Caroline Kennedy Can't Catch a Break
I am glad that it turns out that Caroline Kennedy is still looking for a job. Her brief but painful pursuit of a Senate seat was a bracing sort of soap opera, oddly raising politics to a level of personal angst and a public quest for identity.
Now there's a mini-movement to make her the ambassador to the Vatican, which, given the Kennedys' place in the history of American Catholicism, is rather a nice touch. What's more, ambassadorial appointments need not, or at least in the past never have had to, pass the experience test. There are always a number of ambassadorial slots that are just plums. One of Caroline's aunts, Jean Smith, who had not previously held any sort of job, was a not unsuccessful ambassador to Ireland.
Also, Caroline deserves to get something. Among endorsements of Barack Obama, hers was not an insignificant one.
But here she is, once again, in the crossfire. Former Vatican ambassador and mayor of Boston Raymond Flynn, a politician and diplomat of no distinction, is vociferously opposing her selection, ostensibly on the grounds of her lack of right-to-life fealty.
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If she only had the faith of her grandmother, she would have been given the Ambassadorship in a heartbeat. Instead, she jumped on the legalized abortion bandwagon a long time ago. Too bad.
"Caroline Kennedy Can't Catch a Break"
I know! What is this world coming to when your name and a lot of money can't get you what you want?!?
LOL! Good one!
I made this point in another post, but I'm going to say it again--
First, I have no connection with anyone in the Kennedy clan--in any capacity whatsoever.
Now, regarding Caroline (and I say this having no strong opinion on her quest for the NY Senate seat-- I'm not from that state).
You speak of the "privilege" of a having a famous name and lots of money. (ome could say the same of a recently departed President, by the way).
But consider this--she's paid an extremely high price for those things. She lost her father in a very public way at the ag of 6 (and gets the "privilege of seeing it played out over and over in the media) her uncle (who took on the role of her father), 5 years later at 11, in the same way-
She's lost her mother (and her mother was not exactly old (64?) when she died of cancer) and her younger brother (the last remaining member of her immediate family) in a plane crash.
Would you be willing to make that kind of a trade-off for ANY amount of money or fame? (Not that one has any choice in these sort of things--she didn't ASK to be born into the family she was).
I'm not saying she's qualified to be Senator, but before you go slamming her for her "fame and fortune"--consider the other side of that "fortune"
I believe Caroline Kennedy is an intelligent, capable woman who has lived her life with grace and principle. She has been a good citizen and a contributor to the arts. She is the daughter of a man who many of us loved and has been a wothy heir to his legacy. Caroline Kennedy has raised her family, paid her dues and is ready to give her time and talent to the service of her country. She may not carry a gun in battle, but she is a veteran of public life and scrutiny. She can serve this nation with dignity.
I really, really do not think anybody voted for Obama because of Caroline Kennedy's endorsement. There are many ordinary individuals, especially in Iowa, who are more to be credited for Obama becoming president and they have asked for nothing.
I thought Caroline Kennedy's endorsement of Obama in her letter to the New York Times was extremely moving and it brought tears to my eyes reading it as it brought to mind not just her father JFK, but RFK and MLK as well. I think Caroline's endorsement added to the momentum to elect Obama and can not be discounted.
Obama would not put her name out there unless she already agreed to the position. Period.
Definitely. They're testing the waters.
Caroline Kennedy has a goodness about her. Too good for politics and the Catholic church. Maybe if things clean up a bit after the bush reign.
I think Obama should have put her in as vice-president. But I don't think she is too good for the Catholic Church, when she opposes main tenets of the faith. The church is not a democracy nor likely to answer to polls about how 'nice' she is. The pope has made it clear that no Catholic who espouses abortion or fetal stem cell research should even present themself for Communion since they are spiritual excommunicates of the faith. I like Caroline Kennedy but she should stop trying to foist herself off on people who don't want her (voters of NY and the Pope).
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Caroline..
Stay away from the cesspools.
Stay clean.
Amen to that.
Good advice.
This is assuming she would WANT such a position. For anyone remotely progressive this does not sound like a very good position. Send Rush Limbaugh, Anne Coulter or Michelle Malkin.
I disagree. What the Catholic church needs now more than ever is a progressive voice like Caroline Kennedy. Why make it easy for them?
The Catholic Church hierarchy is deaf to progressive voices.
What is progressive about a practice that has so far resulted in the deaths of 50 million people in the United States?
Why do we get so fired up about finding this woman a job?
Legacy politics is rampant, and Caroline Kennedy is the poster child of legacy politics. She may be a wondferful person, but there are plenty of wonderful people around.
There is no such thing as DESERVE. Just because she supported Pres. Obama does not boil down to her getting an ambassador position. Believe me Im a die hard liberal.
When will the Right Wing lunatics realize and accept that the right to Choose to have an abortion , or to not, is a LAW. That is spelled "L - A - W " as in it's what the government has condoned.
They may not agree with the LAW, but the LAW states that it is legal to make such decisions in a woman's life, therefore why should anyone feel ashamed by conforming the LAWS of the nation?
I agree that no one should be shamed by a law, but this law is an American law not a Church law. The Church does not have to accept American law. American women can abort as many fetuses as they wish and the Church can make sure it is not done in Rome.
Clearly they do NOT respect American law, as evidenced by their disgraceful conduct in the abuse scandal.
There's even indications that they intend to avoid further forced revelations of their secret documents by moveing them from diocesan chancellories to the Nunciature in Washington (and thus on "Vatican" soil-- subject to diplomatic immunity--where prosecutors can't subpoena tham).
You were saying abut the Law?
A church has to abide by the laws of the land and "in this land", women have a RIGHT TO CHOOSE what to do in the event of a pregnancy (and thankfully so).
To actually believe that is not true, is simply naive and that very naivety has gotten quite a lot of church leaders into trouble. Rome is not part of this country, so please let us just speak about the topic.
Caroline is a remarkable woman with a lot to offer , but when she gave that interview where she used the phrase 'you know ' a 100 times she sounded like ridiculous 12 year old. She just was 'nt ready for prime time.
Memo to Mayor Flynn:
The question of abortion is above my pay grade, Barack Obama's, Caroline Kennedy's, and, most definitely, yours! Please, find a more worthy cause!
I hope President Obama finds the right place for her .. I think she is a wonderful person who has a lot to contribute if given the opportunity.
Well we made an narrow escape from her being a Senator. Give her an ambassadorship to anywhere as long as it's an unimportant place. I am sure she won't anywhere but to Europe so I suggest Albania.
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