Birthday boy has overstayed his own party (Ted Kennedy)

The Boston Herald ^ | 2/24/2002 | Howie Carr

[BansheeBill]

Birthday boy has overstayed his own party
by Howie Carr
Sunday, February 24, 2002

How old would Mary Jo Kopechne be this year?

After the interminable puff pieces of the last few days, we all know how old our bloated senior senator is - 70 as of Friday. He shares a birthday, but little else, with George Washington.

George Washington couldn't tell a lie. Ted Kennedy couldn't tell the truth.

When he first ran for the Senate in 1962, his slogan was ``He CAN do MORE for Massachusetts.''

Isn't that the truth? Massachusetts is truly Kennedy Country - a miasma of methadone clinics, abortion centers, drive-by shootings, illegal aliens, illiterate high school graduates and skyrocketing illegitimacy rates.

Ted Kennedy was a five-star general in the War on Poverty and, at least in Massachusetts, Poverty won. Our state now teems with Clarabel Venturas and John Geoghans.

Then there's Ted's personal life - Chappaquiddick, Au Bar, the waitress sandwich with Sen. Chris Dodd, the bar fights and the boozy incoherence. The short-term memory is always the first thing to go - just ask Andy, I mean, Marty Meehan.

Is there any more eloquent recent testimony to the utter desolation of his life than the statements filed in court in California by his drug-addled son, Rep. Patrick ``Patches'' Kennedy of Rhode Island?

Patches, you may recall, committed a triple hate crime two years ago at LAX, assaulting an elderly black female security guard who apparently . . . did not know who he was.

The runt's response was classic Kennedy. First he denied it. Then someone produced the videotape, and Patches said the old lady had it coming, bigtime.

Now she's suing, and Patches' defense is as predictable as it is pathetic. He says the woman ``voluntarily and unreasonably proceeded to encounter a danger which was known to her.''

In other words, he's Ted Kennedy's son, and she knew - or should have known - what Kennedys do to women.

Yet the mainstream press still worships these tongue-tied, beer-breathed bums. On Friday Judy Woodruff of CNN was swooning over him. Even Republicans now cut tubby Ted maximum slack. Ex-Sen. Alan Simpson, who lost his mind at Camelot High, is quoted as saying:

``When he tells you he's going to stick with you, he sticks with you through to the end.''

Tell that to Mary Jo.

Once the Kennedys were everywhere respected, or least feared - America's royal family. Now they are a laughingstock. When his niece Maria Shriver tells an interviewer that her husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has a ``Kennedy-like mentality,'' everyone starts giggling.

A Kennedy-like mentality. That means sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll. A triple Chivas on the rocks, hold the rocks. Vodka saunas and underage babysitters. Blondes bludgeoned with golf clubs and girls in wheelchairs.

And let's not forget Max Kennedy for Congress.

Say what you will about Richard M. Nixon, he pegged Ted Kennedy early on. After Chappaquiddick, H.R. Haldeman recorded that Tricky Dick's analysis was that Teddy ``was drunk, escaped from car, let her drown, said nothing until police got to him. Shows fatal flaw in his character, cheated at school, ran from accident.''

Still, this state is now a reflection of its senior senator, no doubt about it. The working classes have been supplanted by the non-working classes. This week, as a 70th birthday present, the Supreme Judicial Court basically legalized sodomy in public places, including beaches and rest stops. Sex alfresco has long been an obsession of Ted's - remember Sen. Heflin's crack about his support of ``off-shore drilling''?

Twenty years ago, a future governor made his mark by rooting out pension fraud at Boston City Hall. Now, the current governor participates in pension fraud at the State House. Ted's son went into rehab for cocaine abuse. The cardinal, who is not named Cushing, writes tender notes to serial pedophiles.

We are all Kennedys now, and in case you were wondering, Mary Jo Kopechne would be 61 years old today.

Howie Carr's radio show can be heard every weekday afternoon on WRKO-AM 680, WHYN-AM 560, WGAN-AM 560, WXTK-FM 95.1 or online at howiecarr.org.

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[Joe Boucher]

I know there are sane folk everywhere, it's just frustrating that things happen like the Kennedy crime wave. Hey Mass, enjoy the pats. and wait till next year. Dolphin fan here.

[buzzcat]

Let us not forget that Howie Carr went to Prep Schools and then UNC Chapel Hill. Not too shabby. I wonder what Ivy League schools rejected his application? He now lives in a very fashionable suburb of Boston. He has done very well for himself (appealing to visceral Kennedy-haters along the way). I don't agree with all of Ted Kennedy's votes and such (I live in Mass. and vote against him all the time), but an intelligent observer would conclude that his regular self-induced "problems" derive from the continual, unrelenting loss of his family members. Any mental health expert would tell you the same thing.

[buzzcat]

Didn't mean to upset you. I just feel sorry for Kennedy in some way. He seems troubled. From what I understand, he does extraordinary things behind the scenes for many Americans. My biggest beef with him is his backing of the insane "diversity immigration" laws years back, which allowed Arabs (some or many hostile) into the country. I have to go to my vet's club now and watch the Olympic closing ceremony. (Who won the Gold in that Riot Event last night, anyways??)

[Billy_bob_bob]

Drunken Rowdies 17, Riot Police 22. Split decision by the judges.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

But for Howie to go on and on about the Kennedy family without a mention of his own private school upbringing is just not fair.

I may be w-a-a-a-a-y off base, but I don't think this has anything to do with private education.

I vote for relative. Do tell!

[buzzcat]

I must protest this decision! I understand that the riot happened after the Budweiser tent closed early or something. Reminds me of the hilarious "how ya' doin' Bud commercials.. (Hey, those Mormons sure put on a fantastic Olympics. Looked beautiful on TV. I don't care who they bribed!) I'm way off subject...sorry.

[leprechaun9]

That's a great picture of the Taxachusetts Blue Whale!

[Slyfox]

Chappaquiddick -- What is so disgusting about Kennedy's behavior is the fact that during his exit from the automobile, he claimed that Mary Jo was hitting and pushing on him. During the inquest, it was almost as if he expected people to feel sorry for him that Mary Jo had ill-treated him so. The fact is he was stepping on her to get out of the car and didn't bother to give her a hand.

[mdittmar]

CHAPPAQUIDDICK:

A Profile in Cowardice

Ted Kennedy, the accident, and the cover-up

[Dale 1]

WoW!!! I'd say Howie Carr was just a little fired-up.

[Cicero]

The Senate is not a refuge for troubled personalities. You don't get a license to be re-elected because it has therapeutic value for you. It would be easier to feel sorry for these people if they weren't ruining the country, ripping off the taxpayer, and setting horrible examples for the young.

[concerned about politics]

Isn't that the truth? Massachusetts is truly Kennedy Country - a miasma of methadone clinics, abortion centers, drive-by shootings, illegal aliens, illiterate high school graduates and skyrocketing illegitimacy rates.

Liberal utopia. They want the whole country to join them in their glory.
Unfortunatly, they're winning the PR battle. Step by step, inch by inch...

[Theodore R.]

Not only has Alan Simpson crawled into bed with EMK, what about UT ORRIN? What is it about the beautiful states of UT and WY that these "Republicans" think it is so "sweet" to be Ted's friend. I understand that the first thing that ORRIN does with guests in his office is show them is EMK photos and memorabilia. Let's hope ORRIN will retire in 2006, or UT will send him back again to hold EMK's hand.

[Theodore R.]

You know, old ORRIN may want UT to adopt the "MA miracle" that Michael Stanley Dukakis crowed about. Speaking of sick folk, what about "our Orrin," isn't he nearly as out of it as his pal EMK?

[Theodore R.]

Longevity runs in the Kennedy family. "Miss Rose" lived past 100, I think, or thereabouts. EMK could serve another 30 years and beat the Thurmond record for longevity. MA will keep him forever. Only his Creator can take him out of office. The people of MA would sooner commit mass suicide Jim Jones-style than remove "their Ted."

[aculeus]

He and his lawyers laid the groundwork for Clinton, Condit and other lying criminals.

Surround yourself with hard-nosed lying lawyers, lie in court, lie everywhere and the fools will continue to vote for you.

The Democrat Party should have demanded his resignation in 1968. They didn't and they became the party of lying criminals.

[Charles Henrickson]

70 as of Friday. He shares a birthday, but little else, with George Washington.

Not just a birthday. Ted Kennedy was born on a very significant birthday:

February 22, 1932 . . . George Washington's . . . 200th birthday.

And now you know . . . the Rest . . . of the Story!

[buzzcat]

You mean "Mass. Suicide," right! I live here, and you are correct. They do love "Edwahhhhd" here in a big way. Kinda like Wallace with Alabama voters. I voted for poor Mitt Romney when he ran against Ted. My vote was the "0001" near Mitt's name and recorded in the county record! oh just kidding.

[higgmeister]

Bump The Old Brachycephalic Bowling Ball Head!