Ted Kennedy dead..
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Supposedly he was in the Army, from 1951 - 1953. But not in Korea, in Europe during the Korean War.
he is still a spineless self centered, coward, murderer for what he did. got to wonder how he got elected over and over.
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Obama to deliver eulogy at the funeral. With the way health care is losing support, I bet Obama is pleased that Kennedy passed so he can use this opportunity to push his health care agenda. It will be sad if Obama compaigns for health care reform during the eulogy.
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TED KENNEDY DA MAN. ......... The Last of The Kennedy Dynasty...
As soon as his cancer was detected, I noticed the
immediate attempt at the "canonization" of
old Teddy Kennedy by the mainstream media.
They are saying what a "great American" he
is.. I say, let's get a couple things clear
& not twist the facts to change the real history.
1. He was caught cheating at Harvard when he attended
it. He was expelled twice, once for cheating on a test,
and once for paying a classmate to cheat for him.
2. While expelled, Kennedy enlisted in the Army,
but mistakenly signed up for four years instead
of two. Oops! The man can't count to four! His
father, Joseph P. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador
to England (a step up from bootlegging liquor into the US from Canada
during prohibition), pulled the necessary strings
to have his enlistment shortened to two years, and to
ensure that he served in Europe, not Korea, where a war was
raging. No preferential treatment for him! (like
he charged that President Bush received).
3. Kennedy was assigned to Paris , never advanced
beyond the rank of Private, and returned to Harvard upon
being discharged. Imagine a person of his
"education" NEVER advancing past the rank of Private!
4. While attending law school at the University of
Virginia, he was cited for reckless driving four
times, including once when he was clocked driving 90
miles per hour in a residential neighborhood with
his headlights off after dark.. Yet his Virginia
driver's license was never revoked.
Coincidentally, he passed the bar exam in
1959. Amazing! As far as anyone knows, he
never passed a bar in his worthless life. He always
made sure he got a snoot full.
5. In 1964, he was seriously injured in a plane crash
and hospitalized for several months. Test results
done by the hospital at the time he was admitted had
shown he was legally intoxicated. The results of those tests
remained a "state secret" until in the 1980's
when the report was unsealed. Didn't hear about
that from the unbiased media, did we?
6. On July 19, 1969, Kennedy attended a party
on Chappaquid**** Island in Massachusetts. At
about 11:00 PM, he borrowed his chauffeur's keys
to his Oldsmobile limousine and offered to give a
ride home to Mary Jo Kopechne, a campaign worker.
Leaving the island via an unlit bridge with no guard rail,
Kennedy steered the car off the bridge, flipped, and
into Poucha Pond. He swam to shore and walked
back to the party passing several houses and a
fire station. Two friends then returned with him to
the scene of the accident. According to their later
testimony, they told him what he already knew - that
he was required by law to immediately report the accident
to the authorities. Instead Kennedy made his
way to his hotel, called his lawyer, and went to
sleep. Kennedy called the police the next morning
and by then the wreck had already been discovered.
Before dying Kopechne had scratched at the
upholstered floor above her head in the upside-down car.
The Kennedy family began "calling in favors", ensuring that any inquiry would be
contained. Her corpse was whisked out-of-state to her family before an autopsy could
be conducted. Further details are uncertain, but after the accident Kennedy says he repeatedly dove under the water trying to rescue Kopechne and he didn't call police because he was in a state of shock. It is widely assumed Kennedy was drunk, and he held off calling police in hopes that his family could fix the problem overnight.
Since the accident Kennedy's "political
enemies" have referred to him as the distinguished
Senator from Chappaquid****. He pleaded
guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, and was
given a SUSPENDED SENTENCE OF TWO MONTHS.
Kopechne' s family received a small payout from the
Kennedy's insurance policy and never
sued. There was later an effort to have her
body exhumed and autopsied, but her family
successfully fought against this in court, and
Kennedy's family paid their attorney's bills.... a "token
of friendship"?
7. Kennedy has held his Senate seat for more than
forty years, but considering his longevity, his
accomplishments seem scant. He authored or argued
for legislation that ensured a variety of civil rights,
increased the minimum wage in 1981, made access
to health care easier for the indigent, funded Meals on
Wheels for fixed-income seniors, and is widely held as
the "standard-bearer for liberalism".. In his very first Senate
roll he was the floor manager for the bill that turned U.S.
immigration policy upside down and opened the floodgate
for immigrants from third world countries...
8. Since that time, he has been the prime instigator
and author of every expansion of an increase in
immigration up to and including the latest
attempt to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. Not to
mention the pious grilling he gave the last two Supreme
Court nominees, as if he was the standard bearer for
the nation in matters of what is right. What a pompous _ _ _!
9. He is known around Washington as a public drunk,
loud, boisterous, and very disrespectful to ladies.
JERK is a better description than "great American".
"A blonde in every pond" is his motto. Let's not allow
the spin doctors to make this jerk a hero -- how
quickly the American public forgets what his real
legacy is. So now this useless drunk ended up
being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by a
marxist.
A LOT of the younger people don't
have a clue about all of this, and us older ones tend
to forget things that happened so many
years ago.. Although I HAVEN'T!
As soon as his cancer was detected, I noticed the
immediate attempt at the "canonization" of
old Teddy Kennedy by the mainstream media.
They are saying what a "great American" he
is.. I say, let's get a couple things clear
& not twist the facts to change the real history.
1. He was caught cheating at Harvard when he attended
it. He was expelled twice, once for cheating on a test,
and once for paying a classmate to cheat for him.
2. While expelled, Kennedy enlisted in the Army,
but mistakenly signed up for four years instead
of two. Oops! The man can't count to four! His
father, Joseph P. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador
to England (a step up from bootlegging liquor into the US from Canada
during prohibition), pulled the necessary strings
to have his enlistment shortened to two years, and to
ensure that he served in Europe, not Korea, where a war was
raging. No preferential treatment for him! (like
he charged that President Bush received).
3. Kennedy was assigned to Paris , never advanced
beyond the rank of Private, and returned to Harvard upon
being discharged. Imagine a person of his
"education" NEVER advancing past the rank of Private!
4. While attending law school at the University of
Virginia, he was cited for reckless driving four
times, including once when he was clocked driving 90
miles per hour in a residential neighborhood with
his headlights off after dark.. Yet his Virginia
driver's license was never revoked.
Coincidentally, he passed the bar exam in
1959. Amazing! As far as anyone knows, he
never passed a bar in his worthless life. He always
made sure he got a snoot full.
5. In 1964, he was seriously injured in a plane crash
and hospitalized for several months. Test results
done by the hospital at the time he was admitted had
shown he was legally intoxicated. The results of those tests
remained a "state secret" until in the 1980's
when the report was unsealed. Didn't hear about
that from the unbiased media, did we?
6. On July 19, 1969, Kennedy attended a party
on Chappaquid**** Island in Massachusetts. At
about 11:00 PM, he borrowed his chauffeur's keys
to his Oldsmobile limousine and offered to give a
ride home to Mary Jo Kopechne, a campaign worker.
Leaving the island via an unlit bridge with no guard rail,
Kennedy steered the car off the bridge, flipped, and
into Poucha Pond. He swam to shore and walked
back to the party passing several houses and a
fire station. Two friends then returned with him to
the scene of the accident. According to their later
testimony, they told him what he already knew - that
he was required by law to immediately report the accident
to the authorities. Instead Kennedy made his
way to his hotel, called his lawyer, and went to
sleep. Kennedy called the police the next morning
and by then the wreck had already been discovered.
Before dying Kopechne had scratched at the
upholstered floor above her head in the upside-down car.
The Kennedy family began "calling in favors", ensuring that any inquiry would be
contained. Her corpse was whisked out-of-state to her family before an autopsy could
be conducted. Further details are uncertain, but after the accident Kennedy says he repeatedly dove under the water trying to rescue Kopechne and he didn't call police because he was in a state of shock. It is widely assumed Kennedy was drunk, and he held off calling police in hopes that his family could fix the problem overnight.
Since the accident Kennedy's "political
enemies" have referred to him as the distinguished
Senator from Chappaquid****. He pleaded
guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, and was
given a SUSPENDED SENTENCE OF TWO MONTHS.
Kopechne' s family received a small payout from the
Kennedy's insurance policy and never
sued. There was later an effort to have her
body exhumed and autopsied, but her family
successfully fought against this in court, and
Kennedy's family paid their attorney's bills.... a "token
of friendship"?
7. Kennedy has held his Senate seat for more than
forty years, but considering his longevity, his
accomplishments seem scant. He authored or argued
for legislation that ensured a variety of civil rights,
increased the minimum wage in 1981, made access
to health care easier for the indigent, funded Meals on
Wheels for fixed-income seniors, and is widely held as
the "standard-bearer for liberalism".. In his very first Senate
roll he was the floor manager for the bill that turned U.S.
immigration policy upside down and opened the floodgate
for immigrants from third world countries...
8. Since that time, he has been the prime instigator
and author of every expansion of an increase in
immigration up to and including the latest
attempt to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. Not to
mention the pious grilling he gave the last two Supreme
Court nominees, as if he was the standard bearer for
the nation in matters of what is right. What a pompous _ _ _!
9. He is known around Washington as a public drunk,
loud, boisterous, and very disrespectful to ladies.
JERK is a better description than "great American".
"A blonde in every pond" is his motto. Let's not allow
the spin doctors to make this jerk a hero -- how
quickly the American public forgets what his real
legacy is. So now this useless drunk ended up
being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by a
marxist.
A LOT of the younger people don't
have a clue about all of this, and us older ones tend
to forget things that happened so many
years ago.. Although I HAVEN'T!
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True Tom, there are some voters that use their head but growing up in Massachusetts it amazed me how many people just voted for whomever their parents voted for even if it was the worse person for the job. A lot of party line voters as well.
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I just don't see how anyone can be elected that many times without rigging their elections so they will win every time. most younger voters are not going to vote for "an old guy" every time. they would have wanted someone younger in office.
I also feel the best thing that could be done is term limits for the House and Senate to 2 terms of 4 years each, just like the president. And no more than that, no matter who you are or what you last name is. Also if a House member ran for the Senate, they could only be allowed 1 term in the House and 1 term in the Senate. 8 Years MAX!! Ted Kennedy should have been gone from the Senate years ago. This guy was not a Saint like everybody in the media made him out to be. He got what where he was because of his last name and because his brother was president for a couple of years. The entire Kennedy family has to be the most corrupt family in this country.
Ted Kennedy and Michael Jackson have very much in common. Both were has beens that should have been out of the public eye years ago, but were treated like royalty especially after death
I also feel the best thing that could be done is term limits for the House and Senate to 2 terms of 4 years each, just like the president. And no more than that, no matter who you are or what you last name is. Also if a House member ran for the Senate, they could only be allowed 1 term in the House and 1 term in the Senate. 8 Years MAX!! Ted Kennedy should have been gone from the Senate years ago. This guy was not a Saint like everybody in the media made him out to be. He got what where he was because of his last name and because his brother was president for a couple of years. The entire Kennedy family has to be the most corrupt family in this country.
Ted Kennedy and Michael Jackson have very much in common. Both were has beens that should have been out of the public eye years ago, but were treated like royalty especially after death