Kennedy Unbound (Unrestrained praise for the best Senator ever!)

Boston Globe Online ^ | 1-5-2003 | By Charles P. Pierce, Globe Staff

[vannrox]

After 40 years in the US Senate, Edward M. Kennedy has transcended the family mythology and become his own man.

Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, 70 years old and serving his seventh term, in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

[JimVT]

Normally I wouldn't waste a moment of time on any article with keywords like 'Boston', 'Democrat', 'Liberal', 'Kennedy' but this one was fairly interesting and I did get a new slant on Sen. Walrus with his kid's comment:

He learned to plod, because soaring made him look ridiculous. "It's really 3 yards and a cloud of dust with him," says his son Patrick.

It reminded me immediately of Charles Schulz's character, "PIGPEN'!

[mountaineer]

Legacy:

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

If he's the best senator ever, I'm the pope, and I'm not even catholic! Sort of reminds me of "the smartest woman in the world". What is it about liberals and their delusions of grandeur? Tertiary syphillis is one explanation that comes to mind.

[jws3sticks]

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

[lady lawyer]

Or commander of an Oldsmobile submarine.

[Free ThinkerNY]

"And what of the dead woman? On July 18, 1969, on the weekend that man first walked on the moon, a 28-year-old named Mary Jo Kopechne drowned in his automobile. Plutocrats' justice and an implausible (but effective) coverup ensued."

If Kennedy was a Republican, his political career would have been over. Demonrats would have crucified him and showed him no mercy. Why did powerful Republicans allow him to get away with murder?

[Alex Murphy]

If this is what Kennedy looks like unbound, I suggest we're not taxing the American public enough. The Senate needs the funds to buy him a stronger corset, and have him re-bound.

[boris]

There's this popular series of book(let)s which is evidently becoming a TV series. "The Worst-Case Situation Survival Handbook."

Written by "experts", each meticulously listed, on subjects such as "How to deal with a charging bull" (step one: "Do Not Antagonize the Bull"), "How to leap from a speeding train," etc.

One of the "scenarios" is "How to escape from a submerged car," and of course I expected the "expert" to be Teddy. Imagine my disappointment...

--Boris

[pgkdan]

It's a new Senate and Byrd is no longer President pro tempore of the Senate...he's in the wrong party. The most Senior Republican is now the President Pro Tempore. Whoever that may be.

[Rodney King]

Senator Edward M. Kennedy's car at the site of the July 18, 1969, crash on Chappaquiddick Island, Martha's Vineyard, that claimed the life of Mary Jo Kopechne. Because of the tragedy, and its aftermath, Kennedy's political life - if not his destiny - was forever altered.

More likley, being a scumbag drunken loser was his destiny to begin with.

[Man of the Right]

His body is his temple. Or was it his pissoir?

[Man of the Right]

Ted has trained his dog to do what he does at night when he can't find a gin and tonic on his night stand.

[CARepubGal]

Poor Joan. No wonder she still drinks.

[CARepubGal]

That is a good one. I liked Chappaquiddick Swim team Captain as a title for the fat fool.

[Revolting cat!]

Frankly, the cynical cat thinks that being the "best senator ever" is a kind of dubious achievement to begin with. What are this professional politician's real world accomplishments anyway?

[metesky]

Disgusting.

[kcvl]

Children learn from their parents

We noticed!

[kcvl]

lol!