Okay, the above is a total load of BS. My family is from Boston and I live here. Ted Kennedy and the rest of his clan are well known for not paying bills, stiffing people for work, pulling the “ do you know who I am “ line, leaving lousy tips and boorish behavior.
Out local conservative talk radio host, Howie Carr has had hundreds of people call his program with stories about these people. Howie would have entire segments on this subject and the phone lines were filled in no time. TONS of stories from people who were not paid for work done on buildings, houses etc.
There was one caller who owned a grocery store not far from the Kennedy compound. The man explained credit was never allowed for the Kennedys. He had been burned too many times with the ‘ol “ put it on my tab “ line.
But unfortunately people like us are outnumbered. I have people on my facebook—whom I like for reasons other than politics—who have been posting RIP Ted, God Bless Ted, He was a legend etc type of fawning. I try to bring up the Chapp. incident, etc. But you can’t change their minds.
And what’s making me really sick is what’s happened to the Boston Herald. Outside of Howie it’s really sickening Ted worship (and will they sell a lot more papers to suckers because of it? You bet! They ran special commemorative editions when Obama got elected. Trying to remember if they did so when W got elected. It’s all about money and the Herald knows all the Kennedy admirers out there.
And today I took a daytrip to visit my Dad on the Cape and saw all the electronic signs saying the following (plus at least one overpass banner)
THANKS TED
FROM THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS
Not from me!