I will be happy when I can use a picture of his tombstone on my dartboard.
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:06 AM, dick thompson <[email protected]>wrote:
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> I take it you don't think much of our waitress sandwich boy Teddums.
> Shame, that. And I agree.
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> Philobealo wrote:
> > As soon as cancer was found, we 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. 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.
> > 4. 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"?
> > 5. Kennedy has held his Senate seat for more than forty years, but
> > considering his longevity, his accomplishments seem scant. 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.
> > 6. 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 right.
> > Let's not allow the spin doctors make this jerk a hero -- how quickly
> > the American public forgets what his real legacy is...
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