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Housekeeper and taxes derailed Kennedy appointment: NY Times
Crooks and Liars —
According to today's New York Times, Caroline Kennedy withdrew her name from consideration for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat because of an issue involving taxes and her undocumented housekeeper.
NYT:
Problems involving taxes and a household employee surfaced during the vetting of Caroline Kennedy and derailed her candidacy for the Senate, a person close to Gov. David A. Paterson said on Thursday, in an account at odds with Ms. Kennedy’s own description of her reasons for withdrawing.
The account emerged 14 hours after Ms. Kennedy announced that she was taking her name out of contention for the ...
Camelot, Oh Camelot
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... The first Camelot never really existed of course. Neither did the second one. And the third is all over before it began. King Aurthur’s never-was and the myths of the Kennedy presidency aside, the third iteration - where Princess Caroline of Camelot Valley was supposed to glide effortlessly into the Senate appears to have hit the ugly reality of a housekeeper and the matter of non-payment of taxes for said employee. What is it with rich liberals ? ALBANY — Problems involving taxes and a household employee surfaced during the vetting of Caroline Kennedy and derailed her ...
Nannies and Taxes Derailed Carolyn Kennedy's anointing to the Senate.
COUNTERCOLUMN: All Your Bias Are Belong to Us —
Thank God. Why are libtards so keen on raising taxes on everything in sight; yet so keen on not paying them themselves? This part's hilarious: Hard feelings toward Ms. Kennedy were clearly building among the governor’s staff on Thursday, after a dramatic evening in which she was reported to be dropping out, then wavering, then ultimately, shortly after midnight on Thursday, issuing a statement ending her candidacy. The person close to the governor said Mr. Paterson “never had any intention of picking Kennedy” because he had come to ...
The Caroline Kennedy Fiasco
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
It has left massive amounts of collateral damage–starting with Caroline Kennedy, of course, continuing with the Governor of New York, and even encompassing the political circle of Senator Kennedy, who is quite mad with his niece. Such is the price, of course, of attempting to loft to great political heights a public figure who is quite clearly unprepared for the rough-and-tumble of politics.
What was amusing, of course, was the degree to which Democratic politicians involved in the matter refrained from sitting Caroline Kennedy down and making it quite clear to her that she does not have the chops to get and keep the Senate seat and be an effective ...
The Caroline Kennedy Fiasco
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
It has left massive amounts of collateral damage--starting with Caroline Kennedy , of course, continuing with the Governor of New York , and even encompassing the political circle of Senator Kennedy, who is quite mad with his niece . Such is the price, of course, of attempting to loft to great political heights a public figure who is quite clearly unprepared for the rough-and-tumble of politics. What was amusing, of course, was the degree to which Democratic politicians involved in the matter refrained from sitting Caroline Kennedy down and making it quite clear to her that she does not have the chops to get and keep the Senate seat and be an effective ...
Caroline Kennedy, Kirsten Gillibrand, and the Ridiculous Senate Seat Drama in New York
The Moderate Voice —
... ), and yesterday, according to the Times, “one person close to the governor” — such a vague source, no? — “said that her candidacy had been derailed by problems involving taxes and a household employee.” No details were provided, and there may not be many, but, if nothing else, the (intentional) leak suggests that Governor Paterson’s office, with or without the approval of the governor himself, is trying to unload the blame on Kennedy, perhaps to distract attention away from the governor, who seems to have “lost control of ...
Paterson picks Gillibrand
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings (Updating my post from earlier today.) The "confusing and even embarrassing two-month ordeal," as the Times put it, is finally over. As expected, and at long last, New York Governor David Paterson has named Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to fill Hillary's vacated spot in the Senate. Earlier, I suggested that Gillibrand, who represents a pro-Bush district, is "almost a Republican." Almost? I'd say she pretty much is, what with a 100% approval rating from the NRA, support for the Iraq War, ...
