Why Ted Kennedy Was the Last of His Kind

The Atlantic ^ | August 2009 issue | Ronald Brownstein

[DallasBiff]

Edward M. Kennedy was romantically described as the last lion, but it might be more accurate to think of him as a river. Especially earlier in his long career, he could be tumultuous and overflow his banks, both politically and in his personal life. But mostly he was steady, forceful, and above all persistent. Particularly in the three decades after his failed 1980 presidential bid

[sima_yi]

Mary Jo Kopechne is unavailable for comment.

[Joe Marine 76]

True.

[Captainpaintball]

He was among the FIRST of his kind… what are these liars talking about? (I’m not reading the sharticle)

[Savage Beast]

Let's hope so.

"Edward M. Kennedy was romantically described as the last lion, but it might be more accurate to think of him as a river."

No. How about a pig!

[LouAvul]

They were all trash.

[txeagle]

Last of his kind?? Last time I checked, the swamp was chock full of lecherous theives of both alphabet suffixes.

[Spacetrucker]

Meh, Nadless is a pipsqueak compared to UpChuck.

[M Kehoe]

Ted Kennedy wasn’t the last to kill an intern.

Joe Scarborough continued the Kennedy tradition.

5.56mm

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

"but it might be more accurate to think of him as a river." A river indeed!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_whiskey_fire

:The Dublin whiskey fire took place on 18 June 1875 in the Liberties area of Dublin.[1] It lasted a single night but killed 13 people (from alcohol poisoning), and resulted in €6 million worth of damage in whiskey alone (adjusted for inflation).[2] People drank from the 6 inches (15 cm) deep river of whiskey that is said to have flowed as far as the Coombe.[3] None of the fatalities suffered during the fire were due to smoke inhalation, burns, or any other form of direct contact with the fire itself; all of them were attributed to alcohol poisoning from drinking the undiluted whiskey running through the streets that had been stored in casks that exploded; this alcohol was much more potent than whiskey offered at retail in bottles.[4]" Spread

The stream of whiskey first stretched down Cork Street, turning onto Ardee Street and catching a house on Chamber Street, then continued farther to Mill Street where it quickly demolished a row of small houses.[8] Human reaction

People living nearby were first alerted to the fire by the sounds of squealing pigs from nearby livestock pens that had caught fire, and this is said to have contributed to a surprisingly rapid evacuation that was later commended by members of the emergency services as well as the Lord Mayor of Dublin at the time, Peter Paul McSwiney. He is quoted as saying:

"The time given for escape in some places during the progress of the fire was so short, I was apprehensive that some people should be left in danger in the garrets and cellars of the district. But on inquiry I was happy to learn that no life was lost during the great conflagration."

During the evacuation many people gathered by the streams of whiskey, filling any vessel at hand with the substance. “Caps, porringers, and other vessels" were all gathered to lap up the burning liquid, resulting in 24 hospitalisations due to alcohol poisoning and 13 subsequent fatalities.[9]

Cuyahoga River Fire

...an oil slick on the Cuyahoga River - polluted from decades of industrial waste - caught fire on a Sunday morning in June 1969 near the Republic Steel mill, causing about $100,000 worth of damage to two railroad bridges. Initially the fire drew little attention, either locally or nationally. The '69 fire was not even the first time that the river burned. Dating back to the beginning of the twentieth century, the river had caught fire on several other occasions. The picture of the Cuyahoga River on fire that ended up in Time Magazine a month later - a truly arresting image showing flames leaping up from the water, completely engulfing a ship - was actually from a much more serious fire in November 1952. No picture of the '69 river fire is known to exist.

If a river can burn in Cleveland, a river can burn in Hell!

[wetgundog]

He was a fat, womanizing, PIG!

[PAR35]

If Ted Kennedy had driven a Volkswagen, he’d have been president.

Or maybe he’d have found a different way to get rid of the problem.

[Blueway]

This person should read “The Senator: My Ten Years with Ted Kennedy” by Richard E. Burke.
Burke was a dedicated aide.
What I recall most from this book was that the married Kennedy seduced Burke’s fiance, impregnated her, and pressured her to have an abortion.

[NWFree]

He was drunk fat crooked turd - typical libtard nothing special except he killed people along the way

[Rummyfan]

But mostly he was steady, forceful, and above all persistent.

Ack! Teddy was a long-running joke, but was sanctified as he was the last surviving Kennedy brother, but he was also the least of those brothers intellectually and personality and personal integrity. The damage he did to our country is, IMHO, almost immeasurable.

[Rummyfan]

Why Ted Kennedy Was the Last of His Kind

And thank The Lord for that!

[al baby]

Scarburoug

[Hiddigeigei]

"Ack! Teddy was a long-running joke..."
Teddy Kennedy wasn't a joke. Right up there with Obama and his puppet, he was among the half dozen or so people most responsible for the destruction of the United States.

[linMcHlp]

Not the last of people to whom, “No!” was rarely spoken.

And when “No!” was spoken, The Ted Mind replied: “What are you talking about?!”

[BenLurkin]

[aculeus]

Fortunately, my Irish ancestors stayed on the boat until NYC.

(Does anyone else really dislike MA accents?)