According to Chris Matthews, Kennedy passed the torch to Obama and now Obama is the last brother. Seriously
According to Chris Matthews, Kennedy passed the torch to Obama and now Obama is the last brother. Seriously
Baby Quit Your Cryin' Put Your Clown Britches On!!!
is this true?I could never respect that...'man' after he drove a woman into a river and left her to die several hours after the crash, trapped in the underwater car, breathing from an air pocket. Instead of even calling the police or someone, anyone, he left and went about trying to cover his trail.
Yes it is; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Ken...ddick_incident
CRIt looked as if she were holding herself up to get a last breath of air. It was a consciously assumed position. ... She didn't drown. She died of suffocation in her own air void. It took her at least three or four hours to die. I could have had her out of that car twenty-five minutes after I got the call. But he [Ted Kennedy] didn't call.
— diver John Farrar, Inquest into the Death of Mary Jo Kopechne, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Edgartown District Court. New York: EVR Productions, 1970.
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
He really did, in a political sense.
Kennedy's early endorsement of Obama and his very active support of the Obama candidacy were key early components of Obama's success. Kennedy did not side-step while waiting for the primary results as did so many, he came out for Obama and put his connections to work on his behalf at a crucial phase of the campaign. Following that endorsement, Obama was pulled progressively further and further ahead of Clinton.
I also think that Kennedy did see, in Obama, a political figure who would continue the fight for a number of issues about which Kennedy had very specific objectives. Obama campaigned as center-left (which is fairly close to the base views of a goodly percentage of the electorate), and has followed a center-left approach on legislative issues during his term thus far, but his executive orders and foreign policy efforts have been much closer to the left wing side of the spectrum.
So, however silly Matthews is being on one level -- and he's prone to such silliness in phrasing -- there is a grain of truth to what he says.
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
Still, he left her to die?
I dont care what else he might have done... a man who leaves a woman like that....
^ which is why he never had a strong case to run for president.
Watching the Kennedys from afar, it always seemed like a version of The Godfather in which Sonny and Michael died early, and Fredo took over, with predictable results. Very sad.
I never thought of it that way, but: yeah, astute observation.
I grew up in a "Kennedys are all Saints on Earth" household. Mom and Dad refused to believe the Kopechne story, insisting it was some kinda royalist/republican plot to smear the family. They died before the other stories of John F & Bobbie's sins became known. Had they not, those stories would surely have done it.
Chappaquiddick aside (and that's a huge aside) I admired Ted the politico for basic honesty. You knew where he stood, and didn't do much pandering for votes - 'course he had reelection confidently wrapped up all the time, so could afford to be forthright about his views and goals. I get the feeling that today's pollies don't bother with such trivialities as views or goals. Throw enough cash their way and they'll do anyone's bidding.
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