JLWM8609 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 The thread title pretty much tells it all.http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/obit.ted.kennedy/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 R.I.P. Senator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Man, that family has had its share of deaths lately. May he rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 This has been a summer of high-profile deaths. I wonder why so many. Coincidence, I suppose.I'm too young to really have the attachment to Ted Kennedy that my parents generation does. My only personal point of reference comes from when I was a little baby news anchor and one day, for the life of me, I couldn't say his name. I kept saying, "Ked Tennedy" on the air. I have no idea why. I couldn't make it stop that day, but fortunately it never happened again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I hear that they will bury him in the trunk of a 1967 Olds Delta 888 and dump him off of the Chappaquiddick bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 OMG - I have never seen that ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 ^ Is that a real ad??? Wow, that was daring if real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 ^ Is that a real ad??? Wow, that was daring if real.Things were different in 1969. Think Hippies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Things were different in 1969. Think Hippies.I remember that the ad appeared in National Lampoon magazine. I think they were sued by VW for copyright/trandemark issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I am no great fan of the Kennedy Klan, from Rum Runner Joe down to the latest crop. I never bought into the Camelot mystique, nor did I have any admiration for Jackie. They made and played by their own rules, and their initial political successes were shady, unethical and downright illegal. I have never liked Teddy, even though I know he has served his constituents well.That said, I believe he got a very raw deal from the Chappaquiddick fiasco. He handled the situation horribly, but he has basically kept his mouth shut even though I believe the evidence exonerates him.I think he made advances on Mary Joe, or something that led to an argument, and then she drove off by herself in a state of hysteria and confusion down the road toward the bridge. I am totally convinced she was alone, and was driving the car when it went off the bridge. I didn’t care for the man, but he didn’t, and doesn’t deserve the accusations many still make against him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I agree that he got a bad rap. He would have never driven that way back to town.........it was the long way around. He tried to create a story that made himsef appear galant, but that didn't fly either. She may not have died if he had taken the keys away from her, but that's hindsight.I'm not big on the Kennedy's either. They hated LBJ......even before that day in Dallas. LBJ may have been an SOB, but he was our SOB and president of the United States. The Kennedy's just couldn't get over that fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I bet there may be a revival of the band "Dead Kennedys" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 It was interesting to learn that Kennedy spent his final days watching all of the James Bond movies on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Heard that the Hyannis Port house will be opened in the future, to the public. Did anyone else hear about that? I, for one, would like to tour it, someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Although he made some controversial, and some downright bad choices, Ted Kennedy wasn't a bad person. That said, he wasn't nearly the hero the media makes him out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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