An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Well Said!
“ … I Come Not to Praise Kennedy, But To Bury Him”
by J. D. Longstreet
A snippet:
I was, and remain, a great fan of the late Senator Jesse Helms. Many years ago, when we were both broadcasters, I knew the senator and grew to admire him as someone who, when asked a question, told you the truth as he believed the truth to be, and never wavered. You might not like the answer he gave to your question, but it was an honest answer, nevertheless. I grew to admire Senator Helms long before he became the senator from my state of North Carolina.
The Kennedy family, on the other hand, was an altogether different animal, if you will. I began to investigate that family when Jack was a candidate for President. I did not like what I learned. After Chappaquiddick and the absolute mess Ted made of that incident, and the efforts his family made to save his behind, told me everything I ever needed to know about Ted, himself, and the family.
True, I hail from a long line of proud southern bootleggers, but I never ran for Congress, either.
To this scribe, Ted Kennedy never got past the drunken, slovenly, not very bright, court jester image that he seemed to polish continually. Frankly, I never trusted him to do, well, anything, very well, at all. Except one thing, that is. That one thing was to push his favorite socialist program, as best he could, through the Senate. That he seemed to do with great gusto.
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I’ve heard all the talking heads, even on Fox News, singing Kennedy’s praises. I’ve seen so many political cartoons praising his ‘reaching across the aisle”. Are they freaking kidding me?
Normally, I’m sorry when anyone dies, especially from such a devastating disease, but in this case….I’m having a real hard time coming up with a tear. Does that make me a bad person? Maybe, don’t think so, but maybe. This is the same man who right after Bush took office, and reached out to work with the Lion, got his face chewed off. This is the same man who went behind Reagan’s back, and tried to work some deal in Soviet Russia. This is the same man who got sh*t faced and drove off a bridge, killing a young woman, then worked hard to cover it up.
No, I can’t come up with much sympathy, and I sure can’t come up with any praises. The pundits might have short memories, but I sure don’t.
Id only go there to urinate on his grave, if he was even worth my time to do that, which he isnt. Public servant, my ass. If hes a public servant then why wasnt he interested in doing what the majority of the public wanted him to do? He was only serving the wants of a liberal kook fringe, to hell with everyone else. His record and history speak for themselves. If he reached across the aisle, then I guess Hitler did too. They were both socialists, tried to crush individualism, and were only worried about the “greater good”.
Youre right OB, Fox news is starting to irritate me too. I swear I see them slowly turning into another mouthpiece of the mainstream media. When Wacko Jacko died, they did as much coverage on it as everyone else. Now with Ol Dead Ted theyre acting like he was a great president, or something. I think they should give us some details, then get back to the REAL news, like how Obama & co. are trying to convert us into a communist country by the end of his first term. I fricking DARE any of you to challenge me on that. Go ahead, try.