NY NOW Director 'Surprised' Not to Hear From Kennedy
By Jimmy VielkindALBANY—Caroline Kennedy has called a fair number of people about her quest to become a U.S. senator these last few days, but Marcia Pappas wasn't one of them.
"She has not reached out to us, and we're a little surprised that the governor would consider Caroline. Not that we don't have complete respect for her and her work," said Pappas, the executive director for the New York branch of the National Organization of Women. "I think it would certainly behoove her to reach out to the women's organizations, being the oldest and largest women's organization in the country, I think it would behoove her if she cared about women's issues to reach out and say what she would like to happen and where she stands."
Kennedy yesterday expanded her round of phone calls to include face-to-face meetings yesterday with the mayors of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse. She's trying to drum up support for her appointment, and is being advised in the matter by consultant Josh Isay's firm Knickerbocker SKD.
Pappas said that NOW has endorsed Representative Carolyn Maloney for her consistent and proven dedication to women's issues, and they're sticking by it.
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Just a guess but this
Just a guess but this statement put out by Ms. Pappas earlier this year might be the reason she is not at the top of Caroline's calling list - “Women have just experienced the ultimate betrayal. Senator Kennedy’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s opponent in the Democratic presidential primary campaign has really hit women hard. Women have forgiven Kennedy, stuck up for him, stood by him, hushed the fact that he was late in his support of Title IX, the ERA, the Family Leave and Medical Act to name a few. Women have buried their anger that his support for the compromises in No Child Left Behind and the Medicare bogus drug benefit brought us the passage of these flawed bills. We have thanked him for his ardent support of many civil rights bills, BUT women are always waiting in the wings.
Marcia needs to get over
Marcia needs to get over herself.
Caroline hasn't been to my organization either
So what? Does that mean she's not supportive of women's issues?
And therein lies the problem
Who knows what issues Caroline endorses? Carolyn Maloney is a much better candidate.
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