08-27-2009, 08:32 PM
I am from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and let me tell you that you all are a breath of fresh air. I have never, nor will ever, understood peoples' obsession with the Kennedys, most of all so with Ted. I am sorry for the family as I am sure they cared about him, but for strangers to publicly mourn him as some great savior is absurd. As I put on Facebook in response to a relative's expression of sadness, "He was a murderer and a drunk who spent his years in mansions and limousines when he should have spent them in a prison cell." Now we will have to watch them martyr him simply because he has passed on like everybody eventually does. All I hear is blah, blah, "he did so much for the working man" and "he did so much for healthcare." Really? With decades in politics and a very influential family name, why then do we even still have healthcare issues in 2009? What exactly did he take care of? Even if he did accomplish something, which is highly debatable, that was his job, to serve those who elected him. Considering that he got away with vehicular homicide, or at the very least manslaughter, he had it pretty good. Every year he had since Chappaquiddick was one more than Mary Jo had as far as I am concerned.
Sorry for the long post, but you tapped into my soap box!
Sorry for the long post, but you tapped into my soap box!