However, we need to remember what Ted has done and I would like all polls to reflect our true opinion of him, after all we all must live with the consequences of having Ted spend over 40 years in Congress making laws that he himself never intended to live or die by.
In the future when I think Of Ted Kennedy, I would rather think of his true legacy.
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He sold his soul to the Mafia(or somebody else) to get help with the Kopechne affair..
Did you see that caption right by his picture near the poll?
Cancer Claims Liberal Lion
Shouldn’t that read Cancer Claims Liberal Lyin’?
From the article: “And so, as unpleasant as it may be, no review of Kennedy’s life is complete without a mention of Chappaquiddick’s part in his legacy.”
But yet you dingbats chose to put this question in your poll...idiot.
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOCKED UP FOR LEAVING KOPECHNE TO DIE.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
PS I could be wrong but Arlington appears to have lowered the standards to be buried there. I seem to remember that only those who had received a PH or CMOH were buried there.
Oh well...America has lowered her standards; so I am not surprised that Arlington has too.
sorry, but if one of the choices isnt “fat drunk & communist” I really cant vote...
He was a penis with ears.
Can I say that?
Does that register on the poll.
The question is, is the one murder (okay manslaughter) he committed worse than his awful 47 year record of selling out the entire country?
My mom told me many years ago to never speak ill about the recently departed, so I choose not to respond.
Friday, August 28, 2009
“One of His favorite topics of humor was Chappaquiddick” [Mark Hemingway]
Jules Crittenden mentioned on his blog he heard Ed Klein, former foreign editor of Newsweek and editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine, recalling on air that Ted Kennedy liked to joke about Chappaquiddick. It seemed to defy belief, so I listened to the episode of The Diane Rehm Show in question and sure enough — I’ve transcribed what Klein told guest host Katy Kay (Here’s a link to the audio in WMA format, relevant portion starts at about 30:15):
I don’t know if you know this or not, but one of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself. And he would ask people, “have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick?” That is just the most amazing thing. It’s not that he didn’t feel remorse about the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, but that he still always saw the other side of everything and the ridiculous side of things, too.
EXCUSE ME? If that’s true it makes Kennedy kind of a monster. The odd thing is that if you listen to the whole show, the tone of everyone involved is nauseatingly haigographic and reverential. Klein apparently let his guard down a bit; after he lets it slip Kennedy liked to joke about the woman he killed you can actually hear in his voice that he’s trying to backpedal. The show actually cuts to a break as he’s trying to explain himself, and I seriously wonder if it wasn’t the producers trying to do Klein a favor. But I’m sorry, there appears to be little to that could explain this. It goes way beyond “you had to be there.”
08/28 12:09 AMShare
Ted’s entire life was spent spending other peoples money.
The only money he ever “earned” was in the Senate and that wouldn’t even pay is food/beer bill.
When a liberal knows he about to die, is he repentant? Or is he a liberal to the end?
He was never prosecuted for a DUI Homicide and had to bury his family. He lived a hard life.
From the looks of the poll results, he isn’t thought of well at all. The RATS are losing favor with the people, would imagine O’s numbers will be that bad very soon!
After everyone takes the poll at the top of the page, scroll down to about the middle on the right side and take all 14 of the hot seat polls.