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Religions > Atheism |
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"Yang, AthD h.c" |
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13 Aug 2004 03:37:40 PM |
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Someone Explain How The Constitution Works to Alan Keyes |
Note to Keyes: Each state gets two senators, not each senator* gets
two states.
*wannabe,in Keyes' case.
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Yang
a.a. #28
AthD (h.c.) conferred by the regents of the LCL
a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
EAC Econometric Forecast and Sorcery Division
Proudly plonked by Lani Girl and Crazyalec
The Bush 'balanced' budget: 1.2 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: -3 million jobs and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -934 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
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| User: "Pete Lewis" |
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| Title: Kennedy Tribute Coincides With Chappaquiddick Anniversary |
13 Aug 2004 07:14:12 PM |
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Kennedy Tribute Coincides With Chappaquiddick Anniversary
Democrats will honor Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy next week with a
tribute that falls at the same time as the 35th anniversary of
Kennedy's guilty plea for his involvement in the drowning death of
Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick.
On the second night of the convention, July 27, after Kennedy
addresses a prime-time audience, he will head to Boston's Symphony
Hall for a tribute headlined by U2's Bono, composer and former Boston
Pops conductor John Williams and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
It was on July 25, 1969, that the 37-year-old Kennedy pleaded guilty
to leaving the scene of the accident that killed Kopechne, a
28-year-old former aide to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Ted's older
brother.
The crash took place a week earlier when Kennedy was driving Kopechne
back from a raucous party on Chappaquiddick Island. The Massachusetts
senator drove the car off a bridge and into a pond, escaping without
serious injuries, but unable to save Kopechne.
Even though questions still remain 35 years later about the
circumstances of the crash, Kennedy survived the ordeal politically,
retaining his Senate seat and even making a run for the presidency in
1980.
"Between corruption, incompetence, fear, and blind loyalty to a
moneyed factotum, justice was shrugged off," wrote Leo Damore in his
book Senatorial Priviledge. "Reading the events surrounding that day
gives the impression that they happened in some other country where
normal U.S. laws and ethics don't apply."
In the nationally broadcast address from his father Joe's home on July
25, 1969, Kennedy denied that he was under the influence of alcohol.
He also explained his timeline of events. Kennedy's story didn't
exactly correspond with other accounts of that evening.
"I do not seek to escape responsibility for my actions by placing the
blame either on the physical and emotional trauma brought on by the
accident, or anyone else," Kennedy said after pleading guilty to
leaving the scene. "I regard as indefensible the fact that I did not
report the accident to the police immediately."
Kennedy's explanation cast a shadow over his presidential aspirations,
especially since evidence existed that suggested Kopechne could have
been saved if the incident had been reported to police.
Even in 2004, Republicans continue to hint at the events of
Chappaquiddick. Last month, Kennedy's son, Patrick, a Democrat
congressman from Rhode Island, engaged in a brief tiff with Rep. Randy
"Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.), who muttered during a House committee
meeting that "maybe we should check into Chappaquiddick."
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" If she had lived, Mary Jo Kopechne would be 62 years old. Through
his tireless work as a legislator, Edward Kennedy would have brought
comfort to her in her old age."
Charles Pierce in a January 5 Boston Globe Magazine article. Kopechne
drowned while trapped in Kennedy's submerged car off Chappaquiddick
Island in July 1969, an accident Kennedy did not report for several
hours
YEAR'S BIGGEST MEDIA IDIOTS
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