Re: Ted Kennedy email

[2tonevalk]

I received this via email just a few minutes ago.  Someone had asked about "letting the man's actions" speak for the man.  I figured this was a VERY accurate description.....  It's kinda long but very informative.

Ride safe
Robert

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. 20Oops!  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 the charge 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!
 
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 Chappaquiddick
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.

7.    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 Chappaquiddick.  He
pled 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"?
 
8.    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, and 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.

9.    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's right". 
What a pompous ass!

10.    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 make this jerk a hero -- how quickly
the American public forgets what his real legacy is.  Let's keep this
going for truth, justice and the American way!

[Detn8er]

Robert you do realize he's dead......... Don't you think it's time to move on from this?

[stude31]

Robert you do realize he's dead......... Don't you think it's time to move on from this?

Detn8er,  with all do respect.  I think that is what we shouldn't do.  The american people have allowed this behavior to manifest in our Gov't and look at the direction the "New Republic" is heading.  These are some scary times in our country and if we continue to just "accept" the changes that are happening we will have no freedom to object.  Everything, all the new laws and the operation of the Executive branch will have our hands tied.  I am a firm believer of the saying...  "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me".   I can't turn a cheek from this and I am tired of the Elite thinking they know better than those that pay them to be in the office they are in.

Trust me when I say this Detn8er...  This isn't to spar any bad feelings to one another, this is about enough is enough... These people are "wolves in sheep's clothing and they are taking us for a ride down a dead end road that leads to distruction and we are going to just let it happen?  I refuse..... 

[Oss]

 Ok I'll admit to being pleased to see that 2tone pulled his earlier enthusiastic post upon learning of the demise of the senator from mass.

Have you ever gone to a funeral or wakes just to make sure the bastard  (Willow you know lots of words, whats the term if its a woman anyways?) is really gone?   anyone going to this one?

I read this post twice and it rings true and straight with me. Thanks for the warning about its length Robert



Lets just wait and see how many bridges, schools and other government buildings suddenly have his name on them.   If I hear of any near me you can be sure a ruckus shall be raised from this corner.




VOTE   IT MATTERS

[Detn8er]

Robert you do realize he's dead......... Don't you think it's time to move on from this?

Detn8er,  with all do respect.  I think that is what we shouldn't do.  The american people have allowed this behavior to manifest in our Gov't and look at the direction the "New Republic" is heading.  These are some scary times in our country and if we continue to just "accept" the changes that are happening we will have no freedom to object.  Everything, all the new laws and the operation of the Executive branch will have our hands tied.  I am a firm believer of the saying...  "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me".   I can't turn a cheek from this and I am tired of the Elite thinking they know better than those that pay them to be in the office they are in.

Trust me when I say this Detn8er...  This isn't to spar any bad feelings to one another, this is about enough is enough... These people are "wolves in sheep's clothing and they are taking us for a ride down a dead end road that leads to distruction and we are going to just let it happen?  I refuse..... 

POINT.......ZOOM right over your head. I Give You Win....I'll do the "moving on"

[stude31]