THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VI, Issue # 168, July 28, 2004
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
TED KENNEDY'S DISHONORABLE & REPREHENSIBLE PAST:
I REMEMBER! THE FULL STORY
By A Concerned American
"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by
evil men." Plato
"Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one
system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?"
Sen. Ted Kennedy (1973) -- One of America's Privileged High &
Mighty Who Should Know
Hello. My name is Mary Jo Kopechne. I would have been 65 years of age this year. Read about me and my killer below.
When Senator Ted Kennedy was merely just another Democrat bloating on Capitol Hill on behalf of Leftwing Liberal causes, it was
perhaps excusable to ignore his deplorable past. But, now that he's become Senator John Kerry's leading campaign attack dog,
positioning himself as Washington's leading arbiter of truth and integrity, the days for such indulgence are now over.
It's time for the GOP to stand up and remind America why Senator Kerry's chief spokesman had to abandon his own presidential bid
in 1980 -- time to say the words "Chappaquiddick" and "Mary Jo Kopechne" out loud.
As is often the case, Republicans have deluded themselves into thinking that most Americans already know the story of how this
"Conscience of the Democratic Party" left Miss Kopechne behind to die in the waters underneath the Edgartown Bridge in July,
1969, after a night of drinking and partying with the young blonde campaign worker. But most Americans under 40 have never heard
that story, or details of how Kennedy swam to safety, then tried to get his cousin Joe Garghan to say he was behind the wheel.
Those young voters don't know how Miss Kopechne, trapped inside Kennedy's Oldsmobile, gasped for air until she finally died,
while the Democrats' leading Iraq war critic rushed back to his compound to formulate the best alibi he could think of.
Neither does Generation X know how Kennedy was thrown out of Harvard on his ear 15 years earlier -- for paying a fellow student to
take his Spanish final. Or why the U.S. Army denied him a commission because he cheated on tests.
As they listen to the Democrats' "Liberal Lion" accuse President Bush of "telling lie after lie after lie" to get America to go to war in
Iraq, young voters don't know about that notorious 1991 Easter weekend in Palm Beach, when Uncle Teddy rounded up his nephews
for a night on the town, an evening that ended with one of them credibly accused of rape.
It's time for Republicans to state unabashedly that they will no longer "go along with the gag" when it comes to Uncle Ted's rants
about deception and moral turpitude inside the Bush White House. And if the Republicans don't, let's do it ourselves by passing
around information about this forgotten disgrace and, hopefully, reviving memories of what a fraud and fake Teddy really is.
The Democratic Party, not to mention Senator John Kerry, should be ashamed to have the national disgrace from Massachusetts as
their spokesman.
And the GOP needs to say so out loud. I remember all of this and I'm sure most of you do, too.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The foregoing reminder of the true character and past behavior of Senator Ted Kennedy was sent to me via email. In
view of the coming presidential election, the down and dirty politics of mud-slinging spokesman for Senator John Kerry's campaign
for the Presidency and the major role that Senator Kennedy is playing in the Kerry campaign, I think the reminder is important enough
to share with readers and surfers. Almon L. Way, Jr.
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