Ted Kennedy

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/obit.ted.kennedy/

1932-2009

I just saw the news on CNN. He put up a good fight

mad_machine wrote: I just saw the news on CNN. He put up a good fight

He'd have had a more illustrious political career if he'd put up the same kind of fight for Mary Jo Kopechne's life.

Farewell, Uncle Ted.

oldsaw wrote:

mad_machine wrote: I just saw the news on CNN. He put up a good fight

He'd have had a more illustrious political career if he'd put up the same kind of fight for Mary Jo Kopechne's life.

Amen.

This is one person I'm not sad to see go.

carguy123 wrote: This is one person I'm not sad to see go.

But luckily many are sad to see him go.

carguy123 wrote: This is one person I'm not sad to see go.

I didn't agree with guys policies/past actions, but let's not speak ill of the deceased.

oldsaw wrote:

mad_machine wrote: I just saw the news on CNN. He put up a good fight

He'd have had a more illustrious political career if he'd put up the same kind of fight for Mary Jo Kopechne's life.

FU

RIP teddy

I'll grant him the same respect I will to anyone recently deceased. However, I've never bought the Kennedy mythos.

Kennedy's: like them or not.

I still enjoy all the sailing and Martha's Vineyard stories. Maybe I just like Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard.......

pete240z wrote: Kennedy's: like them or not. I still enjoy all the sailing and Martha's Vineyard stories. Maybe I just like Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard.......

Same here...I will have a house on the Vineyard.

RIP Mr. Kennedy.

Mary Jo Kopechne (July 26, 1940 – July 18, 1969)

R.I.P.

Hope Ted's finally paying for it.

There is plenty of ill that could be said against Ted and the rest of the Kennedys, but this probably isn't the time to say it. I never would have voted for him but he did good for a lot of people, and it's sad that he's gone.

Isn't he the last of Joe's kids?

He was no saint. He was no genius.

But do not let that stand in the way. He was the greatest legislator of our time and his 47-year record speaks for itself.

...I shouted out, Who killed the Kennedys? When after all It was you and me...

patgizz wrote:

oldsaw wrote:

mad_machine wrote: I just saw the news on CNN. He put up a good fight

He'd have had a more illustrious political career if he'd put up the same kind of fight for Mary Jo Kopechne's life.

FU RIP teddy

That's a very mature response there, Pat.

Read this and then defend that he doesn't deserve a measure of contempt:

http://www.examiner.com/x-5919-Norfolk-Crime-Examiner~y2009m7d17-40th-anniversary-of-Mary-Jo-Kopechnes-drowning-at-ChappaquiddickKennedys-story-still-doubtful

And no, I didn't feel compelled to espouse about "all the good they did" when Joe McCarthy and Saddam Hussein died, either.

Being a car guy, all I ever wondered was what kind of Oldsmobile that was. Delta 88?

914Driver wrote: Isn't he the last of Joe's kids?

Yes he is.. that entire generation is now gone.

Speak good or bad of Ted.. he must have been doing something right to stay in the Senete that long

mad_machine wrote:

914Driver wrote: Isn't he the last of Joe's kids?

Yes he is.. that entire generation is now gone. Speak good or bad of Ted.. he must have been doing something right to stay in the Senete that long

I believe that there are two Sister's still alive....

Forget Seaworld with these gas prices

Speak ill of the dead? Sure I can. Why should I suddenly pretend to like the man? He's dead, his judgment is due, and I don't have to worry about him again. His tenure in the Senate was a testament to good old boy politics and lack of effective rivals in Massachusetts.

On the upside, Mary Jo's been avenged finally.

In reply to z31maniac:

I didn't agree with guys policies/past actions, but let's not speak ill of the deceased.

So that means it's OK to speak well of Hitler?

(I'm told any mention of Hitler automatically kills any thread on the internet)