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mtn
mtn MegaDork
8/26/09 1:34 a.m.

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

1932-2009

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/26/09 2:15 a.m.

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

oldsaw
oldsaw UltimaDork
8/26/09 6:08 a.m.
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.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/26/09 6:43 a.m.

Farewell, Uncle Ted.

bobzilla
bobzilla MegaDork
8/26/09 7:10 a.m.
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.

carguy123
carguy123 UltimaDork
8/26/09 8:27 a.m.

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

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson MegaDork
8/26/09 8:35 a.m.
carguy123 wrote: This is one person I'm not sad to see go.

But luckily many are sad to see him go.

gamby
gamby UltimaDork
8/26/09 8:37 a.m.

z31maniac
z31maniac MegaDork
8/26/09 8:38 a.m.
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.

Patrick
Patrick GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/26/09 8:42 a.m.
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

Duke
Duke MegaDork
8/26/09 8:47 a.m.

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

Datsun310Guy
Datsun310Guy UltimaDork
8/26/09 8:55 a.m.

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.......

JFX001
JFX001 UberDork
8/26/09 9:18 a.m.
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.

slefain
slefain PowerDork
8/26/09 9:28 a.m.

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

R.I.P.

Hope Ted's finally paying for it.

Josh
Josh SuperDork
8/26/09 9:32 a.m.

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.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
8/26/09 9:42 a.m.

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

chaparral
chaparral GRM+ Memberand Dork
8/26/09 9:44 a.m.

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.

aircooled
aircooled MegaDork
8/26/09 9:49 a.m.

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

oldsaw
oldsaw UltimaDork
8/26/09 10:08 a.m.
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.

Datsun310Guy
Datsun310Guy UltimaDork
8/26/09 10:56 a.m.

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

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/26/09 11:15 a.m.
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

JFX001
JFX001 UberDork
8/26/09 11:21 a.m.
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....

Karl La Follette
Karl La Follette UltraDork
8/26/09 11:24 a.m.

Forget Seaworld with these gas prices

DoctorBlade
DoctorBlade UltraDork
8/26/09 11:34 a.m.

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.

carguy123
carguy123 UltimaDork
8/26/09 11:35 a.m.

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)

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