Posted on 08/27/2009 3:47:15 AM PDT by Scanian
WHILE offering condolences to the Kennedy family at this sad moment, it's important to note that Ted Kennedy's life was not as simple or heroic as is now being portrayed.
On the cable channels yesterday, his fellow Senate graybeards were lamenting the passing of what was invariably described as Kennedy's "collegial" Senate, where voices were seldom raised and partisan bickering ended when the gavel came down to end the session.
All of which would have come as a surprise to Robert Bork, the Supreme Court nominee of whom the collegial Ted said in 1986:
"Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters . . ."
So much for collegiality.
Of course, Kennedy is now endlessly lauded for his support of "women's rights," i.e., abortion. But into the 1970s, before the Roman Catholic Church's influence began to wane, he was a traditional, pro-life New England Democrat.
Here was his take on abortion in 1971: "Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized -- the right to be born, the right to love, the right to grow old."
There's a story, perhaps apocryphal, that in his first Senate campaign in 1962, Kennedy was shaking hands at a factory gate during a shift change. A haggard worker began berating him about how he'd never worked a day in his life.
As the legend had it, at that point another salt-of-the-earth blue-collar type leaned in and told Kennedy, "Never worked a day in your life, kid? You ain't missed a thing."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Fox played some of his well-known speeches - like the one on Bork.
The column was in the Boston Herald. Getting reprinted in the New York Post.....Go Howie! He knows a lot about Boston and the crooks in Mass; his radio audience is great. I doubt that the column will be in my local paper; they never even heard of the concept, less the name of, Accuracy In Media.
Under the Dem health plan, of course, the election would have been run well before now because Teddy would be dead. A man his age, a heavy drinker with an incurable disease? Surely, a waste of treatment.
But then, as the article points out, the Kennedys never had to put up with the effects of the very things they dished out or promoted (the author cites the effects of affirmative action on the job prospects of working class whites).
Never had to navigate his way through rush hour traffic or find a parking place. Never had to drop off or pick up laundry. Never had to worry about when and where to take a vacation. Never had to juggle job and child care.
Never had to cook a meal, make a bed, clean a toilet, mow a lawn. Nor did his wives or kids.
The Kennedy's live in total isolation from reality and try to give their lives “meaning” by giving away OPM (other people's money).
I havent been there in a while, thanks for the reminder!
Didn’t seem to mind that Illinois and New York had no representation for the entire presidential campaign in 2008.
The lying continued to the very end.
pffffftttt
Never taxed on his wealth, just his income (maybe).
Lived in a compound where they never had to deal with the low lifes they pushed down the throats of others.
The only representation they wanted was a token in the Rat “polite filibuster” game.
Comment from article referring to some ‘tragic moments’ in his life including Chappaquidik (sp).
That is a ‘tragic moment’ like Nicole Brown Simpson’s death was a ‘tragic moment’ for OJ.
And the kicker is that their money that allowed that priviledge was made illegally.
We must never forget what this man and his family, dating back to the 1930s, did to this country, and why, and how they were able to do it, and what can be done to reverse it and prevent it recurring.
For the same reason, we must never forget Hitler, Gacy, Pol Pot, and (God forbid sufficient reason to add him to the list) B. Hussein 0Bama.
Let their names stand for their deeds, as (unfortunately) Lou Gehrig's and Alzheimer's names stand for deadly diseases.
Our nation's future depends on the collective memory of its citizens.
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