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Cheap Shot
04/27/09

In reply to Portfolio Has Folded
Not surprised by that one. When big women's fashion magazine title's fold, that's when I know it's really the death of print.
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Smitros
04/27/09

In reply to Portfolio Has Folded
Undoing the Nasty.
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GuyBitchy
04/27/09

In reply to Portfolio Has Folded
Portfoliover.

Portfolded.

Porbastards.
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ADismalScience
04/27/09

In reply to Portfolio Has Folded
Problems at Advance? The problem is that Joanne Lipman and her overpaid staff generated a crappy, tone-deaf magazine targeted at a market segment that is practically drowning in other choices.
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FormerEnglishMajor
04/27/09

In reply to Portfolio Has Folded
For the money they sunk into this, they could have kept the receptionists AND had their editorial assistants earning a living wage.
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phlox✔
04/27/09

In reply to Portfolio Has Folded
So, Rev. Spooner now heads the layout dept. at Portfolio?
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Trulymadlyme
04/27/09

In reply to Portfolio Has Folded
Man, I am on a roll when it comes to randomly getting magazines that fold. First I got Cottage Living. And it folded. Next I got Best Life. And it folded. Next I got Blender. And it folded. Next I got Portfolio. And it's apparently folding because last Saturday I got a surprising thin "W" magazine.
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Awesome X
04/27/09

@Trulymadlyme: So, uh, what magazine are you, uhm, getting next?
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Trulymadlyme
04/27/09

@Awesome X: Uh, I dunno. Maybe uhm Sarcasm Monthly . Or, erm, Go Fuck Yourself With A Chainsaw Weekly .
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Tart of Darkness
01/22/09

In reply to Caroline Kennedy Ends Senate Dynasty Dreams
I tend to agree with those who say she found out she wouldn't be picked and so dropped out to save face.

And I'm wondering of part of not being picked was to be saved the inevitable questions about her relationship with Sulzberger as mentioned earlier here on Gawker.

As to whether she is qualified, I can't imagine why she would not be. She has a law degree, has written a book about the constitution, a thorough understanding of which seems to be a nice quality in a Senator, and she has the connects in both NY and DC.

You can't say that she isn't familiar with New York and the issues that the state faces. Really? Can you?
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jasonelias
01/22/09

In reply to Caroline Kennedy Ends Senate Dynasty Dreams
Caroline by all accounts seems like a nice, intelligent person, but I don't think she wanted it or needed it. Didn't seem to have that fire in her belly, so perhaps this decision is best. There's plenty of other great opportunities to make change.
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DoctorNine
01/22/09

In reply to Caroline Kennedy Ends Senate Dynasty Dreams
I still would like to see Bill Clinton get it, just to watch all those congressmen who impeached him suck it up. It would be kind of funny to watch Hillary, while on duty in a few months as Secretary of State, get up in front of a camera at the Hague, and explain that all these new rumors of Bill's philandering exploits in Washington were just more of that 'vast right wing conspiracy' that keeps saying her sweet Bill is untrue. It's better than a Harlequin Romance. This not an opportunity that we can miss.
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ElleL
01/21/09

In reply to Caroline Kennedy Ends Senate Dynasty Dreams
So this means SANDRA LEE is going to be a NY Senator's wife?? WTF.
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Steverino Begins
01/21/09

In reply to Caroline Kennedy Ends Senate Dynasty Dreams
Why the vague dig at Robert, Jr.? His RS articles on voting and voter registration fraud issues are filled with all sorts of awesome.
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Wanna Are It
01/21/09

In reply to Caroline Kennedy Ends Senate Dynasty Dreams
Ben Smith is reporting Paterson's people are the source of this rumor and all the Kennedy people are denying it. If that's the case, Paterson knew he wasn't going to appoint her and is using Ted Kennedy's collapse yesterday as cover.

(Insanity.)

[www.politico.com]
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PandoraSpocks
01/21/09

@wanna_are_it: No.
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Wanna Are It
01/21/09

@PandoraSpocks: UPDATE: Democrat close to Kennedy, however, says "she is not" pulling out. None of her spokesmen immediately responded to a request for comment.

UPDATE: I still haven't confirmed this, and people quite close to Caroline continue to deny it. Indeed, her New York City inner political circle appears to be out of the loop. But the story appears to be coming from Paterson's camp in Albany, so details aside, the effect is the same.

Did I read that wrong, or are you disagreeing with the reporting?
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PandoraSpocks
01/21/09

@wanna_are_it: You read it right.
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sweetcaroline
01/21/09

In reply to Caroline Kennedy Ends Senate Dynasty Dreams
@ Graceless It one thing to differ, it's another to tell someone to grow up, which I assure you happened when I had twins at 1 1/2 lbs. each eleven years ago. Cuomo is different because he practiced law, held jobs and an elected office. For those of us who have practiced law, raised children, worked on behalf of special needs kids, have a disabled child and did it despite the divorce, watching Caroline ask for this on a silver platter without working for it is an affront.There are many qualified women who have careers. See Justice Anne Burke of Illinois, who founded Special Olympics, raises children and has become a State Supreme court justice.
Caroline Kennedy couldnt get elected president of my towns PTA with her credentials, but then again, I know some amazing women.Having to do it all isnt fun but it is possible.
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PandoraSpocks
01/21/09

Dear Dreamers,

It is one thing to proclaim a world of righteous perfection, quite another to actually believe it might exist. I don't know how many times I have to remind you that Caroline has lived in NY her whole life and the state would be lucky to have her. If she's out, its YOUR fault assholes.
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PandoraSpocks
01/21/09

@sweetcaroline: P.S. You don't get credit for the 11 1/2 lb. twins because nobody cares about your unusual life situation.

Feel good? Feel competent now?
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registered
01/21/09

@PandoraSpocks: She hasn't lived in NYC her whole life. That's been pretty well documented, ahem. It does not rule her out for a Senate seat, but living on Fifth and Park your almost entire life does not qualify you for a seat either.

Y'know?
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PandoraSpocks
01/21/09

@registered: She has been a resident of the state since the age of 7. Park Avenue? Yes, but she didn't marry the governor of Arkansas and decide she should be your senator.
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registered
01/21/09

In reply to Caroline Kennedy Ends Senate Dynasty Dreams
Not to give too much credit to Gawker editors here, but I think their count of her "you know"s was probably a factor in her decision. Really! It got a lot of mentions elsewhere and quickly became a PR nightmare.
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PandoraSpocks
01/21/09

@registered: Thanks! I'm so proud to be a member of a group that only tears people down.
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registered
01/21/09

@PandoraSpocks: Wow, someone is feeling a bit irriated, huh? I know countless people who have lived in NY (almost) their entire life. They don't think they're Madonna because they sing in their underwear and they don't think they are qualified to be a US Senator just because they passed the bar and have a well-known name.

I'm sorry you're upset.
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registered
01/21/09

@registered: irritated. Sorry!
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PandoraSpocks
01/21/09

@registered: My dear, I am not irritated. I am amazed at the ire this intelligent woman seems to have tilled in the political soil.
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Trixie from Toronto
01/21/09

@PandoraSpocks: I can't speak for anyone else but I feel no ire for her or her desire for the Senate seat. I just think she didn't really know what she was getting into. She didn't seem ready in an of her interviews when asked about the issues, she lacked media savvy and she seemed unprepared about what it would entail to have the media spotlight shone upon her and her family. I think she spared herself two years of misery by bowing out.
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registered
01/21/09

@PandoraSpocks: Dearest, if I may, it's clear that you are amazed. My question is why?

I spent most of my life working and living in Manhattan. I don't think I'm entitled by virtue of that to be the next junior Senator from NY.

So what's so amazing about someone like me thinking that maybe a fine-looking,seemingly intelligent(despite interview) good Park Ave mom, is not qualified -on the basis of that resume - to be appointed to the Senate?

Let her run for office if she wants it. Do you have a problem with democracy?
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registered
01/21/09

@Trixie from Toronto: I agree. In her position, I would bail too. No ire towards CK as private citizen.
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