via For Caroline Kennedy, what’s next? – Politics- msnbc.com.
updated 2:38 a.m. PT, Sun., Jan. 25, 2009
Caroline Kennedy
NEW YORK – Following a brief, torturous foray into the public spotlight, Caroline Kennedy has retreated back into privacy. And if there’s one thing on which political spectators agree, it’s that she is unlikely to rush to repeat the experience.
“After the beating that she took, a sane person would not want to subject themselves to that,” said Doug Muzzio, a political science professor at Baruch College.
He is referring to the Fox News-ance constant commentary on Kennedy. When are editors, especially at MSNBC going to learn that Fox and the AP aren’t reporting the news, they are reporting sensational make-believe?
They are Kennedy haters anyway so this stuff is to be expected.
Fox News-ance reported this last month:
Even so, some political analysts say Kennedy should release her financial data.
“It would be a smart idea to release the information now because ever since Obama has campaigned on the theme of change, he’s been campaigning as the anti-politician,” Republican strategist Ron Bonjean told FOX News.
“And for Caroline Kennedy to be part of that, she needs to release her records. She needs to show the people of New York what she doesn’t have to hide,” he continued.
People need to realize that these FOX and AP “experts” are kool-aid drinking bottom-feeders just like Hannity no matter what kind of degree they have. When they open their mouths they are spewing out opinion which is almost never based on fact. When this Republican strategist says “it would be a smart idea” for Kennedy “to release the information now” he is stating opinion, not fact.
The academic degree a person holds sometimes is waved like a flag in order to lend credence to otherwise ignorant and untrue statements. When a person like Doug Muzzio, a political science professor at Baruch College says this about Caroline Kennedy, “after the beating that she took” we must pause and reflect that this is just his personal opinion and not an intellectual analysis. Too many folks mix up those two things.
The truth is Caroline Kennedy can do as she damn well pleases and that she has just as good of a shot at the New York Senate sweat in 2010 as anyone in the political arena.
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