tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post8874673651748670192..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Gossip Girl for CongressRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-33175628284768848812008-12-22T08:36:00.000-05:002008-12-22T08:36:00.000-05:00It's true the Word of God is the only thing that c...It's true the Word of God is the only thing that could make her real. Everybody will be shallow, rich or not, without it. And without the Holy Spirit in you to value and understand it.<BR/><BR/>Short of that I guess it is more ideal for a politician to come from the ranks of society where most people live.The Puritanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200009028083050918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-76674034449525926992008-12-21T13:45:00.000-05:002008-12-21T13:45:00.000-05:00I wonder if Caroline Kennedy has ever set foot ins...I wonder if Caroline Kennedy has ever set foot inside a Southern Baptist church. For her, that would be like a field course in anthropology. An expedition to study the strange and savage ways of the Bible belt. Imagine the culture shock!<BR/><BR/>Has she ever had to wait in line at the supermarket? Has she ever been to a supermarket?<BR/><BR/>Has she ever had to fill out a pile of forms in a doctor’s office? Has she ever had to wait to see a doctor?<BR/><BR/>What if, instead of attending the Ivy Leagues, she attended Bob Jones University for a year or two? From what I can tell, the only working class people she’s encountered on a regular basis are her cooks and maids and chauffeurs. <BR/><BR/>There are various people who came from money, but made better use of their inheritance, viz. Buckley, Machen, Warfield, Allis, Frame, Selina Hastings, Jean d’Albret.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-5869110659582617632008-12-19T22:26:00.000-05:002008-12-19T22:26:00.000-05:00>Yet, Sarah Palin was somehow seen as vapid and...>Yet, Sarah Palin was somehow seen as vapid and inexperienced ...<BR/><BR/>Let Caroline Kennedy run Sarah Palin's commercial fishing business for a couple of years, then see what we've got.The Puritanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200009028083050918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-31476628784584932542008-12-19T22:22:00.000-05:002008-12-19T22:22:00.000-05:00Playing devil's advocate here, I think that anythi...Playing devil's advocate here, I think that anything she'd have done, as a famous, rich, daughter of a President (with the security limitations of that as well) would seem dilettante-ish. <BR/><BR/>Imagine if you didn't have to work because of a silver spoon being in your mouth at birth. You'd have to sit around and 'calculate' - or at least formulate - what you are going to do. Most people are forced into some kind of road and activity and pattern in life. <BR/><BR/>She can't go down in the trenches due to the security issues (I suppose she can't, it's a fair assumption), and she can't pretend she doesn't have a bank account that makes 'getting a real job' superfluous to some real, arguably big, degree. <BR/><BR/>How can rich people be 'real'? She's tried the usual routes: patron of the arts (in some sense), contributing to 'letters' (to some degree), philanthropy (I assume)...<BR/><BR/>Must we consign her to the political sidelines?The Puritanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200009028083050918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-3265385743479313682008-12-18T13:24:00.000-05:002008-12-18T13:24:00.000-05:00Yet, Sarah Palin was somehow seen as vapid and ine...Yet, Sarah Palin was somehow seen as vapid and inexperienced ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com