Ted Kennedy receives 13 year sobriety pin!

Congrats, Ted! Thirteen years sober. DOD: August 25, 2009.

 

 

Ted Kennedy left the scene of his drunk driving, returned to his hotel room and went to sleep while Mary Jo Kopechne drown in, what experts say was a slow, four-hour horrific tortuous death as the car slowly filled with water. She ran out of air pockets. She died. Ted was in his hotel bed.

 

He didn't report anything to the police until the next morning after consulting with his advisers.

 

He never was held accountable:

Judge James A. Boyle presided at the inquest. Among Judge Boyle's conclusions were the following:

* "Kopechne and Kennedy did not intend to return to Edgartown" at the time they left the party.
* "Kennedy did not intend to drive to the ferry slip".
* "[Kennedy]'s turn onto Dike Road was intentional".

Judge Boyle also said that "negligent driving appears to have contributed to the death of Mary Jo Kopechne".

Under Massachusetts law Boyle could have ordered Kennedy's arrest, but he chose not to do so. District Attorney [Edmund] Dinis chose not to pursue Kennedy for manslaughter, despite Judge Boyle's conclusions.

NBC (shockingly!), (Archived), from August 25, 2019 gives a modestly critical review of his life: Ted Kennedy died 10 years ago. It's time for liberals, and America, to reassess his life and crimes.

If we are serious about holding the powerful to account and subordinating political interests to ethical ones, there is no better place to start than with a reassessment of Kennedy’s actions and his legacy.

The Magic "D" behind Ted's name absolves him of all wrongdoing.

* History Collection - Chappaquiddick.

* Ranker: The True Story of Ted Kennedy's Manslaughter.  

* People: Swept Under The Carpet, Ted Kennedy.

* All That is Necessary: Ted Kennedy loved Chappaquiddick jokes.

John McCain died again.

AL.com: Utah’s Orrin Hatch, longest serving GOP senator in history, dies at 88.

Orrin G. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history who was a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died Saturday at age 88.

His death was announced in a statement from his foundation, which did not specify a cause.

A staunch conservative on most economic and social issues, he also teamed with Democrats several times during his long career on issues ranging from stem cell research to rights for people with disabilities to expanding children’s health insurance. He also formed friendships across the aisle, particularly with the late Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

Story Archived.

"Staunch Conservative"? The writer uses that term like they know what it means.

"Teamed with democrats"? It was a sprint across the aisle between Hatch and McCain on who could genuflect faster before the dems.

Martin O'Malley's Barroom Tirade.

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Failed 2016 presidential candidate DEM Martin O'Malley has wild barroom rant. 

Breitbart: DHS Ken Cuccinelli: Former Maryland Governor Was ‘Screaming and Cussing’ in Barroom Tirade.

Ken Cuccinelli, the deputy leader at the Department of Homeland Security, has described the Thanksgiving Eve barroom tirade by Martin O’Malley, the former Democrat governor of Maryland.
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[Democrat Martin] O’Malley [was] obviously screaming at me. For a moment I thought he was trying to be funny, as we’ve met before, which I thought was strange. It was immediately clear that he was cursing and screaming for real, to the point of veins bulging on his neck. He also inspired one or two of his (apparent) buddies to join in the cussing assault. Up to that point I basically shook my head at these folks and ignored them.

Add another chapter to the Book of Liberal Tolerance, Inclusivity and Civility.

Car, pedal pub collision, 3rd Ave bridge in Minneapolis.

Image: KARE 11

KARE 11 News: No reports of any serious injuries. 

MINNEAPOLIS — A car and a [pedal pub] collided on the 3rd Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis Saturday night.

The accident happened around 8:45 p.m.  A spokesperson with the Minneapolis Police Department says there were no serious injuries reported and the crash is being investigated as a traffic accident.

The crash backed up traffic on the bridge for a short time but cars are once again moving past the crash scene.

Glad there were no serious injuries. A combination of a bridge, a pedal pub, mixed with traffic and large, heavier vehicles. At night. What could possibly go wrong? Who could have seen this coming? I mean...it's Minneapolis...

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KARE 11 News Archived

Detroit's Disasterous DUMB Dangerous Democrat Debbie Dingell. (Making Alliteration fun!)

Dumb Debbie Dingell

Michigan's U.S. Congresswohman Debbie Dingell, who has lived a life of wealth and privilege, will introduce legislation requiring installation of breathalyzer-ignition interlock devices in EVERY vehicle. Washington Free Beacon: 

Before starting a car, drivers would have to self-submit to a breathalyzer test. If a driver's blood alcohol content is above the legal limit, the car will not start.

Dingell suggested in a speech on the House floor that her measure would be successful if it prevented a single death resulting from a drunk driver.
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"I know some will say this is too much of a burden. ‘It won’t work. Why should we have to do that?'" Dingell said. "I’m going to look them in the eye and tell them why no community should ever have to feel what our community is feeling this week."

Fine Debs, and I'll look you in the eye and tell you breathalyzer-ignition interlock systems are easily defeated by having someone sober breath into the device. So - then what?

I know what I'd like to see. A breathalyzer test deployed, that every elected politician must pass, before they are permitted to cast a vote. ANY vote. And they should all be drug tested as well, holding them the same standard that U.S. employers drug screen job candidates.

However, Debs isn't on the same page of her sophistic "if it prevents a single death" on building a border wall. Debs also gets the highest Baby Killer rating a politician can receive from NARAL. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.

Too bad Rose Kennedy's 1967 Oldsmobile lacked a ignition-interlock device on July 18, 1969.

Rose Kennedy's 1967 Olds. Failed as a boat.

Back to DUMB Debbie Dingell's draft decree demanding mandatory ignition-interlock systems in all vehicles. This bill will never see the light of day. Besides the financial burden, passed onto consumers by the auto makers, of adding this to every single vehicle, how does she plan to retrofit all the existing, operating vehicles currently in use? And I guess every police car, fire truck, ambulance and other government vehicles will also have this device if she were to have her way. We can't just assume those drivers will be sober, can we? Not if it will save one life.

Her idea is DUMB. I'd say the exact same thing if she was a Republican. Or any other political affiliation. People like Dingell are dangerous because their ideology seeks to make everyone a criminal where there is no due and reasonable cause.

Ted Kennedy 8 Years Sober

Former Democrat U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy received his eight year sobriety pin today, August 25. Congratulations Senator!

More HERE. Read more HERE. And, more HERE.  And HERE. And THIS IS REALLY GOOD!

The New York Daily News

But This? This is historical revisionism.

A gallery of Chappaquiddick Photos HERE. 

Some experts concluded that Mary Jo Kopechne was trapped inside the car for four hours, attempting to stay alive breathing small air pockets that slowly filled with water.

And because tragedy plus time equals comedy... (even Al Franken says so)...

* How did people find out Ted was dead?
  He didn’t show up to the bar this morning.

* Ted Kennedy never became president because unlike George Washington, he couldn’t cross a river.

* They have named a drink after Ted Kennedy. It’s called the Chappaquiddick. It’s made by mixing Gin and murky water.

*  I’d rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than being in a car with Ted Kennedy driving.

* If Ted Kennedy is to be buried in Martha’s Vineyard, the island will sink below  sea level.

* What's the difference between Ted Kennedy and the Iraqi Army?
  The Iraqi Army never killed anyone.

* Why did God create booze?
  So Ted Kennedy would never be president.

* What was Ted Kennedy's wedding present to his new wife?
  A life preserver.

Ted Kennedy, cover of LIFE magazine, January 15, 1965.

Ted Kennedy loved Chappaquiddick jokes. That's morbid.

CBS News: Ted Kennedy's memoir; he feels remorse and guilt over Chappaquiddick.  Yeah - anyone buying another attempt at Ted's Chappaquiddick revision of history? 

A very detailed and researched essay on Chappaquiddick.

THIS? Disgusting and in bad taste. I wonder who wrote it?

 

CHEERS on the eight years of sobriety, Ted!

I'll visit again in one year on your 9th anniversary of sobriety.

McCain Shoots Own Party...Again. Kills OCARE Repeal

Who didn't see this coming from Pretend Republican John McCain? The L.A. Times:

Sen. John McCain is usually happy to spar with reporters, but he ducked into an elevator ahead of the Senate healthcare vote late Thursday without saying a word about how he would vote.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, though, already knew the answer.
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The [voting] moment stunned the Senate when McCain stepped up to cast his vote — a single down-turned finger — dooming the healthcare bill. Audible gasps filled the galleries, which were packed with onlookers.

Oh, of course the intellectual Liberal Schumer is a clairvoyant. Can you just picture it; his glasses on the tip of his nose, squinting devilish eyes, head cocked downward with that "we just crucified Christ" sneer, saying, "I knew how he'd vote." Schumer's Svengali hold over McCain for so many years is truly an enigmatic mystery. Or maybe McCain is channeling Ted Kennedy?

And McCain taking refuge in an elevator to avoid the press? This must me a "first".

Also joining McCain in voting against their own party was Maine's Pretend Republican Susan Collins and Alaska's Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, of which her vote - I think - is a bit surprising. I thought so, did you?

Pretend Republican and McCain lapdog Lindsey Graham...do I have to finish the sentence? YES - I do...he voted FOR repeal. But, the devil in the details tells me he voted this way knowing ahead of time of how the final vote would come down.

McCain did what he did because he's a petty and vindictive individual. His vote and cajoling of fellow Pretend Republicans is no surprise. McCain is jealous and envious that Donald Trump is the President and McCain hasn't healed, nor will he, in knowing he will never be president.

Still, being Emperor of The North Pole has to be rewarding, doesn't it?

I intended to end the post after the above image. But then I thought - what has Schumer accomplished in all his many years in the Senate.

Well, besides being strongly Alt-Left and always the first person in D.C. to find an MSM microphone and a camera to convey his drivel, he's voted with his party line at the expense of being a total hypocrite. And being a hypocrite never bothers Liberals.

In January 2017, prior to the Trump Inauguration, Schumer said infrastructure tax cuts aren't worth considering.

He did vote for OCare, which can be considered the largest tax hike ever. Why did he vote this way? Because at that time, the president was a Democrat Socialist and Schumer goose-steps along with his fellow Marxists.

In 2014, Schumer called OCare a mistake. His comrades came down on him hard. 

In 2011, Schumer supported tax credits for Higher Education.

May, 2015, saw Schumer supporting corporate tax credits for "clean energy."

July, 2014, Schumer supports tax credits for bio-gas.

August, 2015, Schumer supports tax credits for solar power.

December, 2013, Schumer supports rail tax credits.

March, 2016, Schumer asked Republicans to join the Dems in their support of Obama Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.

March, 2013,  2017 *, Schumer wanted to filibuster Neil Gorsuch, Trump nominee for the Supreme Court.

In 2007, Schumer threatened to block all Supreme Court nominees of then-President George W. Bush.

Enough. Schumer does whatever is politically and personally expedient. Nothing that anyone paying attention doesn't already know.

Groucho, left; Karl, right. No, they were not related.
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* Corrected year