Uncle Ted's distinguished career

I have no idea who wrote this but
I am sure it is accurate. At the end of this article I have included a
link from the Washington Times editorial page. Be sure and read the
comments the writer makes about Mary Jo Kopechne.



As soon as his cancer was detected, I noticed the immediate attempt at
the "canonization" of old Teddy Kennedy by the mainstream media. They
are saying what a "great American" he is. I say, let's get a couple
things clear & not twist the facts to change the real history.



1. He was caught cheating at Harvard when he attended it. He was
expelled twice, once for cheating on a test, and once for paying a

classmate to cheat for him.



2. While expelled, Kennedy enlisted in the Army, but mistakenly signed
up for four years instead of two. Oops! The man can't count to

four! His father, Joseph P. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to England
a step up from bootlegging liquor into the US from Canada during
prohibition), pulled the necessary strings to have his enlistment
shortened to two years, and to ensure that he served in Europe, not
Korea , where a war was raging. No preferential treatment for him!
(like he charged that President Bush received).



3. Kennedy was assigned to Paris , never advanced beyond the rank of
Private, and returned to Harvard upon being discharged.. Imagine a
person of his "education" NEVER advancing past the rank of Private!



4. While attending law school at the University of Virginia , he was
cited for reckless driving four times, including once when he was

clocked driving 90 miles per hour in a residential neighborhood with
his headlights off after dark. Yet his Virginia driver's license was
never revoked. Coincidentally, he passed the bar exam in 1959. Amazing!



5.. In 1964, he was seriously injured in a plane crash, and
hospitalized for several months. Test results done by the hospital at

the time he was admitted had shown he was legally intoxicated. The
results of those tests remained a "state secret" until in the 1980's

when the report was unsealed. Didn't hear about that from the unbiased
media, did we?



6. On July 19, 1969, Kennedy attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island
in Massachusetts . At about 11:00 PM, he borrowed his

chauffeur's keys to his Oldsmobile limousine, and offered to give a
ride home to Mary Jo Kopechne, a campaign worker. Leaving the island
via an unlit bridge with no guard rail, Kennedy steered the car off the
bridge, flipped, and into Poucha Pond.



7. He swam to shore and walked back to the party, passing several
houses and a fire station. Two friends then returned with him to the

scene of the accident. According to their later testimony, they told
him what he already knew - that he was required by law to immediately
report the accident to the authorities. Instead Kennedy made his way to
his hotel, called his lawyer, and went to sleep. Kennedy called the
police the next morning and by then the wreck had already been
discovered. Before dying, Kopechne had scratched at the upholstered
floor above her head in the upside-down car. The Kennedy family began
"calling in favors", ensuring that any inquiry would be contained. Her
corpse was whisked out-of-state to her family, before an autopsy could
be conducted. Further details are uncertain, but after the accident
Kennedy says he repeatedly dove under the water trying to rescue
Kopechne and he didn't call police because he was in a state of shock.
It is widely assumed Kennedy was drunk, and he held off calling police
in hopes that his family could fix the problem overnight. Since the
accident, Kenn! edy's "political enemies" have referred to him as the
distinguished Senator from Chappaquiddick. He pled guilty to leaving
the scene of an accident, and was given a SUSPENDED SENTENCE OF

TWO MONTHS. Kopechne's family received a small payout from the
Kennedy's insurance policy, and never sued. There was later an effort
to have her body exhumed and autopsied, but her family successfully
fought against this in court, and Kennedy's family paid their
attorney's bills... a "token of friendship"?



8. Kennedy has held his Senate seat for more than forty years, but
considering his longevity, his accomplishments seem scant. He authored
or argued for legislation that ensured a variety of civil rights,
increased the minimum wage in 1981, made access to health care easier
for the indigent, and funded Meals on Wheels for fixed-income seniors
and is widely held as the "standard-bearer for liberalism". In his very
first Senate roll, he was the floor manager for the bill that turned
U.S. immigration policy upside down and opened the floodgate for
immigrants from third world countries.





Washington Times editorial

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/28/can-celebrity-grief-save-obamaca
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