Comments on: Fantasy, Celebrity And Dynasty Politics

By: rawshark

rawshark — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:53:44 +0000

‘Many Palin critics mocked her selection as something out of a cheesy Disney movie; Caroline Kennedyâ€™s advocate in Ruth Marcus is openly declaring her desire to have Enchanted performed in the Senate.’

LOL

‘Barack Obama taught Constitutional law, yet recognizes a penumbral right to privacy invented by the Supreme Court whilst disregarding what privacy the Fourth Amendment guarantees.’

That sounds a lot like when people say ‘show me where in the Constitution it says we have a right to privacy’. It’s wrong too IMO.
The Constitution is not the place to look if you want a list of all the rights you were born with. It only mentions a few. And it mentions pretty clearly that the rights listed aren’t the only rights we have. You’re fourth amendment rights existed before the amendment was written and would exist even if the amendment wasn’t written. The Bill Of Rights was completely unescessary and in fact causes more problems that it solves.

By: Grumpy Old Man

Grumpy Old Man — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:40:52 +0000

Gov Paterson could use the Illinois method. The bidding starts at 500 thousand. Do I hear 500? 500 from the stocky man in the gray suit. Do I hear 525? . . .

By: tedschan

tedschan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:27:49 +0000

'Nanny' state? Drescher eyes Clinton's Senate seat

By: rushin

rushin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:09:42 +0000

Excellent point, and Marcus’ column is quite frankly an embarassment that belongs in The Onion. However, you said: “An appointment for Caroline Kennedy would mark such a shameless embrace of dynastic politics that it might even make members of the Nehru-Gandhi family blush.” No way. No how. The Nehru-Gandhi family can play dynastic politics better than anyone, anywhere. You think nominating Caroline to the Senate is bad? How about Rahul Gandhi as a possible Prime Minister in 2009? If the Congress somehow comes back to power, you can count on it happening.

By: nathancontramundi

nathancontramundi — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:17:24 +0000

“Kennedy would bring to the table a serious understanding of the Constitution — she’s written a book on the subject ”

Apparently writing a book on the Constitution requires a “serious understand”? Barack Obama taught Constitutional law, yet recognizes a penumbral right to privacy invented by the Supreme Court whilst disregarding what privacy the Fourth Amendment guarantees.

Both seem, to me, to be rather weak appeals to authority.

By: Grumpy Old Man

Grumpy Old Man — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:27:19 +0000

. . . Caroline Kennedy has nothing special to recommend her.

By: Grumpy Old Man

Grumpy Old Man — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:26:38 +0000

Exactly what needed to be said.

Caroline Kennedy seems decent enough, but what she has done to merit a Senate appointment is beyond me.

Even if the Kennedy cult had some basis,