Comments on: Kennedy: Tastefully Appointed, or Not http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:17:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: looseheadprop http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1782261 looseheadprop Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:42:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1782261 <p>There IS A SPECIAL ELECETION for the NY seat. This appointment is to fill the vacanacy UNTIL the special election</p> There IS A SPECIAL ELECETION for the NY seat. This appointment is to fill the vacanacy UNTIL the special election

]]> By: libbyliberal http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781949 libbyliberal Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:40:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781949 <p>Will explore. Have not heard about that.</p> Will explore. Have not heard about that.

]]> By: PierceNichols http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781907 PierceNichols Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:47:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781907 <p>I lost all respect for RFK Jr when he started peddling that malicious anti-vax nonsense. It constituted a deliberate and vicious attack on public health.</p> I lost all respect for RFK Jr when he started peddling that malicious anti-vax nonsense. It constituted a deliberate and vicious attack on public health.

]]> By: PierceNichols http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781904 PierceNichols Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:44:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781904 <p>Bloomberg had a pretty good idea, great timing, and he executed well. That’s why he’s a billionaire. I don’t know that that success necessarily makes him the right man to handle NYC’s problems.</p> Bloomberg had a pretty good idea, great timing, and he executed well. That’s why he’s a billionaire. I don’t know that that success necessarily makes him the right man to handle NYC’s problems.

]]> By: libbyliberal http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781666 libbyliberal Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:44:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781666 <p>Thanks for these insights. (CK and Pinch? Really????)</p> <p>I am such a fan of Robert Kennedy, Jr., but he has an unvettable history I guess. I would push for his dynastic legacy!</p> <p>Love your graphic. :)</p> Thanks for these insights. (CK and Pinch? Really????)

I am such a fan of Robert Kennedy, Jr., but he has an unvettable history I guess. I would push for his dynastic legacy!

Love your graphic. :)

]]> By: Julia http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781567 Julia Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:45:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781567 <p>No, they’re not.</p> <p>They are, however, significantly less likely to have taken a few decades out of their careers to be the primary caregivers of children.</p> No, they’re not.

They are, however, significantly less likely to have taken a few decades out of their careers to be the primary caregivers of children.

]]> By: Slothrop http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781566 Slothrop Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:42:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781566 <p>“Women above 50 are amazing…”</p> <p>Men above 50, on the other hand, are chopped liver.</p> “Women above 50 are amazing…”

Men above 50, on the other hand, are chopped liver.

]]> By: constantweader http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781564 constantweader Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:31:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781564 <p>If Charlie Savage’s report in today’s NYT has legs, and I think it does, all of the bloviating over Kennedy, Cuomo, Maloney, et al. is moot. Senator Clinton, friend of developers who give her husband money, will keep her day job where she can continue to befriend developers who give her husband money.</p> <p>The Constant Weader at <a href="http://www.RealityChex.cm" rel="nofollow">www.RealityChex.cm</a></p> If Charlie Savage’s report in today’s NYT has legs, and I think it does, all of the bloviating over Kennedy, Cuomo, Maloney, et al. is moot. Senator Clinton, friend of developers who give her husband money, will keep her day job where she can continue to befriend developers who give her husband money.

The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.cm

]]> By: SanderO http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781563 SanderO Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:27:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781563 <p>I don’t know why we don’t have a special election. Small turnout? better than one man making the choice for everyone.</p> I don’t know why we don’t have a special election. Small turnout? better than one man making the choice for everyone.

]]> By: Julia http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781562 Julia Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:13:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/04/kennedy-tastefully-appointed-or-not/#comment-1781562 <p>Which, I suspect, acts against this, because everything that’s gone on up to this point has suggested a shock and awe campaign, and that appears not to be going well.</p> <p>And, here again, it’s not that I have specific beef with Ms. Kennedy, it’s just that this situation does not scream concern for NY voters.</p> Which, I suspect, acts against this, because everything that’s gone on up to this point has suggested a shock and awe campaign, and that appears not to be going well.

And, here again, it’s not that I have specific beef with Ms. Kennedy, it’s just that this situation does not scream concern for NY voters.

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