January 22nd 2009
As Kennedy Crumbles, NYT Covers
T
he NY Times just can’t bring itself to journalistically slug Caroline Kennedy smack-dab in the kisser, as she so rightly deserves. Here’s the paper’s afternoon lead on the story of Kennedy’s last 24 hours (a.k.a., “I’m out … No, I’m in … No, I’m out):
ALBANY — Problems involving taxes and a household employee surfaced during the vetting of Caroline Kennedy and derailed her candidacy for the Senate, a person close to Gov. David A. Paterson said on Thursday, in an account at odds with Ms. Kennedy’s own description of her reasons for withdrawing.
That one reference to problems with taxes and hired help is pretty much it; the NYT just can’t seem to find a satisfactory source of info into what’s going on in the shoddy and run-down community of Camelot. The NY Post seems to have no such problems, though:
In a stunning revelation, a source close to Gov. David Paterson insisted this afternoon that the governor “had no intention” of picking Caroline Kennedy for New York’s vacant senate seat – because she was “mired” in an issue over taxes, her nanny and possibly her marriage.
Kennedy was “mired in some potentially embarrassing personal issues,” the source said, citing tax liabilities and worker compensation liabilities connected to the employment of a nanny.
The source also said the state of her marriage may have presented a problem as well.
“She has a tax problem that came up in the vetting and a potential nanny issue,” the source said. “And reporters are starting to look at her marriage more closely,” the source continued, refusing to provide any specifics.
So Kennedy, like Geithner, is a tax-dodger – not paying properly either her income or her employee’s worker’s comp taxes. What is it with these fabulously wealthy Dems who want to fling tax money at every poor puke and every big government problem, but can’t bring themselves to actually contribute honestly to the cause? What a bunch of pathetic hypocrites.
And arrogance? This shows you arrogance! Kennedy had to know what was going on in her life, yet she blithely assumed that as a World Class Liberal she would skate through without a problem. It reminds Allahpundit of a similar Dem glitterati a while back:
This reminds me of Edwards running for the Democratic nomination knowing that the Rielle Hunter time bomb would eventually go off. What if he had won? Where would that have left the party? Same with Caroline. Assuming she knew about the nanny, was she planning to keep mum until Paterson announced her as the pick so that he was stuck with her?
Folks, we are entering a season of scandal. There have been five significant Dem ethical melt-downs since Barack Obama was elected, and we haven’t even fully passed the food we ate on inauguration night yet.
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