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Then and Now in the Democratic Party

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Great orators of yesterday's Democratic Party:

'One man with courage makes a majority.' - Andrew Jackson

'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' - Franklin D. Roosevelt

'The buck stops here.' - Harry S. Truman

'Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.' - John F. Kennedy

And from today's Genius Democrats

'It depends what your definition of 'Sex' is?'' - Bill Clinton

'That Obama - I would like to cut his NUTS off.' - Jesse Jackson

'Those rumors are false .... I believe in the sanctity of marriage.' - John Edwards

'I invented the Internet' - Al Gore

'The next Person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their ASS.' - Joe Biden

' America is -- is no longer, uh, what it--it, uh, could be, uh, what it was once was... uh, and I say to myself, 'uh, I don't want that future, uh, uh for my children.' - Barack Obama

'I have campaigned in all 57 states. - Barack Obama (Quoted 2008)

'You don't need God anymore, you have us Democrats.'- Nancy Pelosi (Quoted 2006)

'Paying taxes is voluntary.' - Sen. Harry Reid

'Bill is the greatest husband and father I know. No one is more faithful, true, and honest than he.' - Hillary Clinton (Quoted 1998)

HOW LUCKY CAN WE BE TO HAVE SUCH BRILLIANT MINDS IN CHARGE OF OUR IMPERILED COUNTRY?

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Consolation Prize for a Failed Marriage or Bauble for Bored Socialite???

In last month's front-page story exploring Caroline Kennedy’s name recognition in her bid for New York’s vacant Senate seat, The New York Times made an observation: “Ms. Kennedy, who declared last week that she would like to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as the junior senator from New York, is in many ways embarking on a test of the enduring power of her politically royal name.”

That is certainly true, but over the years Caroline has been called Ms. Schlossberg more often than anything else in spite of the fact she kept her own surname. Technically, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy’s name is…Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, or “Caroline Kennedy” for short: (“You don’t use the name Schlossberg, do you?” Larry King asked her in a 2002 interview. “I mean, you do and you don’t.” To which she responded, “Right. Well, I never really changed my name.”)

Because, as Amy Holmes declared on CNN, “Let’s face it, if we were talking about Caroline Schlossberg, this conversation would be absurd.”

For the record, Ms. Bouvier Kennedy Princess Camelot Mrs. Schlossberg Ms. Kennedy Caroline is still married to Edwin Schlossberg. Though there is much speculation that they have led separate lives since 2006. Additionally, although Ms. Kennedy made a pointed remark that she "has raised her children", her youngest is 15.

Gossip has it that she is having an affair with Arthur "Pinch" Salzberg but you won't read about it in the New York Times for the very good reason that Salzberger is the NYT publisher. JC

Times Bars Note on Caroline's Rumored Affair With Publisher

Posted Dec 22, 08 3:45 AM CST in Politics, Gossip

(Newser) – The New York Times will report almost anything newsworthy—except a rumored affair between its publisher and Caroline Kennedy, Gawker reports. When a reader commented on the paper’s City Room blog wondering if the Times would address the gossip surrounding the two, the comment was deleted with the explanation that “We don’t report stuff like this, regardless of people involved.”


Uh, sure.

“It’s very relevant that someone who wants one of the highest political offices in the state is in a romantic relationship with the publisher of the most influential newspaper in the state,” said the deleted post.

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The Slimmest of Resumes

Caroline Kennedy apparently thinks that she is entitled to be appointed as the next junior senator from New York.

She shouldn’t be. Think about it.

Her qualifications? Her name is Kennedy and she can raise a lot of fat-cat money for herself and for New York Democrats who support her.

Her strategy? Ignore the voters and the press and meet with the political bosses behind closed doors to persuade them to pressure Gov. David Paterson to appoint her to Hillary Clinton’s seat.

Is there a more cynical message in the Age of Obama?

Her position on issues that will face the next senator? She won’t tell you.

She has refused adamantly to speak about any issues. Now, SHE WON’T DISCLOSE HER PERSONAL FINANCES OR PROVIDE A LIST OF COMPANIES THAT SHE HAS A STAKE IN!

Sound like the good old days? Is this woman kidding?

Her involvement in politics? Not much.

She campaigned for Obama and worked on his committee that recommended the vice-presidential candidate.

She’s never been active in New York politics and she hasn’t even voted in about half the contested elections in New York since 1988. During the past 15 years, she’s contributed to her uncle, Sen. Ted Kennedy; her cousin Rep. Patrick Kennedy; Barack Obama; Hillary Clinton; John Kerry; Al Gore; Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd and Connecticut wanna-be Ned Lamont; and former Pennsylvania Sen. Harris Wofford (1991). Not much interest in New York’s candidates or issues!

Her experience?

She is a longtime patron of the American Ballet Theatre.

She is active in her father’s presidential library.

She was a part-time volunteer fund raiser for the NYC schools for less than two years.

She’s co-authored two books on civil liberties.

By: Dick Morris & Eileen McGann

http://www.newsmax.com/morris/morris_caroline_kennedy/2008/12/23/164770.html



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