Brain cancer works fast.
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned chappaquidic (Sp?) Although I haven’t been watching Fox.
Late,
grmpysmrf
That always happens when people die. I’m shocked the media didn’t refer to Saddam Hussein as a “courageous, defiant bastion of Middle Eastern authority” when he died.
Remember when Nixon died? Remember that particular circle-jerk? When George W. Bush dies, I’ll bet you the media will praise this “misunderstood, woe-begotten shepherd of hard times” while the sky lights up like it did over Coruscant when Darth Vader threw his boss down a… Christ, what was that? Some kind of engineering shaft, I guess…
But I digress. God forbid someone should say “well, so-and-so is dead, and we’re kinda glad.”
Well I’ll probably get laughed at for this in light of chapaquidic but I think Ted Kennedy did more good than bad. What with pushing public health care and what not!
Late,
grmpysmrf
The guy was a total and complete douche for the most part.
What about how he crashed that car into water off a bridge and swam off leaving his lady “friend” to struggle in her seat before drowning.
Then after he carks it they have the cheek to call the guy “courageous”…what a joke.
i don’t know about the douche angle. the guy worked relentlessly for equal rights for blacks, women, handicapped people, the elderly in america, and was vital in getting legislation passed to prohibit discrimination in the workplace. i think there was a whole lot of repenting going on there, but also sticking to the idea that a great country needs to have services and rights extended to all of its citizens. not just the wealthy elite–of which of course, he was a lifelong member. i give him a lot of credit. and everybody–no exceptions–does stupid shit in their lives.
i don’t know about the douche angle.
The guy crashed his car of a bridge and left his passenger for dead. He then didn’t bother reporting it to authorities until the next day? The fact he didn’t report it until the next day suggests he was drunk when he did this (as is the case 99% of the time with runners). That is the actions of a complete cunt. I don’t give a flying fuck what the heck he did with the rest of his life.
For certain reasons I won’t go into, people who crash cars and run off piss me off very much. They’re complete and utter scum.
The fact this guy is now cactus and people are crying about what a great guy he was is a joke.
well, you live in scotland. spend six months in the us and figure out how citizens here have to negotiate the day to day, when they can’t pay for healthcare, and have to take their kids to emergency rooms. last time around it was 4500 dollars. so tell me again, what wasn’t ted kennedy concerned about based upon an inciident which happened 30 plus years ago. and the story of the fab united states of america healthcare system deteriorates minute by minute.it’s for profit. get rid of that and establish something…hmm.perhaps similar to what you enjoy and we can stop talking about kennedy.
The guy was a total and complete douche for the most part.
What about how he crashed that car into water off a bridge and swam off leaving his lady “friend” to struggle in her seat before drowning.
First off the guy wasn’t a total douche. I mean he wasn’t republican!
the bills he got passed for our social good is far better than anything else anybody was able to pull off.
Secondly the dead girl you refer to is chapaquidic and what you’ve written apparently isn’t the whole story of how it happened. He did turn himself in. and the authorities say that the forensics say what he said happened indeed happened.
He tried to rescue her, why didn’t she rescue herself? Ted rescued himself was she waiting for ted to open her door?. Anybody will tell you that in an emergency you take care of #1 first (yourself). It’s not like he just crashed and ran away as you suggest
Late,
grmpysmrf
i don’t know about the douche angle. the guy worked relentlessly for equal rights for blacks, women, handicapped people, the elderly in america, and was vital in getting legislation passed to prohibit discrimination in the workplace. i think there was a whole lot of repenting going on there, but also sticking to the idea that a great country needs to have services and rights extended to all of its citizens. not just the wealthy elite–of which of course, he was a lifelong member. i give him a lot of credit. and everybody–no exceptions–does stupid shit in their lives.
Well said, Ed
Late,
grmpysmrf
it’s true. and king smurf rules.
[Secondly the dead girl you refer to is chapaquidic and what you’ve written apparently isn’t the whole story of how it happened. He did turn himself in.
Yes he did indeed turn himself in…THE NEXT DAY!!! In which time tests for alcohol consumption cannot be done.
Oh it happened 30yrs ago…so I suppose if he’d fucked a 6yr old kid 30yrs ago but did such wonders for the health care that’d be cool?
The way some people are bowing down to this arsehole is interesting to say the least.
[reply][Secondly the dead girl you refer to is chapaquidic and what you’ve written apparently isn’t the whole story of how it happened. He did turn himself in.
Yes he did indeed turn himself in…THE NEXT DAY!!! In which time tests for alcohol consumption cannot be done.[/reply]
No one’s disputing that. In point of fact the drunk driving laws were non existant 30+ years ago. So the idea that you’re pushing that he waited a day in order to avoid an alcholic arrest or blow a .0whatever is kind of a mute point.
I’m sure he waited a day not to avoid a toxicology test but more to think of how he was gonna spin his way out of the situation and when he could not he fessed up.
on a side note
I’m pretty sure The dead woman was drunk as well. Not only that, they were probably going to fuck had they made it to were they were going… hell she might’ve been giving him a handee or road head at the time they crashed, which contributed to the crash which means she contributed to her own death…but all that is beside the point. adultry and drunkeness in the 60’s??? I refuse to believe it!!!
Oh it happened 30yrs ago…so I suppose if he’d fucked a 6yr old kid 30yrs ago but did such wonders for the health care that’d be cool?
If it was an isolated incident and he accidently fucked the 6 year old thinking it was a consenting adult… then yes. really the test for this is to look at the body of the guy’s work, what did he do more of? Accidently (through neglect absolutely) kill people? Or spend more of his life helping people? I’m going with the latter to assess his character. Thanks!
Late,
grmpysmrf
on a side note
I’m pretty sure The dead woman was drunk as well. Not only that, they were probably going to fuck had they made it to were they were going… hell she might’ve been giving him a handee or road head at the time they crashed, which contributed to the crash which means she contributed to her own death…but all that is beside the point.
It’s beside the point Smurfy because it’s an insane statement[:/]
It did make me chuckle though.
check the edit!^
It did make me chuckle though.
Heh! you shoulda seen the images I had in my head when I was writing it! [:)]
Late,
grmpysmrf
Fuck all the Kennedy’s. Their dad made their family fortune in crime, then propped all of them up back to back to be president, but god killed them off one by one. The murdering, adulterous Kennedy’s were politicians bc it made them powerful and rich, not bc they were just great people and cared SOOO much about the poor and destitute. Give me a fucking break.
Fuck all the Kennedy’s. Their dad made their family fortune in crime, then propped all of them up back to back to be president, but god killed them off one by one. The murdering, adulterous Kennedy’s were politicians bc it made them powerful and rich, not bc they were just great people and cared SOOO much about the poor and destitute. Give me a fucking break.
Your description is apt except for Ted. Ted in fact did give a shit about poor people. People in general really. The bulk of his actions prove that.
God didn’t kill off the Kennedys, republican nut bags with guns killed the Kennedys. I’ll take a Kennedy any day of my life over a Nixon, Reagen or a Bush! (didn’t list Ford because he doesn’t really count since he was only a half termer)
Although, I gotta say the guy is gone, so enough with the tributes already! something else in the country has to be going on!
Late,
grmpysmrf
Put yourself in his shoes on that night and think what you would have done and how soon, and IF, you would have come forward at all.
Point is the guy is dead, he was a dedicated member of our country to it’s betterment, we may not all agree on some of his actions, but he had what appears to be good intentions and deserves a little respect. republican democrat, whatever. What have you done for this country lately?
Well, say what ya want about Ted, at least he had something RFK n JFK didn’t.
Grey hair.