Good thing they're such champions of the common man. Otherwise, the whole stinking rat's nest of 'em would be hauled off to Devil's Island, much to Devil's Island's detriment.
Nice family.
From the AP's point of view, they want you to feel sorry for the Kennedy family and show compassion toward them.
Personally, I consider the Kennedy clan a pile of infected hemorrhoids that the elite brown-nosers in our society can't detach themselves from.
Poor Rosemary was a tragic case. She was mildly retarded, certainly not enough to forclude her being presented at Court. Her letters to her father, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy are so sweet and touching. He had her lobotamized in 1941, and turned her into an incontinent, severely retarded wreak. She has been sheltered in a Wisconsin nunnery ever since, though the Kennedy family claimed during JFK's presidential run in 1960, that Rosemary was shy and retiring, and teaching school children in Wisconsin. She couldn't even read any more.....the Kennedys are hard on their kids, just read about Ethel and Bobby's brood.
While I am hardly a fan of the Kennedy's, I would not call someone a loser because he/she lost a baby, contracted cancer, or was assassinated. The woes brought on by their own hand lend 'loser' credibility to Ted and other progeny but a broad brush is not warranted.
St. John the Martyr was a philanderer and rakehell.
Robert the Dead was a piece of work, a nasty SOB who may have been involved with MM's death.
Edward the Pretender was kicked out of Harvard for cheating, was almost kicked out of the University of Virgina for reckless driving, killed Mary Jo Kopechne.
Not disagreeing with your characterization, in general, but
- Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.: son of Joseph and Rose. Killed in plane crash in 1944 during World War II. He was 29.
Died after volunteering for a dangerous mission. His brother, John, served honorably as well in WW-II. Admittedly no more honorably and bravely than many thousands of other Americans. I agree JFK was a so-so president and his death burnished his reputation more than anything else he did as president but his service in the War did him credit.
The rest of them are a sorry joke. The fat bloviator and his nitwit kid are unbearable. At least Teddy's liver will quit in the next few years, but Rhode Island is with stuck Patches into the forseeable future.
Recall, when Joe crashed his plane and all the USN and Coast Guard ships went out to find him. Ted did not approve any of the coverege of the search, recovery or burial. No questions, no humphing, no comment by the press. So, the attached, modified artcile is really quite a monument to the media's relative independence.
If you think the "Free Mumia" campaign has a lot of barbara streisand and media hype, wait until the Kennedies and their media launch the "Free Skaekal" campaign. In the interim, the Kennedies will not permit the media to print/say anything that might be inconsistent with the impending freedom blitz. We know you understand and will comply with their requirements.