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A member o stanley mug f the famed Kennedy clan is looking to enter the D.C. political s stanley uk cene, albeit at a very low level.William Kennedy Smith, daughter of Jean Kennedy Smith and nephew to JFK, RFK and Ted Kennedy, is on the ballot in for a Washington, D.C., Advisory Neighborhood Commission ANC post, the Washington Post reports. The stanley puodelis officerepresents a small portion of D.C. that includes the Kennedy Center and the famed Watergate Complex where the break-in that spawned the Watergate investigation occurred.Kennedy lives in one of the Watergate apartment buildings, but says he is not necessarily seeking a political career. I think of it as service, he told the Post. I ve done a lot of different things internationally, and I ve been involved in grass-roots activities in a lot of different capacities. .thinsp;.thinsp;. I just felt it was a good thing to do. Kennedy Smith Sex Case DismissedThe ANC has no actual authority in D.C. and is staffed by unpaid residents who advise the city government on issues like liquor licenses and zoning petitions. Smith will face local lawyer Thomas Martin, who lives in the area. Smith garnered national attention in 1991 when he was accused of raping a woman in Palm Beach, Fla., at the age of 30. He was ultimately acquitted. In 2004, a former personal assistant alleged he sexually assaulted her in 1999, but a judgethrew out the civil lawsuit she filed against him.Smith is following in the footsteps of several o Jdds Perry says he s not interested in Veterans Affairs Secretary job
The issues debate promised by both candidates in the Hillary Clinton-Rick Lazio Senate race hasn t materialized yet. Both sides have begun advertising, but n stanley mug either is exactly saturating the Empire State airwaves. In this news-free environment, a fund-raising letter sent to Lazio supporters that claims Clinton has embarrassed the country filled the news vacuum, if only for a moment, and gave Mrs. Clinton the opportunity to charg stanley cup e the Long Island congressman with typical politics. Not to be confused with the politics of the high road practiced in her television ads that warn, Rick Lazio: the more you know, the more you wonder. . The tempest in the direct mail teapot provided a brief diversion from the ho-hum daily routine of the Rick Hillary show: Hundreds of miles north - and west - of The City That Never Sleeps, the campaigns are in the Dullsville, retail politicking phase of the race, puttering around to dairy farms, factories and Kiwanis clubs. But don t be deceived. Clinton and stanley cup Lazio are not enjoying a sleepy small town summer. They re both hard at work trying to define Rick Lazio. The big picture, says Jennifer Duffy, Senate editor for The Cook Political Report, is who defines him first. This race is like a big mural. Both campaigns have a paintbrush and a bucket of paint. Who fills in the picture of Rick Lazio first - Hillary Clinton or Rick Lazio With broad brushstrokes, Team Clinton is tr |
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