Senator Ted Kennedy and Mrs. Alito’s Tears

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 27 January 2006 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[beyond the sea]

Great post.

[beyond the sea]

If I was angered by Kennedy's outrageous, untrue, hypocritical posturing , I can only imagine how I would feel if I were the wife of the man being accused by such a man as Kennedy.

..... so well said. Thank you.

[BykrBayb]

There is one explanation that may answer those questions. I have heard this explanation from the locals in Edgartown for over 35 years. But, quite likely, most posters here would not want to hear that explanation.

I'd like to hear it. Freepmail if you don't want to post it.

[gridlock]

[...It (The New York Times) should also then apologize for its original article, in which the three reporters presented their personal assumptions as facts on the cause of Mrs. Alito’s upset at the hearing.]

It was abundantly clear to anyone with eyes that Lindsay Graham's questions were not the cause of Mrs. Alito's tears, except in as much as they provided a moment of needed relief. After days of the most vicious, mean-spirited questioning imaginable, Senator Graham finally at long last treated Judge Alito with respect and decency. It was the relief of this moment that caused Mrs. Alito to cry at this time.

Implying that Senator Graham's question upset Mrs. Alito is like blaming the arrival of the fire truck for the fire. The New York Times knew this, but was doing it's level best to protect the Democrat Senators who had behaved so badly. This paragraph, where the Times blames Senator Graham for Mrs. Alito's upset, should be exhibit #1 in any discussion of bias at the Times, IMHO. It is so out of step with obvious reality that the only explanation is a over-arching political agenda.

[No Longer Free State]

John, you'll eventually be forced to publish your research in response to the predictable outcry, so you might as well publish it here, now.

[Aussie Dasher]

Coming soon to a cinema near you: "Lard Ass Kennedy in "A Bridge Too Far"...

[Calpernia]

Dead made posting about this connection weeks ago.

[NonValueAdded]

There is zero reason to believe that Senator Kennedy was aware of the Alito/Kopechne connection ...

If that is the case, then this is simply a six-degrees-of-separation trivia question and you have made some powerful enemies for marginal purpose. Sure it is interesting to those of us who revile the abomination from the Bay State, but not breaking news. More like a Paul Harvey piece.

[Cboldt]

Judge Alito's parents were friends with Mary Jo's parents.

The extent of family relationship is stated as:

• "On occasion, they attended the same church in Roseland, New Jersey"

• Mary Jo Kopechne graduated from Caldwell College, Caldwell being the town that the Alito family lives in (I presume this means the mother and father of Samuel A. Alito, Jr.)
• "From the personal memories of this woman that Mrs. Alito got from her husband's family"

One has to infer from the above, that Judge Alito's parents were friends with Mary Jo's parents. For the inference to be correct requires coordination of timing. In particular that the Alito, Sr. and Kopechne families had occasion to cross paths at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church in Roseland.

And even then, merely "crossing paths" does not necessarily result in extended conversation, or the more extended relationship commonly referred to as "friendship."

[MarkL]

Thanks!

[freema]

OMG

[astounded]

Too bad Jack Ruby was in Dallas in 1963...

[daybreakcoming]

I would say she may not have been crying for someone she never met but the hypocrisy of the criticism from Ted Kennedy and his party knowing full well the type of man Kennedy is.

I agree with you snugs. I think just the fact that a cretin like kennedy could cast aspersions on her husband put her on the edge. It was a choice of either marching up to him and slapping those jowels into next week or dissolving into tears of rage/hurt.

[Calpernia]

The bottles pouring was a nice added touch!

[Enterprise]

It's a very sad piece of history to be sure. Thanks for doing the research and posting this on FreeRepublic.

[exdem2000]

In the 1960 it was very rural, roseland had many farms.

[Calpernia]

Logic as well as facts have their place in any article, as long as the logic is not skewed by bias.

What a lovely looking statement. Looks even better in LARGE, BOLD text.

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[Calpernia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1565980/posts?page=337#337

[Calpernia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1565980/posts?page=337#337

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I'm just halfway through reading all these responses to this thread.

I can't speak for Congressman Billybob, but when I first posted the information I had, I did not mean to imply that Mrs. Alito's tears were for Mary Jo.

I have no doubt that Mrs. Alito's tears were from frustration, rage, and disappointment with the way her husband was treated. But all of those emotions had to be compounded further by the fact that man who was treating her husband with such disgraceful venom and slander was somebody whom she knew, for better than forty years, to be a particularly dispicable human being through a personal family connection.

I would think that that personal and emotional background probably raised the level of frustration and rage by a considerable degree.