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"50 years ago, Ted Kennedy veered off a Chappaquiddick bridge and caused a woman's death"
July 18, 2019, 03:40 PM
Sig2340"50 years ago, Ted Kennedy veered off a Chappaquiddick bridge and caused a woman's death"
Jumpin' Jesus on an atomic-powered pogostick people.
Its been fifty-freaking years!
Cannot we bury with his bones that tragic deed the man did?
Does the rehashing of these events bring justice or peace, or closure?
I think not.
At best it feeds the growing national addiction to outrage porn, the incessant need to be pissed off about something, anything. Its a feeling that many get truly hooked on.
I hope that at long fucking last, we can forget Teddy Kennedy, and the events of that night.
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government."
Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
July 18, 2019, 03:47 PM
Bulldog7972Would you feel that way if it were your daughter that lost her life that night because of Teddy?
July 18, 2019, 04:26 PM
clubleaf206I remember on a previous anniversary the author of a book being on a daytime program and being asked if he thought this type of thing could still happen, he looked straight into the camera and said “Yes, if you lived in Massachusetts and your last name was Kennedy”.
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July 18, 2019, 05:08 PM
Sig2340quote:
Originally posted by Bulldog7972:
Would you feel that way if it were your daughter that lost her life that night because of Teddy?
Mr. and Mrs. Kopechne have every reason to mourn the loss of their child and to do so in any way they see fit.
But total strangers being outraged over an event 50 years ago, an event that, at most, had one impact on their lives, i.e., preventing another Kennedy from being President?
Not after 50 years, especially when the person directly responsible has been dead for damned near a decade.
I foresee people in 2112 still being outraged at James Comey's exoneration of Felonia von Pantsuit and her outhouse server.
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government."
Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
July 18, 2019, 05:17 PM
darthfusterLyin' of the Senate....
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier July 18, 2019, 05:44 PM
casquote:
Originally posted by Sig2340:
Cannot we bury with his bones that tragic deed the man did?
Nope. Because it's a shining example that what is wrong with politics, the powerful/connected, the media bias and the double standards that we bitch about today are nothing new, but instead a time honored tradition for some.
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July 18, 2019, 06:05 PM
CQB60Lmao! Bravo
quote:
Originally posted by Rolan_Kraps:
But on the other hand, Kennedy has been sober since 2009.
Teddy the Red-nosed Senator
You know Hitler and Caesar and Agnew and Nixon
Stalin and Lenin and David the Klansman
But do you recall
The most famous politician of all?
Teddy the red-nosed senator
Had a very shiny car
And if you ever saw it
You were probably near a bar
All of the other senators
Wondered how he got his dames
They thought he drank too many
To play in any bedroom games
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
"Teddy with your nose so red
Won't you help me guide my sled?"
That's how the police found them
Wrapped around a maple tree
Teddy the red-nosed senator
He's a drunken S.O.B
He's a drunken S.O.B
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July 18, 2019, 08:23 PM
shovelheadquote:
Originally posted by cas:
quote:
Originally posted by Sig2340:
Cannot we bury with his bones that tragic deed the man did?
Nope. Because it's a shining example that what is wrong with politics, the powerful/connected, the media bias and the double standards that we bitch about today are nothing new, but instead a time honored tradition for some.
Never forget.
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July 18, 2019, 10:46 PM
jhe888quote:
Originally posted by Sig2340:
Jumpin' Jesus on an atomic-powered pogostick people.
Its been fifty-freaking years!
Cannot we bury with his bones that tragic deed the man did?
Does the rehashing of these events bring justice or peace, or closure?
I think not.
At best it feeds the growing national addiction to outrage porn, the incessant need to be pissed off about something, anything. Its a feeling that many get truly hooked on.
I hope that at long fucking last, we can forget Teddy Kennedy, and the events of that night.
Agreed.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. July 19, 2019, 07:07 AM
kramdenAnother Democrat excused for his incredibly bad behavior. That fat slob Kennedy literally got away with manslaughter. Then went on to spew his liberalism on America for years. Glad he is toast.
July 19, 2019, 08:32 AM
TigerDorequote:
Originally posted by Rolan_Kraps:
But on the other hand, Kennedy has been sober since 2009.
Teddy the Red-nosed Senator
You know Hitler and Caesar and Agnew and Nixon
Stalin and Lenin and David the Klansman
But do you recall
The most famous politician of all?
Teddy the red-nosed senator
Had a very shiny car
And if you ever saw it
You were probably near a bar
All of the other senators
Wondered how he got his dames
They thought he drank too many
To play in any bedroom games
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
"Teddy with your nose so red
Won't you help me guide my sled?"
That's how the police found them
Wrapped around a maple tree
Teddy the red-nosed senator
He's a drunken S.O.B
He's a drunken S.O.B
Brilliant, sir!
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July 19, 2019, 03:32 PM
BGULLTo me it's not that fifty years have passed since the accident, that we should "let go"...it is that Ted Kennedy resumed his senatorial career without much visible contrition, continued his loutish behavior, and aspired (futilely) to be president. All this while being hailed as a hero and a caring warrior for the masses by an adoring/complicit media. That part of the history of the "Lion of the Senate" is still with us. It's very much part of the political & public viewpoint battle we continue to be in right now.
Bill Gullette
July 19, 2019, 03:59 PM
Jim Shugartquote:
Originally posted by shovelhead:
quote:
Originally posted by cas:
quote:
Originally posted by Sig2340:
Cannot we bury with his bones that tragic deed the man did?
Nope. Because it's a shining example that what is wrong with politics, the powerful/connected, the media bias and the double standards that we bitch about today are nothing new, but instead a time honored tradition for some.
Never forget.
I belong to this school of thought. This alcoholic fucker occupied a seat in the U. S. Senate for nearly 47 years. And I doubt if his drinking had anything to do with contrition or guilt for the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne.
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw
July 19, 2019, 04:02 PM
TigerDorequote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
I belong to this school of thought. This alcoholic fucker occupied a seat in the U. S. Senate for nearly 47 years. And I doubt if his drinking had anything to do with contrition or guilt for the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne.
Like you, I don't believe his murder of Mary Jo Kopechne led to his alcohol abuse.
I believe his alcohol abuse led to the murder of Mary Jo Kopechne.
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July 19, 2019, 05:00 PM
shovelheadAnd he got away with it due to his last name.
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July 19, 2019, 05:34 PM
justjoeThe cloak has lifted enough that we have seen, especially in the last couple of years, just how vast and putrid is The Swamp. And we haven't seen the half of it.
But that incident at Chappaquiddick was our first glimpse of just how evil the Kennedys could be, and by extension, very likely many more in Washington. Mary Jo was a nobody, a nothing, flesh for the Kennedy lust, and the only important thing about her death to Ted, all the Kennedys, and all their advisers and sycophants was:
How do we cover this up? How to stop it from harming Teddy's political ambitions?
Nope, never forget it.
Ted Kennedy was a peek at the kind of reptiles that slither around in The Swamp.
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July 19, 2019, 05:38 PM
rusbroI just found out today
the movie is on Netflix. I don't recall ever seeing it pop up as a new release. I'll probably watch it this weekend.
July 19, 2019, 07:56 PM
darthfusterIt will be another couple of generations before this dies because we are hard wired to want justice and it was not had here.
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier July 19, 2019, 07:59 PM
Fed161quote:
Originally posted by rusbro:
I just found out today the movie is on Netflix. I don't recall ever seeing it pop up as a new release. I'll probably watch it this weekend.
I watched it a few weeks ago. Very well done and worth your time.
July 22, 2019, 08:05 AM
rongopNEVER FORGET!