Posted on 06/17/2004 10:30:32 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick
June 18, 2004 -- The opening night of next month's Demo cratic convention in Boston is set to feature an emotional party tribute to hometown hero Ted Kennedy, who has served in office longer than every other senator but one.
Guess no one at the Democratic National Committee took a close look at the calendar: That July 26 salute to Teddy just happens to coincide with . . . the 35th anniversary of Chappaquiddick.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
LOL.
Actually, not a bad idea...
OMG! Imus will have a field day.
Upon reading the article, the writer indicates his idea of the anniversary as being the day after Teddy was let off the hook. While that whole week is in essence an anniversary, the real target date is the 18th/19th as far as the accident/crime (disputed timeline) and the 19th as far as when the bombshell story first was reported.
Maybe so. I might be nitpicky here, but an anniversary is the actual day, not a week after, particularly when they're tweaking the Dems for scheduling the salute on that particular date.
This is not to take anything away from what Kennedy did (I've been there, took tons of pictures at the cabin, the bridge, the ferry, the motel etc.) but the Post simply has the date wrong.
I completely agree, which is why I posted the info I had. The date of the salute, as you point out, isn't even the date of Ted's speech, or him pleading guilty to that minor charge.
Had Teddy gone to the great DUI tank in the sky, the GOP would have taken back the Senate.
Poor, poor Ted…we just heard the news
Could it be that he’s had too much booze
He holds a seat that the RATS may lose
Teddy’s liver
Hey Jane Swift, dear, are you all set
You will soon get your chance, we bet
Poor Tom Daschle…his pants are all wet
Teddy’s liver
Teddy’s liver, Teddy’s liver…his doc says it is pretty bad
Teddy’s liver, Teddy’s liver…the vast right wing is feeling sad
If only there could be a way to hear from Mary Jo
We’re sure she would say it’s a tragic way to go
Poor, poor Teddy’s liver
When he’s gone, it will seem so odd
No waitress sandwich with his pal, Dodd
So raise your glass and let’s give him a nod
Teddy’s liver
When the time comes to say goodbye
We will not see one dry eye
Like Ron Brown, will Scumbag laugh and then cry
Teddy’s liver
Teddy’s liver, Teddy’s liver…his doc says it’s pretty bad
Teddy’s liver, Teddy’s liver…the vast right wing is feeling sad
If only there could be a way to hear from Mary Jo
We’re sure she would say that it’s a tragic way to go
Poor, poor Teddy’s liver
Teddy’s liver, Teddy’s liver…his doc says it’s pretty bad
Teddy’s liver, Teddy’s liver…the right wing is feeling sad
It was said that Volkswagens could float; Ted was driving his mom's Oldsmobile, I think. And the National Lampoon
had a fake ad saying, "If he drove a VW, he'd be president today..."
Right. But the Swimmer won't be able to completely hide this fact, national talk shows, local ones (Howie Carr, WRKO lineup) and the Boston Herald will report how this coincides with the worst week of the Swimmer's life.
By the way, ask any liberal you know under thirty about Chappaquidick. After you get a blank stare, explain the highlights of the Swimmer's atrocity and how fortunate that an initiative started 10 years before by his brother (landing on the moon) helped compelete the crime and give some "consultation space."
Ted Kennedy was the first one to tell both O.J. Simpson and Scott Peterson they COULD get away with murder.
Sometimes things converge just right. This is one of those times. LOL
They would have never realized it had the intelligence of FR folk pointed it out to them...LOL.
Fate is a fickle finger.
Ted Kennedy - a hitchhiker's worst nightmare.
Bump
That is just too damn funny.
If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he'd be President today
It floats.
The way our body is built, we'd be surprised if it didn't. The sheet of flat steel that goes underneath every Volkswagen keeps out water, as well as dirt and salt and other nasty things that can eat away at the underside of a car. So it's watertight at the bottom. And everybody knows it's easier to shut the door on a Volkswagen after you've rolled down the window a little.
That proves it's practically airtight on top. If it was a boat, we could call it the Water Bug. But it's not a boat, it's a car.
And, like Mary Jo Kopechne, it's only 99 and 44/100 percent pure. So it won't stay afloat forever. Just long enough. Poor Teddy. If he'd been smart enough to buy a Volkswagen, he never would have gotten into hot water.
(When a law suit was threatened by VW, National Lampoon ran the following retraction:
"Even if Ted Kennedy had driven a Volkswagen he wouldn't be president today.")
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