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

Report suggests Kennedy could use some help

By JOHN P. WISE
|  Wednesday, Dec 31, 2008  |  Updated 9:00 AM EDT
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Caroline's, Um, Like, No Whiz With Words

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Caroline Kennedy could use a speech coach, according to experts who watched her say "um" 130 times in a recent interview with The New York Times.

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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.

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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Posted Jul 16, 2009
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