Caroline Kennedy Doesn’t Think You Plebes Have A Right To Know About Her Personal History
When people run for public office they typically disclose certain facts about their personal life and financial holdings. Those applying to work in the Obama administration had to disclose 63 pages worth of facts including whether or not they own a gun.
But Caroline Kennedy, who is trying to be appointed to the Senate instead of elected, doesn’t feel she owes the public that same level of disclosure.
…Kennedy, who has asked Governor David Paterson to appoint her to succeed Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton — and who helped oversee the vetting process for Obama’s possible running mates — is declining to provide a variety of basic data, including companies she has a stake in and whether she has ever been charged with a crime.
Kennedy declined on Monday to reply to those and other questions posed by The New York Times about any potential ethical, legal and financial entanglements. Through a spokesman, she said she would not disclose that kind of information unless and until she becomes a senator.
“If Governor Paterson were to choose Caroline, she would, of course, comply with all disclosure requirements,” said the spokesman, Stefan Friedman.
So she won’t share until after she’s already in office.
Gotta love that sense of entitlement from a member of the political elite.
