Mark Steyn: Airbrushing out Mary Jo Kopechne ("Only a Kennedy could get away with it.")

National Review ^ | August 29, 2009 | Mark Steyn

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ted was a typical liberal. Loved humanity but despised mankind.

[rsobin]

Today a lot of states would call Mary Jo’s death Second Degree Murder.

[I am Richard Brandon]

And don’t forget that ugly little Soviet Russian incident which should have cost him his life!

[ContraryMary]

Steyn always says it well.

[Guenevere]

absolute bttt

[samtheman]

This ranks up there with the 10 Best Essays About America... of all time.

Unbelievably good. Unbelievably on the mark.

[livius]

The senator’s actions in the hours and days after emerging from that pond tell us something ugly about Kennedy the man. That he got away with it tells us something ugly about American public life.

It tells us that we are totally manipulated by a media which is nothing but the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party. Americans have no morality anymore and simply think and do as their betters tell them.

[LiberConservative]

The senator’s actions in the hours and days after emerging from that pond tell us something ugly about Kennedy the man. That he got away with it tells us something ugly about American public life.

Indeed.

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

One of these days, Mark Steyn is going to have to get off the fence and tell us what he really thinks.

[falcon1966]

>>> A MUST READ <<<<

[justkate]

"That he got away with it tells us something ugly about American public life.

It tells me that some Americans can't distinguish between a common coward & a statesman. And that some of these Americans are either in the US Senate or occupy the Oval Office.

[KosmicKitty]

and like those in the Bible, for that matter — Kennedy came with flaws.

And Jim Jones only had one bad day!!

[madinmadtown]

Steyn at his best.

[ishabibble]

Steyh pretty much says it all about TK in this article.

[swatbuznik]

Once again Mark is at the top of his game!! Can’t wait to listen to him on Rush next week.

[JimRed]

It has been repeatedly reported that there was no autopsy on Mary Jo, yet other reports state that she suffocated rather than drowned because there was no water in her lungs. Wouldn’t it take an autopsy to determine that?

By the way, how long does embalmed fetal DNA last?

[junta]

Ted Kennedy is a joke this is nothing but a state funeral for a high standing Soviet state hack, except it is in America. This crap is 3000 miles wide millimeters deep, most people in America would if they could get away with it steal the corpse’s Rolex, expecially if they were hard core Obama voters.

[IbJensen]

The multi-millionaire promoter of the nanny state in america is dead and he’ll probably not be allowed to plead his case due to the millstone of sin looped around his fat neck.

He suffered much longer than did Mary Jo, which is fitting, and his repulsive behavior forced his wife into alcoholism, but he was eulogized last night for about three or four hours. I could only take three or four minutes of that sickening travesty.

[sonic109]

Ted Kennedy , like ALL the Kennedys, was a total piece of sh*t !