Dead Kennedys

Ted Kennedy died today (8-26-09) after a long battle with brain cancer. The news media will focus on his accomplishments and so will I. He was a life long politician in the Senate for almost 47 years. Let’s see 77 minus 47 equals 30. So basically the guy never had a real job like most modern politicians. A womanizer and reportedly a cocaine and drug user. He was never arrested for the crimes. He was a belligerent opponent if the Iraq war and accused Bush and our troops of war crimes.

He was kicked out of Harvard twice for cheating. Once by himself and a second when he paid a classmate to cheat for him. When he was kicked out of Harvard he accidentally enlisted for four years instead of two. The dufus obviously misread the contract. So typical of our legislatures. When he realized the mistake he went to daddy to straiten it out to two years and ensure he served in Europe not Korea during the war. In two years he never exceeded the rank of private. Even during war time when promotions are handed out like candy. At Virginia law school he received four reckless driving citations but never lost his license. Amazing for all of us young speeders who did lose our licenses’ at one time or another. When he was in a plane crash in 1964 test revealed he was drunk. Of course is there any other way to fly? And of course the defining moment in his life when he had a chance to show real character July 19, 1969 when he got drunk and ran off a bridge with Mary Jo Kopechne in the car. The bastard walked past a fire station and went to his hotel room to sleep off his drunkenness and worry about his political career. Mary Jo lived maybe several hours with a pocket of air clawing at the upside down car floor and finally suffocated while Ted sleep.

During his legislative career he was a champion of spending other people’s money but had several houses and the family fortune kept safe. He helped write legislation that flooded America with illegal immigrants but scarcely anything else of note. He was a stupid drunk from a rich family who found support from all the liberal creeps in Washington. If there is a heaven and hell he surly is in hell.