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GenII
9/02/2009
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Be sure to read #' 8 and 9 on his role on immigration.
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 enlisted 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 payout 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"?
8. 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 a peice of garbage this guy was.
Good bye Ted.....see you in hell.
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daddio
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9/02/2009
11:48:15
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I have seen all this in print before. You beat me to the punch. Out of respect for his family I kept my comments to myself for a little while.
God knows he wasn't/isn't the only devil in D.C. There are more than a few. That's why next election, I don't think I'll vote for one single incumbent. I'll keep doing that until we find proper people to fill the jobs.
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Bucket
GenII
9/02/2009
12:55:12
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Bucket beat daddio to the punch??? thats a first, i been waiting a long time for that one.I agree he's not the only devil out there by a long shot,but this guys killed us for forty freakin years, he finally had to die for us to be rid of him...good ridence.
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years
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9/03/2009
06:24:14
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It speaks volumes about Mass. that they kept sending that drunk back to washington year after year. Prime reasoning for term limits. NO ONE should be there over 12 years. By that time, they are totally out of touch with the people of their state. Time for fresh bloodlines.
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Bucket
GenII
9/03/2009
10:10:30
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I totally agree.
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Kowalski
GenIII
9/03/2009
11:12:50
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With the exception of daddio, it's just too bad a lot you guys are unwilling to look this closely at the republicans too. There is a lot of mischief that goes on in politics from both sides. I too will be voting against incumbents from either party.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way
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Bucket
GenII
9/03/2009
12:20:26
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Its not the republicans that are shoving this healthcare bill down our throats. I will stick with party line. I just cannot bring myself to vote for any democrat knowing what their agenda is, there might be a good one out there but i dont know of one."There is a lot of mischief that goes on in politics from both sides". That statement is very true Kowalski but if you started counting tit for tat you would find an overwhelming amount of democrats pulling off some shifty crap to republicans.
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Kowalski
GenIII
9/03/2009
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Baloney. For starters, this thread is not about the health reform bill, so let's not sidetrack it with that kind of B.S.
My point is that you are not counting tit for tat - otherwise you you would not come up with the phony claim "an overwhelming amount of democrats pulling off some shifty crap to republicans".
So let's talk tit for tat on this issue. When the Democrats said anything bad about Reagan shortly after he died, the republicans screamed that was wrong to show so much disrespect for someone who had so recently passed away. And now we have a republican doing the exact same thing. Score one for each side - even. An unbiased accounting will not show the result you falsely claim. There is more than enough shifty crap being pulled by both sides.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way
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Bucket
GenII
9/03/2009
14:02:04
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The Gipper should be on Mt Rushmore, period. All you just did was generalize, and yes an unbiased accounting will most certainly show what i said, thats never going to happen so we will just disagree. The last scandel in i believe..new jersey selling body parts with 50 local politicians involved was 49=democrat 1=Republican, its hard to pin numbers when the drive-by spinsters give you what they want.If i felt it mattered i'd look it up but theres your numbers for you. thats a tit for tat.
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Stan
Dodge Dakota
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9/03/2009
14:20:03
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More lies.
It does matter.
And you can't look it up.
An unbiased accounting will never prove what you said.
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Bucket
GenII
9/03/2009
14:56:46
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It indeed would.
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ecdak
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9/03/2009
15:48:45
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Bucket they are right. If you look at who does most of the name calling - it is the republicans by 49 to 1. We are as bad as Rush Limbaugh.
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Bucket
GenII
9/03/2009
15:54:45
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Imposter=fagtoid
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Stan
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9/03/2009
16:04:32
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Name caller = bucket.
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Bucket
GenII
9/03/2009
16:17:09
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Capital B. stantoid=poser
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