Caroline Kennedy is not the front-runner in the competition to replace Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to Gov. David Paterson.
In the words of the Democratic governor, "How is she a front-runner? This whole thing sounds more like the prelude to a high school musical than the choosing of a senator."
She may not be the front-runner, but you'd never know it from the intensity of the media criticism. After loud criticism, Caroline Kennedy relented and granted interviews. And then the criticism intensified.
Not to pile it on, you know, but, um, if she keeps talking like, you know, um, this, the criticism can only intensify. If Sarah Palin or Hillary Clinton talked like Caroline Kennedy, Chris Matthews would be mocking and jeering for 3-4 weeks - because politics, as we know it, is absurdly and childishly brutal. As David Paterson suggests, it's like high school. Reportedly, 'you knows' and such gibberish are usually edited out by our women-loving media vultures. Or maybe male pols don't talk so imperfectly?
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