Poor Teddy, How will Boston survive?

[hubris 1]

he Last of
The Kennedy Dynasty
As soon as his cancer was detected, I noticed the immediate attempt at the
"canonization" of old Teddy Kennedy by the mainstream media. They are
saying what a "great American" he
is. I say, let's get a couple things clear & not twist the facts to
change the real history.
1.
He was caught cheating at Harvard when he attended it.
He was expelled twice, once for cheating on a test, and once
for paying a classmate to cheat for him.
2.
While expelled, Kennedy e nlisted in the Army, but
mistakenly signed up for four years instead of two.
Oops! The man can't count to four! His father, Joseph P. Kennedy, former
U.S. Ambassador to England
(a step up from bootlegging liquor into the US from
Canada during prohibition), pulled the necessary
strings to have his enlistment shortened to two years, and
to ensure that he served in Europe, not Korea , where a war
was raging. No preferential treatment for him! (like
he charged that President Bush received).
3.
Kennedy was assigned to Paris , never advanced beyond the
rank of Private, and returned to Harvard upon being
discharged. Imagine a person of his
"education" NEVER advancing past the rank of
Private!
4.
While attending law school at the University of Virginia ,
he was cited for reckless driving four times, including once
when he was clocked driving 90 miles per hour in a
residential neighborhood with his headlights off after
dark. Yet his Virginia driver's license was never
revoked.. Coincidentally, he passed the bar exam in
1959. Amazing!
5.
In 1964, he was seriously injured in a plane crash, and
hospitalized for several months. Test results
done by the hospital at the time he was admitted had shown
he was legally intoxicated. The results of those tests
remained a "state secret" until in the 1980's
when the report was unsealed.. Didn't hear about
that from the unbiased media, did we?
6.
On July 19, 1969, Kennedy attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island in
Massachusetts . At about 11:00 PM, he borrowed his chauffeur's keys to
his Oldsmobile
limousine, and offered to give a ride home to Mary Jo
Kopechne, a campaign worker. Leaving the island via an unlit bridge with
no guard rail, Kennedy steered the car off the bridge, flipped, and into
Poucha Pond..
7.
He swam to shore and walked back to the party, passing
several houses and a fire station. Two friends then
returned with him to the scene of the accident.
According to their later testimony, they told him what he
already knew - that he was required by law to immediately
report the accident to the authorities. Instead
Kennedy made his way to his hotel, called his lawyer, and
went to sleep. Kennedy called the police the next
morning and by then the wreck had already been
discovered. Before dying, Kopechne had scratched at
the upholstered floor above her head in the upside-down car.
The Kennedy family began "calling in favors",
ensuring that any inquiry would be contained. Her
corpse was whisked out-of-state to her family, before an
autopsy could be conducted. Further details are
uncertain, but after the accident Kennedy says he repeatedly
dove under the water trying to rescue Kopechne and he
didn't call police because he was in a state of shock.
It is widely assumed Kennedy was drunk, and he held off
calling police in hopes that his family could fix the
problem overnight. Since the accident, Kennedy's
"political enemies" have referred to him as the
distinguished Senator from Chappaquiddick. He pled
guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, and was given a
SUSPENDED SENTENCE OF TWO MONTHS.
Kopechne's family received a small pay out from the Kennedy's insurance
policy, and never sued. There was
later an effort to have her body exhumed and autopsied, but her family
successfully fought against this in court, and Kennedy's family paid
their attorney's bills... a "token of
friendship"?
a8. Kennedy has held his Senate seat for
more than forty years, but considering his longevity, his
accomplishments seem scant. He authored or argued for
legislation that ensured a variety of civil rights,
increased the minimum wage in 1981, made access to health
care easier for the indigent, and funded Meals on Wheels for
fixed-income seniors and is widely held as the
"standard-bearer for liberalism". In his very
first Senate roll, he was the floor manager for the bill
that turned U.S. immigration policy upside down and opened
the floodgate for immigrants from third world countries.
9.
Since that time, he has been the prime instigator and author
of every expansion of an increase in immigration, up to and
including the latest attempt to grant amnesty to illegal
aliens. Not to mention the pious grilling he gave the
last two Supreme Court nominees, as if he was the standard
bearer for the nation in matters of "what's
right". What a pompous ass!
10.
He is known around Washington as a public drunk, loud,
boisterous and very disrespectful to ladies. JERK is a
better description than "great American".
"A blonde in every pond" is his motto.
Let's not allow the spin doctors make this jerk a hero -- how quickly
the American public forgets what his real legacy is.
Let's keep this going for truth, justice and the American
way
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[knot for shore]

Obviously, he would not have gotten away with or had this kind of press if his name was not kennedy. Just goes to prove yet again, that it DOES matter what name you have, how much money you have and what affiliations you have to keep and or get you out of trouble. This just happens to be a case of money AND government affiliations.

Oh well..........next......

[Jack Hexter]

I saw on the news that 2 liquor stores in Boston and one on the Cape went belly up already.

I have zero respect for Kennedy, except for one. Since the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, he has personally attended every funeral of every soldier from Mass that has been KIA and after the service, has visited with the family of the fallen

[anthony]

Good riddance IMO.

[giantfan]

I heard something on the news this morning that they are trying to appeal to some of the more liberal Republican members that they should help to pass the health care bill in memory of him...

"win this one for the Gipper" for all the great things he did for this country....

[Dave Sikorski]

It absolutely amazes me that a large portion of this country holds Kennedy in high regard. He was a womanizing drunk elitist that claimed to help the little guy, but nearly EVERYTHING he supported in DC has ended up hurting the little guy.

He was a scumbag and a symbol of the wrong direction for this country.

-D

[Russell A. Jost]

It absolutely amazes me that a large portion of this country holds Kennedy in high regard. He was a womanizing drunk elitist that claimed to help the little guy, but nearly EVERYTHING he supported in DC has ended up hurting the little guy.

He was a scumbag and a symbol of the wrong direction for this country.

-D

Amen to that. Now if we can just get rid of a few more like him, we may see some positive change in this country.

[lowtide]

I guess the Kennedy car wash is now closed.........
Agree, scumbag.

[eppefour]

I hope you guys can smile when people take shots at your dead relatives. LOW CLASS. You should be better than that.

[anthony]

I hope you guys can smile when people take shots at your dead relatives. LOW CLASS. You should be better than that.

Ah....my relatives are private people unlike Ted Kennedy who was a very public person who actually served the public and must expect a high level of scrutiny. You reap what you sow....I hear the combine firing up right now for ol Ted.