Supposedly Neutral CNN Oozes All Over the Kennedy Family at End of Parker Spitzer
CNN's failing and flailing Parker Spitzer show ended Friday night with the supposedly (at least slightly) differing hosts joining in a round of Hosannas for the Kennedys, making the common error that there's been a Kennedy serving on Capitol Hill for 53 years straight. Wrong. There was a hole from 1960 to 1962, while Ben Smith warmed JFK's seat for Teddy.)
Kathleen Parker thinks Palin's too dumb for national office, but all the copy editors at CNN couldn't Google the Kennedys to get these facts straight. Parker lamented how the Kennedys were giving way to lesser, more regressive political families like Ron and Rand Paul:
SPITZER: Time for "P.S.," our postscript. Today marked the end of an era as Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy, Teddy's youngest son, packed his bags, the last Kennedy still in office in Washington, D.C.
PARKER: It seems unimaginable. Since 1947, when John F. Kennedy became a congressman at age 29, there has always been a Kennedy serving on Capitol Hill.
SPITZER: It's not just their political dynasty that seems to be ending but also what they stood for. Remember when Teddy and the rest of the clan so memorably endorsed Obama as the inheritor to their legacy? Take a look.
SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY: But he also has an uncommon capacity to appeal to the better angels of our nature. I'm proud to stand with him here today and offer my help, offer my voice, offer my energy, my commitment to make Barack Obama the next president of the United States!
CAROLINE KENNEDY, DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY: I have never had someone inspire me the way people tell me my father inspired them. But I do now, Barack Obama!
The alleged conservative Kathleen Parker hailed these liberal noblemen of great wealth and their conscience (when they weren't sleeping around or leaving women to drown in an automobile), and Spitzer decried that the liberals are all craven capitulators now that this "royal" family has stepped down:
PARKER: Even though the Kennedy dynasty started with money, lots of money, they were rich people with a conscience, and they cared about public service, as well as helping those less privileged.
JOHN F. KENNEDY, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
SEN. ROBERT F. KENNEDY: What we need in the United States is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another, healing of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.
SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY: For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.
SPITZER: All of those just unbelievable political moments. It's sadly fitting then that Patrick packed his bags on a day when the president, President Obama that is, sat next to Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, and capitulated to the wealthy on tax cuts.
PARKER: As Norm Ornstein points out in today's "New York Times," to go from the Kennedys to the Pauls -- that's a pretty big difference.
SPITZER: Indeed, it is. Thanks so much for being with us tonight.
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Here's how it works, folks:
Submitted by MrShy on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 4:19pm.
PARKER: Even though the Kennedy (D) dynasty started with money, lots of money, they were rich people with a conscience, and they cared about public service, as well as helping those less privileged. In other words, just wonderful, beautiful, caring souls in every way.
PARKER: Even though the Bush (R) dynasty started with money, lots of money, WAY WAY WAY too much money (those rich, unfeeling b*stards!!), from their evil, rotten, redneck Texas oil money roots and a succession of rotten, evil, greedy, capitalist pig businessmen, bankers and industrialists, they were rich people who, from generation to generation, took no prisoners, culminating with the idiot George W. Bush who stole his election in 2000, and now all have blood on their hands from millions of innocent people deliberately killed for no reason thanks to two illegal wars, and they never cared about public service but only service to their greedy Wall Street cronies and filthy, powerful oil lobbyists, as well as saying to those less privileged "I'm rich, and white, and powerful, and greedy and self-serving, and screw you."
/big, fat sarc
That's how today's mainstream media basically works.
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Look, I'll Grant You....
Submitted by BBallleaper on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 4:39pm.
that they're drunks, rum-runners, anti-semitic, can't fly airplanes, love raping women, cheaters on their wives, can't ski down a hill, can't drive safely or sober, stole elections, committed elections fraud, but they were our only Royal family and Camelot is dead and gee, it's just so depressing. LMAO!
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
Submitted by williamhenley on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 6:41pm.
started his life out broke. Untill he stole millions and millions of dollars from Texas oil men. All of the Kennedy money was stolen.....period.
What, no candlelight vigil?
Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 4:52pm.
Good grief! You would think it was the end of royal lineage and the crown had to be passed to some cousin on the distaff side.
What's the big deal? Didn't Teddy declare Obama the heir to the kingdom?
The First Black Kennedy
Submitted by Galvanic on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 5:09pm.
Good point, motherbelt.
I think we'll be plagued with the MSM's Camelot-Lost crap until the Baby Boomers in the industry die off.
Unlike them, I don't miss Ted Kennedy, and I don't miss any of the Kennedy brood of sanctimonious brats.
Not so much
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 4:57pm.
The Kennedy Crime Family, drunks, drug abusers, killers, rapists, cheaters, criminals. Yeah, we sure miss them!
You may as well toss in a
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 5:54pm.
You may as well toss in a couple of war heroes while you're at it.
Jer
I doubt that they'd want
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 6:00pm.
I doubt that they'd want their names associated with that crowd.
Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 9:10pm.
As far as his reported exploits after his PT boat was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer, I will agree that JFK acted heroically.
The oldest of the Kennedy brothers was killed on a flight out of England during wartime, and though his was, indeed, another unfortunate war-time death, even though ALL who perish in wartime service to their country are heroes, I believe you are stretching the heroism aspect with respect to the Kennedys.
You seem to imply that the wartime sacrifices of two of the Kennedy brothers balance the scales for the entire Kennedy clan legacy.
They do not.
MD
md...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 9:16pm.
I implied nothing of the sort. I simply felt DFTT's assessment was a tad one-sided. How about you?
Jer
If I had felt that DFTT's post was one-sided, Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 9:21pm.
I wouldn't have replied to your post.
I'd say the original post pretty well described the Kennedy clan.
As a Democrat, you see it differently.
Big surprise.
MD
This Revolution Was Not Televised
Submitted by stratman on Sun, 12/19/2010 - 12:32am.
The death of Joseph Kennedy Jr is an interesting story of WWII warfare and technology:
How different would the Kennedy legacy have been if Joe Jr survived and then became president? Sounds like Joe Jr would have made one helluva president.
Joe Jr. was indeed a wartime hero
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 2:56pm.
He volunteered for a very hazardous special mission which took his life. He was awarded the Navy Cross, the second highest Navy decoration for bravery after the Medal of Honor.
Seeing as his father had a lot of wealth and political influence, Joe Jr. could've had a cushy and safe stateside staff job, but he wanted to be where the action was, and we must honor his memory for that.
Would he have made a good President? I don't know. Folks will always speculate, much as they do about RFK, of whom we know a great deal more. But it would appear that the three older Kennedy brothers had more personal fortitude than little brother Teddy.
The Kennedy family made the Simpsons and Bundys appear...
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 5:46pm.
...functional.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Gosh, Dave...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 5:51pm.
I trust you're at least referring to the TV characters and not O.J. and Ted. ;-)
Jer
LOL - Good catch, Jer
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 5:57pm.
Yeah, I was referring to Homer and Al.
-Dave
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Ms. Parker seems to think it is just "unimaginable" to...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 9:59pm.
not have a Kennedy serving in our government...Why? What is so "unimaginable" about that? As if a Kennedy-less House or Senate would mean the end of the government as we know it? Our government, the country and its business all carried on quite well before the vaunted, corrupt Kennedy clan darkened the doorways of the House, Senate and the White House, and will continue to do so again now.
What is it about this family that causes so many to go weak in the knees and lapse into nauseating, gooey rhetoric whenever the Kennedy name is mentioned?
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Courts...Rehabs....Confession
Submitted by Metsie62 on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 10:21pm.
What about the times that Ted Kennedy was serving time in MA prison for killing Mary Jo Kopechne...or Patrick Kennedy going on his drunken driving rampages....hey, isn't it time cousin Willy Smith decides to run
This family has been an embarrassment since the mid 20th Century.....can Parker Spitzer just move on...and off the air?.....please?
Court Rehab...Confession
Submitted by Metsie62 on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 10:23pm.
oh wait...I am being informed that Ted Kennedy was never arrested for killing Mary Jo Kopechne
"Camelot" = Sham - alot
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 11:11pm.
I never bought the notion that "Americans" were all that in love with "Camelot". "Camelot" was a myth the media created and applied to JFK's administration and immediate family in the aftermath of his assassination. Then it was mis-applied to the whole Kennedy clan through the ensuing years by a liberal media eager to elect more liberals. I blame "Camelot" for the pretense that liberals are somehow more intelligent, sophisticated, and glamorous than conservatives. It started the big lie rolling.
About the "more intelligent, sophisticated, and glamorous" thing
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 11:26pm.
Personally, I always believed the Camelot theory sounded a little too hokey, so I generally went with "it has been conclusively proved by a number of studies..."
Jer
Yeah, what politician
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 11:53pm.
Yeah, what politician actually wants to be favorably compared to a Broadway musical? As for those "studies", they must have all been funded by the Democratic Party...
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Submitted by Jer on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 11:23pm.
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The Kennedys.......
Submitted by DaMama on Sun, 12/19/2010 - 2:38am.
Why America is obsessed with this family is beyond me.
Joseph P. Kennedy was a crook, a womanizer and bought the Presidency for JFK. Joseph P. wanted the job himself, but his comments about Hitler in the 1930's put the kabosh on that one. He told Roosevelt that Hitler wasn't anything to worry about.
Kennedy also had a lobotomy forced on his daughter Rosemary. She was slow, possibly dyslexic, extremely shy and was categorized as "retarded". Having the lobotomy practically made her a vegetable. Joseph didn't even inform his wife of the procedure - he just had it done.
Joseph P. also bought and paid for JFK's election. Thousands of dead people in Chicago voted for JFK, thanks to dear old dad. He also slept around, setting an example that his sons would follow in whole heartedly.
Every Kennedy son of Joseph P. was a womanizer. Not one of those men could stay faithful to a woman. They were drunkards, murderers (whether directly or indirectly) and womanizers. The grandsons of Joseph P. Kennedy faired no better. They have been accused of rape, gambling, womanizing, various illegal behaviors, drug use and drunkenness.
Yea, that's one great family for us to emulate and praise.
But they care. They care
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 12/19/2010 - 10:16am.
But they care. They care enough to spend our money.
Too Bad the Kennidies Stand Above the DNC in Economics
Submitted by Avitar on Sun, 12/19/2010 - 3:54am.
John Kennedy slept around if that is that is what you call bimbos on tap and came to the same end as most elected leaders who use Assassination as a tool of foreign Policy but he did understand economics better than any DNC member today.
With out the long disasters of Ted Kenedy's Senate service the Kenedys would be a net plus for the United States unstead of the huge nagative that it is.
yessiree................
Submitted by Patriot II on Sun, 12/19/2010 - 11:10am.
A kennedy in office all that time!! ......nauseating isn't it?
Bootleggers,
Submitted by texasborngranny on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 2:23pm.
Bootleggers, womanizers and murderers... pretty well sums up the Kennedys.
People who vote for them are so stupid they vote for the name and know nothing about the person and are too stupid to know they're stupid.