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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Ask yourself ....would you have posed the question...Do we care?.....if it was a politician you liked?
I dont need an answer.
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You get one anyway.
Yep, I would have.
We are a country of curious, fodder seeking gossip mongers. We read voraciously if Brittany shaves her head, Paris has a boyfriend and Brad fathers another one.
We slam McCain, piss on Hillary and put words in Obama's mouth.
We then defend our actions with lame "it's our right to know" phrasing of a sort or another.
As I see it, this news will be the next fodder for our pyschotic curiousness. Oh, if he stumbles on some words during a speech, will he be dead by Sunday? If he lives past the year "they" give him, he will be followed, scrutinized and pre-eulogized every day until the week after his funeral.
Quite frankly, there's not a politician alive that I "like". I live in NJ-I'm jaded.
For that Kopechne stuff-that was 40 years ago-get over it. Which brings me to another point: we "expect" our politicians to be held to some impossible moral standard that no one outside of politics could live up to. Power corrupts and politicians are human-put them together and you have a recipe for disasters, like a governor seeking out high priced hookers or a congressman with a secret family.
And now that Kennedy has reached his own sunset, the digging will begin anew. Unfortunately, that is how this country is going to show it "cares".
If anything, my stance would be, leave the guy alone. He's old, he's dying, he's done his job.
Just by starting this thread, the finger pointing has started, the old stuff has been dredged up and everyone tries to second guess my "motive".
Anyone studying psychology would have a blast with this....