Fare thee well, Queen Caroline; Update: Awkward! AP says she still wants in; Late late update: Spokesman confirms she’s out.

By Michelle Malkin  •  January 21, 2009 09:50 PM

The commentariat will say it was the “uhs” and “you knows” that killed Caroline Kennedy’s bid for Hillary’s Senate seat.

The halting media appearances certainly didn’t help. But ultimately, it was the regal sense of entitlement that done her in.

Dynastic expectations coupled with lack of public disclosure and questionable work ethics do not sit well with the American public.

Fare the well, Queen Caroline. Or, as us serfs like to put it: DLTDHYOTWO*!

*That’s “Don’t Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out” for those who do not rub elbows with the commoners.

***

Update: Via Allahpundit, the Associated Press reports late tonight that Caroline still wants in!

A person familiar with Caroline Kennedy’s decision says she has renewed her determination to win appointment to the U.S. Senate seat once held by her slain uncle, Sen. Bobby Kennedy.

The source says that after her surviving uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, suffered a seizure on Inauguration Day, Caroline Kennedy had misgivings about taking on the new job.

The source spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak for Kennedy. Earlier in the day, The New York Times and New York Post reported that Kennedy had ended her monthlong bid to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was confirmed as secretary of state.

Gov. David Paterson has said he hopes to make the appointment by this weekend.

Awkwardness. Intrigue. Grab the popcorn. It ain’t over yet.

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Update 12:35am Eastern.
And the roller coaster ride comes to a screeching halt. Out. In. Out.

AP bulletin: Spokesman confirms Caroline has withdrawn.

Now, you can do like the moonbats did to George W. Bush and sing “Nah, nah, nah, hey, hey, goodbye…”

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  1. #599605
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 12:14 pm, right_on said:

    Out. In. Out.

    The Kennedy tradition? Drugs, or alcohol…?

  2. #599628
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 12:19 pm, taylork said:

    Why does she have a spokesperson? She doesn’t do anything for anyone to speak about.

  3. #599650
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 12:27 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Alison DaFeo, who was murdered by her brother in the famous Amityville horror house, was in my brother’s eight grade class at St. Martins.

    That’s right, the DaFeo’s were Catholic.

    We lived almost as close to St. Rose of Lima in Massapequa. I think I heard Carlo Gambino was a parishoner there, but I am not sure.

    No offense, but I’m not going to live in your neighborhood…

  4. #599656
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 12:29 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    BTW, depending on what state you live in, it can be considered illegal for a realtor NOT to disclose that a house you are looking to buy is haunted or otherwise the site of a grisly event.

    This doesn’t apply to cars, but I never buy a car that used to belong to anyone named Ted.

  5. #599741
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 1:20 pm, mojo said:

    We are amused.

  6. #599742
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 1:23 pm, b-cat said:

    No offense, but I’m not going to live in your neighborhood…

    HAHAHAHAHA

  7. #599751
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 1:37 pm, Socky said:
  8. #599788
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 2:00 pm, RobM1981 said:

    Her grandfather was a philandering rumrunner and market manipulator.

    Her father brought “Harlots and Starlets” to the White House, when not bumbling around with an “almost thermonuclear exchange.”

    Her uncle is, at best, an accessory to murder and rape, and quite possibly a murderer (depends upon how the charges would go) who had his 30-year marriage annulled by the Church.

    She has cousins in jail for murder.

    Hey, come to think of it, she really IS from Royal Blood…

  9. #599795
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 2:04 pm, MtsEdge said:

    Her grandfather was a philandering rumrunner and market manipulator.

    And Nazi sympathizer.

  10. #599823
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 2:21 pm, Glamchild said:

    Here’s what’s frightening: This woman is the product of the best education money can buy. —All the best schools, every advanced higher-education degree you can think of.

    Lots of basket-weaving PhDs coming out of Harvard, I guess.

  11. #599826
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 2:22 pm, floridaobserver said:

    And don’t forget the cousin who OD’d years ago in Palm Beach, the other cousin who rolled a vehicle and paralyzed a young girl for life, and yet another cousin, Teddy’s son, who is what, a congressman or something and is in and out of rehab. Seems her mother did not want her to associate with the Kennedy clan. No wonder. And yet, why do those people up there keep voting for them? At least NY had some sense. And MD, for not voting for yet ANOTHER cousin. Dang, how many of them ARE there? Scary, isn’t it.
    Maybe now, the dynasty will end. And rightfully so.
    Teddy may want her to succeed him, but I’ll bet her mother doesn’t. She’s probably rolling over in her grave over this.

  12. #599985
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 4:06 pm, Juliethejarhead said:

    Few love the Red Sox as much as I do, but …

    “Sweet Caroline” sucks.

    Truck Day = February 6th!

  13. #600078
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 5:31 pm, ich dien said:

    The Camelot kid. In French it’s trash, rubbish and seems clear that she’s got the genes that infect all her family.

  14. #600148
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 7:30 pm, guerro said:

    I’m sorry, can I please get a translation for DLTDHYOTWO*

  15. #600155
    On January 22nd, 2009 at 7:46 pm, Marie said:

    See photo on Drudge. Is this botox gone bad….or is she a Klingon?

  16. #600505
    On January 23rd, 2009 at 10:20 am, PKAmmoTroop said:

    Tax cheat? Hired illegal aliens? How she didn’t get the job of treasury secretary is beyond me.

  17. #600578
    On January 23rd, 2009 at 11:18 am, Juliethejarhead said:

    DLTDHYOTWO = Don’t Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out

    Happy Friday!
    Julie the Jarhead

  18. #601814
    On January 25th, 2009 at 8:04 am, 57fender said:

    Hey, let’s give her a break; she tried for OVER ONE MONTH to, uh, you know, take her rightful place in the Senate. “It’s so hard, you know?”

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