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Caroline's, Um, Like, No Whiz With Words

Report suggests Kennedy could use some help

By JOHN P. WISE
Updated 9:00 AM EST, Wed, Dec 31, 2008

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If there is a royal American family, she comes from it.

She's got some deep pockets.

And now she's considering a run for a high-profile political office.

But Caroline Kennedy is no whiz with words.

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Tuesday's New York Daily News suggests she might even need a speech coach.

Experts told the paper that Kennedy "revealed some cringing verbal tics that showed her inexperience as a speaker" in some recent interviews.

For example, she said "you know" 130 times in an interview with the New York Times, according to the Daily News.

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First Published: Dec 30, 2008 11:01 AM EST

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