The world would be much better off today if it had not been Mary Jo who drowned.
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > *The 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 Bushreceived). > > 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 Islandin > 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 his real legacy is. ** **Let's keep this > going for truth, justice and the American way!* > > > > __._,_.___ > > > Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional > Change settings via the > Web<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RumblesAList/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJnbnRsYjlvBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIxMTI2MzIwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcxMTY0MzYyNwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNzdG5ncwRzdGltZQMxMjUxMzAzMDc0>(Yahoo! > ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily > Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>| > Switch > to Fully > Featured<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Fully+Featured> > Visit Your Group > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RumblesAList;_ylc=X3oDMTJlOHF2b3Q0BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIxMTI2MzIwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcxMTY0MzYyNwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNocGYEc3RpbWUDMTI1MTMwMzA3NA-->| > Yahoo! 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