Bizarre
comparison. WSC was a many-faceted individual, adept and enthusiastic
about a number of things, with a wealth of knowledge gained through
experience and reflection. His parliamentary career, an acceptance of
his role as a statesman concerned with the survival and prosperity of
his country, was one part of this multi-dimensional man.
Kennedy, on the other hand, leaves only his Senate career to
posterity. He was the embodiment of personal aggrandizement through
elective office, having done nothing else positive through his 77
years. It's ridiculous to mention WSC and Kennedy in the same breath
On Aug 29, 1:17 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> 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.
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