Quite a "legacy"!!! The Last of The
Kennedy Dynasty.
As soon as cancer was found, I noticed the immediate attempt
at
canonization of old Teddy by the main stream media. They are saying what a
"great
American" he is. I say, let's get a couple things clear
and
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 U.S. 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 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, after
passing
several houses and a fire station. Then two friends 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 pled 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, and
funded
Meals on Wheels for fixed-income seniors and is widely held as the
"standard-bearer
for liberalism". In his very first Senate role, 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 and 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 were the standard
bearer
for the nation in matters of 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".
Let's not allow the spin doctors make this jerk a hero --
how
quickly the American public forgets what his real legacy is...
