I hate Ted Kennedy
Posted by:I have a problem. I cant for the life of me figure out why liberals love Ted Kennedy. I don’t get it. What has he done for the party? He’s a murderer. What has he done in his professional life that is so unbelievably great to warrant an entire political party and mainstream press turning a blind eye? It seems absurd to me. When he came out to endorse Obama last week, everyone went crazy! The crowd treated him like a rock star. Obama seemed giddy. The press said his endorsement was hugely coveted by all the democratic candidates. It just doesn’t pass the straight face test.
For those of you who don’t know about his murderous past, google “ Chappaquiddick “ you’ll find plenty of info. To sum up the incident, good ol Ted ‘vehicular homicide’ Kennedy crashed his car into a lake and left his passenger to die. While his pregnant wife and kids were at home, Ted was co-hosting a party, drinking the night away. He then left with a young woman in his car and ended up off the side of a short bridge, upside down in the water. He managed to get himself out, and instead of calling for help, he fled to find his lawyers. No one contacted the police. The wreck was discovered the next morning, with the dead body of Mary Jo Kopechne clinging to the back seat, where she was holding her head above water in a small air pocket. It’s believed she was alive there for almost two hours before finally suffocating. Ted was covering his ass for nine hours before the scene was discovered, adamantly insisting on telling the police that Mary Jo was driving, though his lawyers convinced him otherwise. This was no childhood indiscretion, it all happened WHILE he was a US Senator from Massachusetts.
Is he really so loved ONLY because he’s a Kennedy? What’s with the love affair with that family? Statistically they have more fuck ups than heroes. Being from the cold snowy northeast I have the pleasure (read: agony) of seeing all those ‘Joe for oil’ ads from Joe Kennedy. He plays the hero by, literally, turning a wrench on a big offshore oil rig for evil dictator Hugo Chavez. Cheap oil deals for us while the Venezuelan President creates propaganda videos touting his power over the weak American people. Granted, Joe never killed anyone. He did however paralyze his brothers girlfriend when he crashed his jeep, driving recklessly. I wont mention the unfortunate accident he had while playing with fireworks with his son…
As if that’s not enough, have you heard of Rosemary Kennedy? She was the inspiration for the start of the Special Olympics. Heres a quote to sum it up;
“ Likely dyslexic and considered to be slightly brain-damaged from birth, Rose Marie Kennedy (her christening name) was rendered incapable of intelligible speech or caring for herself at the age of 23 by a lobotomy, requested by her father, Joe Sr., that was intended to cure her increasing mood swings and make her more manageable. The operation instead reduced her to an infantile state. She lived in a residential care facility in Wisconsin until her death on 7 January 2005.”
Make her more manageable? Touching.
I really could go on and on. Instead, as a tribute to my new favorite site, Lolcats, I give you…….Lolkennedys!
I got yer Kennedy family legacy right here 
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