Here's the best I can do on the thread drift subject, from today's Chicago Tribune. Not that I want to pile up on her, but you asked: She doesn't ask for privacy, but she has the nerve to chastise journalists about the quality of questions they should ask her, while at the same time not saying anything of interest or quality:

Caroline Kennedy hard to figure out
December 30, 2008
We were left scratching our heads after the New York Times released a transcript of its recent interview with the would-be New York senator, complete with her snooty swipe at her interrogators—"Have you guys ever thought about writing for, like, a women's magazine or something?"—and her surprisingly graceful recovery.

So we tallied up the arguments on both sides:

Reasons to hate her

•For that women's magazines comment. Um, Princess? A lot of people would kill to work for those magazines.

•For refusing (at least four times!) to answer the very basic question: Would you have run for the office, if that had been the option on the table?

•For boring us.

Reasons to love her

•For admitting she didn't have an interesting story about the exact moment she decided to compete for the Senate seat.

•For not concocting an interesting story.

•For sounding apologetic after the women's magazine comment, which was prompted by repeated requests for an interesting story about her decision to compete: "I wish there was [an interesting story], I'll think about it."