Kennedy's Legacy of Legislative Success

The Last of The Kennedy Dynasty

As soon as his cancer was detected, I noticed the immediate

attempt at the "canonization" of old Teddy Kennedy by the mainstream media.

They are saying what a "great American" he is. Let's get a couple

things clear & not twist the facts to change the real history.

1. He was caught cheating at Harvard when he attended it. He was

expelled twice, once for cheating on a test, and once for paying a

classmate to cheat for him.

2. While expelled, Kennedy enlisted in the Army, but mistakenly

signed up for, four years instead of two. Oops! The man can't count to four!

His father, Joseph P. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to England (a

step up from bootlegging liquor into the US from Canada during prohibition),

pulled the necessary strings to have his enlistment shortened to two years,

and to ensure that he served in Europe, not Korea , where a war was

raging no preferential treatment for him! (like he charged that President Bush

Received).

3. Kennedy was assigned to Paris , never advanced beyond the rank of

Private, and returned to Harvard upon being discharged. Imagine a

Person of his "education" NEVER advancing past the rank of Private!

4. While attending law school at the University of Virginia , he

was cited for reckless driving four times, including once when he was

clocked driving 90 miles per hour in a residential neighborhood with his

headlights off after dark.. Yet his Virginia driver's license was never revoked.

Coincidentally, he passed the bar exam in 1959. Amazing!

5. In 1964, he was seriously injured in a plane crash and

hospitalized for several months. Test results done by the hospital at the time he

was admitted had shown he was legally intoxicated. The results of

those tests remained a "state secret" until in the 1980's when the

report was unsealed. Didn't hear about that from the unbiased media, did we?

6. On July 19, 1969, Kennedy attended a party on Chappaquiddick

Island in Massachusetts . At about 11:00 PM, he borrowed his chauffeur's

keys to his Oldsmobile limousine and offered to give a ride home to Mary Jo

Kopechne, a campaign worker. Leaving the island via an unlit bridge with no

guard rail, Kennedy steered the car off the bridge, flipped, and into Poucha

Pond.

7. He swam to shore and walked back to the party passing several

houses and a fire station. Two friends then returned with him to the scene

of the accident. According to their later testimony, they told him

what he already knew - that he was required by law to immediately

report the accident to the authorities. Instead Kennedy made his

way to his hotel, called his lawyer, and went to sleep. Kennedy

called the police the next morning and by then the wreck had

already been discovered. Before dying Kopechne had scratched at

the upholstered floor above her head in the upside-down car.

The Kennedy family began "calling in favors", ensuring that any

inquiry would be contained. Her corpse was whisked out-of-state to her

family before an autopsy could be conducted.

Further details are uncertain, but after the accident Kennedy says

he repeatedly dove under the water trying to rescue Kopechne and he

didn't call Police because he was in a state of shock. It is widely assumed

Kennedy was drunk, and he held off calling police in hopes that his

family could fix the problem overnight. Since the accident Kennedy's "political

enemies" have referred to him as the distinguished Senator from Chappaquiddick.

He pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, and was given a

SUSPENDED SENTENCE OF TWO MONTHS.

Kopechne's family received a small payout from the Kennedy's

insurance policy and never sued. There was later an effort to have her body

exhumed and autopsied, but her family successfully fought against this in

court, and Kennedy's family paid their attorney's bills.... A "token of friendship"?

8. Kennedy has held his Senate seat for more than forty years, but

Considering his longevity, his accomplishments seem scant. He

Authored or argued for legislation that ensured a variety of civil

Rights, increased the minimum wage in 1981, made access to health

Care easier for the indigent, funded Meals on Wheels for fixed-

Income seniors, and is widely held as the "standard-bearer for

Liberalism". In his very first Senate roll he was the floor

Manager for the bill that turned U.S. Immigration policy upside

Down and opened the floodgate for immigrants from third world

Countries..

9. Since that time, he has been the prime instigator and author of

every expansion of an increase in immigration up to and including the

latest attempt to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. Not to mention

the pious grilling he gave the last two Supreme Court nominees, as

if he was the standard bearer for the nation in matters of "what is

Right" What a pompous ass!

10. He is known around Washington as a public drunk, loud,

boisterous, and very disrespectful to ladies. JERK is a better description than

"great American". "A blonde in every pond" is his motto.

Let's not allow the spin doctors to make this jerk a hero -- how

quickly the American public forgets what his real legacy is.

Send this on, as a LOT of the younger people don't have a clue

about all of this, and us older ones tend to forget things that happened so

many years ago. Although I HAVEN'T!

James of GA 2:32AM September 07, 2009

Proponents like Ted Kennedy repeatedly denied that the law would lead to a huge and sustained increase in the number of newcomers and become a vehicle for globalizing immigration.

What actually happened? One of the greatest waves of immigration in the nation's history — now currently more than a million (legal) immigrants annually, as well as about 12-20 million impoverished illegal aliens (including 8 million that have stolen American jobs) who are now clamoring for another mass amnesty.

Here is what Ted Kennedy blathered in 1965:

"The bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. It will not upset the ethnic mix of our society. It will not relax the standards of admission. It will not cause American workers to lose their jobs."

Bret J. of OH 2:10AM September 02, 2009

What you list as important accomplishments I see as expensive failures. From what I've seen our shift in ethnic makeup has been driven more by our refusal to protect our border than any immigration law. Fair Housing Act sounds good - who could be opposed to fairness right? Sounds to me like an erosion of property rights to me. Title IX - again seems great at first blush, but this is lawful discrimination in practice. Try to get a college scholarship in swimming for example- way better odds if you are female. I guess male swimmers should just play football. Bilingual education act? Really? Our government schools cannot teach our children in a single language well and now they have to do it two? IDEA - again sounds great, but in practice it just doesn't do what it says. (As a father of child with special needs I know). No Child Left behind - enough said.

Exapnasion of Medicare? How showing me how we are going to pay for this? Medicare is a huge unfunded liability. Between that and Social Security our country is insolvent. Thanks a lot for all the great work Ted.

TJF of AL 5:31PM September 01, 2009