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After her underwhelming—some might say disastrous—foray into my upstate New York neck of the woods, you might have expected Caroline Kennedy to put in a peppier performance when she returned to the friendly confines of New York City.

But Kennedy's statement after her meeting with Al Sharpton today was as soporific as a fistful of Ambiens washed down with a slug of Stolichnaya.  How bad?  Enough that even Chris Matthews was left wondering on this evening's Hardball whether Caroline had displayed the requisite "starch," "gut passion" and political "bug."

View the video—but remember—put down that power drill first.

Perry Bacon of WaPo opined that Kennedy hadn't given a sufficient answer to the question of why she wanted to run.  Ron Brownstein of the LA Times claimed to see something interesting in Kennedy's assertion that this was not a time for anyone to sit out, before he quickly pivoted to praising her fund-raising ability.

But will Caroline's sleep-walking through the appointment process ultimately make any difference to New York Gov. David Paterson?   James Taranto at the Wall Street Journal's "Best of the Web" has an intriguing take on things:

Paterson may appoint Miss Kennedy to the Senate in the expectation that Miss Kennedy will raise money for Paterson's campaign. We suppose this is different from the arrangement Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly discussed with "Senate Candidate 5," but we're not sure exactly how.

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If I said everything I

If I said everything I truly wanted to after viewing this...I would be banned.

This woman with all her money is brain-dead, has absolutely zilch for class...in so many ways.

I just cannot believe what all I witnessed...like I said somewhere yesterday, the woman cannot even walk with any gracefulness, let alone talk with any...

Table manners are atrocious to-boot.

That is a Kennedy for you...money and name evidently buys all.

She sure never took after her mom (not that I loved Jackie)....just my two cents.

I have to quit.

She is prepackaged, she is wrapped with a bow on her by the majority of the msm...she is the next Senator from NY...but hey, she's qualified!

Just ask her. 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

My big question is what the

My big question is what the H is Al Sharpton doing there???

Why on earth does this man have to go shoving himself into every situation as if it matters whether or not he gives a stamp of approval to everyone?

When did he get elected King of New York?  

My question is what is she

My question is what is she doing with the likes of him in the first place...

One's as bad as the other in my opinion.

....they figure they need each other/ isn't life precious?

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

The word that comes to my

The word that comes to my mind is STERILE.

Caroline has the passion of a zombie.  She is the epitome of the banality the monied folk learn at an early age, a cloaking personality disorder that can turn the most exciting events, like running for the US Senate, into another ho-hum daily task that must be beared.

For the less monied people, this would be called a flat affect and potentially be demonstrative of depression.

In a way, she seems to me like a person that has burned their brains out on cocaine, complete with imploding nose, before they burn through their money.

Poor Caroline was doomed at birth.  Anything that springs forth from the loins of the thug patriarch Joe Kennedy is cursed.  The sins of the father, in this case the grandfather, are visited upon the children. 

And wth is she doing with Sharpton?!?  Caroline has permanently sullied her reputation.  Chewing her soul food lunch like a horse does not help either.

Nothing in this video was comforting or inspiring.

strat.... Mr. Ed had more

strat....

Mr. Ed had more class than this woman.

I rarely, if ever get into how another woman walks or talks, then, to top it off, watching her dine...OMG ...$$$ does not buy natural manners and grace.

It really tells me so much about people. Money doen't make a person...she is living proof..it truly is pitiful.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Mr. Ed had more class

Mr. Ed had more class than this woman.

Besides class, these critters had more passion too:

Any of these three robots are more lifelike than her too.  (Man middle is not Caroline)

The list could go on, and on, and on, and...

Rin-Tin-TinBlack

Rin-Tin-Tin

Black Beauty

Lamb Chop

Mighty Mouse

Silver

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

I loved Lamb Chop in my

I loved Lamb Chop in my childhood.

Now I love lamb chops.

;-)

Mr Ed also had a better

Mr Ed also had a better looking behind. Not so sure about Hooch though.

Please don't make us think

Please don't make us think of Caroline's boney hindquarters! 

Makes me think of an old grey nag one hay bale away from the glue factory.

Then and now...

When Hillary wanted the NYS Senate seat she went to visit Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. When Caroline wants the same position she visits Al Sharpton? Words fail me...

Tina Fey kinda looks like her, don't you know

Check out the way she walks. More like a bowery boy than american royalty. Still, she hasn't gone to jail, so she has and edge on Paris Hilton. Anyone curious as to how the k's spell potatoe?

Very funny Mark

I have one question for her.

What "RACE" is she talking about when she says, "there are many qualified candidates in this race"...???

I thought she was walking into the senate?

 

I think everyone should

I think everyone should read Charles Krauthammer's take on this today.

He says it all eloquently.  This completely goes against the intent of the founding fathers, who wanted to get away from the idea of  inherited rights to rule, and dynasties.

Huh?

"This is a commitment that I have made over many years."

So, you've been waiting MANY YEARS to become a Senator?  Why didn't you run for the seat two years ago during the 2006 election, if you've been commented for many years as you claim?

I think you're just taking advantage of the situation, and that you had NO senatorial aspirations until it was clear that you didn't have to face an actual ELECTION!

Obama: My job is above my pay grade

Doesn't seem to be a big fan of democracy

Caroline probably isn't too excited about running in an election because apparently she's not that excited to vote in an election.

http://www.nydailyne...

This idiot

is getting into the senate, if she does, the same way SOBama did.

NO competition!

For Crying Out Loud!!!

     How can you all be so cruel?!  There has been a Kennedy in the Senate since 1953.  With Uncle Teddy's chances for survival looking dim, it's imperative that Caroline is given the senate seat to keep tradition alive.  I don't understand why you all don't see such an obvious problem such as a Kennedy vaccum on Capital Hill that can easily be filled by Princess Caroline of Camelot...

(Snicker!!!)

     Ok, I was trying to type this with a straight face and apparently I can't.  LMAO!!!!  Hope you all enjoyed my sarcasm.

Perfect Demotivator for the Obama Administration

http://www.despair.com/government.html

We get it....tt's

The Divine Right of Kennedys....

heck is freezing over

OMO, it's the end of the world, I just caught myself agreeing with Chris Matthews.

No she doesn't have a spark, a bug, a sense of enthusiasm, a light in her eyes. You could almost see her wanting to answer "I'm a Kennedy! What else do you want?" And Matthews was right, she doesn't have to fight or scratch or convince people - all she has to do is show up. 

But whatever. Lefties right here on NB are happy with their government being run this way, so what can we do?

I'm a typical white person.

Oh, My!

Yes, indeed.  She is eminently qualified to be a United States Senator.  Let's see:

1.  She is a mother.

2.  She is a lawyer.

3.  She is an author.

4.  She has been an advocate for education.

5.  She comes from a family with generations of public service over the years.

Yep.  That settles it.  It's Caroline for the Senate, cause ain't nobody in New York state, heck, even the entire country, who can beat those credentials. 

W E   A R E   D O O M E D ! ! ! ! !

iN OTHER WORDS....

"Hey, I am a Kennedy.  My dad was president.  My uncle was a senator.  My other uncle is a senator.  We are a dynasty.  We are American royalty.  If I want to be a senator, then I damn well will be a senator.  Screw you and your assumptions that I am not qualified.  I AM A KENNEDY, and don't you forget it!!"

We need another lawyer in the Senate...

...like we need a national outbreak of hemorrhoids.

-Dave

This nation is about to be brutally raped by the socialists, and the MSM will be a willing participant.

Please clarify...

I'm confused.

Caroline Kennedy is "qualified" to be a United States senator and help lead this country because she is a mother, an author, a lawyer, supports education, and comes from a family who has served the public for generations.

 Sarah Palin is not qualified to lead because she has only been a mayor and a governor of a state.  She is also a mother and both her parents were teachers in the education system.

So Caroline is qualified to lead, but Sarah is not.  Caroline has never held elected office, but Sarah has. 

This is likely a rhetorical question, but what is the Democrat definition of "qualified"?  (Other than having the name "Kennedy"?)

A Message From Sweet Caroline

Citizens of New York, and my fellow Americans:

I would like to explain why I am qualified to be  U.S. senator.

I am a mother, a lawyer, a writer, an education advocate, and most importantly, a member of a family that has served our great country for generations.

My Grandpa Joe started it all.  He made our family fortune by bootlegging liquor during prohibition.

My daddy Jack, who is beyond reproach and is idolized by all, was a serial adulterer.  It was also during his great presidency that our great country experienced The Bay of Pigs, and daddy was behind the sale of US missles to the Soviet Union in Turkey during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Daddy also got our great country into the Vietnam War.

My Uncle Bobby also couldn't keep his pants zipped.  He loved his women, and he was appointed Attorney General because he was my daddy's younger brother.

My Uncle Teddy is a true American hero.  In 1969, he got drunk and drove off a bridge.  Travelling with him was his pregnant mistress.  Uncle Ted saved himself, but he left his pregant mistress in the car to drown.  He didn't report the accident for quite some time, but because his last name was "Kennedy", all was forgiven.  Accidents happen, right?

Yes, America, I come from a dynasty of great service to our country.  Please support me in my quest to be a United States Senator.  I deserve it.  I am entitled to it. 

Thank you.

northone. Beautiful...

northone.

Beautiful...

 We do have the banking/Wall street scandal too that Joe was involved in, which I never bring up, we have enough already...I'm not going to bother....and Rose's side of the family, isn't exactly precious or clean.

People really need to read about this clan, all connections, all involvements, from Wall Street to Hollywood and of course the mafia, and we cannot leave the  Communist Party/ Union out..it is fascinating,

 "America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

She's a Kennedy after all...

She just crackles with entitlement and elitism. 

GEEZUZ

Sarah Palin has twenty times more experience than Caroline, yet of course, she went through more of a rectal exam and was treated like crap by the media.

And is there a reason Caroline is not bothering to correct the reporters who are going about calling her "Mrs. Kennedy"?????

I thought I was the only

I thought I was the only one. I have always thought that the Kennedy women looked like horses. Yes, I know, they can't help it, {well, actually they could, plastic surgery is an option!} But when I watch her slouch and plod and then chew like Mr. Ed,  I too wonder, why was she not sent to a finishing school? I was no JO fan, but her mother exuded classiness. As for her little lunch, Al? That's just bizarro. Is that to make her look like she cares about the AA community? Her impromptu Q&A does appear as if she was slugging down the booze during lunch w/ a couple of xanax. Her eyes were half-lidded. Weird. That has to be the most over-rated bunch of human, ever. I will take the royalty across the pond over the Am. royalty.

Mark: Thank you

Matthews.....Perry Bacon.....RonB.........Why are these people giving their opinions on air? They're brain-dead, can't analyze their way out of a paper bag.  And Bacon's unintelligible.....mumbling that these CKennedy reasons are reasons typically given for candidates running for Senator?  Really???  CKennedy's reasons are those that might be given to run for a member on the PTA Board!!  I'm a mother, author (she should have said co-author, because law school pal Ellen did most of the heavy work on their book).......education fan.......Are those reasons to be Senator??  What a fool she is.  

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ    

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

 

 

Why do I want to be a Senator?

I'm a Kennedy. I'm a mother, a lawyer and an author. I'm a Kennedy. I live in New York. I'm a Kennedy.

What was the question again? Oh, and remember, I'm a Kennedy.

Anybody else see the guy in the background with the jacket that looks like it says "Cake Tour"?

Hey, I got the wrong "CHANGE"!

Alan Keyes / Sarah Palin - 2012

Cake Tour is better than SnoreFest, I guess

Well, she can't really outright steal the Hildabeast's "Listening Tour" name...

...although I have heard that obnoxious analogy about 100 times in the last week. (Replace 'carpetbagging' with 'listening' and voila!)

"Um....so...like....

my dad was a President, my uncle is a US Senator, I mean, lot's of us Kennedy's take, er, I mean, give back to the people of the US. I wrote a book and all.....ever hear about 'Camelot'? Huh?.....well, there's that and uh.....oh yeah, I just went out to eat with Al Sharpton! Isn't that cool? Anyways, I just feel I can have some fun in Washington.....hey, I could be the poster girl for the coming elimination of the Second Amendment! That'd be kinda' cool and all. And I think........"

 

Scary Thought Alert!!

     OK, I might sound like a nutty conspiracy theorist right now but hear me out on this scenareo:

     Caroline Kennedy is placed as Senator of New York by Gov. Patterson.  She takes care of the senate vaccum that will soon be left by Teddy Kennedy.  She plods around and does nothing in the senate for a few years and by 1016 she is ready to run for President; thus shutting Hillary out of the running. 

     The liberals can say that they get the 1st woman POTUS and at the same time they are renewing Camelot.  The romance will be that dear Caroline will be returning to her childhood home that she was so unjustly forced to leave due to her father's assasination.   The liberals will try to sell us the line that Caroline will be JFK reincarnate or better than JFK just like we were being sold that Obama is Lincoln reincarnate.

     How's that for a horror story?

Perfect Demotivator for the Obama Administration

http://www.despair.com/government.html

Plausible.  However, I

Plausible.  However, I really don't see how she could possibly become POTUS.  She may be a Kennedy but she is no politician.  If any of you remember her speaking at past conventions she was BORING.  She is just plain ungifted as a politician and even though she is a Kennedy I don't see how she could possibly excite the country enough to be elected POTUS.  (Stranger things have happened though i.e. Obama.)

Good morning Seashell

Never underestimate the power of the left-wing extremist media or the shallowness of the liberal voters.

The real horror story...

would be Oprah as VP.

A stated qualification by Mrs. Kennedy-Schlossberg herself

A stated qualification by Mrs. Kennedy-Schlossberg herself outside of Sylvia's was that She's ...a mother?

Well that *ahem* man (who's still a woman) that Babs Walters thinks is "fascinating" is also a mother.

So why not make ( ? ) the senator from NY?

Dupe.

.

whoa

I pushed play and woke up with keyboard imprints on my face.

This woman will fill the seat.  I am not sure even her tush will leave an impression.

"part of what I'm hoping to introduce as the next president is a new ethic of [government enforced] responsibility" - B. Obama