Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Mark Steyn: Things only a Kennedy could get away with
ocregister ^ | 08/29/2009 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 08/29/2009 5:19:12 PM PDT by Chairman of the Bard

Mark Steyn: Things only a Kennedy could get away with And by not calling his bluff on Chappaquiddick, Americans became complicit in it.

We are enjoined not to speak ill of the dead. But, when an entire nation – or, at any rate, its "mainstream" media culture – declines to speak the truth about the dead, we are certainly entitled to speak ill of such false eulogists. In its coverage of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's passing, America's TV networks are creepily reminiscent of those plays Sam Shepard used to write about some dysfunctional inbred hardscrabble Appalachian household where there's a baby buried in the backyard but everyone agreed years ago never to mention it.

In this case, the unmentionable corpse is Mary Jo Kopechne, 1940-1969. If you have to bring up the, ah, circumstances of that year of decease, keep it general, keep it vague. As Kennedy flack Ted Sorensen put it in Time magazine:

read on....

(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: altereditle; chappaquiddick; edwardkennedy; kennedy; kennedycurse; kopechne; marksteyn; maryjokopechne; steyn; tedkennedy
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 81-100101-120121-140141-151 last
To: Chairman of the Bard

17. Drunk Driving

18. Reckless Driving

19. Driving to Endanger

20. Subverting Massachusetts probate laws

...


141 posted on 08/31/2009 3:27:35 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Chairman of the Bard
As luck would have it I was at Martha's Vineyard when Ted K's death was announced.
So naturally I went over to Chappy to check out the media horde.
After all, this was where the defining event in Kennedy's life took place.
But surprise surprise, not a single reporter or camera crew was in sight!!!
They must've been busy reporting on Michelle Obama's eveningwear.
So I figured I'd do the media's job.

Flag at half-staff in front of Dike Bridge....can you feel the irony?
This is the photo that should be on the cover of Time magazine. tedsbridge

Flowers for Mary Jo
maryjo


See all of my pics at http://320sycamore.org/tedsbridge/index.htm

142 posted on 08/31/2009 8:21:35 PM PDT by craigbrady (chappaquiddick)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Chairman of the Bard

BTTT for a “must read.”


143 posted on 09/02/2009 1:13:12 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (My faith consoles me. St Therese, the Little Flower of Jesus, pray for us.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ouderkirk

You are truly, evilly insane.


144 posted on 09/02/2009 1:16:01 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (My faith consoles me. St Therese, the Little Flower of Jesus, pray for us.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: politicalmerc

I actually take exception to your favorite quote from the article, especially as it comes from a Brit. Plenty of societies are complicit in cover-ups. What exactly could we do? It was appalling that he was not prosecuted for an obvious crime, but I do not agree that it was the “American public” who protected the Kennedys.... maybe Massachusetts voters, political string-pulling, the Catholic-lite church, but not Americans in general.

Otherwise, Mark speaks for me.


145 posted on 09/02/2009 1:28:48 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (My faith consoles me. St Therese, the Little Flower of Jesus, pray for us.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 89 | View Replies]

To: La Enchiladita

....especially as it comes from a Brit......

Recall if you will that he is a foreign exchange student at the EIB University, no ordinary Brit.


146 posted on 09/02/2009 1:31:44 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . fasl el-khital)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 145 | View Replies]

To: bert

I know what his credentials are.


147 posted on 09/02/2009 1:54:25 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (My faith consoles me. St Therese, the Little Flower of Jesus, pray for us.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 146 | View Replies]

To: La Enchiladita; bert; politicalmerc; All
I actually take exception to your favorite quote from the article, especially as it comes from a Brit.

Recall if you will that he is a foreign exchange student at the EIB University, no ordinary Brit.

I know what his credentials are.

Obviously not.

Mark Steyn is a Canadian citizen, not a Brit. He was simply educated at Oxford, hence the accent. Moreover, he chooses to live in New Hampshire because he loves and prefers America, its culture and its Founders' ideals much more than those of either Canada or the UK. He is a staunch defender of the Second Amendment and carries himself.

148 posted on 09/02/2009 2:11:38 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 147 | View Replies]

To: Chairman of the Bard

Terrific article, I highlighted here: “Mark Steyn and the ‘Duke of Chappaquiddick’” http://gregcontreras.blogspot.com/ (Citizen5408).


149 posted on 09/02/2009 2:14:00 PM PDT by FreedomFighter1013 (Of course I'm not a Socialist, I mean, come on!: Obama 2009)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: tarheelswamprat

Well, the accent is an affectation then. I didn’t know that. None of this detracts from the passion of his commentary and, for me, the central principle of honor vs. coverup.


150 posted on 09/02/2009 3:40:00 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (My faith consoles me. St Therese, the Little Flower of Jesus, pray for us.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 148 | View Replies]

To: La Enchiladita

Call it what you like. The official line on Mary Jo is that she was a saint.

I say, bullshit.

Anyone connected with the Kennedy’s is immediately suspect. Starting with their quality of their character.

If insane works for you then I’m OK with that. I don’t need your approval.


151 posted on 09/02/2009 4:24:06 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Democrats: the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy and Sedition)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 144 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 81-100101-120121-140141-151 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson