Yes. Forgetting about politics, Kennedy throughout his life was a man of low character. At Chappaquiddick he behaved as a coward. I don't see any basis for comparing him to Churchill. Geoff Zimmerman [email protected]
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 11:17:06 AM Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: WSC and EMK I will not bring politics into the discussion. But I refuse to believe that WSC would ever have acted as despicably as the late Senator Kennedy did at Chappaquiddick. Had he not been a Kennedy in Massachusetts, he would have spent a goodly number of years in the slammer. The media has been eager to sweep Mary Jo Kopechne under the rug. She should not be forgotten. Jonathan Hayes -------------- Original message from "Joe Hern" <[email protected]>: -------------- > > >> >> A new thread: Edward Moore Kennedy and Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill >> >> As a Churchillian, and a man from Massachusetts who proudly wears a PT 109 >> tie clasp, I can't help but see parallels between my late senator for most >> of my life and WSC. >> >> The scenes at the JFK Library in Boston of ordinary folk waiting in line >> over three hours to pass the bier are reminiscent of 1965. Due to popular >> demand, viewing was extended past the scheduled time; another parallel. >> >> I hear that the British and the Irish P.M.s are to attend Senator Kennedy's >> rites tomorrow, as are the current U.S. president (whose election owes a >> great deal to the endorsements of Senator Kennedy and his niece Caroline) >> and three out of four living ex-presidents. >> >> I was privileged to witness yesterday the cortege drive through the streets >> of Boston - the Kennedy stronghold - and to sail today close to the John F. >> Kennedy Library (coming about before the posted Coast Guard pickets could >> challenge us!). >> >> The most striking parallel is that EMK was the master of, and a great lover >> of, the U.S. Senate just as WSC was the master of the House of Commons. >> Today's New York Times reports an example of this: that Senator Kennedy >> arranged for Robert Caro, the LBJ biographer, to address senators about the >> traditions of the Senate. But for the equally esteemed Senator Byrd, >> Senator Kennedy would be known as the father of the Senate. >> >> I invite commentary not on Senator Kennedy's politics but on his role as a >> parliamentarian, a lover of his legislative house and his obsequies, vis a >> vis those characteristics in Winston Churchill. >> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
