Posted on 03/25/2015 3:25:15 PM PDT by jazusamo
A veteran senator who let his mistress drown in a car he recklessly drove into a pond, rented a brothel for an entire night in Chile and sought meetings with communists is being honored by the Obama administration this month.
Ted Kennedy received his posthumous accolades from the Department of Labor (DOL) with an induction into the agency’s “Hall of Honor.” The recognition is meant to showcase the life-changing contributions that a unique group of people have made on the American way of work, according to the agency. A special panel comprised of the Solicitor of Labor, the Assistant Secretary for Policy and the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management decides who gets honored. Selecting the former Massachusetts senator was an “absolute no-brainer,” according to DOL Secretary Thomas Perez because Kennedy “had a profound impact on so many people.”
More importantly the lawmaker, who died in 2009 from brain cancer, changed the lives of millions of people he never met, the DOL chief said during Kennedy’s induction ceremony this month. They include the workers who needed a raise, the children who needed a first-class education, the seniors seeking retirement with dignity, the immigrants striving for the American Dream, the LGBT Americans seeding equality, the men and women with disabilities demanding their civil rights and so many more. “Senator Kennedy was passionate, principled, progressive and also pragmatic,” Perez said, adding that he “was a man of deep conviction.”
The praise continued as Perez credited the deceased senator with helping truck drivers and teachers get higher wages and pensions via notoriously corrupt labor unions. “Because no one understood better how the labor movement and the power of worker voice have sustained the middle class for generations in America,” Perez said. Then the labor secretary commended Kennedy for his role in passing President Obama’s disastrous healthcare law, which has already robbed taxpayers out of tens of millions of dollars. “He didn’t live to see it enacted, but make no mistake about it: there would be no Affordable Care Act without Senator Edward Kennedy,” Perez proclaimed.
Absent from the festivities, which were attended by the Kennedy family as well as high-profile members of Congress, was the dark side of the senator’s storied life. For instance, in 1969 Kennedy drove his car into a pond in Chappaquiddick, east of Martha’s Vineyard after a night of partying. The senator escaped the accident unscathed while his mistress, 28-year-old Democratic campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned in the car. Kennedy had an expired license and had been drinking at the party yet he only got a slap on the hand, a two-month suspended jail sentence. The tragedy at Chappaquiddick became known as the most brilliant cover-up ever achieved in a nation where investigative procedures are well developed. Two decades after the horrific event more light was shed on the cover-up when the foreman of the grand jury that investigated the accident confessed that the panel was pressured by a judge and a prosecutor not to pursue the case. The foreman said the jury was manipulated and blocked from doing its job.
As if that scandal weren’t bad enough, Kennedy also made arrangements to rent a brothel for an entire night and sought meetings with communists and others with left-wing views during a tour of several Latin American countries. At the time Kennedy was Assistant District Attorney of Suffolk County and for decades the records were kept secret by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). After the senator died Judicial Watch sued the FBI for the once-secret documents, which say “While Kennedy was in Santiago he made arrangements to ‘rent’ a brothel for an entire night. Kennedy allegedly invited one of the Embassy chauffeurs to participate in the night’s activities.” He insisted on interviewing “the angry young men” of each country and meeting with a communist in Bogota that had been mentioned in U.S. investigations of Soviet spy rings.
Congratulations to Admiral Ted Kennedy, “The Naval Hero of Chappaquiddick”, for his 2037th consecutive day of sobriety.
I love the word posthumous when talking about Ted Kennedy. It’s a thing of beauty although it did come at least 50 years late.
Teddy’s the second Kennedy eternal flame.Lard and alcohol,burns like napalm.
The left admires this POS,sharpton, Castro. Tells you a lot about their “values”.
His being in Arlington probably keeps decent Americans from relieving themselves on his grave. Anywhere else, I'd be very tempted. I hope they move him soon - I'd happily visit the new site.
LOL, I was going to say “that sounds like a Kennedy”
When Kennedy went down to Argentina as a Senator he got a tour of their HEAVY water Nuclear Power plant under the leadership of the Military.During the tour he asked the Guide why not use Uranium/Plutonium.My Friend stopped the Tour took Kennedy back to the Embassy.asked him if he read the Briefing Book? He chuckled then the guide explained the US banned Chile & Argentina from receiving Military weapons or potentially weapons like Nuclear related activities. This law was called the Kennedy amendment.. My Friend couldn’t believe the drunkenness and stupidity of the Senate delegation.
If this was Ancient Rome, Teddy would have defied by Emperor Zero after his death.
Teddylicuous Maximums, Patron God of Pimps and Johns.
Just don’t pray to him if you’re trapped in your car.
The population loves them and keeps voting for them, the more “progressive” the better.
When one looks at the pompous face of a progressive, one should also imagine the millions of individuals with the same attitude that want to goosestep across the landscape, Constitution be darned.
IMHO
I look at this as a positive: It’s another clearly marked, evil place to never, ever set foot in or even look at.
When we lived in CT we got Boston tv stations. Just in awe at the Rose Kennedy birthday parties on the news. Only minorities at the festivities were carrying serving trays, microphones or notepads.
And just when I think it is time to change my tagline, another reason to keep it comes up.
LBJ saddled us with the Great society and it's resulting $21 Trillion (so far) of debt and the destruction of the black culture and family and massive expansion of the Welfare State.
Kennedy was the key player in passing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 which has resulted in changing the demographics of America and Balkanizing our ethnic groups and culture (including importing millions of Muslims) - and that was only the first of many, many outrages which he has been successful in foisting on America.
It is questionable whether America can survive either of these long-lasting assaults by these immoral and politically powerful men and their supporters.
Well said.
When posting this piece the other Rat that came to mind was LBJ, I considered him the most corrupt politician when in office.
Looking back at them now it’s a close race between the two of them.
Eddie Cicotte - eternally dirty irma.
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.