Posted on 10/11/2006 3:08:34 PM PDT by Panerai
HARTFORD, Conn. --Republican Rep. Christopher Shays defended the House speaker's handling of a congressional page scandal, saying no one died like at Chappaquiddick in 1969 when Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy was involved.
"I know the speaker didn't go over a bridge and leave a young person in the water, and then have a press conference the next day," the embattled Connecticut congressman told The Hartford Courant in remarks published Wednesday.
"Dennis Hastert didn't kill anybody," he added.
Shays' comments recalled the Chappaquiddick incident, when Kennedy's car ran off a Massachusetts bridge, killing his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy did not immediately report the tragedy, and later pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident.
Last week, Kennedy campaigned for Democrat Diane Farrell, who is locked in a bitter fight with Shays that could help determine whether Democrats recapture the House after 12 years of GOP control.
"This is symptomatic of Chris losing his composure in a tight race," Farrell said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press Wednesday. "Chris just seems to be lashing out in anger."
Kennedy's office had a terse response.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
That's going to leave a bruise. You'd better put some ice on that, Ted.
Exactly what sort of response could they have? Truth speaks quite loudly.
ABC: "Road to Chappaquiddick"- just an idea.
The point is Kennedy is an immoral killer and the dems give him standing ovations every day.
About time.
He spoke the truth. the truth that should have been spoken years ago. A young semator married , out partying with a yount secretary, drunk. he drives hr off a bridge, He leaves her there and swims to the mainland sobers up calls his lawyer gets a Kennedy Judge and then returns to find the police diving for her body. It doesnt get any worse than that and he never skipped a beat, went back to being a senator and no one questioned about the ethics of manslaughter.
Now he sticks his fat drunken nose in every case and has "wise"things to say about the ethics of others.
We havent even mentioned the rape he sat through in Florida, of ,making hios kid iligitimate by an annullment and driving his wife insane. Ted Kennedy is slime. the worst kind of slime, its time someone said so.
Or "A Bridge To Far".
Good.
I hope Mr. Shay's life insurance is paid up. Libs in that part of the country don't take kindly to even the perceived mention of "the C word." In 1994, the rumor got around that Mitt Romney had uttered "the C word" (he hadn't) and his campaign received several death threats which the FBI told him to take seriously.
"That's going to leave a bruise. You'd better put some ice on that, Ted."
Yeah, he'll put ice on that bruise along with a few bottles of Jack Daniels...lol
They've spent years pretending Senator Orca was really the poor abused victim in that ugly little incident. They've probably convince themselves.
"I know the speaker didn't go over a bridge and leave a young person in the water, and then have a press conference the next day," the embattled Connecticut congressman told The Hartford Courant in remarks published Wednesday.
I'd like to nominate this guy for Senate Majority Leader considering he appears to be vicious enough .... or at least it is a start.
One comment does not a spineless Congressman make.
Shays is usually about as limp-wristed as you can get.
LOL
Apt descriptor for the Fat Ted, cuz a Senator he is not.
Hopefully he's changed and other spineless Republicans will follow. It's a start anyway..
Ooooh! That's definitely going to leave a mark!
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