On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:53:27 GMT, "Tom Littleton" wrote:


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And for the record, my disgust with him has nothing to do with
his politics, but rather, the way he conducted himself in his "personal
life,"
and encouraged family members to conduct themselves in theirs. For
example,
William Smith was _probably_ innocent of rape, but literally under his
uncle's
influence, he found himself in trouble.

yet, you write about his "hiding his true persona" in a way akin to a
Klansman in a robe.

I did? What I said was that my father didn't like the Klan because they did
"hate" but hid and that if one is going to "hate" someone (I didn't and don't
"hate" Ted, but someone - Ken? - used the term - I prefer to say "dislike"),
have the guts to do it in the open. I've never made a secret of my dislike for
Ted (and his brothers, father, as well as several other Kennedys), and so, I
feel no reason to hide my feelings now that Ted is dead anymore than I have for
the also-deceased John, Robert, Joe., etc.

Where the hell does that analogy come into play??

See above.

Really, if you are suggesting that he masked his foibles from the public,
that doesn't wash.

OK by me...I wasn't even hinting at that...and while I didn't mean that in my
earlier response to your question, I will say that a lot of his "foibles" were
hidden from "the public" in general. I'm not claiming to have some "secret"
knowledge, but I can tell you that a lot of his ****-ups weren't widely
reported.

TC,
R

Probably very few people in the history of the planet
have been scrutinized, for longer, than the Kennedy clan. If someone out
there didn't know of Ted's moral shortcomings, they have been in a cave or
something. So, what exactly makes the late Senator a 'pussy', hiding his
true self or purpose? I don't get it.
Now, that said, I never quite understood the Kennedy Worship that one sees
in eastern Massachusetts. It's sort of creepy, and the whole dynasty concept
gives me the willies. MA residents: is it a given that another Sen.Kennedy
will succeed the late Teddy?
Tom