cold feet warmer up here in frigid latte land.
The obamabots are hypocrites!
They wanted change and they got old style thug politics
They wanted change and they have a Goldwater republican at SOS and a Bush Republican at SOD
Hey Moss,
i can relate to your relating to “Torchwood”.
Cool. Hope all is going well for you and yours.
Have a Merry One.
Hey Papoose..
I’ve always enjoyed your posts very much and wish you and your family a Very Merry Christmas and a prosperous and happy new year
Well, I really, really wanted a pony for Christmas when I was seven. I didn’t get it. Caroline had Macaroni and I’ll admit I was jealous. But I still didn’t get it.
I suspect the PR push will now start, the earnest attempt to convince everyone how wonderful she’ll be in the job, how she is another product of the “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for” chant, and how the seat will flourish with new blood and fresh ideas. Of course, there won’t be any details on the meme; we will be expected [mostly the residents of NY will be expected] to close our eyes and dream of Camelot.
Close your eyes may be the leading instruction. Turn off any critical thinking. And for God’s sake, do not question the powers that be or the promises of money flowing from all quarters.
What a way to ruin the holiday. What a way to run a country, just one more faux candidate after another.
Happy New Year!
Yes Peggy Sue, but CARE-O-LINE’s pony Macaroni is long gone, and Buddy Holly’s immortal song celebrating your name will always be fresh and exciting.
You made me laugh, oowawa. I had not thought of that [though my name is merely a cyber tag].
But geez, I really wanted that pony, even tried convincing my father we could keep him in the basement, that I would be the best pony-person ever.
I pleaded. I cried. I made a gazillion promises. He just never bought into the argument. In the same way, I don’t believe in the on-going scenario–CK for the Senate.
Guess I am my father’s daughter afterall!
Take care.
Yeah, Caroline had her pony macaroni and Ari as a stepdad…hmmm.
we had the Beatles ,yeah, yeah, yeah
The princess’desire for Hillary Clinton/Robert Kennedy NY seat is proof in the puddin…pay tp play.
But not you Bill Clinton, You shalt report to the office of the President-Elect at once. cordially, of course. No more talks and no more deals for you until our treasury transitionteam can assess your $ucce$$. Yes We Can crap on former presidents, too.
Pony Up, Macaroni.
(Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony. Stuck a feather in her cap and called it:
‘you peasants’…do you know who my father is?
At least Margaret Truman could play the piano and write a mystery novel, or two.
Wow, this website is full of hateful comments with no actual evidence to back it all up. Just comments like ‘I notice they said KENNEDY instead of whatever her last name is.’
Can’t a woman decide to keep her maiden name? Must be a bunch of chauvinists up in here.
She has gone by her married name with Kennedy as her middle name, until recently. For years, it stood out that she chose to honor her husband by taking his name.
So, it is the nepotism they are complaining about not sexism of taking then dropping his name….LOL
Try again.
Thank you Karma for setting the record straight.
All of a sudden, she’s Caroline Kennedy again.
What happened to the Schlossberg? It was around for a very long time until she came out for 0bama.
And her marriage is in name only. They are rarely seen together.
It’s not hatred.
CAROLINE KENNEDY HAS NO EXPERIENCE.
She has less experience than Sarah Palin who has at least earned her political offices by running and campaigning and making her case with the electorate.
Caroline wants a gift. She feels entitled to the position by virtue of her birthright and nothing else.
I hope Gov Paterson has the balls to just say NO!
But it’s up to New Yorkers to email the the Governor and let him know your feelings. I sent my email and I recommend that if you don’t want her, let him know.
But her voice — that voice!
Troll No Dimes,
Here in New England, where accuracy still has some validity, Caroline is always referred to as Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg on the radio and in print press. This is true historically for every concert or award given at Harvard.
What everyone is referring to is her lack of experience. Yes she has sat in on the “clan” confabs, which are amandatory, but she has done absolutely NOTHING to implement any of their ideas.
I was raised and WAS from a “Kennedy Family” until Ted screwed me and millions of others over in Janauary 2008 with his “endorsement of Obalh, blah blah”. And I have been to the Kennedy compound many times, the last time after Ted’s re-election in 2006. So please do NOT tell me I do not know what I am talking about.
I wouldn’t dream of it Nellie
3 senate seats…. So what is the cost of a senate seat?
I hope all is well with you and yours.
Sometimes payment comes after the fact. Listening to ABC tonight, it was pretty clear that Caroline will be spending a lot of time on the phone and in New York raising money for Governor Patterson since he wasn’t elected either. See? That’s pay for play New York style. Thin crust.
Born and raised, Beebop. What’s funny is that when BO first rode in to town, I could see he was a thin crust…
Bada-Bing
Catch up with WOW … women shouldn’t have many wants or needs. So. Are we liberated? Chattel? Just wondering what ‘bama’s current thinking is …
Wow. yeah. She took her husband’s name way back then when she was in PEOPLE with her embroidered wedding dress. ‘member? Uncle Teddy gave her away…now he’s bringing her back.
Why?
Wow.
Caroline Schlossberg has not earned the seat nor is she qualified. She’s a housewife who hasn’t worked a day in her freakin life!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Born in a corrupt Dynasty to a Cape Cod Mobster and she thinks she can come out of the woodwork after 50 years and demand a job in the Senate?
GIVE ME A BREAK!
Caroline gets to have the job simply because she wants it..I’m all for promoting women as you all know but this is just blatant political nepotism.
I’m not impressed!
Caroline is being rewarded for turning her back on the Clinton’s and now it’s payday.
…and stabbing Hillary smack dab in the forehead.
Didn’t dynasties go out of fashion this election? Or was that just if your last name is Clinton?
The Clinton’s were a dynasty that you couldn’t beat unless you used dubious tactics only a Chicago thug would be proud.
Wonder if her kids will tell her how to run the country just as they told her who to endorse?
Good one, Sensible W!
If you are a Republican women with moxie, brains, good looks and tons of exectuive experience in government, They will make fun of you from your clothes to your accent AND BEYOND.
GIVE ME A BREAK!
The same was done to Clinton, seems to be a trait of the Obama group, (and others, too, their Republican counterparts, say) they go for the reflexive action when faced with a threat.
If you’re referring to Palin…I mean…did you even see an interview with her? Not one that was prepped ahead of time with the campaign like the Gibson one. Plus ABC edited out most of her embarrassing answers. One like the Katie Couric interview where you can really see that this is someone so uninformed about National policy that it was a deciding factor in the election.
My gf’s Dad is a hardcore Repub, but Palin eventually swung him to vote for the left. When she was first nominated he said he wasn’t going to vote. After hearing her speak…he decided he must vote…for the other guy.
As though your stuttering Porky Pig of a candidate is anything to write home about. Dry up bot. That you are one of the illiterati is evident from the content of your post.
illiterati? WTF is that? Did you just make up a word to make a point?
I believe it means “troll who can’t read, despite Ivy League education.”
I suppose I am a troll. I’m trying to use logic with HRC supporters.
Good comeback!
Smart, you are just breathtakingly smart!
Logic? You are a walking example of invincible ignorance, the most common of the informal logical fallacies. Oh, and you are also a troll and a bot at the same time. It must be really dull being you.
A play on words, dope. Illuminati/illiterati. You are one stupid bot. Now go play with other children your own age (~12) and leave the adults to discuss world events.
ROLF!!!!!
Like BO is informed about anything? He’s so sharp he doesn’t even know his “friends” are crooks. Yeah, let this guy deal with the real hard-nosed SOBs out there in the international arena. Who knew more than half the voters are dumber than they accuse Palin of being.
Since you didn’t actually present any evidence to back up your post, I guess it’s not really worth replying. Next time hit up community college on your way to the fast food line to learn analytical writing.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
HAH — I agree, but you should probably e-mail the blogger of this website that.
Make a mental note . . . oh, I see you’re out of paper!
Oh you mean something brilliant like:
“Lets see if the loonie left call her a c****.”
How about this you are a loonie… Is that better?
How many times do I have to flush before you go away?
You can always tell a new troll on the scene–they dare to attack HARP.
NoDimes,
Whem comparing Obama and Palin, I always thought the biggest measure of the qualifications of the person was that while they each came out of corrupt political locations (Alaska and Chicago must be the two most entrenched politically corrupt places in the USA), Palin had chosen to stand up to the corruption when she saw it up close and personal. She called out the Chair of the Republican Party (the then-Governor’s crony) for self-dealing and resigned from the energy Commission to call attention to it. Obama chose to cozy up to the entrenched corruption from Daly, to Blogo, to the Chair of the State Senate.
those kind of compromises debase the person.
it didn’t matter to me that he went to harvard law and she to 5 state schools; that he had traveled to indonesia and pakistan when he was in college; and she had worked in a fishing company. what mattered to me was the character she had shown and he hadn’t.
but i’m an old time who thinks the measure of a person is known by what they do, not who they know or how they sound.
What analytical writing did you do? You just regurgitated the out-dated Palin talking points that you got from your day at Obot training camp.
BO did not know Rezko was a crook.
BO did not know Blagoieski was corrupt.
If you believe he didn’t know, he already sold you a bridge in Chicago. You will paying for it over the next four years. Start saving your dimes.
Bo did not know Wright was racist and hated America even tho he sat in the church for 20 years
I dont see any evidence of analytical abilty in your writing.
Sorry, I don’t think you understand what it means.
NoDimes, just the coin of the realm with you eh?, can you spare a ‘Barak’?
So what qualifications does Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg have that would make a New Yorker reassured that their state is well represented? That family connections are what one needs to be effective? Or would you prefer the pay to play method?
As an Obama supporter do you not rail against and find it repulsive that the bourgeois and aristocratic are sucking the life out of this Republic? Isn’t that why you voted for BO? From what height does one have piss on you for you to get it?
???????????????????
I really don’t care what gender a person is, if they are QUALIFIED, which neither she or BO are.
NoDimes…interesting. Nocents,either.
Gotta pay to play. lol
yep. Sarah Palin didn’t have enough time in the process to get her soundbites down for interviews. Probably because she wasn’t being groomed by Asselrove.
Yeaaaah. for sure.
Your girlfriend’s dad is a hardcore chauvanist. That was his motivation, whether he’ll admit it or not.
Palin at least EARNED her governorship.
But somewhere along the line, the state of Alaska has become an American template for a not-so-bright state. I hope the good people of Alaska realize that they have been maligned as a way of demeaning their governor. Suddenly, Alaskans are not to be taken seriously.
And even as Caroline steps forward, with NO resume, NO credentials, NO political achievements, the Palin-haters are front and center to give Caroline a pass.
I used to love the Kennedys. But after they ganged up against Hillary, they are DEAD to me.
I also hear that Caroline’s been lazy and ineffective in the little education appointment she received in NYC schools.
Senator material? I think not!
Oprah actually founded a school for young ladies in Africa. An Academy. Future Leaders of America after they get their degrees here by nature of being a foreign student.
Why doesn’t she get Hillary’s NY Senate Seat? I am sure she owns a penthouse in NYC.
She already sits on the Throne in Chi-town and so Barry Soetero’s unused Senate seat would be a measly step down. All things considered.
Caroline can just follow Hillary’s footsteps, steal all her ideas and get it done. She doesn’t have to go on TV every day, you know.
Perfect. Caroline shall be installed.
NoDimes — If speaking is your criteria for elected office then Caroline Kennedy fails on every level! Palin is genuine, of the people, was elected Governor of Alaska, and IS INTERESTING! Caroline is BORING! She can’t even look the camera in the eye when she speaks in public.
Tell your gf Dad he is a sexist pig for me..
Tell his gf Dad that his d has a bf that has s..t for brains, too.
lol
I guess they didn’t like Gov Palin because she is a self-made woman and she is not from a Dynasty or from Chicago corrupt politics.
F’n liars said they didn’t want anymore Dynasties but look what Liars they are!
Democraps bow deeper to the Queen of England than repubs.
Onassis must have given her a very good education in how to “pay to play”
Onassis was an environmental rapist. The guy thought he was God on earth.
Onassis is responsible for the near extinction of the worlds whale populations and prided himself with bar stools made from the foreskin of sperm whales. I’m sure Caroline got much experience in getting whatever she wants.
Isn’t this just a confirmation for our suspicion that Hillary was offered SOS to lure her out of her rock-solid Senate seat so it can be bestowed to Caroline?
my thinking exactly. i was wondering when the reasoning would be clear. i just didn’t think it would become this transparently clear this soon.
oh, well, i expect hillary will make the best lemonade ever with the sour lemons she has once again been given.
” i was wondering when the reasoning would be clear. i just didn’t think it would become this transparently clear this soon.”
Nor did I.
But I guess that’s what happens when people who are used to lying and getting away with it win a supposed mandate of the people.
Caroline is a lawyer, wrote some books, and did some philanthropic things. These are her qualifications aside from the family name, which she so subtly used during this election season and when coming out with her support of Obama.
Yup, me thinks that too!
Unca Ted had it all worked out. This way he gets to give his seat to the Widow Ted. And Kerry will get to be SoS when barky kicks HRC to the curb. Notice Kerry has gotten nuttin’ honey so far and isn’t bitchin’ …..
Is The Office of P E B O a figment of BO’s imagination?
Let’s throw our shoes at Caroline Schlossberg like the Iraqi dude did to Bush yesterday.
Maybe she’ll get the message even though Bush didn’t.
shoes and dirty sox!
That’s what I believe too. They know that Hill will say yes because she won’t say no to a call of duty to country.
She needs to back out of it..Her tears were trying to tell herself something. She needs to stay put.
Yup, as SOS, all the dirty work will be dumped on her and she’ll end up like Colin Powell, politically dead. Or they will probably get rid of her within a year just to kick her in the gut. She’ll end up with no SOS, no Senate seata. I get the strong vibe that the Dem elites still want to punish her for having a mind of her own. In the end, those evil SOBs just want her gone.
well maybe if Hillary gets kicked enough she’ll learn.
Don’t think she will in time. She still thinks she can out-maneuver the fools. But when the fools out-number you, they win by exhausting your energy.
The only scenario I can envision is for BO to fail so spectacularly, and for her to have enough distance to not get tarnished by his failure. It’s tough if she’s his SOS, because BO is good at one thing and on thing only, shifting the blame onto someone else.
You know, given the ideological bent of some on Obama’s NSC, his antiIsrael supporters, I am HAPPY Clinton is taking the SoS position.
So, maybe it goes beyond politics, sometimes, no matter how they may try to minimize her, a voice defining sane ME, and therefore sane United States strategic policy, is welcome, and needed.
BO is good at 2 things:
and only two things
1. passing the blame
2. taking credit of other people’s ideas, efforts and success; imho, of course : )
If Hillary has dirt dumped on her she has one weapon that she can wield with great effect. She can write a book and name names. What a way to get even. I am sure that is one book which would reach the best sellers list within a very short time. Just think of all the dirt she could drag out from the Primaries, especially the Convention. Some people would be quaking in their shoes.
HRC hasn’t resigned her seat yet . . . .
I live in upstate NY we DO NOT want her! We want a person who has experience, not just a name,someone who knows what is good for all of NY and cares about the state not just the city! ….go get in line for your uncles seat. Stay out of NY’s governement!
Benjamin Franklin was right when he said that greed would destroy our democracy. Now Senate seats, whether in Illinois or New York, are sold for donations or cash payments. If someone leaves the House of Representatives, for whatever reason, a special election is held. We should apply that same standard to the Senate. I pray that Governor Paterson has the political courage to appoint a qualified candidate and not merely one who believes that they are “entitled.”
My children have told me not to support her.
My guess…
You are the Senator from Missouri…
Shucks I missed the joke!
You have some smart children, they are invited to tea any time.
She will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States, and she will become the first female president of the United States.
The future is getting so very murky…
Wow the venom! Just stumbled onto this site. You people are some serious haters. Does having a group to vent help? — or just reinforce all your negative feelings. I think you people will find yourselves yelling about black helicopters after Obama takes office. Do yourselves a favor and move on.
Why don’t you take you own advice and shove off?
And which Dwarf are you?
how about Dopey (and rhymes w Hopey….)
you stumbled onto this site my ass. You obots are so damn stupid. you all aren’t fooling anyone…pretending to come here to spout about our “hate” when really all you’re doing is getting info to take back to your club. do us a favor, and you move on.
Do yourself a favor and butt out or shut up!
If I shut up will you grow up?
I know, I couldn’t believe this website when I found it earlier today. Has the internet gone back in time to the democratic primaries? These people are loony toons.
I’ve even seen posts detailing a conspiracy to get HRC to SOS just to so that evil Caroline can have a senate seat. ROTFL.
Mkay, good for you!
NoDimes,
Isn’t there some heavy traffic you can play in?
Get lost.
Do yourselves a favor and move on.
Take your own advice WOW!!! And don’t let the door hot you in the behind when you leave. And don’t come back either.
And oh, by the way. Free thought and free speech is still allowed in the USA. Get used to it because none of us here ay NQ are ever giving that right up. Get over yourself and your narrow world view.
Free speech has its limitations.
I love you participate on a PUBLIC website discussing politics, then when someone doesn’t agree with you you whine about first amendment rights and cry that you want to be left alone.
Grow up.
This has nothing to do with the stated arguement.
WOW …..you are nothing but a sham
These comments about how much “hate” us posters have is
just a ploy to cast all of us who are critical of Obama and the Dems in general as haters, racists, non hopers, even anti-American
move on … nothing for you to see here but some real independent thought
wow.
move on. Do us a favor.
I have a feeling that I may never vote in a presidential election again in my life.
So – just because Caroline has decided SHE wants it, does that mean she necessarily GETS it??
Holy freakin’ Toledo. NQ, you said it – experience is so 20th century…
She hasn’t gotten it yet. Show a little restraint before you get all bothered.
But that isn’t what is happening, here.
Are you sure you’re reading?
NoDimes.
NoCents.
Notice the Obots show up in pairs when they are really worried about a post we have? That must be some new training they started at Obot training camp.
LMAO…cripes, you trolls are pathetic. Must be desperate for some intelligent conversation.
It`s called cloning.
and they just found the site today? right
You hit the nail on the head. There we were coasting along at O Headquarters when we saw NoQuarter updated with a scathing expose on the Caroline Kennedy plan to get her Hillary’s seat. It was all planned so well…appoint HRC to SOS to appease the PUMAS…then get Caroline HRC’s senate seat…then fire HRC from SOS and promote Bill Richardson. BWA HA HA HA HA.
We’re scared you’ll expose the whole thing!
I am going to have to report you to HQ for acknowledging our joint trolling efforts. Remember you can’t slide anything by the Mensa franchise known as ‘No Quarter”. We must be careful comrade.
I think that plastic chinstrap which affixes the beanie to your size 6 hat-sized head is just a tad tight, goob.
Do you guys also play Cowboys and Indians when you get together?
Hey there mommy basement troll, seems you aren’t keeping up on things, it won’t be Bill Richardson, since he is under investigation for “Pay to Play” in New Mexico now…..lol
But there again, to know that you’d need to know more than what Axelrod feeds you trolls.
So how is the change coming about your phoney leader keeps stumping on? Iran really liked it didn’t they, told him to FO on trying to present the same old tried crap of years ago. Well maybe Odumbo will learn more when having tea with the dictators of the world……lmao
How about that terrorist calling him a “house negro”
THAT really showed how much the world loves him right?
One thing the bots do is show how absolutely little understanding they have of politics and strategy. Guess that’s why they are posting on blogs instead of working for The One.
The bots with IQs above 50 are working on the transition. The rest are out trolling. That’s why we get the worst of the worst here.
Bill Richardson has his own explaining to do with his own pay to play…doubt if he will be in O’s admim.
How much does a seat in NY cost? Will she be bringing her children, because women who have children shouldn’t be in goverment…wasn’t that the beef with Gov. Palin?
Doesn’t Obama have more to worry about than NQ?
I mean, given the feds are breathing down his neck, and those of his supporters from Richardson, to, oh, I wouldn’ t be surprised to hear of DK being serevd with something, pretty soon.
(sic)
Really, Obama has bigger problems than any blog.
Right?
Richardson? that’s funny, he’s pretty busy staying out of jail.
Everyone is so touchy. So I am an Obot? What are you? You seem to see yourself as the last honest and clear thinking people on the planet. Despite being wrong about everything you manage to keep this sense of rightous superiority. That is called delusion. Every day you reinforce each others crazy conspiracy theories. Ahh .. have fun with that.
It’s just tedious after awhile, you know?
He’s corrupt, the political system is corrupt, there is proof, and you babble on, as if 50 year old techniques of PR are still effective.
I mean, as Larry said the other day, Jarrett, Rham and Axelrod have big problems.
No two bit troll, ivy league or not, will help them.
I’m a nobot.
Caroline Schlossberg -experience = NONE!
Job Resume: No history of ever having a J.O.B.
Bracko Insane Mohammed Nobama- experience = running for office.
Job Resume = posing in the state and US Senate and voting present.
Worked for Acorn as a community organizer to
get outhold summer camp classes on how to cheat the vote Alinsky style.Other experience: NONE
Schooling: NONE-claims of having graduated from Columbia and Harvard are unfounded and undocumented, therefore false. Never graduated from college.
Law license given to him by mobsters in Chicago on a ‘pay to play’ grant.
Executive experience: NONE
Foreign experience: A vacation trip around Europe and Middle East summer of 2008 at the expense of tax dollars.
Medical history- treated for Schizophrenia in the early 80’s and must currently take meds to stop the voices and the stuttering as well as keep the schizo outbreaks under control.
Thanks for that bit of incoherence. Maybe you should look into those head-voice meds.
Wow Troll: beat it. You are a certifiable imbecile moron.
Go study some for your finals.
Holy shit..WOW. How will we repute this? Rolling_thunder knows EVERYTHING. Sweet baby jesus, what are we going to do???
You are schizo too. You posting as two different people but really answering yourself. In a bitchy mood? go take a walk stupid.
Just stick with the plan No Dimes. After we get the re-education camps up and running we will take care of Rolling_thunder. Until then we can just pray to our strange pagan gods that R_t doesn’t get a national platform and just sticks to useless low traffic sites like No Quarter.
Thank Obama you have a clear head on your shoulders. The One has nothing to fear from these sheep.
The one will fail on his own, thank you very much.
I don’t know what makes you so stupid, but it really works!
BAAAA BAAAA little HARP BAAAAAAAAAA.
I think it is the No Quarter blog that is making everyone stupid. The evidence is all over the comment section.
Wowee!
And look who remains here and tries to reason.
Stop the hate!
Thinking with the bigger of the two heads and sadly it is in his pants? Just a thought ….
jealous? a little envy maybe?
Honey …. as a woman, I have had more than one man lie about what six inches looks like …. hahahahhaha …. happily there are a few good men who still measure up.
Thanks for the update on your ongoing promiscuity.
I’ll bet you’ve got a W tattooed on each of your buttcheeks so when you bend over it spells your name . . .
I don’t know whether to laugh or gag.
I thought that women were allowed to have their own needs. I thought that’s what I was working for back there in those ancient days of the 60’s …. And then we got the little twerps and thugs and holier than thous who support ‘bama …. at least I understand the thinking of the supporters of the Crimson Tide. The little thugs from Chicago are just pathological.
Thanks for visiting; every comment and click you make NoQuarter gets $$$: thanks pal. Keep coming.
I swear to god, I have made suggestions to them, but the trolls just will not listen to me.
And here, I was offering really, the least painful solution.
LMAO
whoa, whoa now hold on thar pardner.
She can sit on a committee and choose the candidate to fulfill Patti Solis Doyle’s (Chief of Staff for the VeePee) future boss’ job.
~ Joe Biden from Scranton! We can’t help but gravitating to Delaware for some reason. hahahaha
And she’s really good at Profiles in Courage and Privacy. Just an expert! She reminds me of Cheyney looking for the perfect VP for Bush 2.
This columnist says it: A Senate Seat is Not a Kennedy Heirloom
She is brave, does she know what happened to HeraLDO Rivera when he was going to do a story about the Kennedy’s?
Someone peed in Isle 666. Please clean up the mess.
Hey R_t you can’t expect other people to clean up your mess. You clean up aisle 666. Good one.
Wow is NoDimes who talks to themself and that schizo OBOT needs to be shown the door…
r_t: Don’t you think Obama has more than one bot at NoQuarters at all times??
This website is the pulse of the nation, man.
You must be slaving it down here all by your lonesome. Not too high on the Obot hierarachy, are you? Keep slaving away, and maybe they will pay you a quarter a day soon.
Scared much Wow No dimes?
Yep we are scared. As my fellow Obot says this is the heart of rational thought on the internet. You in particular R_t are really scary.
You are actually, given the reality Obama is facing.
No one wants to go to prison.
Now, if we could just get through to Iran, and Russia.
I will worry about that when you are actually right about something.
Wow and no dimes are talking to themselves…they are ONE stupid OBOT with mush for brains..
OBAMA SUCKS THE BIG ONE OBOT! Ask Larry sinclair.
Sexist and homophobic.
A perfect example of tyhe hate shown here.
No YOU are the sexist pig.
Anyone who votes for the sexist pig Obama is also a sexist pig.
Very simple.
Oh give me a break.
Obama of course is not a sexist and homophobe — guess that’s why he chose to not have his pic taken with gay politicians and says he doesn’t want a girly dog.
I would like someone to actually give me Caroline’s qualifications. You know like you were able to do about Obama’s.
And I’m a proud liberal who doesn’t buy bullshit like the kind that’s been spewing from Obama’s mouth his whole run … Obama’s above politics, indeed
What’s the big deal.
Caroline is good looking and the Senate is a just a corrupt playpen for egotistical mediocrities.
It doesn’t really make a difference who goes there – to steal and pop the groupies.
Gosh…this is so depressing…. All these empty head NO experience power players getting away with it.
Not as depressing as having to read the words of a stupid troll, one who can’t write, read or think.
Making you par for the course, actually.
BTW, this is why Obama will fail.
You suck, and so do the rest of the people he surrounds himself with, (for the most part).
HTH
You are the imbecile troll : beat it moron.
Remember all this talk about people being sick of dynasties? And can you imagine the uproar if someone suggested running Chelsea for her mother’s seat?
Can you imagine Chelsea asking for it? At least she has an employment history.
Caroline Kennedy presumably supported Obama because he was supposed to be another JFK. I guess that conclusion was based on Obama’s “Dreams From My Father”. Jack Cashill has compiled a withering case supporting Bill Ayers as the ghost writer for “Dreams”. What kind of judgement and integrity does Caroline have if she can be persuaded to support the puppet fraud, Obama, on such a flimsy, questionable basis?
…. and does that mean that Bill Ayers is the real deserving candidate for the JFK mantle? What does that say about her judgment?
Amazing. I hope all of the Pro Obama supporters & groupies who want to side with the Iraqi’s if the political wind blows that way that hate Bush are happy. I have alot of issues with this administration, but I do respect the position. And I would defend said position the exact same way when Obama holds it. I respect the office and position but I dont have to agree with the person to execute my job.
And after reading blogs and comments siding with the actions of a journalist who should not have been able to even execute what he has done. Not because of Bush but the position. For me it is about the position he holds. But today a part of me just shriveled up and died reading what I did. I have tried and tried to make the effort to attempt to give this new administration a chance. But I just cannot do it. His supporters and the Pro Obama media have turned me against even trying. Getting emails from a couple of my buddies downrange about what I am about to say hurts.
People are no longer able to separate Bush from the military. People do not realize that they do not hate Bush, they hate all of us. Thank god for NQR. Because to read the blogs and comments of people labeling this journalist a hero amazes me. It is hard to be deployed around the holiday but even more when you read the crap people write.
You hate bush, I get it. I really do. But our job is hard in the sense we have to execute when ordered. We understand now that throwing a shoe in there culture is equivalent to spitting on someone.
Today, they did the same thing again. But this time, today, Soldiers had to stand there and get pelted with shoes while on patrol. While everyone here praise the journalist for being there “hero”.
Wow – I never thought I would read such ignorance from someone who claims to be a US Soldier. You really have no idea of the mission do you. The US is supposed to side with the Iraqis. We are supposed to be there to liberate them.
Proud-Liberal — oh another sexist pig?
I must be a sexist woman then.
Who mentioned Obama anyway? Only your hate involves him in everything. While you are at it, the current tally of votes now stands at 69,445,367 votes. A lead of 9,521,530 votes and 7.3%. He got over 7,000,000 more votes than any president in history.
Moreover he won a higher percentage of votes from Americans that any other first term President. For all elections he was beaten only by the Ronald Reagan 1984 run.
Enough to make any Democratic supporter proud.
Not me. Left the party. After 36 years. Call you a democrap. You put “party” before integrity. I am happy not to be you. Guess when you voted for a fraud, you need to read about how many people were duped just.like.you.
I’m with you. I left the Democratic Party after 32 years. What remains of my former party are the extremists, which makes it too corrupt to ever be repaired.
Wow – I never thought I would read such ignorance from someone who claims to be a US Soldier.
Why is it ProudLiberal = (asshole) that you would denigrate a member of our armed forces for expressing her views that are gained the hard way?
You did not comprehend what soldier4hillary just said? She is indeed, a very intelligent, perseptive and DEDICATED service member.
You are not only gutless but very blind. The Sargent can defend herself no doubt. ProudLiberal, I find your comment very sickening as well, in light of the fact the Sargent is well aware of her obligation to the Constituion of the United States which you, by your comments, take it for granted.
I truly pity you, ProudLiberal, like no one I have ever known.
@soldier4hillary; God speed to you and yours, thank you for your service.
honey, you don’t make any sense.
The point soldier is making is that the honorable position of POTUS was insulted. Soldier is also saying that the disrespect shown for the POTUS Bush has been transferred onto the soldiers themselves with a similar act of disrespect akin to spitting on someone (Iraqis throwing shoes at them while walking by). And it disheartens Soldier to hear that Americans are praising the Iraqi reporter as some kind of hero.
Obama’s just merely winning the election is not going to change this disrespect. In fact, recent evidence is that the Al Qaeda terrorist Zarwahiri called Obama a “house negro” in his latest address.
Sweetie
you must find it hard to see. I would suggest that you calm down and stop hating and fearing everything. You have no need to be so Anti American.
Supposed Soldier was deliberately attempting to misquote Obama. Just to correct her hate, here is the full quote from President Elect Obama.
“Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
Sweetie
you must find it hard to see. I would suggest that you calm down and stop hating and fearing everything. You have no need to be so Anti American.
“Soldier” was deliberately attempting to misquote Obama. Just to correct her hate, here is the full quote from President Elect Obama.
“Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
Her rant also appears to have come from no where. I have read reports of Iraqis claiming that the reporter is a hero. I have also read reports demanding the release of the reporter concerned. No one in the US is claiming he is a hero.
As for the respect levels Bush has sunk this Country and our Soldiers to, it is unfortunately much much lower than the equivalent of being spat on. Why do you think you can not wear a shoe in a mosque?
I am not saying they are right to throw shoes (they are better than bombs I guess). However what respect would American citizens give to an illegal invading army responsible for 1 million deaths?
And for the service member that are sent on such missions you show contempt.
It is a pity you don’t have guts to quote the 1st edition of that passage.
… and that I will stand with [the muslims] should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
[the muslims] is an inserted quote. If you are able to read, I have posted the full quote.
I despise the mission. I despise the fact that our Soldiers were sent in to an illegal war by a War Criminal unelected President. I do not despise our troops. That does not mean I agree with every single serving or ex Soldier. You lot lost.
And on Election night those pieces of shit carrying and flaunting the hammer and sickle commie flag as the White House lit up behind them.
Pigs.
The question I want answered is, and I am from Illinois, Obama’s senatorial state: How did an unknown congressman become the democratic nominee in 2006 for Senator, win the election and suddenly run for president? Whose hands were in whose pockets and who financed Mr. Obama along the way? Who does he owe favors to for all of this? This is politics as usual in Illinois (I suspect we are not the only state) so when Mr. Obama pretends not to know corruption is going on here, and had nothing to do with it, then he is more insane/crazy than they are saying Gov. Blagojevich is!
Oh, gee, sucky ivy league educated troll, haven’t seen this one before.
See why you suck?
I used to think the Clintons were politically savvy, but I’m convinced the likewise now.
Captain Kumbaya installs Hillary as SoS, leaving her to tow the Obama line over and over and under the Captain and his minions thumbs. Meanwhile, an Obama lackeye is now set to replace his “nemisis”. Bottom line? Captain Kumbaya now has 2 butt kissing senators in line from NY and, Hillary is under Obama’s thumb.
Ok, astute analysis.
I mean, spot on, really really great stuff.
beat it troll
Hey
Veruca Salt…ahem Caroline Kennedy stay home and look after your teenage kids will ya?Maybe she’s aging out of her social clubs?
Veruca Salt? What did they do?
Didn’t we go through all this a week ago? She had called the governor then to express her interest. So what are they trying to distract our attention from now by bringing this to the forefront again after it had died down?
Gee, what else has been in the news lately . . .
The sad state of our democracy, regardless of party, is that persons are selected not by their qualifications to govern, but name recognition and who can raise the most money.
We are becoming the country that that our fore father’s revolted against. It was who you knew, who was your daddy, and how much money did you have.
Caroline Kennedy should be ashasmed of herself and so should Hillary. It was a mistake for her to take the SOS position because BO is unqualified and his administration will be similar to Nixon’s Watergate.
This is all about money and power. The Dems do not give a damn about the people that they represent. I agree with the other poster, what were the Clintons thinking? If CK becomes the junior senator, she will be a rubber stamp for all of BO’s policies.
The best way for David Paterson to show the toughness we want to see in our governor before we elect him in his own right is to just say no to this spoiled brat of a selfish socialite.
Electorally speaking, it doesn’t get any bluer than my neighborhood on the Upper West Side, and NOBODY wants Kennedy in the seat. The same Democrats who sent Jake Javits and Al D’Amato to the Senate and George Pataki to the Statehouse over and over again will have no problem voting for a Republican over a Kennedy in 2010 as long as the GOP nominates a savvy scrapper who will stand up for New Yorkers.
It’s the MSM, the 0bots, and people in faraway places fueling the boom for Kennedy. Now they’ve been joined by Ms Moneybags herself. Tough T in the big C. We don’t want her. There’s no replacing Hillary, but this adds too much insult to too big of an injury.
“a savvy scrapper” — this is what I respect most about HRC
Indeed. I’m going to spend a lot of time over the course of the next four years wondering what might have been had HRC been elected. Her not occupying the Oval office is an enormous waste of talent. That One is a piker by way of comparison.
AndrewP,
Thank God! A fellow NYorker. And bearing good news.
Glad to hear that no one in your neighborhood wants her.
I know I don’t. I hope you and your neighbors take the time to email Gov Paterson.
Upstate will never go for Kennedy, and Paterson knows it. It’s very conservative in many areas of Upstate NY. After Blago, Paterson will look like an idiot if he “sells” this seat to Kennedy. She’s having a mid-life crisis, so Teddy’s going to buy her a Senate seat? This country is in serious trouble. They’re not even pretending that we have a representative democracy anymore.
Actually, I believe JFK essentially bought Teddy his seat, and Teddy bought Jr. his seat, so its all in the family tradition. And of course old Joe bought JFK the Presidency, so Blago is only honoring a timeless tradition. ( I liked JFK, and thought Bobby was going to be even better since he was the one who shored up Jack.) But how did Jesse Jackson Jr who didn’t know MLK was dead when Johnson and a posse of whites passed Civil rights legislation, get his seat? And going back further, how did BO get his state seat in the fist place?
How else?
Stole it, like he got everything else.
THANK YOU! Caroline has officially become another rich, spoiled, LEGACY KID with a famous name. THIS IS PATHETIC.
I hope Paterson says no to this ludicrous ploy by the Kennedy family to foist their favorite daughter onto this nation.
Give me a break. I never had anything but respect for Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg—until now. This is RIDICULOUS.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR RICH KIDS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE is why we had a REVOLUTION in the first place, remember?
In Britain, your birth to a nobleman or a pauper sealed your fate. In the new America, the ideals were different; all were born equal, noblemen’s sons and daughters had to earn their success same as pauper’s sons and daughters.
Caroline Kennedy does NOT deserve this Senate seat by virtue of her famous NAME. This is cheap, crass, and sickening.
she bugs me, but your comment on the name thing is baloney.
i don’t know the law in NY, but in most places when a woman marries she may use any name she wants unless there is an intent to defraud.
taking a man’s name in our anglo influenced culture is a vestige of the times when it indicated that a woman was property of her husband.
i’m no one’s property. i’m sticking with my own name. caroline can do whatever she wants.
that said, i hope she does not get the seat.
Yep, NoDimes/Wow troll sockpuppets. It’s a way overused troll tactic. Check the ISP address, I guarantee it’s the same.
Ted and Caroline’s endorsement of Obama played a major role in derailing Hillary’s campaign as the first woman president. It makes you wonder if what is going on today was part of their strategy in late January 2008.
It was infuriating to the point I had a hard time having much sympathy for the ensuing health issues that became their reality. Caroline’s qualifications is neither here nor there in my mind. I could never support her given her unwelcomed role in insuring Hillary would not be our president-elect today.
Caroline Kennedy was a major stumbling block in 2008 and hurt the cause of women regardless of the fact she is a woman herself. Now, instead of running as a woman, she is running as a Kennedy. I want her to know she will not have the Hillary supporters that stuck with Hillary to the end and refused to vote for the illegitimate nominee. And hopefully, they will refuse to vote/support Caroline as well.
I would rather see Fran Drescher be appointed to this Senate seat. She has maybe accomplished 50 times more in the way of women’s health then CK ever has and personally she is a native New Yorker.
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SO FAR WE HAVE NOT HEARD A WORD ABOUT THIS FROM HILLARY.
NOTICE THAT CAROLINE KENNEDY DID NOT CONTACT HILLARY TO LET HER KNOW SHE WANTED HER JOB.
I AM SORRY BUT IT IS TIME FOR SOMEONE TO WAKE HILLARY UP TO THE FUCKING REAL WORLD.
IF SHE JUMPS INTO OBAMA LAND AND GIVES UP THE SENATE SEAT, SHE IS SCREWED.
THE AUDACITY OF THAT KENNEDY BITCH TO EVEN BEGIN TO THROW HER ENTITLEMENT OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC WHEN HILLARY HAS SAID THAT SHE WILL NOT RESIGN UNTIL SHE IS CONFIRMED IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY.
BILL HAS SACRIFICED A LOT FROM HIS ORG FOR HER TO BE SOS AND NOT CONFLICT WITH OBAMA.
BUT YOU CAN BE ASSURED, THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO KICK HILLARY OUT AFTER SWEET CAROLINE IS SITTING COMFORTABLE IN HILLARY’S SEAT.
HILLARY NEEDS TO DROP THE SOS POSITION AND MAKE KENNEDY LOOK LIKE A TOTAL FOOL.
HILLARY HAS HER SENATE SEAT UNTIL 2012. THE PEOPLE PUT HER THERE AND OBAMA CAN’T TOUCH THAT AND BY THEN HE WILL HAVE FUCKED THIS COUNTRY UP SO BAD……..
WHO KNOWS WHO WILL BE PRESIDENT…………..
HILLARY PLEASE STAY IN THE US SENATE AND MAKE THAT KENNEDY CRAWL BACK UNDER HER ROCK!
WE NEED HILLARY PROTECTED AND IN THE US SENATE WHERE OBAMA CANNNOT TOUCH HER.
Here! Here! Well said, Ranger.
I wish Bill would go after HRC’s senate seat.
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Joe Klein has some interesting suggestions for Hillary’s Senate seat that excludes Caroline — interesting take —
“And I’d hope that Governor David Paterson might consider a similar sort of selection–an honorary, non-political (but Democratic) appointee, a person of real, world-class, distinction who would never normally serve in the Senate, to grace the seat until the next election–if he hasn’t already been bum-rushed into the Kennedy coronation. Certainly, New York State is filled with extraordinary people. Here are four:
–Dr. Harold Varmus, former head of the National Institutes of Health, now director of the Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer hospital. He could add real value to the Senate’s health insurance debate.
–Geoffrey Canada has spent his life doing extraordinary work with the young people, especially the young men, of Harlem. He would be a strong, African-American voice for the poor.
–Vishaka Desai, president of the Asia Society would be the first member of the Senate born in India. She would bring great knowledge about the world’s hottest hot-spot to the Senate, plus great expertise in the areas of education and culture.
–Judge Judith Kaye, the briliant chief justice of New York’s highest court, soon to retire.
There are dozens of others such. The point is, that the Blagojevich fiasco and now the Kennedy play have turned the selection of new Senators into a skeevy travesty. The best way to change the story would be go in the exact opposite direction–go completely high-minded.”
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