Yes. Let's give the guy credit for his compassion. He wanted good health care for EVERYONE. Everyone except single women riding in the back seat after a party.
For the past 40 years our country has, from time to time, been influenced by a man most notable for fleeing the scene of a negligent homicide and attempting to have someone else take the blame for him. Even with the entrenched power of the Kennedys in Massachusetts, they couldn't keep all the facts surrounding the drowning death of Mary Jo Kopechne from being publicized. God only knows what that poor woman went through as she waited in a watery grave, perhaps believing that the man who saved himself would come back to save her. If she expected a profile in courage from Ted Kennedy, she died disappointed.
When Kennedy drove off the Dyke Bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, his car landed upside down in 7 feet of water. Some ten hours later, when he had contrived a statement of the occurrence, the senator, who had been partying with the young woman and volunteered to drive her home, said he had been able to swim free of the vehicle, but wasn't able to save his passenger. Evidently, he also wasn't able to summon help from those who might have been able to save her life. In fact, he didn't even report the accident until conferring with friends and aides who assisted him with his statement.
During that time, which records indicate took about ten hours, Ms. Kopechne remained in the water. Two amateur fishermen, who came across the overturned car about 8 am, the following morning, called authorities, who immediately sent a diver to investigate. During testimony at the subsequent inquest, the diver said the woman's body was huddled into a spot where an air bubble must have formed. His interpretation was that she had survived in that bubble "for at least two hours down there." Furthermore, he concluded that, had he received a call soon after the accident, "there is a strong possibility that she would have been alive on removal from the submerged car."
Whenever I recall this tragic incident, what truly eats at me is the image of that woman huddled into a small space and struggling for each breath of life, while the coward who put her there was struggling to come up with an alibi to save his political future. How low on the evolutionary scale do you have to be to leave someone to drown in the dark, murky water, as you figure out an angle to free yourself of culpability?
The actions of Ted Kennedy that fateful night spoke volumes about the lack of courage and character in the man. The fact that he was continually reelected to his senate
No humor in this man at all. Mary Jo death and Kennedy death are not funny.
No not humor. But I will say that while his death, as with any persons death is regretable, i am not saddened to see him leave the political stage.
As a senator Ted Kennedy has done great harm to this country. I will be happy to stand by that statement.
And Barb, do you think it is proper for a man who is at the very least guilty of manslaughter and God only knows how many sexual assaults to be lionized as Mr. Kennedy has been?
for those who are wondering, google "Waitress sandwich".
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No not humor. But I will say that while his death, as with any persons death is regretable, i am not saddened to see him leave the political stage.
As a senator Ted Kennedy has done great harm to this country. I will be happy to stand by that statement.
And Barb, do you think it is proper for a man who is at the very least guilty of manslaughter and God only knows how many sexual assaults to be lionized as Mr. Kennedy has been?
for those who are wondering, google "Waitress sandwich".
2 Kings 17
1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
Even the bible does a summary. In the Politically correct movement, calling out wickedness as a legacy is now the new "wrong".
If I read the bible, it is our duty to call out wickedness and Tell the next generation.
Kennedy is exactly what is wrong about the feminist movement. They sexually exploited women. They drank and did drugs and created all kinds of infidelity and abuse but the feministas still are loyal to the lefties. That is unhealthy attachment. Women go after bad boys in hopes of cleaning them up.
No not humor. But I will say that while his death, as with any persons death is regretable, i am not saddened to see him leave the political stage.
As a senator Ted Kennedy has done great harm to this country. I will be happy to stand by that statement.
And Barb, do you think it is proper for a man who is at the very least guilty of manslaughter and God only knows how many sexual assaults to be lionized as Mr. Kennedy has been?
for those who are wondering, google "Waitress sandwich".
By his own admission he was an imperfect man, and his children, family members, friends, and colleagues in their tributes to him stated such.
But whatever he may have been to us, he was brother, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, friend.
All of the sick jokes are a bit much at this time...sorry, but that is my opinion. As there is nothing I can say which will convince you otherwise, I will leave you to it.
No offense, Ferd...
One more thing...as to Chappaquiddick, my father never did believe TK was guilty of anything other than covering for a family member who was guilty.
I will leave you that to dissect, and once again, Ferd, no offense intended...this is just my humble opinion.
I have not seen any detailed analysis but I am guessing there has to be some concern that the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy could adversely affect the economy.
Liquor sales are bound to be down by double digits and self defense classes for women should see enrollment decline sharply.
By his own admission he was an imperfect man, and his children, family members, friends, and colleagues in their tributes to him stated such.
But whatever he may have been to us, he was brother, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, friend.
All of the sick jokes are a bit much at this time...sorry, but that is my opinion. As there is nothing I can say which will convince you otherwise, I will leave you to it.
No offense, Ferd...
One more thing...as to Chappaquiddick, my father never did believe TK was guilty of anything other than covering for a family member who was guilty.
I will leave you that to dissect, and once again, Ferd, no offense intended...this is just my humble opinion.
Mr. Smith can enter a plea without appearing in court, and Mr. Schnapp said he probably would do so before then, Mr. Farrell reported. But a person familiar with Mr. Smith's case said that before any plea was entered, his lawyers were likely to file a motion for dismissal on the ground of unfair pretrial publicity. 'Looking Forward to a Trial'
In a police affidavit released as Mr. Smith was charged, a 29-year-old woman from Jupiter, Fla., said that Mr. Smith attacked and raped her early on the morning of March 30 after she drove him home from a Palm Beach nightclub and accepted his invitation to walk on the beach.
The woman said she was screaming "no," and "stop" throughout the attack. Senator Kennedy and about a dozen other people who were inside the house at the time told police investigators they heard nothing.
"I don't think anyone who knows Willy would for a minute believe her story."
Mr. Smith, a 30-year-old nephew of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, was released after posting $10,000 bond at the county jail in West Palm Beach
The police affidavit, released on Thursday, suggests that Mr. Barry may have misled the two officers who first went there looking for Mr. Smith and Senator Kennedy at about 1:30 P.M. on Easter Sunday, some 34 hours after the alleged incident and a full day after the woman reported it.
WASHINGTON -- As record oil prices turn attention to the need for renewable fuels, momentum is building in Congress to buck Senator Edward M. Kennedy's bid to block the proposed Cape Cod wind energy project, potentially reviving efforts to construct the sprawling windmill farm in Nantucket Sound.
Kennedy rejected suggestions that he doesn't like the wind farm because it would be near his Cape home, and said the project probably wouldn't be visible from the Kennedy compound. He said he's against the project because it would create a range of environmental and navigational problems and would hurt tourism, one of the area's key industries.
He is for the green environment tax and all on YOU.
By his own admission he was an imperfect man, and his children, family members, friends, and colleagues in their tributes to him stated such.
But whatever he may have been to us, he was brother, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, friend.
All of the sick jokes are a bit much at this time...sorry, but that is my opinion. As there is nothing I can say which will convince you otherwise, I will leave you to it.
No offense, Ferd...
One more thing...as to Chappaquiddick, my father never did believe TK was guilty of anything other than covering for a family member who was guilty.
I will leave you that to dissect, and once again, Ferd, no offense intended...this is just my humble opinion.
Barb, I dont know how one asks for forgiveness for murder without going to jail..... pardon the pun but your dad was dead wrong.
however none of that matters at all. and I think if you look at all my posts on this particular subject, I have focused the majority of my comments on Senator Kennedy's record as a politician not on his misdees (though they be many and oh so very shocking).
I dont think Kennedy ever asked forgivness for trying to work with the SOVIETS againt Ronald Reagan as Reagan was working to defeat our long and bitter enemy.
I dont think Mr. Kennedy ever appologized for the letter he wrote to fellow democrats to get them to make sure Miguel Estrada was defeated for the main reason that Mr. Kennedy didnt want a repbulican (GWB) nominating an Hispanic to high judicial office (in this case it was the D. C. Circut Court).
I dont think Mr. Kennedy ever appologzed for his over the top lie filled tyrade on the senate floor when GHWB nominated Judge Bork for the Supreme Court.
This gets tiresome but I could go on for days about the devistatingly pernicious things Mr. Edward Kennedy did to this country. I dont need to talk insestanly about the vile and immoral things he did like having sex on the floor of a resturant or his benge drinking or his string of adulterous affairs.
Nor do I need to bring up the many actual illegal acts like killing people and sexually assualting people to make the point that Teddy was a really bad fellow.
Maybe the thing that gives me the most pause is that Teddy was so likeable. He was so very skilled in making his peers love him. Even peers that were political enemies. That may be the most devistaing aspect of Mr. E "T" Kennedy. It is like sin. subtle yet clearly dangerous to your soul.
I dislike what Edward did to America far more than I dislike what Edward did to his fellow man...errr.... (wo)men.....
although I suspect Mary Jo agrees with me.
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