As a Candidate, Kennedy Is Forceful but Remains Elusive (NYT 12/27)

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By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and DAVID M. HALBFINGER
Published: December 27, 2008

Caroline Kennedy, the woman who would be New York’s next senator, is sure of one thing. Among all the hopefuls seeking to succeed Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, she said on Saturday, there is no better choice.

“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I would be the best,” Ms. Kennedy said, sitting in the back room of an Upper East Side diner around the corner from her home.

After weeks of criticism that she had not opened up to the public or the press, Ms. Kennedy has embarked on a series of interviews. But in an extensive sit-down discussion Saturday morning with The New York Times, she still seemed less like a candidate than an idea of one: forceful but vague, largely undefined and seemingly determined to remain that way.

Facing a somewhat delicate task, where she is not running for office but seeking an appointment to an impending vacancy, Ms. Kennedy avoided questions about the other possible contenders, saying she did not want to criticize them. She praised Mrs. Clinton, but said it was too soon to say how she could improve on Mrs. Clinton’s performance as a senator. She said she had been personally affected by the economic crisis but sidestepped questions about her wealth, declining to say how much money she lived on each year.

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article and audio clips at the link
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/nyregion/28kennedy.html?hp

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1. Headline originally said, Eloquent but Elusive.

It's weird that they changed it.

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2. really? that's interesting. If it was posted on DU before, that would be why I missed it in search

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3. maybe these were the forceful (fuck you press) rather than eloquent parts:

"With several weeks to go before Mr. Paterson makes his decision, she is doling out glimpses of her political beliefs and private life. But when asked Saturday morning to describe the moment she decided to seek the Senate seat, Ms. Kennedy seemed irritated by the question and said she couldn’t recall.

“Have you guys ever thought about writing for, like, a woman’s magazine or something?” she asked the reporters. “I thought you were the crack political team.”"

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As things wrapped up, a reporter tried to pose another question, but she interrupted him.

“I think we’re done,” she said.

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Or maybe the repeated, well, you know, you know, like, you know, I mean, you know.

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4. How Many Times Can Caroline Kennedy Say 'You Know' in Under a Minute?

Here's some fun and joking around about the 'you knows' and the headline change


http://gawker.com/5119062/how-many-times-can-caroline-kennedy-say-you-know-in-under-a-minute

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5. I don't know if it's a NYC thing but when people say "you know" it drives me nuts

because it sounds like it's my job to know what they are trying to say, or I'm stupid if I don't already know it.

So maybe it's just me.