@Mike’s America:

Well, it seems that “Pinch” Sulzberger (the owner of the NY Times) is the one getting the squeeze from sweet Caroline.

Here’s some more scoopage for you.

(Follow the links within the link.)

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bbart: That probably explains it. Though some have wondered if Caroline was a man would the whole brain dead issue have come up?

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If Caroline Kennedy is unfit to be a Senator because of concerns over nanny and tax issues then why are Senators giving Obama’s nominee for Treasury Secretary a pass on those same issues?

If they were ethical they would deep-six Geithner as well, of course. To my mind it doesn’t even matter whether he made a mistake or was deliberately trying to cheat (though I lean heavily towards the latter position). Either one should disqualify him, just because of the nature of the post he’s applying for.

But to answer the question of why they’re voting Caroline off the island and keeping Tim on, it’s probably because Kennedy is an idiot whereas Geithner appears to be reasonably smart (albeit dishonest). She would have been guaranteed to be an ongoing embarassment, while he might be able to put this tax cheating issue behind him if he keeps his nose clean going forward.

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Thanks Aye. I’ve seen those already but there’ve have been all these tantalizing rumors about the personal matter I thought one of the papers would have something more.

I checked the Boston Globe but came up empty.

If we are going to have to watch these Democrat soap operas I want to get the full story.

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Gillibrand is a solid blue dog. The Democrats are pulling the country left by moving to the center, while the Republicans only isolate themselves further by scrambling over each other to get to the extreme right. You guys got any of that popcorn left?

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@Mike’s America:

These aren’t the Boston story Missy was referring to but here is some interesting info regarding sweet Caroline, her tax/nanny issues, and the apparent state of her marriage.

Caroline should have never been considered as a candidate for the Senate. After all, she was imminently qualified to be Secretary of the Treasury.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01222009/news/politics/carolines_kaput_151351.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/nyregion/23caroline.html?_r=3&hp

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/01/aide-caroline-became-aware-of.html

http://thepage.time.com/details-on-caroline-kennedys-withdrawl-from-senate-contention/?xid=rss-page

What is it about Democrats and their taxes anyway?

They willingly, yea even eagerly, raise them for everyone else but then habitually fail to pay their own.

Hypocrisy, thy name is Democrat.

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About the racism issue………this is what is amazing. I know I’ve mentioned this a few times before, but the older minister who prayed the last prayer at the inauguration and who recited the “racist” poem – that was truly unbelievable and inappropriate. The dream had been realized…….in a few seconds, that minister literally “thumbed his nose at” a historic moment in time. How he could say that about white people at this point in time is beyond me……especially right now in 2009. That speech in 1969………I could understand, but 40 years later? Even though the majority of the Black population helped to vote Obama into office, it was also millions of Caucasians who cast their vote for him. Had the “white people” not come out in untold millions, he would not have been elected. Therefore, the racist rhetoric is not going to work anymore. It’s done……a black man has been elected to the highest office in the land.

It looks as though Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will need to find a new line of work………..

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Good one Trish.

Missy: Do you have a link to that Boston story?

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Bye Car-o-line, bum bum bum, good times never meant to be…
Bye Car-o-line, bum bum bum, looks like you will never, be, a sen-a-tor.
Sorry Neal Diamond. Couldn’t resist.

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Did anyone happen to catch one of Hannity’s shows this week? He had Fran Dresher on hoping to be considered for Hillary’s seat. Jaw dropping ignorant starlet that has been caught up in a “I think I am capable” fairy tale. She said if she wasn’t chosen she is considering campaigning for the seat. Could there be a Dresher/Franken–Franken/Dresher ticket in the future? Anything is obviously possible with the dems, they could make it happen.

I scanned an article in one of the Boston papers this morning, they hinted that some revelation came up in the vetting about a friend of Caroline’s that may have caused her abrupt decision to back away from the Senate seat. Hmmm.

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