Hey, Tom DeLay,

[question everything]

no, was not watching you this morning on the Today Show, only the bit on Olbermann. But the difference between "Democratic scandals" and Republican ones is that Democrats do not base their entire political careers on promoting "family values" and attacking gays, while later go and hire gay people to "serve" them.

As for Chappaquiddick - how many voters, do you think remember, know, or care about that? Isn't this getting tiresome by now?

[aquart]

1. He had to go back to Chappaquiddick?

Which clearly hasn't meant a damn thing to Massachusetts voters? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS???? Lordy, mercy, he hasn't got any pictures of our people fucking goats! Although I'm not sure the Republicans can say the same.

[mulsh]

11. chappaquiddick happened in 1969 why is it relevent today?

My dear wife comes from some virulently anti-kennedy people and was amazed when I pointed this little fact out. She was even more impressed when she took a gander at Ted Kennedy's legislative record.

Why in hell would anything that indicted exterminator have to say be of any interest?

[aquart]

12. He hasn't got a more recent Democratic scandal.

Except Monica. And lookee! Kennedy keeps getting elected and the world adores Bill Clinton. From the Republican point of view, this is just horribly unfair.

Wait. We had our gay scandal when Barney Franks was duped by a sweet young thing. Trouble is, our gays and our straights may screw around, but they put great people on the Supreme Court. And we're Democrats, we LIKE sex.

[AtomicKitten]

2. bring on the crazy !!

[EST]

5. Their assumption that it's ok if you're a republican must

be some kind of "bug" going around.

[Rick Myers]

3. When Repubs need MORAL support, they bring in Tom DeLay???

:wtf:

[EST]

4. Really.

Most of the people to whom senator Ted's and that young Woman's tragedy is personally significant are all dead.

"Forty Four Forty or Fight" is what I usually tell anyone who attempts to use a forty year old tragedy as a vehicle to indict modern politics or party. There is about as much significance to people now in either Chappaquiddick or our dispute with Canada over a border.

[acmavm]

6. I've always admired Ted Kennedy for the way he's stood up for the

American people and for his life long public service. But Chappaquiddick was a horrific scandal for its time and some questions still haven't been answered. And a young woman died. Unfortunately if we believe that we can dredge up the decades old sins of Strom Thurmond, George H.W. Bush, or even the current simian bastard squatting in the White House, it is no different than that disgusting cockroach Tom DeLay bringing up the tragedy of what happened on the bridge that night. It killed a girl named Mary Jo Kopecne and it also killed the presidential aspirations of Ted Kennedy. It was an awful thing to have happened.

[jillan]

7. Why does Msnbc think we should care what that criminal thinks?

Why was Matthews asking him his opinion?

He is a crook. A loser.

Make him go away!!

[defendandprotect]

8. Chappaquicdick may have been a Nixon dirty trick? See Nixon tapes ---

and John Dean comment . . ..

For a few years now, it's been more reasonable to think that this is something the White House pulled off in order to keep Ted Kennedy from running for office --

[question everything]

9. Hard to imagine how.

Forcing Kennedy to get drunk? To drive in that road?

[defendandprotect]

10. If you listen to the Nixon tape, John Dean is saying to Nixon . . ..

something to this effect . . . .

"Wouldn't Ted Kennedy be surprised if he knew the bear trap he was walking into this weekend."

"Bear trap" is the specific reference --

And that weekend Chappaquaddick happened --

Looking more like a Nixon dirty trick -- and wasn't Gov. Wallace one? -- and RFK one? --
the thinking is that Howard Hunt was part of it -- perhaps driving the car with the drugged girl in it. I can't think of her name at the moment, but she didn't drink.

There's no certainty that Ted Kennedy was in the car at all --
There are a number of websites with new information on all of this --
marks on the car, etc. suggesting a slightly different viewpoint, etal.

And, of course, I'm sure that you can still find the quote from the Nion tapes --

John Dean obviously knows a lot more than he has already told us -- but I do notice that no one ever mentions that to him. I don't know how he managed to stay alive, but I presume he still is withholding information.

[cleveramerican]

13. Ted said he was driving.

and he was. It was a stupid mistake not to call the police the minute he got out of the car.You do stupid things when your drunk and Ted is no exception.

See Ted's speech in October 2002 telling us all Iraq was huge mistake we shouldn't make.
Then you'll se why we love the guy up here in Ma.

[defendandprotect]

14. Ted Kennedy said a lot of things which he may have been forced to say ---

If you're truly interested in this issue and the Dean comment to Nixon, then look it up --
and see what's being said about it.

I've always loved Ted Kennedy -- I love to hear his voice ring out in the Senate . . . .
but recently he's been just a little less "Ted Kennedy" --

I think the original Chappaquiddick story was hard to believe --
and one day we may have more info on the "bear trap" by Nixon --