Comments on: My Caroline Kennedy Theory: The Crowd at Sylvia’s Got It Right

By: barry 0351

barry 0351 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:27:16 +0000

Dang Bubba she cannot do any where near as bad a job as AL FRANKEN will do.
Besides she is not a “real clown” like he is.

By: LindaK

LindaK — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:41:12 +0000

Maybe someone told her to wait for Teddy’s seat? Perhaps he will not run again.

[this was not my idea, it was dd's]

By: WestWright

WestWright — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:26:54 +0000

All I can think to say is thank you Ms. Kennedy for being so unprepared for the spotlight that you have now effectively negated any further attempt to hold publc office. With 1/10 the prep that Obama received, Caroline would have been another scumbag Kennedy in office and trying to destroy our country. Good riddance!

By: Elle

Elle — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:28:37 +0000

She isn’t charismatic. She isn’t articulate. She isn’t brilliant. Politically, she isn’t anything much other than a rich self-impressed “name.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:59:02 +0000

“…but gives you a sense of the complexity of the person…”

COMPLEXITY? You know? uh..you know. Nah. I’m thinking SIMPLE.Very simple.

By: james

james — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:57:12 +0000

You’re overthinking this, Mr. Rosenbaum.
Caroline is a non-entity who has never done anything but be a Kennedy. If she had run with her real name, Schlossberg, I would have had a lot more respect for her. But then, if she had done that she wouldn’t be so incompetent, would she?

By: daniel

daniel — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:56:09 +0000

your claim that the assassination of JFK was somehow a result of his charisma. However his assassin first attempted to murder an anti-communist ex-genera, who had little or no charisma. His motivation for his actions seemed to be violent anti-capitalism, and hatred for those opposing Fidel Castro. What on earth did that have to do with JFK’s charisma?
Robert was assassinated by a Palestinian terrorist for his pro-Israel position. Perhaps that was influenced by Robert’s charisma.

By: TomT in SF

TomT in SF — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:41:20 +0000

How kind, sensitive, analytical, forgiving and thoughtful of Ron Rosenbaum to write all that junk. WHAT I KNOW is that no male who had behaved as Caroline Kennedy did would receive the generous forgivness of Mr. Rosenbaum. A whole different attitude would prevail. Caroline Kennedy, good riddance. Too bad we’re still stuck with Rosenbaum.

By: charlie finch

charlie finch — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:30:57 +0000

Caroline has one thing that Pelosi, Reid, Hillary, Bubba and just about every politician but Obama, Paterson and McCain lack: wit

By: DavidN

DavidN — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:19:05 +0000

I think the truth of the matter of why she entered the arena is a bit more complex. She’s not really much of a public figure. If she wasn’t a Kennedy, she wouldn’t have any of the attention she otherwise has. There have to be dozens (maybe hundreds) of trust fund babies of the same approximate generation who live in NYC, attend the same charity events, and occasionally edit a book (with someone else to do the actual work, for a salary). What drew her to this was that she endorsed Obama early (who knows why) and found that she liked the crowds and the atmosphere. You have to imagine that these things would, at least to start, give her a somewhat queasy feeling, given what happened to her father and uncle. So she starts thinking about being a Senator.

But she’s a Kennedy. She shouldn’t have to run for office, get her hands dirty, actually get down in the mud and wrestle with an opponent. So she doesn’t want to disclose financial information, is clueless with the press, and tries to avoid saying anything for fear of saying the wrong thing and screwing up her chances. This situation was the ideal one for her, if only her critics would have remained quiet. Instead of an election campaign, there could be what amounted to a coronation, and then, of course, when she ran for re-election, she’d have the advantage of being a Democratic incumbent in a largely Democratic state, and probably would be a senator until she got tired of it or died in office. Problem is, once the criticism started, she had nothing serious or substantial to say about it or her critics, just looked basically like the bunny in the highway, waiting for the next semi but too frightened to move. Doesn’t exactly inspire much confidence, does it? I think her reaction to the whole issue shows she wasn’t really qualified to be a senator anyway (which a glance over her resume would have shown any reasonable person in the first place). At least Hillary was *married* to someone important. Six-year-olds don’t have much chance to have their father’s job skills rub off on them.