The Reality of Ted Kennedy's Legacy

[larrymeyer]

The Reality of Ted Kennedy's Legacy


The Last of The Kennedy Dynasty

As soon as cancer was found, I noticed the immediate attempt at
canonization of old Teddy by the main stream media. They are saying
what a "great American" he is. I say, let's get a couple things
clear and 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 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, after passing
several houses and a fire station. Then two friends 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 and 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 were the standard bearer for the nation in
matters of rights. 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".

Let's not allow the spin doctors make this jerk a hero -- how
quickly the American public forgets what his real legacy is...and
you just know it's all BUSH'S fault!

[jcabin]

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See you there teddy!

[autotech6506]

It's funny how the media just "forgets" about all the bad stuff. Especially since I think it pretty much shows the kind of person he really is!

[unclejumbo]

When my wife told me he had died my response was from the heart...All I said was "good."

I know it was a tragedy for those that loved him but this country lost nothing with his passing.

[Warpt762x39]

I remember hearing that Teddy was all for gun control because he was bored and wanted to have something to push for. Not sure if it's true but either way I hope he enjoys himself down in Hell. I hear it's rather warm this time of year.

Ted dies and goes to hell. He notices one sign that says "Socialist Hell," and another that says "Capitalist Hell."

There's a long line waiting for socialist hell, but no one waiting to get into capitalist hell.

Ted asks the guard, "What do they do to you in socialist hell?"

"They boil you in oil, whip you, and then put you on the rack," replies the guard.

"And, what do they do to you in capitalist hell?", Ted asks.

"Same thing," says the guard.

"So then," asks Ted, "why is everybody in line for socialist hell?"

"Because in socialist hell," the guard explains, "they're always out of oil, whips and racks."

[Bug44]

[AxiTech]

My initial comment was, "I hope they don't bury him in a sweater, it's gonna be hot where he is headed"!