Not sure what I think of making news out of a 17 year-old's Facebook profile - that creeps me out.

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There's one vote that Rudy Giuliani definitely can't count on in his 2008 presidential bid: his own daughter's. According to the 17-year-old Caroline Giuliani's Facebook profile, she's supporting Barack Obama.

On her profile, she designates her political views as "liberal" and—until this morning—proclaimed her membership in the Facebook group "Barack Obama (One Million Strong for Barack)." According to her profile, she withdrew from the Obama group at 6 a.m. Monday, after Slate sent her an inquiry about it.

In what may be an effort to avoid public connection to her famous father, the future Harvard freshman and recent graduate of Trinity School in Manhattan uses a slight variation of her name on the Facebook site. But she didn't lock her profile, allowing any Facebook user with access to the Harvard or Trinity School networks (more than 42,000 people) to view her detailed profile. (As a Harvard student, I was able to see it.)

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[ 06 August 2007: Message edited by: Michelle ]

The only thing she did that sucks is taking some of the info down instead of saying "why yes I do support Barack Obama."

Anyway, I agree that it's silly anyone would want to make an issue out of it - that's just the silly nature of US politics I guess - but I don't think it's creepy, or stalking.

[ 07 August 2007: Message edited by: Boze ]

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Originally posted by Coyote:
Leave the kid alone.

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It's true that it's because of who she is. But I'm sure that's a small price to pay for the extreme privilege she has had and will continue to have for the rest of her life, being the daughter of a very rich man who will likely be paying her way through Harvard and beyond.

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Well, more accurately, can't a young woman announce her support for Obama to 42,000 people without one of those people requesting an interview?

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Can't someone request an interview from anybody? And, by the same token, can't anybody simply decline to be interviewed? If you're not prepared to stand by your declarations of political allegiance then don't make them.

Facebook, by the way, has everything to do with publicity and nothing to do with privacy.

[ 07 August 2007: Message edited by: Boze ]

That said, if she supports Obama, then it's quite possible she's against the war. In which case, why would you expect her to be in Iraq?

I agree with you, Boze. That's the point I was making. You should see the outrage by the poor little rich alumni Harvard types on the Slate comments section. You'd think they killed the woman or something.

[ 07 August 2007: Message edited by: Michelle ]

If I were in the US, I'd probably support one of the Democratic candidates too. Doesn't mean I support the war.

Why would you assume she supports the war? Or did your question stem from her father's support for the war, assuming that he should "send" his child to war?

[ 07 August 2007: Message edited by: Michelle ]