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I have never seen a family villified more than the Kennedy's. Whether it was merited or not is beside the point,they were and are villified.

Aside from some forums that are dedicated to religion,FR is the only chat room I watch and to which I contribute.I have never seen anything,positive or negative on the religious forums about the family.

Every political discussion that even tangentially touches on the Kennedy's here evokes a spate of responses full of vitriol,scorn and sarcasm.

I have come to wonder if many posters are conservative or just anti anything that does not agree with their preconceived notions of what is/was or should be.

If someone could link me with material that supports the contention of most on this forum;that is,the Kennedy's are held up as national icons,heroes and are coddled and spared rough treatment by the media and the public,I would appreciate it.

Likewise anything on FR that gives them the benefit of the doubt.In case I'm not clear,I am talking about responses to articles,not the articles themselves,unless they are total puff pieces,which few are but if they are I am happy to look at those too. Thanks.

Are you saying that you think the lamestream media treats dems and others the same? I am equating the lamestream media's more favorable treatment of the kennedys and all dems. Are you inferring that the lamestream media "coddles" ANY Republican or Conservative just as they do most ANY dem as they have done with EVERY Kennedy all along? Because the kennedys and all dems are certainly coddled. I am talking about the news media, not the gossip expose type shows or cheap works of non-fiction.

The fact that teddy wasn't run out of office is proof alone that he was "coddled." Trent Lott was run out of office on far less and so were other non-dems. Not only was Lott not coddled, he was unfairly villified. Afterall, we still have a former kkk member -- a demoncrat -- still in the Senate. My point is the Republicans and Conservatives are not given passes like the kennedys and all dems.

I do not mean this to be rude, but -- as far as your requesting proof -- sorry, a few posts cannot educate anyone in the same way a lifetime of even casual observation would.

By the way, did you watch the State of the Union? Did you admire and approve of how teddy acted? Quite becoming for a statesman, no? If ANY non-dem or non-kennedy had pulled that childish and rude behavior, well it would have been on every leading newscast....