Comments on: My Faith In The Republic Is Strengthened

By: itrytobenice

itrytobenice — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:48:44 +0000

By: mbecker908

mbecker908 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:59:36 +0000

Empty suit President works with empty dress Senator.

By: Jack_Savage

Jack_Savage — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:32:28 +0000

Iowahawk cracks me up every time.

By: Paul_In_Houston

Paul_In_Houston — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:28:56 +0000

Senora Kennedy Is Make Very Good Senator

By: Jack_Savage

Jack_Savage — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:22:23 +0000

Seems like they know they can only sneak one like this by us per election cycle.
It’s really funny seeing the media scramble to try to regain some credibility.

By: bs

bs — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:14:12 +0000

By: Mark Kilmer

Mark Kilmer — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:08:28 +0000

This:

And The New York Times said “she seemed less like a candidate than an idea of one: eloquent but vague, largely undefined and seemingly determined to remain that way.”

describes Obama well.

By: Joe S.

Joe S. — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:02:35 +0000

The idea of appointing her was ridiculous. She has no credentials or experience and thinks that she answers to no one.
Democratic politicians are wisely trying to preserve the Kennedy dynasty. It is still a very popular and somewhat powerful brand in politics. However they did a bad job executing it. As Bob Beckel recently said, they should have appointed her quickly in the dead of night. Sure there would be some initial outrage, but it would be dominated in the media (and public conciseness) by Blago and the economy until Obama took office, and then it would fade out of the public eye entirely.

I don’t think she can get it any more. Public support, which was never strong [1], must have dropped due to her now well publicized lack of credentials and her poor performance with the media. In fact “Mayor Bloomberg’s top political aide is pulling back on his lobbying campaign to propel Caroline Kennedy into the U.S. Senate because ‘it wasn’t working,’ according to sources” [2]. I don’t know why the MSM has suddenly decided they don’t like a Kennedy, but it looks like they have dealt her some deadly blows.

1 http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/23/new-yorkers-split-on-caroline-kennedy/
2 http://www.politico.com/blogs bensmith1208A_Caroline_backfire.html#comments

By: janis

janis — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:16:45 +0000

Since they don’t seem to follow most of the rules that the rest of the republic does… hmmm…guess you can Minnesota to that, too.

By: bs

bs — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:02:33 +0000

By: scottbomb

scottbomb — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:58:03 +0000

And I’ve been surprised a LOT lately when it comes to politics.

“…she seemed less like a candidate than an idea of one: eloquent but vague, largely undefined and seemingly determined to remain that way.”

Didn’t our country just elect such as person president?

Is not NY the land of the carpet-bagger?

By: Old_Crow

Old_Crow — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:55:14 +0000

After all, she hasn’t driven a car off a bridge while drunk and killed someone or smashed a car while on a self-prescribed sleeping pill/booze cocktail in D.C., or have overt connections to the mob, or…nevermind

By: Scope

Scope — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:24:05 +0000

didn’t hurt Obama all through his campaign, and his name wasn’t Kennedy. Maybe the Libs now think that’s a sign of thinking before you speak.

By: Bourbeau

Bourbeau — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:46:32 +0000

What chutzpah for this woman to even think all she had to do was convey her interest and the name Kennedy would take her on her magic carpet ride into the Senate. What is it, about this family, that gives them the sense that because a father and an uncle were taken long before their time, every offspring is assumed to be of equal competence. Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg chose to remain in the background her entire life; I’ve maybe heard her speak once or twice. She’s ignored her party’s candidates until The One appeared; she’s barely shown anything to the public except to present the Profiles in Courage Awards; her family’s wealth is a secret, we have no clear sense how she accumulate approximately $100 million dollars; no one can name her three children, if asked; and we’ll never be privy to her tax returns as it’s none of our busiess. Well, with any luck, NYers have awakened; they see this for what it is, a Kennedy entitlement gone awry, and ensure their accidental governor gets the message – NO!!!!!! When you sit back and assess the arrogance of this family, bolstered by the fawning bestowed upon all of them because of a name, you realize how dumb we, as an electorate, have become.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:08:49 +0000

These are the people who gather at the cocktail parties in the silk stocking district of Manhattan and look down their nose at all of the rest of us.

That believe we are inferior to them. They are morons propped up by their names and their money.

By: smagar

smagar — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:36:51 +0000

“I have been surprised,” he said. “The welcome mat has not been out from everybody.”

He’s surprised that everyone didn’t roll out the welcome mat for his queen?

I can understand his frustration—-those unwashed colonials can be so unpredictable…not to mention downright disrespectful!

By: zuiko

zuiko — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:42:44 +0000

You know, I think, really, um, this is sort of a unique moment, both in our, you know, in our country’s history and in, you know, my own life, and, um, you know, we are facing, you know, unbelievable challenges.

Why does that not surprise me?

By: Warner Todd Huston

Warner Todd Huston — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:27:47 +0000

Don’t be so sure… I give you the voters in Cook County (Chicago), Illinois as evidence that things are not in good shape.