Joel Skousen's Take On The Recent Events Involving Ted Kennedy

An excerpt from Joel Skousen's World Affairs Brief ( http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com )


TED KENNEDY'S REAL LEGACY: SOCIALISM, IMMORALITY AND DEATH

Besides being grossly and habitually immoral (leading to many illegal acts that had to be covered up by his handlers), Senator Ted Kennedy was totally corrupt pawn in the hands of the Powers That Be (PTB). Even if he had any humane principles, as his fans claim, the PTB had so much evidence on him of shameful incidents that blackmail would have been an ever-present means of control--as it is with many in Congress. Shame on conservatives like Orrin Hatch and Mitt Romney, and others, who have bent over backwards to say nice things about him in order to gain favor with the world. Joseph Farah of WorldNetDaily.com had the courage to call a spade a spade this week, even as the rest of the world was eulogizing the senior Senator from Massachusetts who finally succumbed to brain cancer.

"I don't subscribe to the idea that when evil and foolish people die we should pretend they were something other than evil and foolish. And Ted Kennedy was evil and foolish [Ted Kennedy's crimes were with full knowledge and deliberate--not those of a fool]. He wasn't just a politician with whom I disagreed. He was a rotten man -- a wicked man. I know you're not hearing this from the rest of the press. I know you're not even hearing this from his worst critics. But if we can't call Ted Kennedy wicked and immoral, those terms have lost all meaning.

"Ted Kennedy always was a socialist -- and he actually admitted it on the floor of the Senate Jan. 20, 1995. I've never seen this revelation before, though it has been a matter of public record all these years -- published, as it were, in the Congressional Record. I was amazed to find it in a book by Republican political consultant Marc Nuttle called 'Moment of Truth.' Economist Milton Friedman was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of a national constitutional amendment for a balanced budget. Kennedy argued that a requirement for a balanced budget would restrict the federal government's power and its ability to spend -- thus, 'he said, Washington's role in more fairly and equitably distributing wealth, goods and services.

"'Senator, socialism hasn't worked in 6,000 years of recorded history,' explained Friedman. 'Why won't you give up on it?' Kennedy rose to his feet, according to Nuttle, who attended the hearing, and replied: 'It hasn't worked in 6,000 years of recorded history because it didn't have me to run it.' [This is an almost universal response from dedicated socialists, especially as they respond to observations about communism's abject failures and tyranny].

"I'm not going to forget that admission today -- the day after his death. I'm not going to forget the way he unashamedly promoted abortion on demand. I'm not going to forget the way he attempted to aid and abet our enemies to further his own political ambitions [always justifying Soviet behavior]... I'm not going to forget the idiotic way he characterized Ronald Reagan's brilliant initiative for strategic missile defense as 'Star Wars.' I'm not going to forget the way he left Mary Jo Kopechne alive in a car underwater where she survived, according to the coroner's report, for up to three hours, while he showered, shaved and sobered up before alerting police to his reckless, homicidal driving." Americans everywhere should resist the call to make this man a hero.