Why anyone would want her in public office is beyond me.

She has said something to the effect that her name works against her as she has to prove herself on her own grounds.

Yeah... her name works against her.

/she also uses "being a mother" as one of her qualifications, repeatedly in the press

The left's Sarah Palin.

With probably less pallin' around with drug dealers.

about all she's going to accomplish is to drive the neocons nuts, which is cool even if there are already 789,865,632 other ways to do that.

She is a little like Palin, but without the experience. Kinda like our new community organizer in chief.

Generation_D: The left's Sarah Palin.

With probably less pallin' around with drug dealers.

And with Ivy league undergrad and law degrees.

Awww crap. Giuliani Syndrome's gone airborne.

Caroline is smarter than Palin but not experienced.

As a Democrat, I'm not keen on her getting nominated simply for name recognition. But I'm not a resident of New York.

/How Alaska wound up with Palin says lots about their available candidates.

GaryPDX: Why anyone would want her in public office is beyond me.

Lots of things are beyond you, Gary.

A member of the ruling class not fit to rule? INCONCEIVEABLE!

/But she can't see Russia from her mansion

Carotid: /she also uses "being a mother" as one of her qualifications, repeatedly in the press

you know who else did that a lot?

Well, I'd kind of like to see her get it just to stick it to the Republicans. Besides, I've always had a crush on her and I really only try to think with my dick (like most male Republicans who support Palin even though she's an inexperienced coont).

burndtdan: Carotid: /she also uses "being a mother" as one of her qualifications, repeatedly in the press

you know who else did that a lot?

Hitler?

She's gonna get her ass sued.



9/11™

Eddie Adams from Torrance: burndtdan: Carotid: /she also uses "being a mother" as one of her qualifications, repeatedly in the press

you know who else did that a lot?

Hitler?

if it's "being a mother", it would have to be girl hitler.

Hi GaryPDX! While we don't always concur on politics, I appreciate very much that you at least think your discussion through. I really grow tired of the ones who just pop in, claim Democrats and liberals hate the USA, etc., and just say it over and over again. At least you have some logic to your opinion.

AirForceVet: Hi GaryPDX! While we don't always concur on politics, I appreciate very much that you at least think your discussion through. I really grow tired of the ones who just pop in, claim Democrats and liberals hate the USA, etc., and just say it over and over again. At least you have some logic to your opinion.

i like that he backs his argument up with statisticals.

MeinRS6: She is a little like Palin, but without the experience...

Best laugh of the night.

burndtdan: i like that he backs his argument up with statisticals.

Very small ones though.

Generation_D: The left's Sarah Palin.

With probably less pallin' around with drug dealers.

Except actually intelligent and accomplished and not at all getting by based on her looks or some dumb reputaiton as a small-town, salt of the earth, outsider politician...

wait a minute, she isn't at all like Palin on any level...

Not that I'm defending Caroline's bid here, but if you want to attack her at least make sense.

GaryPDX: Why anyone would want her in public office is beyond me.

She would probably be great.

But the fact that she doesn't have much political experience and clearly can't handle the media/pressure of running a campaign doesn't make me like the idea of her being anointed basically based on her connections.

bronyaur1: Generation_D: The left's Sarah Palin.

With probably less pallin' around with drug dealers.

And with Ivy league undergrad and law degrees.

Yeah, but that's not enough (in my humble opinion) to be a US senator. Some political experience should be a de facto prerequisite.

/not particularly impressed, hope Patterson picks someone else.
//not from NY, so, eh.

Bill Frist: GaryPDX: Why anyone would want her in public office is beyond me.

She would probably be great.

But the fact that she doesn't have much political experience and clearly can't handle the media/pressure of running a campaign doesn't make me like the idea of her being anointed basically based on her connections.

yeah, that.

bronyaur1: Generation_D: The left's Sarah Palin.

With probably less pallin' around with drug dealers.

And with Ivy league undergrad and law degrees and the last name of Kennedy

FTFY.

Um...

...don't the Kennedys live in Massachusetts?

Why is it that people from certain families can pretend that they're from two or three or four states at once?

Take the Bushes, for instance... Connecticutt, Texas, AND Florida? WTF?

Then the Clintons... Arkansas, AND Chicago, AND Colorado, AND New York?

This whole family dynasty thing is getting freaking old.

Let this Caroline Kennedy start off on the ground level, and go win an election for town council, or the local school board, or even as a community organizer for a few years... and once she's learned the ropes, then maybe she should be considered for the Senate.

Generation_D: The left's Sarah Palin.

With probably less pallin' around with drug dealers.

The media will give her 1/20 of the scrutiny they gave Palin or McCain.

Typically, when I hear anyone vying for a position of power by touting being a "parent" as one of their qualifications, I instantly block out anything else they say in disgust.

Nemo's Brother: Generation_D: The left's Sarah Palin.

With probably less pallin' around with drug dealers.

The media will give her 1/20 of the scrutiny they gave Palin or McCain.


Maybe. That might very well be true.

But I bet you couldn't articulate why.

And if the word "liberal" leaves your mouth, you'll have to wear the dunce cap for the rest of the thread.

As "retarded" as Palin was, she started from nothing, campaigned and won the mayor gig. She then became governor, something even the most smug TFer could never accomplish in a million years.

Let Caroline campaign a few times.

General Zang:
Let this Caroline Kennedy start off on the ground level, and go win an election for town council, or the local school board, or even as a community organizer for a few years... and once she's learned the ropes, then maybe she should be considered for the Senate.

Lots of people start out in politics at the House or Senate level. Far as I'm concerned, when you're good enough, go ahead and slide on in at whatever level you think you're good enough for. Sometimes a mix of experience and inexperience is good.

As for family dynasties, nothing says one member of a family can't pass the necessary knowledge down to other members of their family to where they can hop in themselves and immediately have some idea what they're doing. For example, (the Udalls are awesome. Two of them going into the Senate at once is not a bad thing.)

That just addresses the underlying issues concerning Caroline's qualifications. As for Caroline herself... eh. All I'm really seeing so far is her running on her name and the fact that she'd really like to be a Senator. Which by itself-- I said a family name CAN be a good thing, but it is not by itself an automatic qualifier. I really haven't seen anything to separate her from Cuomo or anyone else.

General Zang: Um...

...don't the Kennedys live in Massachusetts?

Why is it that people from certain families can pretend that they're from two or three or four states at once?

haha... what?

You are forced to stay in the same state as your ancestors lived?

Are you joking?

This guy's Ivy League educated daughter gets my vote.

If she says it over 5,872 times over the next couple of months then she will deserve the Guliani treatment, subby.

bronyaur1: Generation_D: The left's Sarah Palin.

With probably less pallin' around with drug dealers.

And with Ivy league undergrad and law degrees.

Dubya got a Yale BA and a Harvard MBA.

Just sayin'.

Eddie Adams from Torrance: burndtdan: Carotid: /she also uses "being a mother" as one of her qualifications, repeatedly in the press

you know who else did that a lot?

Hitler?

America Hitler. So pretty much yes.

Son of Thunder: bronyaur1: Generation_D: The left's Sarah Palin.

With probably less pallin' around with drug dealers.

And with Ivy league undergrad and law degrees.

Dubya got a Yale BA and a Harvard MBA.

Just sayin'.

And he is also more qualified than Sarah Palin.
Though he's still a farkwad douchenozzle.

bronyaur1: Generation_D: The left's Sarah Palin.

With probably less pallin' around with drug dealers.

And with Ivy league undergrad and law degrees.

Ummm, Ivy league degree...Like Bush.

Goodfella: This guy's Ivy League educated daughter gets my vote.

His son is more qualified.

For what it's worth, I won't be voting for her.

/_{Lives in Nevada.}

WFern: MeinRS6: She is a little like Palin, but without the experience...

Best laugh of the night.

What state has Mrs. Schlossberg run?

Or city for that matter.

Bill Frist: General Zang: Um...

...don't the Kennedys live in Massachusetts?

Why is it that people from certain families can pretend that they're from two or three or four states at once?

haha... what?

You are forced to stay in the same state as your ancestors lived?

Are you joking?


I didn't talk about forcing anyone to do anything. You came up with that on your own.

What I said was... why is it that certain families, such as the Bushes, can get elected to the Governorship of two different states in the same generation, and had the previous two generations get elected to the Senate and then the Presidency of the United States from a completely different state...

...and we're all supposed to not notice that they're basically venue-hopping?

I mean hell, if the third Bush brother hadn't been hip-deep in the S&L scandal, that fat fark would probably have been Governor of yet another state.

When your national polical scene starts to look like the Character list from a George R.R. Martin novel, then things are seriously farked up.

All that's missing now, is some family named Stark to move here from Canada, and start showing off their "Global warming is Coming" family motto, before starting to marry their sons and daughters off to everybody.

NYZooMan: What state has Mrs. Schlossberg run?

Who?

I am 100% liberal douche bag but Palin is wayyyy hotter

General Zang: Let this Caroline Kennedy...

As compared to that other Caroline Kennedy?

...start off on the ground level, and go win an election for town council, or the local school board, or even as a community organizer for a few years... and once she's learned the ropes, then maybe she should be considered for the Senate.

She has worked as a community organizer*.

*Upper East Side, Manhattan

FreshCliches: General Zang: Let this Caroline Kennedy...

As compared to that other Caroline Kennedy?

...start off on the ground level, and go win an election for town council, or the local school board, or even as a community organizer for a few years... and once she's learned the ropes, then maybe she should be considered for the Senate.

She has worked as a community organizer*.

*Upper East Side, Manhattan


Hehehe.

burndtdan: AirForceVet
i like that he backs his argument up with statisticals.

Speaking of "statistics", I wonder what hers are.

If I learned anything at all from Hillary's run, it's that if you're a women in American politics, you're either frumpy, or a slut.

There's no middle ground. When Hillary wore pantsuits, she was frumpy.
Yet, when she showed even a hint of cleavage, she was a slut.

However there is little doubt that she went to "Rudy's Speech Makin' School and Auto Parts".

NOUN + VERB + "JFK" (or, my father) = SPEECH.

I'm Anxiously awaiting the arrival of this months Harvard Law Review.

It's the swimsuit issue.

Everyone in this thread has said something to the extent of.. Just because she's a Kennedy doesn't mean she's qualified

I beg to differ. Her father is JFK. Of course she's qualified. Not to mention, she's educated, went to Ivy League schools, etc. Assuming she doesn't understand politics is moot here, she's a Kennedy. She's got Uncle Ted on speed-dial(at least for a little while :|) and all the family connections.

I wouldn't care if she got picked and then learned whatever she didn't know already on the job. Then again, I really don't care who gets picked because it's only for two years and I don't live in NY.

/How important are senators, really?
//That is all.

Generation_D [TotalFark] Quote 2008-12-27 09:19:54 PM
The left's Sarah Palin.

Are you serious? They're not even CLOSE to a comparison. This biatch has NEVER held public office.

Never a mayor.

Never a dog catcher.

Never a Gov.

Palin is way more qualified to lead than this Kennedy Child could ever hope to be.

Advice to farkers......reserve your tacky jokes for some stupid biatch female who actually deserves to be mocked and ridiculed.

One who has never put her shiat on the line and actually RUN for office. One who has never even taken the time to actually VOTE in elections....

Ms. Kennedy.

Let the nasty jokes fly her way.....if you have the balls to be sincere....

She's not going to get the post unless The One^TM endorses her.

And I don't think he's endorsed anyone yet.

His clout may actually supersede the Kennedys for once.

angrygrizzly: She's not going to get the post unless The OneTM endorses her.

You need to back off from the right wing talking point of comparing Obama to a "messiah" or some other higher power or royalty. It just makes you sound stupid? Even when you might have valid points to make.