MPs' fury as U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy gets honorary knighthood for Northern Ireland role

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 4th March 2009 | Ian Drury

[PotatoHeadMick]

Gordon Brown sparked fury today by awarding an honorary knighthood to U.S. senator Edward Kennedy, who has been accused in the past of being an IRA sympathiser.

Conservative MPs and Peers condemned as 'inappropriate' the decision to make a man closely linked to the Irish nationalist movement a 'Sir'.

Senior British politicians also expressed unease at honouring the Democrat who was embroiled in controversy when he was involved in an infamous car accident on Chappaquiddick Island in 1969 in which a young woman was killed.

[PotatoHeadMick]

Seems the Brits are no more happy about this than posters on FR are. Some of the comments are priceless.

[He Rides A White Horse]

As long as it doesn’t include an automobile.

[Cementjungle]

Next thing you know Obama will be giving the Medal of Freedom to Bill Ayers.

[Balding_Eagle]

Be grateful he isn’t driving your young women around.

[TheConservativeParty]

Heard about this travesty on the noon news today. Nearly lost my lunch. A Knight? Really. What the hell for?

[Rocko]

Sir Ted Carlyle of Crash.

[JennysCool]

Hence my new tagline.

[max americana]

he’ll be the first knight to turn a car into a submarine.

[xcamel]

A sitting senator may NOT hold a title in bestowed by a foreign government... but who gives a s*1t about the constitution.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Sir Ted Carlyle of Crash.

Sir Elton John. Nobel Peace Prize recipient Yasser Arafat. It's all becoming meaningless.

[TCats]

That is closer to the truth than I think you wanted to be.

Notice in the Kennedy thing, the MPs object to his knighthood based on his close linkage to Irish Nationalism. No mention of all of the other legal and moral flaws that surround this mess of a human being. It is as if the past ceased to exist for this scumbag.

[LostInBayport]

A Knight? Really. What the hell for?

All I can guess is that Ted's consumption of Chivas Regal, a U.K. product, is so voluminous that it probably makes up a significant portion of British GDP every year.

When does the high falooting award arrive at Hyannisport from Mexico for Ted's contribution to the destruction of America's borders back in the 60s with his toxic immigration bill?

[MagUSNRET]

I prefer the one I read earlier today “Sir Hossis of Liver”

[Gator113]

This makes me so proud to be a Scotsman.

[kamikaze2000]

Let’s put Sir Ted in some armor, give him a horse and lance, point him at a windmill and see what he does.

[JoanneSD]

Brits don't like a murderer either... they should of honored Mary Jo

[allmost]

Ugg.... spit...

[He Rides A White Horse]

he’ll be the first knight to turn a car into a submarine

I'll never understand the American (some) attitude regarding the Kennedys as being some kind of royalty. It's really quite sickening. Camelot indeed. Everytime I hear that term, I feel like I'm going to vomit.

[Don Corleone]

A “knighthood’ in British slang is a condom. Fitting!

[He Rides A White Horse]

“Sir Hossis of Liver; Regent of Chivas”