Originally Posted by roachboy

so can someone explain to me--and i would prefer an explanation rather than a rehearsal of the various tiresome contents--what the deal is between the populist conservative sector and ted kennedy? particularly the obsession limbaugh and his ilk have with kenedy's pesonal life. i grew up in massachusetts and know the litany of stuff starting with chappaquidick--i know the various theories about it blah blah blah--so repeating this kind of stuff is not reaelly informative--but a consideration of WHY the right, the limbaugh-esque in particular, has such a seemingly bottomless obsession with this family is, well, a bit mysterious to me.

as for such content as there is in the op---i wonder if you folk had a fuck up kid who was busted for dui (and i am not saying that patrick kennedy is a fuck up by that--i dont know the guy--i would think that knowing the guy would be a precondition for rendering judgements about his character. wouldnt you? i mean in a sane world, or at least a more civil world)--how you would react if folk you didnt really know were to begin saying "like father like son"--i would imagine you'd find it kinda sleazy and really irritating. these assholes dont know me, who are they to talk, you;d likely say.

but maybe i'm wrong--maybe the overaching logic of the Group Hate overrdes such trivial concerns as whether you know patrick kenedy, and question that would follow if you dont--like on what basis are you making these judgements...