NOT GUILTY!!
Posted on 12/19/2008 4:35:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah Palin may be at home in Alaska right this moment, sitting in perpetual darkness, skinning a moose by candlelight, and wondering why in the hell everyone is being so supportive of Caroline Kennedy's campaign for a Senate appointment. She was never mayor, she was never governor, she was never a beauty-pageant runner-up. And yet she's facing a minuscule fraction of the outcry from the left that Palin faced only a couple of months ago. Palin wouldn't be alone in this sentiment, as a number of conservative voices are speaking up about the double standard of the Kennedy backers. Of course, those wily liberals have found some loopholes that they hope will maintain their intellectual integrity.
• Jonah Goldberg believes it's fairly obvious "that the liberal reaction to the inexperienced Caroline has been somewhat more gracious than the reaction to the 'inexperienced' Palin." The comparison isn't perfect, but Palin’s "by-the-bootstraps story was ridiculed" while the feeling seems to be that Kennedy "deserves a Senate seat because, well, she just does." [National Review]
• Kathleen Parker contends the main reason for opposing Palin was not her résumé but "substantive concerns about competence, as well as wariness about her tone and temperament, which became increasingly divisive." And that mattered so much because Palin "would have been a heartbeat away from The Button," while Kennedy "would be a single vote among 100 and otherwise a placeholder until 2010, when she would have to run for election as any other." [WP]
• Chris Kelly follows the same logic, reasoning that Palin's place in the line of succession made her situation much different. Palin would have been first to take over after the president, obviously, while the events needed to elevate Kennedy to the presidency would be unprecedented, unimaginable, and probably impossible. Oh, and additionally, only a monkey could "understand the Constitution less than" Palin. [HuffPo]
• Andrea Tantaros suspects that if Kennedy was subjected to questions from Katie Couric about "the Peace Bridge in Western New York or Indian gaming in the Catskills ... there would be some stuttering and stammering in her responses but she’d hardly be called a fool as Palin was." After nominating Barack Obama and now falling behind Kennedy, it seems "qualifications don’t matter to the left as long as you don’t hunt moose." [Fox Forum/Fox News]
• The Boston Globe editorial board sees a different similarity between the two women — their media rollout. It seems "Kennedy's handlers learned nothing from the plight of Sarah Palin, who was so tightly managed that the few outings she was allowed with the press became do-or-die missions that she invariably flubbed." Kennedy isn't Palin, "but she faces some of the same obstacles in persuading the public, and New York Governor David A. Paterson, that she has enough experience to do the job." [Boston Globe]
• Byron York says that "some of the same liberal pundits who were hell on Sarah Palin for her lack of experience are taken with Kennedy." How silly of Palin to run for elected office "when what she needed was fashionable charitable causes and a storied last name." [National Review]
To answer your question..yes
“• Andrea Tantaros suspects that if Kennedy was subjected to questions from Katie Couric about “the Peace Bridge in Western New York or Indian gaming in the Catskills ... there would be some stuttering and stammering in her responses but she’d hardly be called a fool as Palin was.” After nominating Barack Obama and now falling behind Kennedy, it seems “qualifications don’t matter to the left as long as you don’t hunt moose.” [Fox Forum/Fox News] “
I love this! Who is this Andrea Tantaros and why haven’t I heard of her before?
Her name is Schlossberg! not Kennedy. if her name was Kennedy she would be a spinster.
And someone is actually surprised about that?
No Kennedy existed - ever - who could hold a candle to Sarah.
That family is the biggest collection of losers, spazmatics, and crooks ever to disgrace our continent.
They fit right in with east coast politics.
She has her own web site
http://www.andreatantaros.com/
She is AWESOME. Read her blogs, she hits the nail right on the head
That family is the biggest collection of losers, spazmatics, and crooks ever to disgrace our continent.
Don’t forget murderers, we all know what happened to Mary Jo that fateful day. I’d LOVE to see Caroline give a press conference, be asked about the Bush Doctrine and what she reads, have Charlie Gibson look down on her with his glasses way down low asking her “What makes you qualified to be Senator, what have you ever done?”
Have Caroline do an interview with Katie Couric(Who gets prepped by the Republican party beforehand) asking her about what she reads, to name some articles that she has read, and to talk about Supreme Court decisions she does/does not agree with.
Hey I got a question for Caroline, HOW COME YOU DON’T VOTE? and where did you get those clothes, who paid for them? Why aren’t you home taking care of your kids, do you consider yourself a bad parent for abandoning your kids?” Let’s see how she handles those questions
NOT GUILTY!!
Your question, yes. The headline question, no. Sarah Palin is a nice woman who has an impressive career through her own efforts. Caroline Kennedy couldn’t fill her own gas tank.
Although she is often incorrectly referred to as “Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg,” she did not change her name when she married.
I seriously doubt that Sarah Palin is worrying about this. But the idiot media should be.
Caroline couldn’t last 5 seconds enduring the hell that Sarah went through for the past two months(and continues to go through) no way, Caroline would start crying and demand that people treat her with respect.
Caroline Strossberger (s?) is NOT anything like Sarah
Palin. Not even close. Sarah has way more experience.
Kennedys are all used to having a free pass for whatever they do. Very weak.
I’d like to see Caroline attempt to govern a state for a week, let’s see how she does. How does she handle a 10 billion dollar budget, how does she handle TransCanada(Caroline probably has no clue what that is), how does she handle the daily security briefings from the military. Come on Caroline, let’s see how you would handle it
The Kennedy Family:
They can’t drive!
They can’t skipper a boat!
They can’t fly!
They can’t ski!
but they want to keep telling us how to live.
...however they are killer with a golf club and they can DRINK!
I saw her on Hannity’s America with Kristen Powers and I was thinking how lucky Sean was.
she was never a beauty-pageant runner-up
That’s for damn sure!
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