Wow, Ted Kennedy died. Craziness, huh? I am sure there are probably already quite a few blogs about this, but I might be able to bring something new to the table. I do not know a lot about Kennedy and what he did, accept for the incident in his early years when he was drunk driving with a woman and crashed his car. But instead of coming clean, he left the poor dead woman for the authorities to find. He was not convicted or anything and continued his daily for many years after.
Since I do not know much about this subject I am relying on the information my parents have told me about the guy. He sounds like a real douche that has not really done anything worthwhile. My parents say that he is a stuck up aristocrat that would not have anything if it was not for his last name. They think that he has just tagged along on the “Kennedy” line for the ride.
I would like to know more about this guy other than what my parents say. I believe getting different opinions and viewpoints on matters is very important in forming my own opinions. So, please can anyone tell me what they think about the late Ted Kennedy?
He was a pretty big advocate for health care reform.
I don't know much about him either (try some websites for unbiased information) but even if he was a jackass, which I think a lot of the Kennedy's were, doesn't mean he wasn't a good politician or didn't do something worthwhile so don't let his personality interfere too much with what he did.
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http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/tricia0711
I'm not a big fan of him either. But I do think that he has been a decent man. Yeah the car accident thing was definetely not his finest hour. And many people think that because of it he was never able to run for president. He was a big liberal that seemed to always get on people's nerves, but I"ve realized the past couple of days with him being in the Senate for most of the 20th century he had a lot of influence on the world today as we know it. He did have this tendency to stick up for the little guy. He was the reason why Title 9 was passed. Now I know that it isn't a perfect law, but the idea that girls should be treated the same as boys needs to be said more often. So even though I didn't like him, I think I can respect him. --Kimi3
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/kimi3
can you respect this?
KENNEDY'S FREE PASS WITH WOMEN
The man often behaved like a pig.
This reminds me of the feminist movement allowing Bill Clinton "one free grope". What would be outrages to most feminists if they were committed by ordinary men are often excused when committed by liberal scions. Very hypocritical! It makes me think that feminisim is more about the advancement of liberalism then it is about the advancement of women.
If you want to take your news from a fashion magazine then you can...I was just simply answering her question and saying that maybe when a man is dead we applaud what we know is true. --Kimi3
Kimi3 - I don't exactly get what you mean when you say "...maybe when a man is dead we applaud what we know is true", but it comes off as pretty-damn cold. Sorry
In commenting on the post, I think he was probably not exactly one or the other, but probably D) ALL of the above! He was probably a good guy and did some great things for Americans. He also did come from a aristocratic family with a last name that gets you places. He also probably was a scumbag behind closed doors, especially given the inherent nature of politics as a career, and a long one at that. He also probably was a misogynistic pig with waitresses.
I think people have many sides and I think points of view can come from many angles. From one view or another it might NOT look like we are seeing the same person, but that doesn't mean we aren't.
But from the way I understand and look at it all is, well, we don't usually choose Saints from pools of politicians anyway.... so it's not a big surprise here. And sadly, the twenty-first century bar for meaningful politicians is set just above, 'don't eff anything up.' So did he do a good job, yeah. From what I hear he supported and pushed a liberal agenda farther than they would have without him. Should we celebrate his 'success' like that of his brothers? or others from his era like Dr. MLK? I dunno... I probably won't.
Even if I stepped out of my biased box and didn't hold him against my impossible standards of what a politicians should do and be, whom don't exist, but held him against a curve of his peers. He did a pretty damn good job - with emphasis and notable consideration regarding the type of industry the job is in.