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Biographer Of Ted Kennedy--> He Loved Chappaquiddick Jokes
NPR/The Lid ^ | 8/28/09 | The Lid

Posted on 08/28/2009 11:42:18 AM PDT by Shellybenoit

On the day of Senator Kennedy's death, this site published an article about the Democrats exploiting the Senator's death to push Obamacare. The title of the article, "Lets Kill Grandma for Teddy Kennedy," was met with some derision as some readers felt that it did not pay proper respect for the dead.

The gallows humor sometimes displayed on this site is nothing compared to what the Senator used himself. Apparently one of his favorite humor subjects was Chappaquiddick, the incident 40 years ago where the Senator drove off a bridge, saved himself and allowed a young woman to die in his car.

Here is a selection of the Diane Rehm Show on NPR. She is interviewing Ed Klein, who just wrote a biography of the Senator:

(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: chappaquiddick; gallowshumor; jokes; tedkennedy

1 posted on 08/28/2009 11:42:19 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
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To: Shellybenoit

If this is true, then Teddy Bare is even more sick and depraved than I had imagined.


2 posted on 08/28/2009 11:46:20 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: Shellybenoit

Yeah real funny...


3 posted on 08/28/2009 11:49:12 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Shellybenoit

I tell you, what is funnier than murdering a young woman, who may have been pregnant with your child, driving a car and dumping the car and the body in a river, then walking back into town to continue drinking?

Wait (wiping tears from eyes) .... it get’s better. I couldn’t swim to save her ... yet, I’m a certified Lifeguard ... and I got a way with it .....

Oh, that’s certainly funny stuff < /sarcasm>

Yes, he’s going to be held accountable for murdering an innocent woman, .... no matter how many confessions he allegedly went to.

Why? To be forgiven, you have to have remorse. It’s a basic requirement. Teddy has no remorse, no shame and thinks murder is all a big (but expensive) joke.


4 posted on 08/28/2009 11:49:17 AM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: Shellybenoit

Hey Teddy! Did you hear the one about Mary Jo greeting you at the gates of heaven? Apparantly you’re getting a quick tour, will have to finally admit your sins and then off to hell you go! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


5 posted on 08/28/2009 11:52:39 AM PDT by albie
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To: Shellybenoit

So he liked Chappaquiddick Jokes.

Did he like “botched abortion” jokes? What about “late term abortion” jokes? Did he laugh at “drunk Kennedy” jokes? Or maybe he thought “Kennedy relatives who rape” were really joking. And what about Judge Bork jokes?

Maybe all of other peoples’ lives were just a joke to Ted Kennedy. Well the joke is on him now. And no one with a modicum of common sense is laughing.

Note: I do not believe that 0bama will allow Kennedy’s name to be associated with HIS 0bamaCare bill unless he gets paid to do so. Teddy’s narcissism was matched only by 0bama’s. Now 0bama has no one to compare himself to.


6 posted on 08/28/2009 11:54:50 AM PDT by HighlyOpinionated (At Thermopylae, 1 Million Persians lost 20 Thousand yet failed to disarm 300 Spartans. Molon Labe!)
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To: HighlyOpinionated

An even better analogy would be if he liked Kennedy assassination jokes. Do you think he liked listening to the Dead Kennedys?


7 posted on 08/28/2009 12:00:01 PM PDT by Longhair_and_Leather (Don't send a boy to do a man's job, send a woman--Sarah 2012!)
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To: Shellybenoit
Oh goody...he'll love this one...

What does the sign outside the Chappaquiddick car wash say;

Not responsible for items left in vehicle......

8 posted on 08/28/2009 12:20:25 PM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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To: Shellybenoit

Well then, maybe Kennedy would like these about him?

Q: Why isn’t Teddy being buried at sea?
A: That wouldn’t be any fun; he’s already dead.

Q: How long would it take Ted Kennedy to roof a house?”
A: Depends on how thin you slice him.


9 posted on 08/28/2009 12:46:28 PM PDT by ScottinVA (I remember Jack Kennedy... Jack Kennedy was a President of mine.. and Teddy, you're no Jack Kennedy!)
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To: ScottinVA

The funeral home saved money on embalming old Teddy, he was already pickled.


10 posted on 08/28/2009 12:56:20 PM PDT by sbMKE
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To: Vigilanteman

That would qualify him as a sociopath.


11 posted on 08/28/2009 3:49:59 PM PDT by oneolcop (Lead, Follow or Get the hell out of the way!)
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To: Shellybenoit; Liz; writer33; AT7Saluki
This is a true story. The New York Daily News had the pictures. Senator Kennedy was vacationing off the coast of the South of France. He was in a boat, a speedboat with a quite-attractive young woman, and they were both decked out in their swimsuits. And we know this because there were helicopters, you know, paparazzi taking pictures. One of the pictures from the New York Daily News shows the woman diving off the side of the boat for a swim. The next picture shows Senator Kennedy doing the cannonball going in after her (which is probably the first time he went in the water after a woman).

The next couple pictures show him back in the boat engaged in hanky-panky -- and the pictures got shown around before they were published in the New York Daily News and they showed them to Senator Howell Heflin of Alabama. And Heflin looked at it said (doing legendary Heflin impression), "Well, I do declare! Ha! It sho'nuff look to me like Senator Kennedy done changed his position on offshore drillin'."

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_082809/content/01125106.guest.html

12 posted on 08/28/2009 3:51:40 PM PDT by Libloather (Tea Totaler, PROUD Birther, Mobster)
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To: Libloather

LOL! You owe me a new keyboard for that one!


13 posted on 08/28/2009 5:10:50 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: sbMKE
The funeral home saved money on embalming old Teddy, he was already pickled.

There actually was a plan to bury Teddy at sea, then Al Gore bitched about rising ocean levels.

14 posted on 08/28/2009 7:10:44 PM PDT by ScottinVA (I remember Jack Kennedy... Jack Kennedy was a President of mine.. and Teddy, you're no Jack Kennedy!)
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