[Rhodes22-list] Political- Caroline To Seek NY Senatorial Seat

[Herb Parsons]

It's called hypocrisy Ben, look it up.

It was was play on words when Bill did it. That's because he sees no 
harm in it. It's not a thing without class to him. However, you 
demonstrated that you feel such a play on words is a classless thing to 
you. And then you did it.

No matter how you twist it, that shows your level of class.

I also must note, that you seem to always turn things you don't like 
into a personal insult. That too, says a lot.


Ben Cittadino wrote:
> It's called IRONY Herb. Look it up.
>
> Ben C.
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> hparsons wrote:
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>> I was being serious. I had no idea where she lived, but assumed it was 
>> in Mass.
>>
>> BTW, doesn't your last comment show "just more of the same class and 
>> dignity we've come to expect" from you? Or do statements like that 
>> really only apply to "the other side"?
>>
>> I'm serious about that last question. Why is it when Bill uses an 
>> obvious play on words like that, it's worthy of your scorn, but then you 
>> do it right back yourself?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ben Cittadino wrote:
>>     
>>> She lives on the Upper West Side, Manhattan. Has for years, so that won't
>>> be
>>> an issue.
>>>
>>> That is, if you were being serious. If you weren't, then Fuqua.
>>>
>>> Ben C.
>>>
>>> hparsons wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> Is Caroline Kennedy a resident of the State of New York, or does that 
>>>> simply not matter any more?
>>>>
>>>> Ben Cittadino wrote:
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>>>>         
>>>>> December 16, 2008    New York Times
>>>>> Caroline Kennedy to Seek Clinton’s Senate Seat 
>>>>> By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
>>>>> Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of an American political dynasty, has
>>>>> decided
>>>>> to pursue the United States Senate seat being vacated by Senator
>>>>> Hillary
>>>>> Rodham Clinton of New York.The decision came after a series of deeply
>>>>> personal and political conversations, in which Ms. Kennedy, whom
>>>>> friends
>>>>> describe as unflashy but determined, wrestled with whether to give up
>>>>> what
>>>>> has been a lifetime of avoiding the spotlight. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Kennedy made calls on Monday morning to alert political figures to her
>>>>> interest.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gov. David A. Paterson of New York confirmed that she was interested in
>>>>> being appointed. 
>>>>>
>>>>> “She told me she was interested in the position,” Mr. Paterson said at
>>>>> a
>>>>> news conference. “She realized it wasnot a campaign, but she was
>>>>> talking
>>>>> to
>>>>> other people because shethought that a number of people, she felt,
>>>>> should
>>>>> know that she’sinterested in the position. She’d like at some point to
>>>>> sit
>>>>> down andtell me what she thinks her qualifications are.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Senator Charles Schumer said that he had also spoken to Ms. Kennedy and
>>>>> that
>>>>> said she was “clearly interested.” “Bottom line isthat the Governor and
>>>>> I
>>>>> talk regularly on this,” he said in a television interview, “but we
>>>>> have
>>>>> decided to keepeach other’s counsel, so that is all I am going to say
>>>>> right
>>>>> now.”
>>>>>
>>>>> If appointed, Ms. Kennedy would fill the seat once held by her uncle,
>>>>> Robert
>>>>> F. Kennedy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ms. Kennedy’s decision is likely to have a major impact on the
>>>>> governor’s
>>>>> considerations as he mulls who should succeed Mrs. Clinton. Already,
>>>>> some
>>>>> other Democrats have pointedly questioned her credentials for the job.
>>>>> United States Representative Gary Ackerman, a Queens Democrat, said
>>>>> last
>>>>> week that he did not know what Ms. Kennedy’s qualifications were,
>>>>> “except
>>>>> that she has name recognition — but so does J. Lo.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Others, including Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg have praised her
>>>>> abilities.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ms. Kennedy first telephoned the governor on Dec. 3 to inquire about
>>>>> the
>>>>> job, but Mr. Paterson described that conversation as “informational”
>>>>> and
>>>>> said it was clear that Ms. Kennedy had not decided whether she wanted
>>>>> to
>>>>> pursue the position.
>>>>>
>>>>> But since then, she has begun reaching out to key political figures in
>>>>> New
>>>>> York, including Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the State Assembly, and
>>>>> Thomas P. DiNapoli, the state comptroller. She has also hired
>>>>> Knickerbocker
>>>>> SKD, a prominent political consulting firm headed by Josh Isay, a
>>>>> former
>>>>> chief of staff to Senator Charles E. Schumer, to advise her.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ms. Kennedy’s family members, especially her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy
>>>>> Jr.,
>>>>> have urged her to seek the post.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mrs. Clinton has said that she would not vacate the Senate seat until
>>>>> she
>>>>> was confirmed as President-elect Barack Obama’s secretary of state,
>>>>> which
>>>>> is
>>>>> expected to occur in January or February, and the governor has said
>>>>> that
>>>>> he
>>>>> would wait until then to make the appointment. But he has also said
>>>>> that
>>>>> he
>>>>> might make his selection known before then, to allow whomever is chosen
>>>>> to
>>>>> prepare for the new role.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ms. Kennedy, 51, a resident of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, took an
>>>>> unusually public role in Mr. Obama’s campaign, and the two became
>>>>> friends.
>>>>> Mr. Obama appointed Ms. Kennedy to the panel that vetted potential
>>>>> vice-presidential candidates for him. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Before that, Ms. Kennedy had devoted much of her time to charitable
>>>>> works
>>>>> and institutions linked to her family, like the John F. Kennedy Library
>>>>> Foundation, of which she is president.
>>>>>
>>>>> Others likely to be considered for the Senate seat are members of
>>>>> Congress
>>>>> including Kirsten Gillibrand, a rising star in the Democratic party who
>>>>> represents an upstate district; Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County
>>>>> chief
>>>>> executive and a former candidate for governor; and the New York State
>>>>> attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think this is just an outstanding idea. Brad? Others?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben C.
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> -- 
>>>> Herb Parsons
>>>>
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