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2004-04-09 Home Front: Politix
Ted Kennedy: Kerry’s actions prove Iraq is Bush’s Vietnam
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Posted by Korora 2004-04-09 12:04:01 AM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 From what I can remember, Ted was driving Mary Jo home. It was getting late and she had to be home by eight as the catillion dance was that weekend. Ted was an old friend and was going her way.

As Ted rounded a poorly engineered corner that led to a narrow bridge he hit a patch of "black ice". Invisible to him and impossible to negotiate, his powerful Buick coupe, first slid right then left. Ted fought the wheel, like a pro, he'd been in this situation many times. His abilitiy to save himself will always be remembered as a selfless act of bravado. Mary Joe didn't react as well as she should have and, sadly, perished. But that makes Ted even more the hero. Her family, freinds, and ex school chums all agree.
Posted by Lucky 2004-04-09 12:57:28 AM||   2004-04-09 12:57:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This is rude of course and can't be mentioned in polite company, so I'm bring it up here :-)

Question: was Mary Jo pregnant at the time of her death? We'll never know since no autopsy was done.
Posted by Steve White  2004-04-09 1:03:40 AM||   2004-04-09 1:03:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 . . . and Viet Nam was, well, it was JFK's Viet Nam.
Posted by spiffo 2004-04-09 1:20:40 AM||   2004-04-09 1:20:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Black Ice? It was July 18, 1969! Must get colder than they advertise in Massachusetts in summer...

Plus Mary Jo lived for some time after the crash, but Ted ran past several occupied houses to go back to find his spin-doctors first..
Posted by Chris Smith 2004-04-09 3:37:27 AM||   2004-04-09 3:37:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Black Ice in July 18 in Massachusets? Of course there was black ice. This was before global warming caused by the policies of unelected president Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuush.
Posted by JFM  2004-04-09 4:06:09 AM||   2004-04-09 4:06:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Black Ice in July? With a twist of lime on the rocks. A couple of those and I can walk on water, glub, glub, bwuppp.

(bubbles slowly rising to the surface)
Posted by john  2004-04-09 7:03:59 AM||   2004-04-09 7:03:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Black ice? C'mon guys, obviously he's referring to the drink made of vodka, tonic, & rumpleminz - makes perfect sense to me.
Posted by Jarhead 2004-04-09 7:53:11 AM||   2004-04-09 7:53:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Lucky has it down, the tragedy also caused a short term drinking problem for the handsome young Senator. But to his great credit he fought back and conquored his problem.
Posted by Shipman 2004-04-09 7:54:49 AM||   2004-04-09 7:54:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Ole teddy is such a windbag -- the only way that Iraq could turn into a vietnam is if:
1. The media convinces the public we are losing
2. We pull out totally
3. And congress withdraws all support for Iraqi forces of freedom.

Without each one of these this will not be a vietnam. It is and will be tough and we will see horrific images on the news. But this does not mean we are parralled with vietnam. This is teddy scapping the barrell and trying to bring the ghosts out of the closet.
Posted by Dan 2004-04-09 10:47:11 AM||   2004-04-09 10:47:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 i think the public IS being convinced we are losing. I know hawkish people, Likud sympathizers, who think its all falling apart. Most people dont look past the headlines - Shia uprising, chaos all over, etc.

Fortunately this wont matter as long as congress holds. Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, and even Tom Daschle are all holding firm, which mean Kennedy and Byrd can only rant. And congress probably only needs to hold a few more weeks before things turn around more obviously in Iraq.
Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-04-09 10:54:26 AM||   2004-04-09 10:54:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Lets be realistic, nobody in the world has the power to turn Iraq into vietnam. It requires more than a name change, it requires the displacement and movement of millions of people (vietnamese and Iraqi) as well as the transplanting of vast tracks of jungle. It simply cannot be done. And I thought Trafficant was weird.
Posted by ruprecht 2004-04-09 2:18:26 PM||   2004-04-09 2:18:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Vietnam was, basically, a Dem war. I think it's silly how they're whining and fussing at the Republicans about Iraq (as they lie through their teeth to the public): "See! See! You have a bad war too. It's not just us. We're not the only ones to blame!"

Somehow, I think they're just trying to protect Kerry.
Posted by ex-lib 2004-04-09 4:32:30 PM||   2004-04-09 4:32:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Teddy is a festering gin-soaked hemroid on the body politic.
Posted by Sgt.DT  2004-04-09 6:35:20 PM||   2004-04-09 6:35:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Teddy and Charles Rangel are the official democratic linemen. They come from safe districts and will act as blockers, saying the things that Kerry wants to say without tarnishing Kerry. Pretty much that means throwing a lot of mud at Bush and hoping some of it sticks.
Posted by ruprecht 2004-04-09 6:48:33 PM||   2004-04-09 6:48:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 What can't be said without assurances of anonimity is that we have all been misled, a great injustice has been done, and Teddy Kennedy maligned most unfairly.

As a Team Leader in the double-utltra-secret Martha's Vineyard Seals, Kennedy single-handedly and using only an ordinary automobile and the exquisite timing possible due to this man's hidden physical prowess, thwarted an invasion of our Eastern seaboard by enemy agents. The Al-Kopechne Brigades' complex plan was comprehensively defeated in this heroic effort and the entire plan rolled up by the double-ultra-secret Martha's Vineyard Seals on the first night of its sinister execution.

As is the case for CIA Operatives, Kennedy was awarded the [deleted - Ed] medal for his actions in the heroic defense of the United States, but no public mention has ever been - nor will it ever be - allowed.

A related issue deserves timely mention here. John Kerry is also a decorated member of the Martha's Vineyard Seals - his Navy Seal status has merely served as his cover. Suffice it to say he has also served heroicly in missions that cannot ever be revealed - which should explain to the discerning reader some aspects of why his Vietnam exploits of heroism received what might otherwise appear to be excessive recognition. It was simply a fortuitous convergence with his cover as a plain Navy Seal that allowed a grateful nation to show its gratitude to Kerry - though the true underlying actions remain secret. I hope this helps clear up a few questions for the doubters.

Both men are Saints. Not mere Catholic Saints, but True Blue American Saints. Supremely patriotic Men of the double-ultra-secret Martha's Vineyard Seals.

If my revelations are leaked and the truth should ever become public, I will be hunted down and killed by Tom Cruz (Cruise's true name, as revealed by the Scientology Seals' membership rolls) in Mission Impossible III, so mum's the word, please.
Posted by .anonymous 2004-04-09 8:59:41 PM||   2004-04-09 8:59:41 PM|| Front Page Top

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