Rich People Always Forget to Pay Taxes

I was wrong about Caroline Kennedy. She didn't drop out, according to the New York Times, because she couldn't take the heat. She dropped out due to "problems involving taxes and a household employee." I guess she, like Timothy Geithner, failed to pay enough taxes on her considerable (though still-secret) income. Also like Geithner, it's possible she employed an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper. In national politics, that's a no-no.

For me, this only confirms that Kennedy was a bad choice for NY Senator. At least Geithner has the job of Chairman of the New York Fed on his resume. His errors probably weren't due to incompetance. Hers...well you can't be sure one way or the other.

Her candidacy has been a joke from the beginning, from her liberal use of the phrase "you know" in an interview to her disastrous response to reporters' queries about her motivations - she angrily asked why the reporters didn't write for a women's magazine. Doesn't sound very feminist to me. Doesn't sound very senatorial, either.