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By: Six Meat Buffet » Blog Archive » I didn’t hate Ted Kennedy

Six Meat Buffet » Blog Archive » I didn’t hate Ted Kennedy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:56:17 +0000

[...] everything the man stood for and though I though he should have spent much of his life in jail for leaving a woman to die in a river, I am not joining the party of those ready to do the Macarena on his [...]

By: It Is Wrong To Speak Of the Dead… | The National Republicrat

It Is Wrong To Speak Of the Dead… | The National Republicrat — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:14:56 +0000

[...] Convention last night while they were going gaga over Teddy Kennedy. Senator Edward Kennedy, the Hero of Chappaquiddick, was put on display at the Democrat National Convention yesterday. Certainly the old-school fellow [...]

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The Rosett Report » Politics and the Etiquette and Art of Mortality — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:14:40 +0000

[...] Jo Kopechne — left to die in the submerged car while Ted Kennedy meandered off to salvage his political career , a career symbolized in last night’s film tribute by that expensive sailboat with Kennedy [...]

By: Rusty

Rusty — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:32:32 +0000

I’m a little perturbed that people would accuse William Kennedy Smith of rape over a decade after the accusations.

I’m more perturbed that I missed the Alice’s Restaurant reference.

It was right there! Argh!

By: deepdiver

deepdiver — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:00:17 +0000

Rusty, you have to get a sense of humor. Buy it, borrow it, develop it, whatever. I was joking around and yanking your chain. If you note, I started the following paragraph of that post (#45) with the words, “Seriously though” which is a dead give away that the previous paragraph was not a serious comment. I even commented in my rejoinder to your statement that my original comment was joking with you. Lighten up. Hell, I even quoted “Alice’s Restaurant” in my reply which was a further indication of tongue in cheek. I understand that you east coast liberals spend most of your time trying to control your St. Vitus Dance-like knee jerking and take yourselves way too seriously, but sometimes ya just gotta loosen up a bit.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:56:24 +0000

I know acquittal does not equal innocence. But to say he committed a rape when he was acquitted is irresponsible. And it’s why I changed “committed” to “accused.” The former is speculation. The latter is fact.

By: Barry F.

Barry F. — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:35:48 +0000

But life did ask him to be a senator, and he has embraced ~~that role~~ Chivas Regal and served ~~that institution~~ Johnnie Walker with more distinction than anyone else now living or dead — as any of his colleagues, Republican or Democrat, will tell you.

It just needed a little correction.

By: granite

granite — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:47:23 +0000

#51:

You beat me to it; and well said!

By: granite

granite — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:45:06 +0000

#47 On January 29th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, Rusty said:

“Yeah, there is something I want to tell you. William Kennedy Smith was acquitted.”

My response:

So what?

O.J. Simpson was acquitted (found “not guilty”), too.

Again, so what?

Being acquitted, or found not guilty, is NOT the same as being found “innocent”.
The old, boring reason: legal, procedural technicalities…evidence is disallowed, etc.

Being acquitted very often means only that the prosecution did not “play the game” as well as the defense, and nothing more; and screw the crime victim(s) and society.

By: deepdiver

deepdiver — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:39:24 +0000

On January 29th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, Rusty said: #47
Yeah, there is something I want to tell you. William Kennedy Smith was acquitted.

Well heck, Rusty, I expected something better in rebuttal to my teasing than that, but since you brought it up… Ted was never even charged on Mary Jo’s death nor was Clinton in Juanita Broaddrick’s rape. Doesn’t make them innocent. OJ Simpson was acquitted as well. A Kennedy clan member could pretty much commit a Virginia Tech type attack anywhere on the eastern seaboard north of Richmond, Virgina and South of Valdosta, Georgia and the liberals (acting as legal counsel, police investigators, DA, judge and jury) will find a way to get them acquitted, even if there are 27 eight-by-ten color glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against them, with pictures of the approach, the getaway, the northwest corner the southwest corner and that’s not to mention the aerial photography.

William Kennedy Smith has had at least 5 other women accuse him of rape and at least 3 other women filed EEOC claims against him for sexual harassment and unwanted sexual advances in the work place. Besides that, there were substantial allegations at the time of the rape in question that the Kennedy clan refused access to the grounds for forensic examination for several days, which the authorities tolerated because, well, they’re Kennedy’s, and most of the Kennedy’s there refused to make themselves available for questioning for times in excess of two weeks. Patricia Bowman passed 2 polygraph tests and the ER exam immediately following the rape supported her story in every fact and facet.

In short, if that had been you or me accused of that rape, we would still be serving our rightful sentence right about now. Now see, my original comment was obviously a pithy little joke, and now you made me go and get all serious (except for that one part in the first paragraph which not everyone is going to get).

By: thegreatbeast

thegreatbeast — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:08:14 +0000

I saw a bloated, effete patriarch patting himself on the back and his candidate on the head.

Beautiful, and the reason why MM is #1.

By: ScottyDog

ScottyDog — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:56:38 +0000

The Kennedy family is nothing more than a continuing criminal enterprise that started with the father becoming Al Capone’s supplier during prohibition.

They have leeched off the Government teat ever since and Ted Kennedy almost single handedly brought socialism to our Constitutional Republic with support of open borders,Illegal Immigration and invented the HMO scam that will result in Nationalized Medical Care.

The whole family should be behind bars, not only for their crimes but for Treason.

Camelot my ass

By: Alphonse

Alphonse — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:53:01 +0000

Camelot, n. A Middle Eastern delicacy that tastes sweet at first, but leaves a long lasting rancid aftertaste. Etymology, made from the sweepings of camel lots.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:31:41 +0000

Interesting verbiage. Very Clinton-esque. Respond to comment regarding “committed” with a rebuttal of “accused”. Is there something you want to tell us, Rusty?

Yeah, there is something I want to tell you. William Kennedy Smith was acquitted.

By: deepdiver

deepdiver — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:00:11 +0000

On January 29th, 2008 at 3:18 pm, Boomer said:
Of course the alcoholic beverage industry may take a significant hit in their sales when [Teddy Kennedy dies]

HA, the great irony is that when Teddy dies, his own family will feel the greatest financial impact in this regard. Gotta love good irony. Up to this point, all that scotch importing money just gets paid to Teddy and he just buys more scotch with it. It’s really more a recycling trust fund than anything.