Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Kopechne Day: A Solemn Tribute

"Mary Jo Kopechne wasn't a scion of one of American's wealthiest families; she was just a girl from an average, middle class family, whose idealism led her to Birmingham, Alabama, during the Civil Rights era . . . We'll never know, of course, what direction her life would have taken . . ."
UPDATE: Unfortunately, today's tributes to this courageous woman are in danger of being overlooked because some people are engaging in partisan politics:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office sent an email to reporters at around 2:30 a.m. today, just hours after his death, calling for the passage of health care overhaul. “Ted Kennedy’s dream of quality health care for all Americans will be made real this year because of his leadership and his inspiration,” the statement read.
(H/T: A Courageous Woman Who Believes in Racial Equality.)

UPDATE II: Time to acknowledge some of the many bloggers who have joined today's commemoration of Mary Jo Kopechne's life: If you have posted a Mary Jo Kopechne tribute that I haven't linked, please link this post in your tribute post, and e-mail the URL to me. I'll try to update later.

UPDATE III: Obi's Sister tries very hard to conjure up sympathy for Ted Kennedy. Well, it's the thought that counts.

UPDATE IV: Welcome, Instapundit readers! Please be sure to visit The Sundries Shack, whose memorial to Mary Jo Kopechne inspired this post.

You may be surprised to learn that such remembrances are "an orchestrated movement" by "ghoulishly insensitive right-wingers." Which means that liberals consider it "sensitive" to forget Miss Kopechne and "ghoulish" to remember she died in an Oldsmobile that a drunk drove off a bridge. Well, I never understood liberal logic, but I do understand two things: Readers ask me, "Gee, Stacy, what can we do?" You can give generously to The McCain-Kennedy Kopechne Memorial Health Care Fund.

(ENTIRELY UNNECESSARY LEGAL DISCLAIMER: The McCain-Kennedy Kopechne Memorial Health Care Fund is neither non-profit, charitable nor tax-exempt. So far as anyone can determine, all proceeds go to help pay the bills of Robert Stacy McCain, his wife and six children who, as luck would have it, are among the umpteen kazillion uninsured Americans that liberals keep whining about. However, because Mr. McCain's children are neither illegal immigrants nor Democrats, liberals don't give a damn about them. Any resemblance between The McCain-Kennedy Kopechne Memorial Health Care Fund and a so-called "tip jar" PayPal account is probably coincidental. IYKWIMAITYD. Contributions to The McCain-Kennedy Kopechne Memorial Health Care Fund are not tax deductible, although it's possible you might get a little kickback by way of a free beer if you should ever catch me in a bar with cash in my pocket. And good luck with that. GIVE NOW -- it's for the children!

14 comments:

  1. I wonder what percentage of Liberals feel guilty about Kennedy getting away with murder.

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  2. Does anyone else find it really, really odd that Obama slips off to Martha's Vineyard for an unphotographed vacation in the middle of getting slaughtered on his "healthcare" takeover and then ALL OF THE SUDDEN Teddy Kennedy dies? I think they should question the President on his whereabouts last night.

    Just saying.

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  3. It's a happy day now that that fat bastard Kennedy has died! I can't tell you how happy I am though I feel sorry for his family. Now May Jo can rest in peace!

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  4. WOW!!!! GREAT SENTIMENTS THERE.

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  5. I HEAR HE IS GOING TO LAY IN STATE AT THE KENNEDY CAMPGROUNDS FOR A COUPLE WEEKS. WON'T BOTHER HIM AS HE IS PICKLED, AND THE CREMATORTY WANTED THE ALCHOHOL TO DISAPATE BEFORE STRIKING A MATCH

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  6. won't shed a tear for this guy, what he ever do besides drive drunk, leave a young girl to drown, try to cover his tracks. sounds like a true politician.

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  7. I left a remark about Mary Jo at the Ted Kennedy Memorial webpage here ... http://tedkennedy.org/pages/share_memories

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  8. Must read "Sober Account of Ted Kennedy" by the late Michael Kelley at GQ: http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_5585&pageNum=5

    Excerpt: "As Gaviglio enters the room, the six-foot-two, 225-plus-pound Kennedy grabs the five-foot-three, 103-pound waitress and throws her on the table. She lands on her back, scattering crystal, plates and cutlery and the lit candles. Several glasses and a crystal candlestick are broken. Kennedy then picks her up from the table and throws her on Dodd, who is sprawled in a chair. With Gaviglio on [Conn. Sen. Chris} Dodd’s lap, Kennedy jumps on top and begins rubbing his...."

    The "Lyin' of the Senate" was a drunk who never worked a day in his life.

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  9. Way too much forgiveness & sacrifice in our culture. It enables the scoundrel; none more than Senators.

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  10. How many Vietnamese did he cause to be killed when he would not authorize a lousy $1Billion to continue to fund the South Vietnamese Army?

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  11. Mary Jo Kopechne has some serious catching-up to do - she hasn't been available to comment to The Swimmer for 40 years.

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  12. Bad news: Ted Kennedy is dead.
    Good news: Now he can vote in Chicago.

    Oh, wait...I got it reversed.

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  13. Linked to at:
    http://www.thecampofthesaints.com/2009.08.23_arch.html#1251399306504

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  14. *clink* Since it's for the children...

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