OKAY: IF THEY WANT TO POLITICIZE TEDDY'S DEATH, THEN WE CAN TOO: WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER:
I SAY WHY NOT CALL IT KOPECHNECARE!
THEY SAY THIS AS IF TEDDY WAS A PARAGON OF HIGH MORAL STANDARDS.
IT'S SICKENING.
An Unfortunate Reference [Victor Davis Hanson]
I was reading an eloquent eulogy by Ted Sorensen in Time to the late Ted Kennedy. At one point, he writes: “Both a plane crash in Massachusetts in 1964 and the ugly automobile accident on Chappaquiddick Island in 1969 almost cost him his life, and the Chappaquiddick incident ultimately ended his bright prospects for still higher office.”
Something rings wrongly in this. I don’t think it was Sorensen’s intent to be callous, but Chappaquiddick for many is not remembered just as ending Teddy’s “bright prospects for still higher office,” or even as an “ugly automobile accident [that] almost cost [Kennedy] his life,” but rather as an incident that unnecessarily resulted in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne (never mentioned by name in the essay) owing to (according to a later inquest) the negligence of the driver, Ted Kennedy.
We should not speak ill of the dead, nor at a time of mourning gratuitously inject politics, but there is something surreal in remembering Chappaquiddick chiefly as either an ugly accident that almost killed Ted, or an unfortunate accident that cost him “higher office.” That July 1969 evening remains a terrible tragedy only because a young, bright woman at 28 lost a chance to enjoy a full life due to an entirely preventable occurrence.
Ted Kennedy R.I.P. [Jonah Goldberg]
I'm staying mostly silent about Ted Kennedy for reasons that should be obvious. There was obviously a good side to him. He cared greatly about his causes. He was personally charming. He worked tirelessly and nurtured many careers. I could go on, but others more passionate about the man can say it better.
But here's one tip for liberals outraged that anyone would speak ill of the dead in regard to Kennedy. Such protests are fair for the moment. But they lose all legitimacy the moment liberals try to use his memory to steam roll a health-care bill through Congress. If they want to invoke his memory or legacy as a reason to pass their partisan version of health-care reform, that is their right. But they should not then say that nobody should dare criticize Kennedy. That's not making an argument for health-care reform, that is simple bullying and I see no reason why opponents of the Democratic push should cave in to it.
IF DEMOCRATS RE-CHRISTEN OBAMACARE, KENNEDYCARE.
I WILL CALL IT KOPECHNECARE!
TEDDY WAS WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING - EVEN IRAQ, AND HE WAS A BLOWHARD:
AND A FOAMING AT THE MOUTH LYING LEFTIST SCARE-MONGERING PIECE OF CRAP - HERE BORKING BORK:
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