Jerry, I think that is a very good point, and you may have hit the nail with your head about how i feel about Ted Kennedy and the Kennedys in general. Hey, I have fucked up in my life...really fucked up.....but I 'manned up' and took responsibility for my actions.
Its kind of the same thing that pisses me off about celebrities, politicians, plain old rich folks and athletes getting preferential treatment. Its like there is a different set of laws for us and them. On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Jerry Johnson<[email protected]> wrote: > > No, but we should get the facts correct when possible. > > And yes, she was a volunteer for Bobby's campaign. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident > > I guess my feelings are that he never "manned up" to Chappaquiddick, so > never, regardless of his other good works, climbed out of that dark and > cowardly hole he made for himself. Harsh, but that's my feeling. > > Add to that the Smith rape and his participation (as wingman, host, witness > and character witness), which makes me wonder how much he had actually > changed in 20 years. > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> perhaps. Not sure and doesn't change my point does it? >> >> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > Wasn't it a volunteer from his brother's campaign? (not his volunteer) >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > > Mind, I don't really want to engage on Kenedy's behalf here. Dead is >> dead >> > > if >> > > you're the victim, as you point out. However, I think we agree that he >> > did >> > > not get up that morning and say hey I think I will drown one of my >> > > volunteers today, right? So however cowardly or criminal his behavior >> may >> > > have been, it was not deliberate, right? It was a huge and shameful >> > fuckup. >> > > But it was a fuckup. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303148 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
